I ain’t George Bush

Today’s WaPo Style Invitational contest is pretty good. Compare or contrast two words that differ by one letter:

Osama and Osaka: Given five years, the CIA might find Osaka.

Whores and chores: My wife has never given me a list of whores to do on my day off.

The difference between global warming and global arming is W; actually, that's also what they have in common.

Bush and bust: The difference between a president and his presidency.

Bush and blush: One of them demonstrates self-consciousness and the capacity for embarrassment.

Fast supper and Last Supper: One involves a happy meal.

A late entry was provided today by tiny anchor George Stephanopoulos, who asked Joe Lieberman about the perception that he was “too willing to buck your own party.”

Holy Joe insisted that Lamont is actually a center-right Democrat disguising himself as a liberal, adding “You don’t really know this other guy,” the cry of every incumbent who the voters know all too well.

Actually, though, Joementum seems worried that voters might think he’s someone else, asserting, without offering any evidence, “I ain’t George Bush.” Speaking ungrammatically ain’t going to bolster that case. If he ain’t George Bush, who does he claim he is? Not Joe Lieberman, of course, because no one wants to vote for that guy. No, like every other losing candidate for the last 50 years, he’s Harry Truman. Who he says won in 1948 because the “regular people” turned out to vote. I suppose it’s too late for the Lamont people to put out “Another irregular person for Ned Lamont” bumper stickers.