"Poor George; nobody cuts him any slack!"

I picked up my local paper the other day, and I discovered that George was the problem. "No big surprise there! I thought this was strange because the local folk are usually pretty strong Republicans.
But as I read further, I discovered that they weren't talking about George, the source of all America's problems, as George Bush but another George. The newspaper explained that our real problems began with George the King of England. who it seemed later morphed into that other George, George Washington, the first commander in chief and the first president of this land .

Why were they ticked off at George after all these years that he was considered a hero? After all, he did put up with inhuman conditions at Valley Forge and most of his winter redoubts!...He was there on the front lines when most of his officers took off for holidays, vacations, the whole nine yards . Not George. (Maybe it had something to do with Martha; but, hey, what's wrong with a wife with a moustache--No, just kidding!)....

Well, part of the problem according to our source was that the original George created unreal and impossible expectations! Hey, he expected his troops to go to war with no shoes on and no food in their bellies. While today's George gave them everything that money could buy!....except for perhaps armor for their trucks or adequate vests or perhaps enough well-abled troops to make a difference!... Nontheless, we don't seem to be any better off than the original George was with nothing!....

And here's another thing that those liberal peaceniks brought up: original George led by example. This president says go to war and disappears in some kid's classroom until it's time for his glass of milk and cookies and an early bedtime of 9:00. This George has probably never stayed up late enough to see an adult drama on TV. And we all know that he doesn't read....To me, that's not really leading by example and may not be the strongest suit of today's modern Joan of Arc who hears voices in his ear. Who would have the courage to tell him it's more likely an inner ear condition that any supernatural gift?

Hey, you can't expect our leaders to be all things to all people. He has had special moments. And you have to give this George credit for that. I mean looking into Putin's eyes and seeing into his soul. Give me a break! We haven't had to many presidents willing to take on that kind of mysticism. Nor have we had anybody like this president after one of lthe nation's biggest screw-ups, praise their head of Emergency Management in such glowing terms (maybe he should have left what has become the pjorarative term "Brownie" out of it!)... Nor have we had our leader at the moment of the 9/11 destruction, read upside down to a school class in Florida without a moment's hesitation. This takes moxie!

Also, original George was the guy responsible for all of this heroism stuff. And all the new George was doing was taking a page from a real hero. . Now, according to the White House, you are either a patriot or the enemy; there is no middle ground and if people don't like it, they can blame our first president.

What's more, every time the government runs out of money, who do the people blame our present system. "What's wrong with you guys, George did it without money! Sure."

Of course, this was all before WMD; and in those days, a buck was a buck.

And Alaska wasn't a state and didn't want to build a bridge to nowhere.

Of course, this is not to say that original George didn't have a tough time, he did. He had some pretty bad clowns in office in those days, too, who thought in terms of states rights and didn't think they should have to fork out for some army that wasn't winning battles anyway. And maybe it wasn't so bad living under British rule...I mean if you were into marmalade and dainty wigs.

Sure, some of us get mad because our troops don't have the latest bullet proof vests or lack armor on their humvees, but hell did Washington have everything? No, he sure as heck didn't. Even when he wanted to charge the Hessians across the Delaware, he had to use the same boats over and over again and some of his troops didn't even have boots. So, as far as today's army goes, it sure is a heck of a lot better than George's but does this president get the credit? Heck, no. Those democratic malingerers don't miss an opportunity!...

Now, they're making cracks about rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. Is that the stupidest phraseology you've ever heard. Bush is hardly doing that; in fact, he's not doing much of anything these days except to talk about how good things are going in the war as bombs blow out every building in the background... But in that case, we all know who's to blame: It's the bloody liberal media who are riddled with enemy spies that bear eavesdropping on for their inclination to make our president look bad and George Washington look exceedingly bright. .

So the next time you want to complain about America's failure to seize the initiative, don't blame George, blame the old George. Old George lost most of the battles he fought, in a way was responsible for the French and Indian war and wouldn't have won the war if it wasn't for the French. At least we don't depend on the French for anything these days except maybe a croissant and some strong coffee.... And that's the way any real red blooded American likes it. Isn't that right, George?

Meanwhile our president stands tall and says "bring it on" in the face of increasing losses of men and support. But is he chicken?. Heck no, he is still the fastest draw in the White HOuse. And old George would have wondered about that, perhaps, since he didn't have much time for fantasy when he was committed to the real thing....


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