In the Manchurian Candidate remake topic on the Well, Ben Bacon posted what I thought was one of the funniest Top Ten Lists I’d read in a while, so I asked him for permission to reprint it here:
TOP TEN DIFFERENCES between RAYMOND SHAW (redux) and GEORGE W. BUSH
by Ben Bacon10. Raymond Shaw was elected.
9. Raymond Shaw fought for his country.
8. People remember serving with Sergeant Shaw.
7. Nobody laughs when Raymond Shaw is addressed by rank.
6. When Raymond Shaw kills you, he looks you in the eye.
5. Raymond Shaw doesn’t know he’s doing the bidding of sinister multinational corporations.
4. Raymond Shaw has a chip in his head. Bush has Dick Cheney.
3. Raymond Shaw is dominated by his fanatical obsessed ideologue mother. Bush is — never mind.
2. Raymond Shaw puts his country’s interests ahead of his own and his
party’s.And the #1 difference:
1. Raymond Shaw is probably qualified to be Vice President.
I like George Bush. I voted for him in both elections because the alternative was worse.