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For fun, take a look at some of BushCo's answers to foreign print journalists on Wednesday.  I added the obligatory concluding sentence that would make each answer the perfect third grade paragraph:

One such problem is trade, and President Lula and I will spend time on the Doha round to determine whether or not we're able to advance Doha in a constructive way that benefits our nations, and, equally importantly, the world's poor.  The best way to alleviate poverty is for there to be prosperity.  And one way to enhance prosperity is through a world that trades freely and fairly.  And so President Lula and I will concentrate on trade.

The other area -- another area of common ground is changing our energy uses.  My last trip to Brazil I was briefed extensively on Brazil's capacity to use its raw materials to develop a vast ethanol industry. And I was impressed by the progress Brazil has made.  It reminded me of -- the progress Brazil has made has reminded me of the vast potential that agricultural (sic) can make on the energy front.  That's why I will learn about Brazil's energy uses during my trip to Brazil.

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The political implications of that, at least for the United States, are profound, in that we become less dependent on oil, which is good for our national security, as well as it helps us be good stewards of the environment.  I happen to believe that the United States and Brazil can work together to, for example, share technologies with others in the region, which will help them become less dependent on oil, and that's important.  Because dependency on oil exposes economies to the whims of the marketplace.  As China's demand for oil continues, if there's not a corresponding increase in international supply, what happens in China affects the ability of someone in Latin America to be able to keep more money -- in other words, the gas prices go up.  There is a direct correlation.  And we live in a global economy, in which global economics -- I mean, live in a global world in which global economics affects the lives of a lot of people in our neighborhood.  And so becoming less dependent on oil will enhance the economic security of the region.  And that's important because prosperity in the region is important for the United States.  We want our friends and neighbors to be prosperous.

I didn't need to add anything to that last one.  It was already the perfect third grade paragraph.  A little bit rambling, but for third grade ...

There was also a lot of "because CAFTA is good, CAFTA is good" talk.  For a more sophisticated look at the damage CAFTA has done and will do, you can spend some time here.

Comments

[mick arran]

Astounding, isn't it? Of course, the first response of most people is that he's talking down to them as if they were the 3rd graders, too ignorant to understand anything more complicated. But I think everybody's finally catching on: he talks that way so he can understand it.

[eRobin]

I agree. I also still think he's getting information fed to him as he speaks. But then again, I truly think he's practically retarded. In my book, he's only capable of idiot banter and angry retorts without being told what to say.