Ring Out The Old
by sarabeth at 9:06 am on June 14th, 2007 in Bush Man Date, Iraq War, Podium SpinToo bad that, in the fullness of time, perfectly good rhetoric comes to be overtaken by events.
Nevermore will we hear the ringing phrase “Wait till all the troops are in place at least, damn you!” when the administration’s duly authorized speaking orifices talk about that long-term surge that is not an escalation.
(Note to loyal readers: I’m the the market for a good collective noun to refer to a collection of Administration-Authorized Speaking Orifices. Till one turns up, let’s go with AASOs. No pronunciation guide will be provided.)
Bush has made the mistake of putting it baldly in words that even Tony Snow will not be able to wring an alternate meaning from:
The final troops have just arrived.
(Of course, I could just be misunderestimating Tony Snow. God knows I’ve done it before.)
Do stay tuned to find out what will replace “Wait till all the troops are in place at least, damn you!”
Nick in Beantown wrote:
AASOs…Me likey!!
Posted 14 Jun 2007 at 9:21 am ¶
sarabeth wrote:
Thanks.
Shall we also agree that Tony Snow is the undisputed King of the AASOs?
Posted 14 Jun 2007 at 10:06 am ¶
matt wrote:
“It’s picAASO you idiot.”
Posted 14 Jun 2007 at 10:45 am ¶
shaun wrote:
Warholes.
Posted 14 Jun 2007 at 1:20 pm ¶
sarabeth wrote:
So limiting, don’t you think? Their interests are so much broader than just war.
Posted 14 Jun 2007 at 2:34 pm ¶
shingles wrote:
A little more granularity, please!
Posted 14 Jun 2007 at 6:26 pm ¶
sarabeth wrote:
The replacement phrase may have arrived:
He may not write his own material. But if he does, this man has a great future ahead of him. He may well become one of the greatest AASOs ever.
Posted 15 Jun 2007 at 1:55 pm ¶