I didn’t cover this when I first saw it yesterday, because, I honestly thought it was a joke. But apparently it wasn’t. I should be forgiven (I hope), because I mean certainly when I read that John H. Hinderaker of Powerline was being critical of Obama saying:

Obama thinks he is a good talker, but he is often undisciplined when he speaks. He needs to understand that as President, his words will be scrutinized and will have impact whether he intends it or not.

OK, well I don’t completely agree with him, but there have been a couple of slip ups, and I can see what he is trying to say here, but then we get to the punchline:

In this regard, President Bush is an excellent model; Obama should take a lesson from his example. Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly. He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal blunders he has committed. If Obama doesn’t raise his standards, he will exceed Bush’s total before he is inaugurated.

Now, obviously it is quite clear why I thought he was joking, right? I mean… President Bush? The man that has had 365 day calendars, books… with multiple volumes and countless wesite and videos dedicated to what may be the worst spoken President ever, the man that has never learned to pronounce the word nuclear… that is who Obama should model himself after?

But apparently, he was serious.

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