Article published Sep 18, 2005
Gov. Bush & his mystical buddy
After more than an hour of solemn ceremony naming Rep. Marco Rubio, R-West Miami, as the 2007-08 House speaker, Gov. Jeb Bush stepped to the podium in the House chamber last week and told a short story about "unleashing Chang," his "mystical warrior" friend.
Here are Bush's words, spoken before hundreds of lawmakers and politicians:''Chang is a mystical warrior. Chang is somebody who believes in conservative principles, believes in entrepreneurial capitalism, believes in moral values that underpin a free society.
''I rely on Chang with great regularity in my public life. He has been by my side and sometimes I let him down. But Chang, this mystical warrior, has never let me down.''
Bush then unsheathed a golden sword and gave it to Rubio as a gift.
''I'm going to bestow to you the sword of a great conservative warrior,'' he said, as the crowd roared.
The crowd, however, could be excused for not understanding Bush's enigmatic foray into the realm of Eastern mysticism.
We're here to help.
In a 1989 Washington Post article on the politics of tennis, former President George Bush was quoted as threatening to ''unleash Chang'' as a means of intimidating other players.
The saying was apparently quite popular with Gov. Bush's father, and referred to a legendary warrior named Chang who was called upon to settle political disputes in Chinese dynasties of yore.
The phrase has evolved, under Gov. Jeb Bush's use, to mean the need to fix conflicts or disagreements over an issue. Faced with a stalemate, the governor apparently "unleashes Chang" as a rhetorical device, signaling it's time to stop arguing and start agreeing.
No word on if Rubio will unleash Chang, or the sword, as he faces squabbles in the future.
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― andy --, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― the happy smile patrol (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― Old School (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
The most esoteric [home-grown Bush Sr. phrase] is "unleash Chiang!" -- years ago an oft-used phrase during the hue and cry in government circles to allow Chiang Kai-shek to invade the Chinese mainland from Taiwan; on the Bush tennis court it refers to a potential source of power.
Plenty of non-Bush Google hits for "unleash Chiang."
― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
Privately, he was highly eccentric with his preference for consulting spirits, including those of Leonardo da Vinci, Louis Pasteur, his dead mother and his dog. He sought personal reassurance from the spirits, rather than political advice. Indeed, after his death, one of the mediums said that she had not realized that he was a politician. King did ask whether his party would win the 1935 election, one of the few times politics came up during his seances. His occult interests were not widely known during his term in office, however, and only became publicized by biographers after his death who used the extensive diaries that he kept most of his life.
He never married, but had a close female friend, Joan Patteson, a married woman, with whom he spent much of his leisure time. His country retreat at Kingsmere in Gatineau Park, near Ottawa, is open to the public.
Mackenzie King died on July 22, 1950, at his home near Ottawa. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. He is pictured on the Canadian fifty-dollar bill.
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:LFmqaRNu1G0J:www.cz-pes.cz/katalog/obrazky/bohemiaacro1.jpg
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 20:59 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh, xpost!
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Doesn't matter, we have more important things to think about, right Ian? Yeah!
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Old School (sexyDancer), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― kingfish superman ice cream (kingfish 2.0), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
Yes, well...in California the mystical is real. Florida's all about results (remember the election?), action (though here in South Beach mainly the sex and drugs type, ho-hum). I am becoming a misanthrope, living in Florida.
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― andy --, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:22 (eighteen years ago) link
I stand corrected.
― andy --, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ian Riese-Moraine: Let this bastard out, and you'll get whiplash! (Eastern Mantr, Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― the son of dean cameron (dr g), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― foxy boxer (stevie), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.gaylactica.dk/movie_images/totalrecall/openyourmind.jpg
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 20 September 2005 23:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 01:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― giboyeux (skowly), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 02:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― geoff (gcannon), Wednesday, 21 September 2005 02:37 (eighteen years ago) link
http://static.flickr.com/27/42959506_a731e34ed1_m.jpg
he is my mystical warrior friend.
― foxy boxer (stevie), Friday, 23 September 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Jeb Bush vs Chris Christie FITE!
― calstars, Friday, 2 May 2014 13:19 (ten years ago) link
Chiang Kai-shek is dead, Jeb. Wear gloves.
― Aimless, Friday, 2 May 2014 16:24 (ten years ago) link
neither of these guys has a chin
― PLATYPUS OF DOOM (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:25 (ten years ago) link
mud wrestle
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:29 (ten years ago) link
Jeb-Hil election will make the charade evermore explicit to the masses
the prezirrelevency
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 May 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
Remember when Jeb! came “under fire” in 2016 for saying he thought the actress who played Supergirl in the TV series was “pretty hot”?
― treeship., Sunday, 8 December 2019 02:33 (four years ago) link
Just want to remind yall of that wonderful in consuming media. 2016.
― treeship., Sunday, 8 December 2019 02:34 (four years ago) link
Jeb!
Mr. Room Rater, is it possible now that the election is over to rate rooms on a non partisan basis? Are you a room rater or a hyper partisan person that is the problem? We need less hyper partisanship on backgrounds at this time for our country. https://t.co/6oPKILYLZB— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) November 21, 2020
― wasdnuos (abanana), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
kudos
― calstars, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
ILX's first mention of Marco Rubio in the OP!
― jaymc, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 18:53 (three years ago) link
Greetings from the Biddeford CVS where Jeb Bush locked his keys in his van and is using the store phone to call lmao pic.twitter.com/o7IKOGrV9q— Steve Jobs Built The Apple iPhone (@NiceSheehan) September 24, 2021
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Friday, 24 September 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link