Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Walking Eagle by Mockingbird

At the latest Lake Superior Freethinkers meeting an unattributed story was circulated that President Bush was dubbed "Walking Eagle" at "a major gathering of the American Indian Nation in Arizona. The name "Walking Eagle" is supposedly a name of disrespect rather than respect. According to About.com's Urban Legends and Folklore, the same story was circulated in 2004 with Democratic candidate John Kerry as the subject.

Surprisingly, no one in the roomful of skeptics never questioned this story. I think the problem was that the story was so in character with our perception of Bush.