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�three strikes! | 2002-02-20 - 10:06 p.m. Remember how right after those horrible terrorist ataques last septiembre, nadie knew where el Presidente was? And it turned out nobody could find him because he was flapping around Louisiana's airspace like a pollo loco? Then Bush apparently attended a "ven a Jes�s" meeting with his advisors in which they advised him to act like ... well, more like a President. Show the world y tus enemigos you have a will of iron, Sr. President -- a resolve of steel, a blistering, righteous fury like molton lava! Look enfadado when you talk about the evil ones; ya sabes, like Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments when he liberated the extras from the scourge of Egypt! You have to admit, hijos, that whatever you may think of Se�or Bush, he did at least get that mirada of righteous fury nailed pront�simo. Remember, too, how convincingly he projected un aire de self-assurance and conviction in those quaky, shaky days immediately despu�s del ataque. You remember. In every other speech he made, he featured la frase "make no mistake." He said it so often, it started to mean something. "Make no mistake; America is a strong and noble country. "Make no mistake; we will find the cowards who committed this atrocious act." "Make no mistake; we will make no mistake." Five meses later, however -- ay! it pains me to notarlo -- the self-assurance seems to be waning. La guerra on terrorism is slouching on and Bush is still out there banging podiums, but we haven't been hearing any more of that "make no mistake" crap. �Qu� ha pasado? Mi teor�a? Bush has made some mistakes himself; some pretty big ones, and he doesn't want to draw attention to them. The first of these errores is of course: Being buddies with Ken Lay. The dice have been echado; only time will tell how soon the headlines read "Enrongate." Sure as shit, Se�or Bush is going to do some jail time, and no, el muy backstabber does not earn any points for trying to softpedal su amistad with Se�or Moneybags. El segundo error is: All the smack Se�or Bush has been talking about China. Doesn't he know how they take criticism over there? Now he's there in person, he'd just better tener cuidado. If I were him, I'd step up the personal security, just in case they try putting pretzels in the wonton soup o algo. The third and most stupid mistake of all is: That "Axis of Evil" remark from el Presidente's speech la otra semana. Whoa, caballero! What the hell kind of third world war you trying to provoke? Are you loco o just stupid? Not that the frase doesn't have its own charm; as Concha pointed out, "Axis of Evil" might make a good title for the new Harry Potter libro. As in 'Harry Potter and the Axis of Evil.' -- Ja! Ja! OK, so by my count, that's three strikes for Se�or Presidente, but all is not perdido. Maybe if this presidency thingy doesn't pan out he can go on to write children's fiction.
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