by Noah
"What are you wearing tomorrow?" "Gee, Vlady, I don't know. What are you wearing? I wanna wear what you wear!"
Let us never forget that, before Traitor Don was shining Putin's shoes with his tongue, there was a previous assclown in the White House who was all too willing to give Vladimir Putin a very public character reference. Here's George Dubya Bush on the GOP idol after their first date back in 2001:
I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul.
Jeez, Dubya! Trustworthy? Putin has a soul? WTF were you smoking? Were you friends with the Pillow Guy back then?
Damn, and they told us Bush was sober! Ya have to wonder what the Bush Crime Family got for that much of a ringing endorsement. No one has investigated, of course. But then, Dubya is a republican so, when it comes to praising Putin, they do it for free, kind of a perverted professional courtesy. "I'll scratch your back, you'll scratch ours down the road." How does a man who obviously has no soul of his own recognize one when he sees it? It's easier to see a direct line between Iraq and Ukraine than it is to see even a crumb of a soul in Vlad The Executioner Of Bucha.
You say tomahto. I say tomayto. I'll say Iraq. You say Ukraine. 'Cause cousins are two of a kind. Ballet Russe indeed.
remember:
1) in W and trump, you're talking about 2 of the absolute dumbest people to ever live. Each is a savant in some way, but in all other ways... dumber than shit.
2) americans elected both of them... and W TWICE!
3) poking fun at how colossally unfit both of them were is fun. but it also distracts from any kind of diagnosis of the problem that MIGHT lead to some kind of remedy.
so... perhaps the problem is not that colossally stupid people exist. perhaps the problem is with the people who wanted them for the highest position of leadership? And, concurrently, with the society that couldn't do any better than either of them?