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November 27, 2005
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
Often you will see these words somewhere early in an Eschaton thread. According to res ipsa loquitur, popularizer of the practice:
"FIERY WRECK" comes from a June 20, 2005 NY Times news analysis, Bush's Road Gets Rougher, by Richard W. Stevenson. He wrote:
Five months after President Bush was sworn in for another four years, his political authority appears to be ebbing, both within his own party, where members of Congress are increasingly if sporadically going their own way, and among Democrats, who have discovered that they pay little or no price for defying him.
In some cases, Mr. Bush is suffering mere political dings that can be patched up, like the votes by the House this past week to buck him on withholding dues to the United Nations and retaining a controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act.
In others, the damage is more than cosmetic, as in the case of stem cell research, an issue on which a good portion of his party is breaking with him. In a few instances - most notably the centerpiece of his second-term agenda, his call to reshape Social Security - he is dangerously close to a fiery wreck that could have lasting consequences for his standing and for the Republican Party.
Now let's use it in a sentence:
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
Very good.
November 27, 2005 | Permalink
Comments
So, when is RIL going to put this on a t-shirt for us?
Posted by: QuinnTheRee | Nov 27, 2005 7:54:34 PM
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
oOooo! I feel much better.
Posted by: ellroon | Dec 12, 2005 8:17:04 PM

