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Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:00 AM

Scarborough's fair

The Republican TV host reveals why he launched his "Is Bush an 'idiot'?" segment and why conservatives are afraid to question the president.
By Alex Koppelman

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006 02:08 PM

    Downgrading Bush

    Magoo wrote an editor's choice letter saying, "Hey, Bush is no dumber now than he was five years ago. Scarborough's just a rat jumping off the sinking ship." Second sentence: no doubt whatsoever in my mind. First sentence: maybe not. Crooks&Liars has some video footage comparing Bush the debater in 1994 and Bush the debater in 2004. There's a big difference. The younger Bush was confident and coherent. He may have memorized his lines, but he memorized them well.

    Whether it's presenile dementia, hitting the bottle, or something less dramatic, Bush is clearly not the man he was 10 years ago.

    —drlimerick Read drlimerick's other letters

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