At yet another staged event, sponsored by this fake presidency, we see a truly disgusting assault upon the intelligence of America.

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January 11, 2006

It never ceases to amaze me how incredibly stupid George Bush thinks America is. I am seemingly never surprised anymore by the utter contempt he shows for the collective intelligence of this country he would be king over. The past five years has been replete with fake news, fake interviews, fake reporters, and fake questions to a man who cannot put a coherent sentence together with two hands and a thesaurus. Time and time again these staged events are further proof that this president simply cannot handle a real question. It does not even have to be a tough question per se, just a real question that does not start with the ?average American? praising Bush before asking his ?tough question.?

Yet here we were today at another fake event staged by a fake presidency. President Bush went to Kentucky today to ?talk to America? about his war on terror. Now Bush would just as soon never have to talk to anyone but his polling numbers are horrendous as people today are actually more approving of spying on US citizens than they are with the overall job performance of Mr. Bush. His numbers only get worse when the polls start asking questions about Iraq. So, faced with a country that has finally realized their children are being sacrificed on the altar of political subterfuge, Bush took to the stage to try and fumble his way through pre-arranged questions and a photo-op that at best, should be completely embarrassing to any American with a brainstem.

I am not kidding, here are the questions asked by your average American at this event, followed by my observations:

1- ?Q I'd like to ask, recently in the media, you've been catching a lot of flak about that National Security Agency thing.?

For the uninformed reader, the ?National Security Agency thing?, is the president?s unilateral decision to violate federal law and commit impeachable felonies, bypassing Congressional oversight to illegally wiretap US citizens. But, back to the ?question?.

?Q There's people in our states and there's people that are in D.C. that will take and jeopardize what I feel is our national security and our troops' safety today for partisan advantage, for political advantage. They're starting an investigation in the Justice Department about the -- looking into this, where these leaks came from. Is the Justice Department going to follow through and, if necessary, go after the media to take and get the answers and to shut these leaks up??

Karl? Is that you? Are you kidding me? This is the question on the mind of the average American when it comes to being illegally wiretapped by a president? First of all, the leaks come from Bush?s administration, secondly, it is the media?s job to keep precious watch upon governments which would abuse civil liberties, or at least it used to be. Why not ask him why he lied about it several times over the past few years, lying directly into the cameras, to the American people? Either way, is there anyone so stupid as to think this is not an obviously planted ?question? designed to lob a softball at Bush? When I first read it, I assumed Jeff Gannon had moved to Kentucky.

2 ? ?Q Mr. President, we hear a common expert opinion all the time that the terrorists are going to attack us -- it's not a question of whether, it's a question of when. And, yes, that might happen. But the facts are that since 9/11 we haven't had any, so thank you.?

A trademark of a fake Bush event, questions that start with praise for the President, wrapped up in a popular Bush talking point. This talking point is that because we have not had another 911, the war on terror must be working. That is patently silly and stupid argument. Ask the British. Either way, you can tell that this ?average American? is going to continue to fake Q & A session in grand Bush style, back to the question:

?And now to my question. You have said many a time to all those who will listen that the two major pillars of democracy are free and fair elections, and the separation of church and state. However, historically, and to date, a vast majority of the Islamists across nations do not believe in that simple fact of separation between church and state. Therefore, how can we help change their belief, that for democracy to succeed, certain elements must be in place? Thank you.?

The purpose of this softball question was to allow Bush to start assuaging those who are correctly pointing out that we have replaced the only secular Islamic regime with another radical theocracy, which fundamentally are not very democratic. Time will still tell on this issue, but Bush seems to believe he can create a new type of Islam. Bush spoke about woman?s rights, but the jury is still out on that as well in Iraq.

3 ? ?Q We went for Christmas, to spend Christmas with my family in Mexico. And, you know, my family, friends, media, President Fox, they're talking about the wall that the United States wants to build across the border with Mexico. My question for you is, what is your opinion or your position about that wall? And, you know, when people ask me how can I justify the answer to build a wall, other than saying, we don't want you here, you know??

Shameless as ever, we have a transplanted Mexican-American, living in Kentucky, and lucky enough to toss this softball up to Bush, to allow him to speak about his immigration endeavors. This question allowed Bush to talk for five minutes about his worker program, his plans to build a wall at certain points, and basically shill his immigration plan.

4 ? ?Q Thank you. (Applause.) Right up there with national security I think is the issue of education of every single person in the United States. It's of crucial importance to our future. And given the challenges in the world, the fact that we have to keep this nation secure in the future, and that we have to deal with all sorts of threats -- many of which we don't know -- what do you think we need to do better in education to provide a well educated citizenry that will meet those challenges and keep us secure??

Wow, another generalized question which allows Bush to speak freely about the topic without addressing any shortcomings he may have in the specific area. What about the fact that No Child Left Behind is a miserable, under funded failure? Instead, Bush got to ramble about the NCLB, make generalized statements about minorities being shuffled through school systems, and completely misrepresent the job he did in Texas as Governor.

5 ? ?Q Hello, Mr. President. You just made a very poignant -- about math and science. I am a -- number one, I'd like to thank you for taking time to be here. I think all of us would reiterate that.?

Shameless plug, lets get to the ?question.?

?I am a business owner and I am living the American Dream, and I would like to personally thank you for having a will that will not be broken. And the men and women of the armed forces that protect the freedoms that we have had and that we oftentimes take for granted and give us this way of life.?

Oops, guess he was not done reminding us how much Mr. Bush has done for all of us. This is also a staple of the Bush fake town halls, a real American, living the ?American dream?, made possible because of the freedom protecting cowboy from Texas. Is there a question anywhere in our future?

?So as a business owner, though, my greatest challenge is, I worked 20 years in the civil engineering arena before starting my company. And the thing that is really frightening to me is our -- we have a true weakness, a wave that's coming in both the engineering arena, the sciences, as well as construction -- construction inspectors. There's going to be a huge -- these baby boomers that are starting to retire, that knowledge base that's getting ready to go away, and there is no one to replace it that's compelling enough. What could you suggest that corporate America can do to help in this deficit??

Apparently, this question was designed to allow Bush to pontificate about how great the economy is doing, wildly claiming the creation of 4.5 million jobs since April of 2003. Now, even if those numbers are accurate, and I am not entirely sure they are, what Bush omitted is he had to create that many jobs in that exact time frame just to keep up with new job seekers. This economy is a wreck, but undeterred, Bush also then launched into some bravado about the community college system, which has become far more expensive under the Bush Empire and he did not discuss the fact that he has reneged consistently on promises to increase federal student aid to specific levels. Next, because this fake question was so generalized, Bush went into urging Congress to make his tax handouts to millionaires permanent, because gosh, that is why this economy is doing so well. The more money millionaires have, the better the economy does, right? Finally, Bush used this question to remind people that social security is still a mess, when it really is not.

6 ? ?Q As a small business owner, like a lot of people in this room, we look at the dramatic cost increases that have been passed along, and that we all really struggle with how do we provide our employees with health insurance that's comprehensive? And we all view you as a very pragmatic problem solver, and we'd like you to take this one on, sir.?

Shameless plug number 5 wrapped around another softball to set Bush up to chat about his ridiculous plans to ravage a failed healthcare system. Bush dragged back up his silly ?Health Savings Accounts? idea, designed to force more Americans to have to buy ?catastrophic? coverage, gambling against the likelihood of their lives being shattered and sheltering companies at the expense of real Americans. That aside, Bush then of course launched back into his tiring argument about liability. Bush is still pimping the ABSOLUTE LIE that healthcare costs are rising because of lawsuits. The truth is that medical liability lawsuits account for less than 1% of healthcare costs in this country. But you must realize that the purpose of this entire event was not the truth, but rather a fluff propaganda piece to allow Bush to sell his failed policies and vision to America, under the guise of a town hall meeting.

7 ? ?Q How can people help on the war on terror??

Awww, what a cute question to be asked by a SEVEN YEAR OLD! I kid you not America, the depths that the Bush administration will sink to knows no bottom. They actually had a seven year old boy ask this question. First of all, the notion that a seven year old would even ask this question is a telling admission for the administration. This has been their goal the entire time. They want fear and terror to simply be what we live and breathe every day. They want it on all of our minds, as we work, play, and live our lives. They want it so commonplace, that apparently we will not blink when a SEVEN year old child wants to know how he can help fight the war on terror. This is a frighteningly stark look into the sinister minds that run this country now and should provide a pause for all Americans. Bush then proceeded to use this seven year old child to criticize anyone who would dare question him and his war on terror, blatantly using the troops as well to shield himself from the criticism he certainly deserves. A truly disgusting point in American history.

8 ? ?Q Along with the seven-year-old, my question is, how is it that the people of Iraq when polled have more hope about their future than the rest of the -- than the rest of the world has, with regard to what we're doing in Iraq? How can we get the positive things that are happening in Iraq -- how can we get everybody to know what's happening out there??

Wow, what a way to end such a blatant shill session. This is more than a fake question. It is designed to wrap up two fake Bush talking points into an opportunity to have Bush wrap up this fake town hall meeting. Fake talking point number one is that Iraqis all poll positively about the US involvement in their country. Nonsense. In fact most polls actually reveal the opposite. The second fake Bush talking point is that somehow the ?good news? of Iraq is being squelched. Nonsense again. This is war; people die in war, those deaths are reported. This is life. This fake ?question? was designed to put some makeup on the pig that is the Iraq War and allow Bush to finish off his series of softball questions in style. Here is a telling quote in response from Bush to this ?question?:

?You don't want your government running your press. That would be the worst thing that could happen. That would mean we have just fallen prey to exactly that which we're trying to liberate people from in Iraq.?

What??? Maybe we can get the seven year old to come back and ask a follow up question about how Bush would then explain his administration?s decision to plant propaganda in Iraqi newspapers. No chance of a real question today though. Bush wrapped up quickly by misstating how great things are in Iraq right now. One last shill opportunity for the master shill of them all.

I am amazed, simply amazed. I cannot fathom how utterly stupid George W. Bush thinks America is. In these current days we have a president facing:

1) Illegally wiretapping US citizens
2) Downing Street Memos proving he lied this country into war
3) Administration officials under indictment for feloniously outing a CIA operative
4) Jack Abramoff and the rampant corruption with the president?s party
5) Attaching a rider to the new torture ban, circumventing it
6) Federal government negligence in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
7) The death of New Orleans
8) Millions more Americans living in poverty

Yet when presented with an opportunity to ask the president ?anything?, we are supposed to believe that these ?average Americans? decided to ask this collection of shill softball questions? Even the one that actually addressed a topical issue, the wiretap controversy, was framed as if the media and leakers were to blame for the illegal activities of this president! Mixed in with these fake questions were gushing compliment after gushing compliment designed to remind America how lucky we are to have a president who is willing to pretend to talk to us. After the ?NSA thingy?, we see question after question designed to set up Bush to sell us his talking points on education, immigration and healthcare. The questions were all generalized and designed to highlight Bush?s agenda. To top it off, Bush then used a seven year old boy to sell his war on terror to us one more time.

That is Bush?s legacy. A seven year old child asking a fake question of the president about what he can do to help fight terrorism. It should be a vivid reminder to us as we continue to hear this fake president sell us his failed vision. When asked fair questions, he hides behind the troops, either using them at staged events, or using them symbolically to choke off the right to dissent they are fighting to protect. When not using the troops, Bush uses our collective fears against us. At every turn invoking the memory of 911 to cower us. When not using the troops or fear, Bush has now proven he will leave no child behind in his war on the truth. Propping up his failed wars behind the fake question of a seven year old boy, George Bush continues to insult the collective intelligence of Americans. In direct response to the question from the seven year old, George Bush said:

?Well, that's the hardest question I've had all day.?

The sad thing is that it was the hardest question George Bush faced all day. While the president was joking however, America is no longer laughing at a leader who cannot answer a question that is not pre-screened. A leader who thinks it is acceptable to gather pre-selected people with pre-selected questions to afford him a pulpit to sell his failed vision, and pretend it is all happenstance. The absolute worst thing though, is a leader who thinks the people he represents are entirely too stupid to see the strings moving when he speaks.

Authors Bio:

Anthony Wade, a contributing writer to opednews.com, is dedicated to educating the populace to the lies and abuses of the government. He is a 53-year-old independent writer from New York with political commentary articles seen on multiple websites. A Christian progressive and professional Rehabilitation Counselor working with the poor and disabled, Mr. Wade believes that you can have faith and hold elected officials accountable for lies and excess, regardless of party.


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