Maybe he uses
a stunt DubyaLast Thursday, completely by happenstance, I got within 50 feet of President Bush. At least, that dim shape huddled in the limo that sped past on the other side of the freeway divider could have been Dubya.
I'm not in favor of any president who slows down traffic while I'm trying to get somewhere. Who does he think he is, the Leader of the Free World? I rolled down my window, meaning to shout out an encouraging "Hail to the Chief!" but what came out instead was "Viva Prazzydente Booooosh!" (my Third World accent leans toward Pancho Villa).
The limo zipped past. And then the tenor of the times began to feed my suspicions. Oh sure, I thought, they want us to think that's Bush in the limo. If Saddam Hussein can have dozens of doubles (or so the White House kept claiming), why not Bush?
Maybe the real President Bush was disguised in a police uniform, whipping down the road on an escort motorcycle, going "Yyyoww!" in Peewee Herman's excited yelp. Or he's behind the wheel of the escorting ambulance, yanking on the siren like a chimp on Ritalin.
Well, it would explain that aircraft-carrier thing earlier this year.
Burl Burlingame
bburlingame@starbulletin.com
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