Which One Of Your Dead Children Do You Love More?
That’s the question Bush is asking in his latest campaign ad (via Pandagon):
My most solemn duty is to lead our nation , to protect ourselves. I can’t imagine the great agony of a mom or a dad having to make the decision about which child to pick up first on September the 11th. We cannot hesitate, we cannot yield, we must do everything in our power to bring an enemy to justice before they hurt us again.
I can’t imagine what the hell he hopes to accomplish with this ad. The agony over deciding “which child to pick up first”??? I kinda doubt there was a situation on 9/11 in which a parent was standing over the bodies of two or more of his/her children, and if there was, I really doubt they were tearing themselves up about which kid to pick up first. From Bush’s vantage point, the agony isn’t about seeing your children die, but having to play favorites.
So, puzzling statement aside, Bush’s new message seems to be that 9/11 made him very sad and that we can’t let the terrorists win. This follows in the long line of controversial stands like “Freedom is good” and “Suiciders suck.” You gotta give Bush credit : he really sticks to his guns no matter how unpopular his views are.
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I read “which child to pick up first as” as pick up from school or daycare
Comment by Rod Mortazavi — August 11, 2004 @ 11:50 am
If that’s what he means, then I really don’t get the “agony”.
Comment by greg — August 11, 2004 @ 12:10 pm
I guess, like, do I pick up Ashleigh at elemtary school or Raven from junior high first? Because Raven is gonna be sooo pissed when she finds out she was second best!
As I learned from watching many Rescue 911 episodes, always put the stupidest kids in the car first.
Comment by Kyle — August 11, 2004 @ 12:34 pm
Maybe they should call the ad “Dopie’s Choice”.
Comment by Becky — August 11, 2004 @ 1:33 pm
and what about carpooling? Tuesday is Judy’s day to pick up the kids in her Expedition! should i pick up my kids? or should i let Judy do her duty?
Comment by tom — August 11, 2004 @ 1:39 pm
I thought he had an oddly flat affect in this one…it certainly left me wondering what it was about. And the omnipresent floating head of Laura in the background, looking grim. Maybe some marketing whiz has some secret ingredient here, but it left me wondering what it was about and a residual feeling that these people aren’t happy.
Comment by ksh — August 11, 2004 @ 9:26 pm
I also assumed Bush meant “which kid’s school should I rush to?”
You kind of took a real morbid leap there, Greg. That said, I’m still not sure what the hell his point is.
I suppose this is his awkward pre-emptive attempt to relate to New Yorkers before he shows up at the end of the month.
Comment by Mr. Furious — August 12, 2004 @ 9:08 pm
Really stupid ad..no one gets it. Agony over what child to pick up? Parent agony is getting the call that your child has been killed in Iraq – why didn’t he mention that???
Comment by Ginger — August 14, 2004 @ 6:54 pm