>> "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me." > > Bush just couldn't say it right. > He forgot the second half and off-the-cuffed it (like that > verbing of a noun?). The off-the-cuff came out making no sense. The point is that Bush's little pea brain (Shrub-censor section) will NOT allow him to say "shame on me" (or anything negative about himself) in public or even in consciousness, so he got to that part and *had* to bungle it. Remember how startled he was when in his press conference somebody thought it plausible to ask what his biggest mistake had been? He seemed genuinely to wonder whether he had made any mistake ever. BTW - I accidentally heard a clip of several sentences spoken by GWB at the unveiling of the Clinton portrait at the White House, and GWB was gracious, articulate, even appreciative, indeed, quite spectacularly so. It should, in all justice, get wide circulation ... might even shut Limbaugh up for a nanosecond or two. (I should google for this, or someone? ...) Stephen Straker <straker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Vancouver, B.C. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html