It even seems to be an accurate transcription: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/07/20010717-2.html On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 11:26:53AM -0400, Greg Newby wrote:
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 08:22:13AM -0700, Ray Dillinger wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
7/17. President Bush also touched on cyberterrorism in his speech on world trade. He stated that "The United States and her allies will pursue a balance of world power that favors human freedom. This requires a new strategic framework that moves beyond Cold War doctrines and addresses the threats of a new century such as cyberterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, missiles in the hands of those for whom terror and blackmail are a very way of life."
Hmmm. There's a missing conjunction in the list. That's a signature usage that his father was famous for. I haven't been paying much attention to him, but it might be worthwhile to do some text analysis and see how much of this crap is being written by his father.
On the other hand, it may be a signature usage he learned *from* george senior when he was just a kid.
Lots of the White House support staff (speech writers, etc.) are from his father's admistration and/or Reagan (or Nixon, in a few cases). I think this is a likelier explanation, but who knows?
The idea that GWB senior taught GWB junior how to read, write and speak makes some questionable assumptions (i.e., that GWB junior *can* read, write and speak). -- Greg