It's well known in the blogosphere that El Presidente's nickname for Karl Rove is "Turd Blossom." But when Gary Trudeau used it in "Doonesbury" this week, a small uproar broke out at a few daily papers that carry the strip. In Tuesday's strip, Bush and an aide are lamenting the problems the administration has had over allegations that Rove leaked the name of a CIA officer to reporters.
Bush says, "Karl's sure been earnin' his nickname lately."
The unnamed aide says, "Boy Genius? I'm not so sure sir..."
Bush then says, "Hey Turd Blossom! Get in here."
The Providence (R.I.) Journal removed the term entirely from the last panel. The Kansas City Star removed the strip entirely.
But it's pefectly acceptable West Texas lingo. My mother, who never cussed, used "turd" as a wholly descriptive and necessary enumerator of the things of our rural world. The (ahem) tasty irony here is that it takes a turd for a turd blossom to bloom out of, and who but El Presidente himself has provided the fertilizer for Rove's inflorescence?
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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