Cliff LyonCannon Insults Smart People
From Utah Democrats
Last night at the BYU 3rd Congressional District debate, Republican Rep. Chris Cannon made claims that the President of the United States is hiding a learning disability.
So, either Rep. Chris Cannon is under the impression that a learning disability is something that should be hidden and ashamed of, or, he just joined the stampede of Republicans cut-and-running away from the president.
Newsflash to Mr. Cannon: Learning disabilities ARE NOT punchlines. Victims are not to blame for crimes, and when you run on a fictional ethics platform, you shouldn’t write letters trying to get your lobbyist buddies out of jail.
I know a few people with dislexia. Some are famous. All are highly intelligent. Bush is not dyslexic, and Cannon knows it. He’s just hoping we will assign Bish’s intellectual short-comings to a learning disability and overlook the obvious.
Bush can read just fine. All you have to do is watch him read his speeches. I repeat; Bush is not dyslexic. Cannon is a liar.
Please go out and vote for Christian Burridge. I’m begging.
November 5th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
As a Director of Special Education Services in my school, I can tell you that Bush is probably not Dyslexic. ( I could mention some other disabilties he might qualify for under IDEA, but I”ll refrain).
Cannon has insulted the learning disabled community by trying to use the label of a learning disability to cover up the tragedy of Bush’s behaviors.
Well, I can tell you Mr. Cannon, and Mr. George Bush, that the claim of having a learning disabiltiy is not an excuse for poor behavior again and again and again and again. If the U.S. administration and our representatives are so hip to learning disabilities (and for that matter, education overall), why didn’t they make the required accomodations so that those poor behaviors stop?
Okay, then, Mr. Bush, let’s take this outside. Bring Cannon with you. I’ve got my battery of tests that will shine in a show down any day….
November 5th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
i rilly likh cassandra. she kan spell. she muust have goyn to prybit skuulool.
November 6th, 2006 at 8:13 am
Cliff, and all else who frequent this blog, I want to send my thanks for promoting the good sense involved in thwarting this admin, with all its told and untold shortcomings. Sure Dems aren’t perfect and I wouldn’t suggest that ANY dem would be better than the best repub, but at this point some balance must be brought into this mix. So, whatever the outcome tomorrow, we’ll be partying ’cause, there will be some victories in the nation as a whole. And then it will be back to work, to either counter the repub whine for losing, or attempting to unravel the ‘cheat’, prepare for the future, and support those who did win (and the cause of democracy). The hard work may just be beginning.
As for Cannons distasteful apology for Bush, I won’t argue, except to say, once again, that the comparison gives ______s a bad name. Whatever the problems with bushes mentation, it is clear that the direction of his learning is to further enrich his cronies and to further devastate the democracy to which he owes his position. A damn shame.
November 6th, 2006 at 9:31 am
On CNN over the weekend, there was a discussion of why Bush gets away with making so many breathtakingly idiotic statements when other politicians get skewered for the slightest malapropism. I forget who said it, but one political analyst summed it up like this: “People have already made up their minds about Bush, they either think he’s trying to be folksy or that he’s just a lunkhead.”
I don’t know if being a lunkhead is an official disability.