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TexLaProgressive

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4. I have to admit to using Ronnie Raygun and calling Dubya a "post turtle"
Mon Jun 22, 2026, 10:10 AM
Jun 22
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up
a conversation with the old man.

Eventually the topic got around to former Texas Governor George W. Bush and his going to the White House. The old Texan said, "Well, ya
know, - Bush is a 'post turtle'."

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country
- road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle."
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain:
"You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't
belong there, he doesn't know what to do while he's up there, and you just want to help the dumb **** get down and move the hell ON!

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