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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:55 am Post subject: Seven years of Bushism - got a favorite? |
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There are lots to choose from.
Here is a recent one:
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| "My first reaction to watching the Iraqi government respond forcefully and to make it abundantly clear that -- I think the exact -- I can't remember the exact words of the Prime Minister, but "criminal elements" I know were a part of his declaration -- would be dealt with. I thought that was a very positive moment in the development of a sovereign nation, that is willing to take on elements that are -- you know, that believe they're beyond the law." |
-- George W. Bush, on the fighting in Basra |
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Funkdafied
Joined: 04 Nov 2007
Location: In Da House
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Fool me once, shame on .... shame on you
Fool me can't get fooled again ... |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: |
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G W Bush is perhaps the best President that the great country of The United States of America has ever had. PERIOD!
Whomever feels otherwise is a genuine MUPPET! |
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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:31 am Post subject: |
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spliff wrote:
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G W Bush is perhaps the best President that the great country of The United States of America has ever had. PERIOD!
Whomever feels otherwise is a genuine MUPPET! |
From a genuine Muppet:
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George Bush: too dumb for words
Posted by Damian Lanigan
The genius of George W. Bush is that he's so flat out dumb he's made it impossible for people to talk about how dumb he is. What I mean is, you're not allowed to write about his cosmic stupidity because people will accuse you of crashing through an open door. But sometimes, the man says something so offensive, so asinine that writers should run the risk. Today is one of those times.
Some people, however, struggle with the whole door thing
Via Reuters this is what he said in a speech to various military people yesterday:
"I must say, I'm a little envious," Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed."
"It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks."
Romantic - that's the word, Georgey Boy. When first saw this I thought that I'd do a quick little piece wherein I'd blend elements of the Afghan war with the titles of Mills & Boon type fiction (two quick examples: "Longing for Spin Boldak" and "You Stole My Heart (After Beheading Me)"), but I couldn't get up any enthusiasm. I just wanted to crash through an open door. So here goes:
Envious? Weren't so envious of those fighting in Vietnam were you? Because if you had been, you might have volunteered to go fight with them rather than flying drunk over West Texas and attending treacherous barbecues at your rich friends' houses. When you say 'young democracy' I presume you mean this 'failing, fragmented narcostate wretched with ancient tribal hatred and atavistic religiosity'? Would it not be a somewhat liberal definition of 'excitement' that could include the feelings of most veterans of the Afghanistan campaign right now? Wouldn't 'terrified', 'exploited', 'desperate to see their families' or 'maimed' be more accurate? And yes, how 'romantic' it all is: dulce at decorum est, and all that Dubya, you got it. What a fool.
There: I feel a bit better now. |
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/society/damianlanigan/march2008/bush-dumb.htm |
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Sleepy in Seoul
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Going in ever decreasing circles until I eventually disappear up my own fundament - in NZ
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| "We've got an issue in America ... too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." 6/9/2004 |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:14 am Post subject: |
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I never had sexual relations with that woman
oh wait, wrong president. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:19 am Post subject: |
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I never had sexual relations with that woman
oh wait, wrong president. |
That wasn't stupid. Did you see what she looked like? |
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Dome Vans
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| "They misunderestimated me." |
Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
Man, I'd love to have this guy as my president. I think they only had him so the population would actually feel more capable to fulfill the 'American Dream 'just because this brainless idiot made it. |
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Funkdafied
Joined: 04 Nov 2007
Location: In Da House
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Is our children learning?
Last edited by Funkdafied on Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:24 am; edited 1 time in total |
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uberscheisse
Joined: 02 Dec 2003
Location: japan is better than korea.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
G W Bush is perhaps the best President that the great country of The United States of America has ever had. PERIOD!
Whomever feels otherwise is a genuine MUPPET! |
spliff's delivery of her character is yet again, on point.
it's really a great strategy - post something extremely dumb and controversial, then never respond to replies.
not the most entertaining troll on this site, but surely the most consistent and annoying. which is part of the appeal. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:57 am Post subject: |
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| spliff wrote: |
G W Bush is perhaps the best President that the great country of The United States of America has ever had. PERIOD!
Whomever feels otherwise is a genuine MUPPET! |
You're banned for life! |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Just when I thought it was safe to go to bed...
Here's my top 5.
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| "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." �President George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005 |
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| "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' |
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| "Do you have blacks, too?" �to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001 |
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| "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." �Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002 |
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| "Bush goes to Hel. That's what a lot of people want." --George W. Bush, on his visit to the Hel Peninsula, Gdansk, Poland, Jun. 8, 2007 |
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Zutronius
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Suncheon
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:22 am Post subject: |
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flummuxt
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:42 am Post subject: |
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| "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." |
�LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
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"It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce."
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�Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
http://www.slate.com/id/76886/pagenum/all/#page_start |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:54 am Post subject: |
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agent x replied:
You meant to say "here are," didn't you? 
Poke fun at Bush all you want but I'll say this: the guy has a genuine sense of humor, unlike Kerry, he's never assumed that the Presidency was his for the taking, unlike Gore and Hillary Clinton, he's never had to wash his mouth out with soap like Perot, he's never tried to pass off others' eloquence as his own like Biden, he's never had to belch in public like Kennedy, he's never tried to hide behind euphemisms in describing his own conduct in office like Bill Clinton, he's never had to hang his head low in front of his wife since becoming a politician, he's never whooped it up in office like a teenager after a bong hit like Dean and he's never shown a mean streak in public, unlike McCain and countless Dems.
To this extent, at least, he's good-natured--and a class act. I'd much rather drink a cold beer on the back porch with him than any of the pretentious liberals who regularly casitgate him. That much I'm sure of. |
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