Parody

Parody "To call him a lightweight would be like calling Plato a lightweight." -South Carolina attorney general. Charlie Condon discussing George W. Bush on CNN's Inside Politics, November 23,...

...You have said you will not meet with them...
...oh, never mind...
...If any Bushus: That's terrific, Rovus...
...Rovus: You mean...
...Charlie Condon discussing George W. Bush on CNN's Inside Politics, November 23, 1999 THE DIALOGUES OF BUSHUS PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Bushus, Governor Alcibiades Rovus SCENE: The banquet room, governor's mansion Rovus: Greetings, Governor Bushus...
...You mind if 1 giveyou anick-name...
...I'm not going to play "gotcha" with you Bovus...
...The baths are where all the Log Cabin Republicans hang out...
...Rovus: But for a thing to be divided, must it not first be united...
...Bushus: Whatever...
...See, I am a untor not a divider...
...What is the quality of unity that differentiates it from division...
...You know, Athenia . . . Rovus: You mean Athens...
...Rovus-Povus-Bovus...
...They're about having the vision to have a dialogue...
...lWs not what these dialogues are about...
...Bushus: I don't want to get into the complexities, R-P When the time c^es I'll be able to seek advice from the best epistemologists...
...Alcibiades and I were just discussing the nature of compassion and its relation to conservatism...
...They're about vision...
...They're about dialogue...
...Bushus: The Athenites need to know that their leader will not send their sons off to fight in a war they can't win, like in the Pubic WaK...
...If we have to go to war with the Spartians, then . . . Rovus: You mean Spartans...
...But listen: Wouldn't we be more comfortable having this dialogue down in the baths...
...Bushus: And it's a darn good question, too, Rovus...
...Bushus: And I won't, Rovus...
...Let me tell you, it's great to be wearing a toga again 1 haven't worn one of these babies since the DKE House at Yale...
...Did 1 ever tell you about the time we ran a pair of knickers up the flagpok and . . . Rovus: Indeed you have, Bushus, many times...
...What the people need to know is that 1 ll lead in the new Bronze Age economy...
...Rovus-Rwm...
...Rovus: I'm afraid not, sir...
...But the quesfion Alcibiades raised has to do with the origins of compassion...

Vol. 5 • December 1999 • No. 13


 
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