I for one have been fairly impressed by the Karl Rove's effectiveness with the Swift Boat stuff and the flip-flop crap. He went right for John Kerry's strengths and managed to create a plausible narrative of Kerry as a flip-flopping pussy that has become, whether we like it or not, a dominant storyline in this election. I like what Kerry's been doing recently, getting tougher and simpler. But I think someone needs to do to Bush what was done to John Kerry.
No, I'm not talking about the stupid Texas Air National Guard. I think we need to go straight at Bush's entire mythical biography as a macho Texan street fighter who doesn't take shit from nobody. We need to go to the part of the story line that doesn't fit. Not that he was a drunk, or a failed businessman. There are thousands of drunk or ex-drunk failed businessmen out there. That's his base. Instead we need to simply point to the most embarassing and pussifying aspect of George W. Bush's life story. Here's my script:
<Al Franken "scary political ad guy" voice>George W. Bush...
[rapid fire montage of most ridiculous shots of Bush as cowboy, leader, thinker, fighter pilot]
...is not from Texas!
[Bush with stupid "huh?" expression wearing cowboy hat]
George W. Bush went to a prestigious private boarding school in New England...
[shots of rich looking Andover students.]
...where he was the head cheerleader!
[Bush cheerleading]
Andover Alum: George W. Bush was a cheerleader. I know because I went to prep school with George W. Bush.
So just in case you thought George W. Bush was just a regular guy from Texas...
Remember... George W. Bush was born in Connecticut and he went to a private boarding school.
And I didn't even have to lie. I'd love to see Scott McClellen have to answer, "Is it true that George W. Bush went to prep school?"