A Bush Turn of Phrase

By now, everyone knows this whole Iraq mess has gone on long enough and that "staying the course" just isn't an option. In fact, President Bush said yesterday, at a press conference from Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, that he was dropping the phrase "stay the course" from his personal vocabulary altogether, and he hoped for a speedy drop from the national consciousness as well. "I realize that that phrase is maybe not so hot," said Bush. "What we need now is some new way of talking about this war - we need a radically fundamental new way of looking at this thing, this here War on Terror." Bush later added, "But when you find yourself in the face of grave danger, you can't just count your blessings and run away. You've gotta hunker down, and squat in your own shit, and pray that someone comes to save your ass." Bush then declared the new phrase would be "ride the wave." Vindicated.