Plum Crazy

"What you wish you heard in the analysis of the president's speech."

Well okay, I didn't listen to most of the ordinary presidential B.S., since they all say the same thing, and it never happens. I did listen to the ten minutes on Iran, and thought it was interesting, if not informative.

And I certainly didn't listen to any analysis. But Christopher Buckley does give us some humor on our Euroweasel so-called allies:

Moderator: Fiercely Partisan Panelist, what did you think of the speech?

FPP: With all due respect to my fellow thoughtful panelists, I thought it was the greatest oration since Alcibiades's "Jeremiad Against the Spartans" during the Second Peloponnesian War. There were a number of statements that I think will resonate very strongly in European capitals. To say nothing of Baghdad.

Moderator: Such as?

FPP: Well, for one, when he said, "I'm going to open a can of whup-ass on Saddam Hussein." I suspect that may well become a defining line of Mr. Bush's presidency. Also, when he said that "The French can stay home and make cheese for all I care." A very strong statement. I think that will resonate with any American who thinks the French are frankly impossible.

Moderator: What about his remark that Germany is a nation of "sour krauts"?

FPP: Very strong. I suspect that it will occasion a good deal of soul-searching among our so-called freunden in Berlin.

Moderator: Was the president saying, in effect, "Ich nicht bin ein Berliner"?

FPP: If you will, yes.

Well, I'm one of those Americans who think the French should stuff themselves with their cheese [I won't say where.] So I wish Bush had really said that kind of stuff.