Which revered world leader dug deep into his thesaurus of incomprehensible Texan patois to alert us that Saddam "is stiffing the world" ... and worse still Saddam is goddam "crawfishing"?

By comparison LBJ was a deeply reflective existential intellectual. (Or as Dubbya might parse it, "intellect y'all".)

But Unka Tony told us ... "The person that I know and work with operates on these security issues in a calm and sensible and measured way."

God fucking help us!