Bush is so wise; so good with talking

Sorry, sorry I know I haven't posted in a few days but I've had a brief vacation which temporarily made me less cynical but I think I'm back now. Today is election day and you should vote and you should try to avoid all the campaign commercials which so rudely interrupted my morning workout this morning. The Toronto Star, who I think must only report on the US midterm elections to amuse itself, has an article today reporting that the Republicans are going to lose and quoting Bush in a last ditch effort to campaign in Florida. Apparently this is what Bush had to say about the Dems:

"The Democrats' philosophy is this: If it breathes, tax it. And if stops breathing, find their children and tax them," said Bush, who also charged that Democrats don't have a plan to win in Iraq.

Ignore for a second the charming little accusation that Dems tax dead people and focus on the use of "it" and "their." So when it is breathing it is just an it but when it has children it becomes "their." I would just chalk it up to Bush's usual difficulties with grammar but I think there's more to it than that. Well...wait...no actually, no I don't. I started writing this whole thing on the complex family values arguments that underlie his use of "their" and just realized I was fooling myself. This is the man that named his daughter Jenna Bush- which if you didn't know better you'd think was the local stripper at the highway truck stop who gives lap dances for free on Tuesdays if you bring a coupon.

PS: I like that pic of Bush because it looks like he's looking through a peep hole