Is It Just Me?

[John Cole]

BTW, I wasn't bashing Bush for his speaking prowess. (Hell, if I were called upon to do what he does, I'd doubt I could pull it off. And I do realize that he uses speechwriters.)

Instead, and the only reason for my post, I was struck by the similarity between the rhetoric concerning terrorism and the "threat" of Avian Flu. (How much of a threat it represents, I have no knowledge of.) I think I'll reread "Politics and the English Language."