A Son of the Rock

The post title paraphrases a poster from the Nixon Presidency in the US, which reflected Tricky Dicky’s lack of trustworthiness – and that was before Watergate. David Cameron’s “I have a plan” speech for some reason reminded me of it.

Cameron was possibly trying to echo Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” but failed bathetically. The insipid phrase evokes not only the canal in Panama palindrome (link via doctorvee) but also Jamaica’s Michael Manley who subsequently became known as “The Clot With The Plot” and moreover it apparently originated with Labour’s Hugh Gaitskell ca 1959.

More importantly though, it shows lack of foresight and imagination. Cameron is surely old enough to be familiar with the works of Stevie Wonder. That he did not, therefore, steer clear of the phrase is astonishing.

For it reminded the good lady, who reminded me.

“He’s a man with a plan” is followed by “he’s got a counterfeit dollar in his hand” and later, “if he shakes on a bet he’s the kind of dude who won’t pay his debt.”

So, does David Cameron think he’s mister-know-it-all? And that we haven’t noticed?

Please beware of a man that just don’t give a care.

Boormt, boo-boo, boo-boo.