During 2001, when it was becoming apparent that George W. Bush was going to be a complete Presidential disaster, I joined with journalist Gene Gaudette, and the always funny Steve Young (yes, the same one that ran in Ca-48 awhile back) in labeling Bush's increasingly obvious ineptitude as "chimp-like."
The name "Chimpy" stuck, as Bush himself was making the name stick by his own actions, which were becoming alarming to those of us that simply wanted a President that would, "First, Do No Harm." By September 2001 it became clear to all what was happening inside BushCo, it was a disaster.
Still, the media picked up after Bush, cleaned up his verbal BM's, and spit-ups, and molly coddled this lout to such an extent that some like a certain "Kos," started getting angry and decided to try and do something about it. From the clip sites like Smirking Chimp to Buzzflash the Chimpy name spread far and wide. by 2006 the name was known everywhere left in blogland. More below.
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