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Bushisms.


In Will Durst's haste to compile a list of descriptives for the Bush Administration ("Impeachment? No. Impalement!" June issue), he overlooked a few: sleazy; goofy, dimwitted dim·wit  
n. Slang
A stupid person.



dimwitted adj.
, crackbrained crack·brain  
n.
A foolish or eccentric person.



crackbrained adj.
, dopey, dull, pietistic pi·e·tism  
n.
1. Stress on the emotional and personal aspects of religion.

2. Affected or exaggerated piety.

3.
, shifty-eyed, phony, harebrained, ecophobic, billionaire-brownnosing, grammar-phobic, moronic, idiotic, indifferent, Cheneyized, Rovist, incurious in·cu·ri·ous  
adj.
Lacking intellectual inquisitiveness or natural curiosity; uninterested.



in·cu
, antihumanistic, Potemkinite, momzer, anal retentive, Kafkaesque, Orwellian, loco, nutty, small-minded, cerebrally disadvantaged, nausea-inducing, disgusting, paparazzi-courting, pusillanimous, war-loving. In my haste, I have probably Overlooked others.

Edd Doerr

Aspen Hill, Maryland
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Title Annotation:Letters to the Editor
Author:Doerr, Edd
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Jul 1, 2006
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