{"id":687,"date":"2004-05-10T02:07:04","date_gmt":"2004-05-10T09:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2004\/05\/the_nitwit_boasts\/"},"modified":"2004-05-10T02:07:04","modified_gmt":"2004-05-10T09:07:04","slug":"the_nitwit_boasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2004\/05\/the_nitwit_boasts.html","title":{"rendered":"THE NITWIT BOASTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a good friend who keeps us up to date on useful information, here’s how our
\nnitwit Maximum Leader (aka “the little fucker”) blows his horn (and our mind). This is
\nfrom a stump speech he gave just the other day — May 3, to be exact<\/FONT><\/EM><\/B><\/A>
\n— in Sterling Heights, Mich.: <\/P>
\n

We confronted the dangers of state-sponsored terror and the spread of
\nweapons of mass destruction. So we ended two of the most –[applause] — we ended two of the
\nmost violent and dangerous regimes on Earth. We liberated over 50 million people. Once again,
\nAmerica is proud to stand against tyranny and to set nations free. [Applause.]
\n

When Dick Cheney and I came to office, we found a military that was underfunded and
\nunderappreciated. So we gave our military the resources and the respect they deserve. And today,
\nno one can question the skill, and the strength, and the spirit of the United States military.
\n[Applause.]<\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

<\/P>
\n

The audience then chanted: “USA! USA! USA! USA!” The nitwit also said: <\/P>
\n

We showed the dictator and a watching world that America means what it
\nsays. [Applause.] Because — because we acted, Saddam’s torture chambers are closed. Because
\nwe acted, Iraq’s weapons programs are ended forever. [Applause.]<\/BLOCKQUOTE>The
\nboggled mind reels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to a good friend who keeps us up to date on useful information, here’s how our nitwit Maximum Leader (aka “the little fucker”) blows his horn (and our mind). This is from a stump speech he gave just the other day — May 3, to be exact — in Sterling Heights, Mich.: We confronted the dangers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbvgEs-b5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}