Poodle a popular breed*
Don Surber's latest plea for the Republicans:
We need our Tony Blair, our Nicolas Sarkozy.
I feel a little sorry for Steven Harper. You have to know he'd love to be held in such high regard among the Bushbots. He's even dressed for the occasion.**
He waxes long and mournful over the two above-named foreign leaders wonderful speeches to the US Congress and laments that none of the current Republican hopefuls can match their impressive rhetoric. Apparently all that Surber believes is required of a good president is the ability to stroke the egos of "patriots".
Curiously, he leaves out the quite carefully crafted State of the Union speeches uttered by the current Republican "Man of Vision" occupying the White House. Speeches quite long on the ideals of "freedom" and "democracy" and the defeat of evil. Themes the Republican candidates continue to parrot as they campaign.
The problem isn't vision, or lofty ideals. It's that their actions speak louder than their words and happen to bear very little resemblance to them.
*This column is in no way meant to disparage the noble Poodle, a breed much maligned by the comparisons made between it and Bush lapdogs, most of whom couldn't match the Poodle's intelligence.
**Picture blatantly stolen from Alison at the Galloping Beaver, which I couldn't resist using, and explains why I added to the maligning of the breed.
