Antigeist

Touching excerpt from president Bush's eulogy for Reagan:

"And so today, with President Reagan's body still warm, I want all the people who worshipped him to take note of the many non-superficial ways in which I just coincidentally seem so mega-similar to him. From our mutual fondness for dressing up as cowboys to hang out on our camera-ready luxury "ranches," to our firm belief in 35-hour work weeks punctuated with plenty of energy-restoring naps, President Reagan and I are cut from the very same denim. Indeed, we both delegate all the complicated stuff, can't be bothered with boring old facts, and scared America into spending billions of dollars to fight an "Evil Empire." He choose Russia, I went with Iraq – both based on solid intelligence that they were already harmlessly crumbling from within. And that is why, taken as a whole, I'd much rather have voters associate me with Uncle Ronnie than with my own daddy, who is, I'm sorry to say, just a sissy one-termer who nobody liked enough to re-elect."

(via the White House)