Dang it. My husband has me hooked on Fox News now So while putting my stupid sore ankle up for awhile this afternoon I was watching, and they had President Bush's speech on. He was stumping for some congressman in Georgia, IIRC. Usual rah-rah campaign speech, occasionally remembered to stick in the candidate's name and say he trusted him, etc.
But there was one little phrase that he kept using over and over. It was "the professionals who are protecting our homeland". I heard it the first time and didn't think much of it except that he was perhaps trying to make a super-respectful counterpoint to John Kerry's nutty no-joke about Iraq. But he kept using that phrase.
Again. And again.
Now if I'd known something this odd was coming up I'd have thought to count, and I'm too lazy and impatient to go back and try to listen to that whole speech to count them now. But this phrase disturbs me.
First, it occurs to me that the counterpoint is not to Kerry's comment, but perhaps to the Minutemen, whom the feds are not real fond of.
Second, it occurs to me that the other "amateurs" who protect our homeland are we gun owners, and that while he probably didn't have this in mind (giving the benefit of the doubt) it ended up sounding an AWFUL lot like 'the only people who ought to be armed and protecting our homeland are the professionals'.
Did anybody else catch that? Any thoughts?
Springmom
But there was one little phrase that he kept using over and over. It was "the professionals who are protecting our homeland". I heard it the first time and didn't think much of it except that he was perhaps trying to make a super-respectful counterpoint to John Kerry's nutty no-joke about Iraq. But he kept using that phrase.
Again. And again.
Now if I'd known something this odd was coming up I'd have thought to count, and I'm too lazy and impatient to go back and try to listen to that whole speech to count them now. But this phrase disturbs me.
First, it occurs to me that the counterpoint is not to Kerry's comment, but perhaps to the Minutemen, whom the feds are not real fond of.
Second, it occurs to me that the other "amateurs" who protect our homeland are we gun owners, and that while he probably didn't have this in mind (giving the benefit of the doubt) it ended up sounding an AWFUL lot like 'the only people who ought to be armed and protecting our homeland are the professionals'.
Did anybody else catch that? Any thoughts?
Springmom