Sunday, May 17, 2015

The "changing a lightbulb" joke.

You know the old joke series that begins "How many ------ does it take to change a light bulb?"    My favorite one, because it targets my profession, is "How many psychoanalysts does it take to change a light bulb?"     Answer:   "Only one, but the light bulb has to really really want to change."

OK.  So that's the background.   As I predicted last week, Jeb Bush's flub on the question of invading Iraq has reached the stage of becoming a joke.

An article in the New York Times quoted "a party strategist" who overheard "a group of Republican senators" joking about "how many press aides are needed to respond" to the question about invading Iraq.

The straight answer must be "quite a few," since it took Jeb four tries to get it right.   First it was "Yes I would."   Second try:  "I misunderstood -- later 'misinterpreted' -- the question."  Try # 3 gave us:   "hypothetical questions like that are a disservice to our troops."   On the 4th attempt, Jeb finally acknowledged that, knowing all we know now, he would not authorize the invasion.

So it must have involved quite a few aides and multiple strategy sessions to get that dim bulb to glow.

Ralph

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