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...Bush rejected the Vietnam analogy when he spoke to the nation Tuesday night. Did that reporter really think Bush would liken the situation in Iraq to America's great quagmire? But it was a surprise that Bush sounded so much like that other wartime Texan, Lyndon Johnson. His jab that the mere mention of the Vietnam analogy was demoralizing to troops and comforting to enemies seemed, ironically, to be a reminder of the 60s when protestors, not without cause, were chided the same way. With his literally limitless commitment to government power in Iraq Bush sounded like...
...about September 11 and against charges that he?d driven the country into an Iraqi sandtrap. Bush?s goal was to correct that impression, to look tough and unwavering. (His critics might say that?s the problem.) He ended his speech-cum-press conference with a none too subtle jab at John Kerry, noting ?when I say something, I mean...
...both Knoc-turn’al’s lyrics and flow are original. His appeal to the West Coast listener base feels authentic when he declares, “I got shell toes on / I don’t wear them Tims,” taking a subtle jab at the East Coast...
...Boston Ritz-Carlton, is living evidence that Cage was nearly perfect in his on-screen portrayal of that self-referential script’s author. Kaufman has the same quietly intense air as his film double, leans over in the same way to burst out with a self-deprecating jab or an enthusiastic riff...
...keynote speakers seldom passed up an opportunity to take a jab at the Bush administration...