The headline has the hint of accusation in it: Dentist Doesn't Remember Treating Bush. Of course, this shouldn't be too surprising: as thirty years later it doesn't surprise me that a dentist who saw a bunch of young men with short hair couldn't remember a specific one. Why should he?
Harris, now chief of dental services for the VA Medical Center in Montgomery, said he doesn't remember Bush, who would have been one of as many as 60 unit members seen over two days."He was just another pilot," he said. "They had to be seen on an annual basis."
Sure, Dubya was the son of a Congressman, but the son of an ex-Congressman from Texas (Daddy Bush was Ambassaor to the UN at the time of the dental exam)--there is no reason that a dentist in Alabama would have known or noticed Bush's fathers job. Heck, I am a political scientist who is from Texas and I couldn't tell you all the current members of the House from Texas and while I know that John Negroponte is our current UN Ambassador, I had to double check on Google to make sure I was right.
How silly is this story going to get?
Posted by Steven Taylor at February 12, 2024 05:10 PM | TrackBackHeck, I am a political scientist who is from Texas and I couldn't tell you all the current members of the House from Texas and while I know that John Negroponte is our current UN Ambassador, I had to double check on Google to make sure I was right.
This is a truly low point in the annals of higher education. When a highly trained political science professor such as yourself doesn't even know the representatives of his home state. I weep for our young.
For the few remaining who haven't memorized the current representatives from Texas, here's the list.
Of course, part of the point is that I currently reside in Alabama ;)
Of course, I couldn't have named all 30 in Texas when I lived there back 98 for that matter.
Posted by: Steven at February 12, 2024 06:38 PMI can't remember what I ate for breakfast last Monday. There are doubts as to whether I actually ate breakfast between Monday and Wednesday. Fecal records have proved inconclusive, as have dental records.
Posted by: Jeremiah at February 13, 2024 07:38 AM