George W. Bush on biochemwomdterror

[Declan McCullagh]

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