Word: dubya
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...after beginning Sicko with this Bush malapropism, Moore stays pretty clear of Dubya jokes, pausing only to mention the extravagant amounts the medical industry gives to elected officials (including one-time health-care reformer Hillary Clinton). Instead, he lards his new documentary with stories of ordinary Americans whose health insurance did not cover the diseases and accidents their plans should have paid for and whose prescription drugs were unaffordable...
...don’t be surprised if you see Kallaugher’s latest 3-D rendition of Dubya on your favorite fake news show sometime soon...
...starters, Streisand’s banter with her faux Bush dragged on a little too long in the evening’s show. A “Dubya double” has the potential to be humorous but it was decidedly unfunny for her crowd to have this long partisan commercial foisted upon them between songs. People came to the show to hear Streisand sing (already a boring proposition) not to hear the current president belittled (even more...
This was not lost on Streisand’s New York audience. Everyone knows that Dubya is not that bright, and any skit over 30 seconds long merely belabors the point. As Streisand’s lackluster satire went forward, order collapsed faster than Air America’s ratings. One audience member began to heckle Streisand and her Bush lookalike, setting off a major showdown with the Brooklyn-born diva. Not to be upstaged by someone offstage, Streisand decided to meet chutzpah with chutzpah...
...living son or daughter who personifies them in the minds of distant foreigners. Perceptions can be impulsive and unfair. A good deal of today's anti-Americanism, for instance, is simply an expression of antipathy towards George W. Bush, the incumbent Uncle Sam. Saudis, Swedes and Kiwis can hate Dubya, and thus protest against his folly in Iraq, while consuming the riches of U.S. commerce and culture. Some lands have the splendid fortune of a dignified presence to represent them: South Africa's Mandela, Brazil's P?l? and the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II. Others are stuck with rogues like...