Bush Cites "King Peter of Narnia" as favorite historical figure.

[GOPBasher]

Bush Cites “King Peter of Narnia” As Favorite Historical Figure

President Hails Fictional Nation as “Great Democracy”

In a rare interview with Democratic Underground Press (DUP), President George W. Bush cited “King Peter of Narnia” as his favorite historical figure. Asked what historical figure has most influenced his own governing philosophy, the president said, “King Peter was definitely my favorite, he was a heck of a leader.” Bush praised Narnia as a noble nation of free people, led by a valiant king dedicated to protecting its freedom.

“Narnia was a great Democracy,” Bush declared, “And like all great Democracies, they had a great King who was put there by God to tell everyone what to do and who to kill.”

“You can’t just trust Democracy to just ordinary people,” Bush explained. “That’s why we have Jesus, or Aslan for the Narnians, to put God’s will into people ... you know, sort of put God’s will into place, with people He wants for certain things, like for king or president or whatever.”

When told that The Chronicles of Narnia, the series of novellas written by C.S. Lewis, was a work of fiction, Bush responded that he “never quite understood much math,” but believes that the Narnians should be honored for their achievements. “They may have been just a fraction, as you say” Bush explained, “But if you think that somehow dimishinizes their accomplishments, and all the things they accomplished, and, kind of, you know, puts down the things they gotten done, such as defeating the evil White Witch and all, then I respectfully disagree.”

Bush also dismissed criticisms that Narnia was a Monarchy, not a Democracy, as “liberal media spin.” “Narnia was a great country with lots of noblenessity, with one heck of a nobly king. That’s why he was the high king and why he was such a great country. And when their freedom was under attack by freedom-hating people, you see, they were at war with some extremist folks, and so they didn’t bother much with little details and facts. (King Peter) just said, ‘Bring it on!’

“I try to model myself after the great King Peter. I know who our enemies is, and I’ll do whatever it takes to defend them ... defend us from them, from those who would take away our freedom.”

The interviewer held out a map and asked Bush to point out Narnia. “It’s in a different world,” Bush insisted. “It might be where Saddam hid his weapons.”

Responding to the same question in a DUP interview in February, Vice President Dick Cheney responded: “Attila the Hun. Fuck you.”

[YDogg]

1. cites, even.

[GOPBasher]

2. Thanks. Must change. n/t

[Kurovski]

5. K&R.

[GOPBasher]

6. Thanks again. n/t

[Mojambo]

3. Oh, thank Qat it's satire.

You know, it's quite the statement that I even had doubts.

[uppityperson]

4. Sometimes it is diffiult to tell satire from reality. Good post.

[Kurovski]

9. You know,

I always thought Bush's claim that Jesus is his favorite historical figure was pretty good satire, too.

[GOPBasher]

11. LOL good point. n/t

[parasim]

7. who know, I'm beginning to think that satire's not funny...

... if I don't know that it is satire immediately. Not funny, no. Scary. Scary to think that I wouldn't in the least bit surprise me that Bush would actually say that a fictional character was his favorite historical figure. Yikes!

Yours was funny though... nice job.

[GOPBasher]

12. Thanks. :-) n/t

[BlooInBloo]

8. My sig.

[varelse]

10. I hate the fact that I actually believed this really happened

only for a few seconds, but still... :(

[BigBluenoser]

14. Me too. Oddly enough...

I found that the original misspelling of "cites" lent a certain legitimacy to the post.

[Ghost in the Machine]

13. Kicked, Recommended & Nominated for a DUzy...

Very good... thanks for the laugh!

:kick:

[GOPBasher]

15. Thanks. :-) n/t

[Ghost in the Machine]

26. No problem.. here's another one...

:kick:

[Sam Ervin jret]

16. Oh, This is a gag? I was excited to see he was at least reading.

[hyphenate]

17. Put there by God

Well, I guess it's true. Aslan WAS based on JC, and the series was Christian-contexted (Yes, I know--not a real word)
as envisioned by C.S. Lewis.

I wonder how many of the 7 Narnian novels the idiot in chief has read? Does he realize they were written as a CHILDREN'S series? :rofl:

on edit: You should be writing more for the Onion.

[GOPBasher]

21. Thanks. :-) n/t

[TlalocW]

18. This is funny. Reminds me of something that did actually happen

In the 1990s, Spy Magazine got several members of congress to issue statements condemning the ethnic cleaning going on in Freedonia, the fictional country run by Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) in "Duck Soup."

TlalocW

[Kurovski]

19. Kind of like not reading something before voting on it.

[GOPBasher]

22. That's hilarious! n/t

[Ferry Fey]

20. Huckabee and CS Lewis December 2007 (not satire!)

His appeal is mainly to people who like the idea of “a man of convictions,” not one who behaves like a conventional, pandering politician. But there are times when even the purest of truth-speakers must bow before the demands of a campaign for the highest office.

"Who is your favorite author?" Aleya Deatsch, 7, of West Des Moines asked Mr. Huckabee in one of those posing-like-a-shopping-mall-Santa moments.

Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.

In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.

"My favorite author is C. S. Lewis," she said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/us/politics/21huckabee.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[GOPBasher]

23. LOL!

"A higher level." :rofl:

[Suich]

24. LOL!

Haven't heard that before...thanks!

:rofl:

[Ghost in the Machine]

25. Kicking....

in case people missed this over the weekend...

[bdamomma]

27. oh this man is just sick really sick.

:puke:

satire?? sounds like *'ie all the way.

[Jack Rabbit]

28. This is from the Onion, right?

Bush doesn't have the intellectual discipline to read C. S. Lewis. Who are we kidding?

(Actually, very well done.)