I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace

[Scootman78]

Bush's quote from his last-ditch try to win the debate..."We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace."


My thoughts....

1. The mountain that King Bush refers to is his throne.

2. If he was going to tell the truth, Bush should've admitted, "I'm not good with peace, so I'll go look on the other side of the mountain. Ooh look, Haliburton!"

3. If being truthful, he could've added also, "There's no oil in that valley, so I'll just have the mountain on the other side talk to it."

4. Last one I promise. Bush could've said, "That valley sure is way down there and its a longer climb down than it was a climb up. Give me 4 more years as your president and I promise that I will at least get close enough to that valley that my brother can finish the job when he steals...err wins...the election in 2008".
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Ahh..its the most sickening lies that catch your attention isn't it? I guess since he didn't elaborate on where that valley was or how far down it was, Bush wasn't exactly lying - just being vague. How unusual...heh.

[DenverDem]

1. Platitudinous, meaningless, memorized, manure.

"not with a bang,
but a whimper.'


busholini's days are numbered.

[camby]

2. Could he have been unconsciously plagiarizing

the late Dr Martin Luther King?

[DenverDem]

3. And like Dr. King and Moses (who said it first)

busholini doesn't get to go to the valley.

[Scootman78]

8. Probably, I unfortunately don't hear/see many Dr. King speeches

Living where I live (a farming area) I had to learn about the great Dr. Martin Luther King on my own.

Even if I find that line by Dr. King, I don't know if I can listen or read that line again without thinking of Dubya. Makes me sick to my stomach.

[ignatius 2]

11. I think it was a take on an old gospel hymn, Peace in the valley.

It is really quite a beautiful hymn. Got to keep the religious fundies lathered up you know. The peace word coming out of Bush's mouth worried me that lightning could strike the stage at any moment.

[billkurtmeyer]

4. Canned - memorized boilplate - don't think for a moment that

Bush thought this up on his own - did you notice that his closing statement had no reference whatsoever to the debate - no rebutal to anything that Kerry said - the Chimp could not be trusted to think on his feet, so he memorized his closing statement, from a debate standpoint that is pathetic!

[billkurtmeyer]

5. Actually now that I think about it that line is so lame . . .

that I think chimpy made it up?

[Vickers]

6. He lost all the free-thinking folks, even freepers, so he tried to lasso

a few fundies with some strategic Left Behind-grade religious talk.

[Eye and Monkey]

17. you know, he probably thought of that as his "trump card" - pathetic

[daveskilt]

7. a peaceful valley? those fuckers wont expect us to invade them!

watch furious george charge in and bomb the shit out of the peaceful valley!

[Scootman78]

10. Ahh I missed that one...love that line!

[bleedingheart]

9. A simple minded sermon from a simple minded president

[readmylips]

12. The 'valley''crap is from the bible...

he didn't even quote it correctly. He even foks up the bible. Little bush was such a fluff, lier, when he talk about meeting a dead soldier's mother..'and we prayed.'

His religious crap was for the repig multi-millionaire televangelists, they own him.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

13. pfft! -typical sanctimonious peggy noonan line he was handed

bet he had to let her indulge her foot fetish and give him a rubdown for that one

[Columbia]

14. It's Xian code

Psalm 23

1 The LORD is my shepherd,
I shall not want;

2 he makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters;

3 he restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil; for thou art with me;
thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

[cmd]

15. Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Suess

On the far-away island of Sala-ma-Sond,
Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond.
A nice little pond. It was clean. It was neat.
The water was warm. There was plenty to eat.
The turtles had everything turtles might need.
And they were all happy. Quite happy indeed.

They were... untill Yertle, the king of them all,
Decided the kingdom he ruled was too small.
"I'm ruler", said Yertle, "of all that I see.
But I don't see enough. That's the trouble with me.
With this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond
But I cannot look down on the places beyond.
This throne that I sit on is too, too low down.
It ought to be higher!" he said with a frown.
"If I could sit high, how much greater I'd be!
What a king! I'd be ruler of all that I see!"

So Yertle, the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And Yertle, the Turtle King, gave a command.
He ordered nine turtles to swim to his stone
And, using these turtles, he built a new throne.
He made each turtle stand on another one's back
And he piled them all up in a nine-turtle stack.
And then Yertle climbed up. He sat down on the pile.
What a wonderful view! He could see 'most a mile!
"All mine!" Yertle cried. "Oh, the things I now rule!
I'm the king of a cow! And I'm the king of a mule!
I'm the king of a house! And, what's more, beyond that
I'm the king of a blueberry bush and a cat!
I'm Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!"

And all through the morning, he sat up there high
Saying over and over, "A great king am I!"
Until 'long about noon. Then he heard a faint sigh.
"What's that?" snapped the king
And he looked down the stack.
And he saw, at the bottom, a turtle named Mack.
Just a part of his throne. And this plain little turtle
Looked up and he said, "Beg your pardon, King Yertle.
I've pains in my back and my shoulders and knees.
How long must we stand here, Your Majesty, please?"
"SILENCE!" the King of the Turtles barked back.
"I'm king, and you're only a turtle named Mack."
"You stay in your place while I sit here and rule.
I'm the king of a cow! And I'm the king of a mule!
I'm the king of a house! And a bush! And a cat!
But that isn't all. I'll do better than that!

My throne shall be higher!" his royal voice thundered,
"So pile up more turtles! I want 'bout two hundred!"
"Turtles! More turtles!" he bellowed and brayed.
And the turtles 'way down in the pond were afraid.
They trembled. They shook. But they came. They obeyed.
From all over the pond, they came swimming by dozens.
Whole families of turtles, with uncles and cousins.
And all of them stepped on the head of poor Mack.
One after another, they climbed up the stack.
Then Yertle the Turtle was perched up so high,
He could see fourty miles from his throne in the sky!
"Hooray!" shouted Yertle. "I'm the king of the trees!
I'm king of the birds! And I'm king of the bees!
I'm king of the butterflies! King of the air!
Ah, me! What a throne! What a wonderful chair!
I'm Yertle the Turtle! Oh, marvelous me!
For I am the ruler of all that I see!"

Then again, from below, in the great heavy stack,
Came a groan from that plain little turtle named Mack.
"Your Majesty, please... I don't like to complain,
But down here below, we are feeling great pain.
I know, up on top you are seeing great sights,
But down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.
We turtles can't stand it. Our shells will all crack!
Besides, we need food. We are starving!" groaned Mack.

"You hush up your mouth!" howled the mighty King Yertle.
"You've no right to talk to the world's highest turtle.
I rule from the clouds! Over land! Over sea!
There's nothing, no, NOTHING, that's higher than me!"

But, while he was shouting, he saw with suprise
That the moon of the evening was starting to rise
Up over his head in the darkening skies.
"What's THAT?" snorted Yertle. "Say, what IS that thing
That dares to be higher than Yertle the King?
I shall not allow it! I'll go higher still!
I'll build my throne higher! I can and I will!
I'll call some more turtles. I'll stack 'em to heaven!
I need 'bout five thousand, six hundred and seven!"

But, as Yertle, the Turtle King, lifted his hand
And started to order and give the command,
That plain little turtle below in the stack,
That plain little turtle whose name was just Mack,
Decided he'd taken enough. And he had.
And that plain little lad got a bit mad.
And that plain little Mack did a plain little thing.
He burped!
And his burp shook the throne of the king!

And Yertle the Turtle, the king of the trees,
The king of the air and the birds and the bees,
The king of a house and a cow and a mule...
Well, that was the end of the Turtle King's rule!
For Yertle, the King of all Sala-ma-Sond,
Fell off his high throne and fell Plunk! in the pond!

And tosay the great Yertle, that Marvelous he,
Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see.
And the turtles, of course... all the turtles are free
As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.

[hatrack]

16. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of shit

And in that shit are floating thousands of dead Iraqis.

In other news, I know exactly where I want to lead America!

[hippywife]

18. When he said he was on the mountain

I yelled "Jump"!

[mitchum]

19. More than likely it was fundy codespeak...

all of his public babblings are carefully laced with them. Gotta play to the faithful (the dumb fucks)

[SKKY]

20. I also saw the valley below...

...and it's your ass strung out on the lawn of your Crawford, Texas ranch in retirement!