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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeb unleashes his mighty golden sword 'Chang' and gives it to Rubio
It's Florida, of course:
Gov. Bush & his mystical buddy
After more than an hour of solemn ceremony naming Rep. Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, as the 2007-08 House speaker, Gov. Jeb Bush stepped to the podium in the House chamber last week and told a short story about "unleashing Chang," his "mystical warrior" friend.
Here are Bush's words, spoken before hundreds of lawmakers and politicians: ''Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society.
''I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down.''
Bush then unsheathed a golden sword and gave it to Rubio as a gift.
''I'm going to bestow to you the sword of a great conservative warrior,'' he said, as the crowd roared.
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050918/COLUMNS/50917061/1096/editorials
After more than an hour of solemn ceremony naming Rep. Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, as the 2007-08 House speaker, Gov. Jeb Bush stepped to the podium in the House chamber last week and told a short story about "unleashing Chang," his "mystical warrior" friend.
Here are Bush's words, spoken before hundreds of lawmakers and politicians: ''Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society.
''I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down.''
Bush then unsheathed a golden sword and gave it to Rubio as a gift.
''I'm going to bestow to you the sword of a great conservative warrior,'' he said, as the crowd roared.
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050918/COLUMNS/50917061/1096/editorials
Noted on DU at the time, and now it has come up again: http://nomoremister.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/the-rubiobush-sword-story-preppiness.html
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Jeb unleashes his mighty golden sword 'Chang' and gives it to Rubio (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2015
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MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)1. Are these guys on drugs? nt
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)2. conservative geeks just eat that kind of shit up
don't they? Grown men, playing with toy swords, SMDH.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)3. Chang vs Aqua Buddha. Is this politics or Cartoon Network?