There are a lot of jokes made at the President’s expense using the pretense that his routine malaprops are evidence of a lack of intelligence - or at least make for a snarky little symbol. I admit to laughing at these gaffes, but admit that I think they are cheap shots. I was once a defendant in a car accident case (actually, that may still be present tense - the insurance company is handling the case and they don’t take my calls) and I read my deposition transcript. I pride myself on talking in complete coherent sentences and all I will say is “You don’t sound as smart as you think you do.” So no cheap shots about verbal slip-ups here.
Personally, I prefer to look to his answers to questions as evidence that he isn’t particularly bright. Take for example this dialog at a conference of minority journalists:
MARK TRAHANT (editorial page editor, Seattle Post Intelligencer, and former president of the Native American Journalists Association): Most school kids learn about government in the context of city, county, state and federal, and of course, tribal governments are not part of that at all. Mr. President, you have been a governor and a president, so you have unique experience looking at it from two directions. What do you think tribal sovereignty means in the 21st century and how do we resolve conflicts between tribes and the federal and state governments?
GEORGE BUSH: Tribal sovereignty means that, it’s sovereign. You’re a—you’re a—you have been given sovereignty and you’re viewed as a sovereign entity.
MARK TRAHANT: Okay.
GEORGE BUSH: And therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities.
The audio is even better. Like listening to a third grader answer a vocabulary question after he spent all of his study time with his XBox.
It’s a good thing tribal sovereignty isn’t an issue that effects people like you and me.
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