"Fuck Bush" is not a good way to begin a conversation, especially one about U.S. politics. It's the kind of blunt political invective one might expect to see on bumper stickers, t-shirts, or hand-made protest signs in liberal parts of the country. But it is more emotional than some of the most direct anti-Bush slogans. During the Bush presidency it's been more common for me to encounter the phrase as an utterance. I have heard it spoken with a variety of emotional affects-with resignation, flippancy, indignation and outrage. Never has it been an invitation to discussion....
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