* said "hard work" 11 times in last nights debate

[kayell]

Hard 7 times, and hardest 3 times.

Damn, his whole life must be terribly, terribly...hard. AWWW

[JimmyJazz]

1. you misunderestimated: I heard it was 14

:7


sorry, but I'm giddy this a.m.

[nostamj]

18. "Hard work" 11 times

I did a search of the full transcript...

[fertilizeonarbusto]

2. He wouldn't know hard work if it bit him

in the ass.

[nickinSTL]

3. If it's such hard work...

I'd be glad to see him relieved of his burden...

In January, when President Kerry takes over!

[stellanoir]

4. okay,

I think compassion is in order here. If the poor guy finds the work so terribly hard, let's elect him. . . for early retirement.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. Gee.. being Preznit... it's WORK!

Who'da thunk it?

[skooooo]

6. Pimpin' ain't easy.

[cedahlia]

25. LOL!

:hi:

[livetohike]

7. He was so nervous, those were the only words he could think of

and just like a child making excuses, he repeated them over and over.

[yardwork]

8. If the work is so hard - how come he's on vacation all the time?

When he isn't on vacation he's flying around the country talking to invitation-only crowds. When was the last time he put in a day's work in the Oval Office?

[Vickers]

11. Bingo!

Hey Georgie, imagine having a job where you actually have to SHOW UP EVERY FUCKING DAY!

What an out-of-touch dipshit. Just like dear old dad.

[LiberalFighter]

30. Must explained why he didn't show up for TANG duty or his physical

It was such hard work


And he didn't have to show up every day... for that matter every week

[AlinPA]

9. I counted (roughly) "hard work" 11 times; "we're making progress"

5 times; "sending mixed signals" 8 times and "changing positions" 10 times. The guy really repeats himself.

[skygazer]

14. Yes, but what about "mixed messages"?

You can include the time he said "mexed missages".

[AlinPA]

17. I thought I heard the word "signals " instead of "messages". (He kept

repeating this, saying Kerry was sending mixed signals to allies, troops, Iraqi people, etc.)

[AP]

10. And saying the words is the closest he has ever gotten to it.

Also, he says it like it's an excuse.

"I've fucked up the world, but it's hard work to keep the world on an even keel."

Yeah, we know. And Bill Clinton was up to the task. John Kerry is up to the task. You're not. Go away. Let us have a president who doesn't make excuses and who can do the hard work.

[bogey18]

12. From the Department of Reduncancy Department

If a Freudian slip is saying one thing when you mean your mother...

Bush said hard work so many times because the echo chamber in his brain was saying "my God, this is hard work...standing up here...staying on message...WAIT!...what is the message?...oh yeah...hard work...my God, this is hard work...standing up here..did he just call me a chimp?!...my God...counting all of the mooo-lah...hard work...."

[leftchick]

13. "I have been to war and it is not hard it is Hell!" : JFK?

I think he could use this....

[drumwolf]

15. But he's supposed to say "hard work"!

After all, he's a REPUBLICAN! And Republicans believe in hard work. Right? Right? :P

[skygazer]

16. He looked like a deer in the headlights

As a matter of fact, he looked like he did when he sat in that classroom for 7 minutes. Like a guy who was cracking under pressure. Which is what I've pointed out to all my freeper relatives in my morning gloating e-mail. Not what I look for in a leader!

[Lerkfish]

23. I'm beginning to wonder if that isn't "earpiece freeze"

I think he freezes when too much coaching comes in his earphone too quickly, or he forgot the trick of emptying your mind so that the flow of what goes in his ear can come out of his mouth....

I am now for the first time wondering if the "pet goat" freeze was because too many people were chatting on his earpiece and he had trouble singling it out?

[tlcandie]

19. What about the one time he got to reply to Kerry's answer yet

didn't even address what the issue that had been discussed was! It was like he blacked out. My husband and I were like, "What? That wasn't even the question...has nothing remotely to do with it!"

Between the HARD WORK... and his gunslinger attitude of looking into the camera saying he'll go after em!... and the can't wrap his brain around a toothpick it was pretty pathetic. He didn't say anything of any importance....just repetitive mumbo jumbo while on the sidelines he squirmed, played with his tie, made funky faces...and kept his lips pursed.

I think the hard work part comes in lieu of the fact it is and will continue to be hard work to hold on to his powers w/o going to the Hague!

[TahitiNut]

20. Junior got his "hard" on 23 times. (Difficult? NEVER.)

"It's hard work. It's incredibly hard." ... "It's the hardest decision a president makes." ... "There's a lot of good people working hard." ... "There's a lot of really good people working hard to do so. It's hard work." ... "It's a -- and it's hard work. I understand how hard it is." ... "I see on the TV screens how hard it is." ... "The plan says we'll train Iraqi soldiers so they can do the hard work, and we are." ... "It is hard work. It is hard work to go from a tyranny to a democracy. It's hard work to go from a place where people get their hands cut off or executed to a place where people are free." ... "You know, my hardest -- the hardest part of the job is to know that I committed the troops in harm's way and then do the best I can to provide comfort for the loved ones who lost a son or a daughter or a husband and wife." ... "You know, it's hard work to try to love her as best as I can," ... "It's hard work. Everybody knows it's hard work, because there's a determined enemy that's trying to defeat us." ... "I understand how hard it is to commit troops." ... "Vladimir is going to have to make some hard choices," ... "We've done a lot of hard work together over the last three and a half years."


Junior NEVER used the word 'difficult.' Not once.

[LibDemAlways]

22. "I see on the tv screens how hard it is"

That was the most telling line of the debate. He was talking about the soldiers he sent off to Iraq. He has about as much interest in them as he does contestants on a reality show. He's the ultimate couch potato - only in his case he produced the damn show.

[TahitiNut]

26. ... and our TV doesn't even come close to showing the horror.

The Moral Bubbleboy hasn't the slightest concept. Not a bit.

[Ron Green]

21. Hey Shrub!!! I gotcher hard work right here!!

How about international diplomacy? That's hard work you don't even know about. How about introspection? Shit, the word itself is too hard for you, let alone the process.

:eyes:

[leftofthedial]

24. his hardest decision is whether to use the 9-iron or the sand wedge.

"Now, watch me soil myself on prime-time TV."

[javadu]

27. Feedback I Gave to CBS

This is what I just sent to CBS. Please comment.



I could not believe the headline of this story, "Experts Rate Debate a Draw." It as at this website:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/01/politics/main646711.shtml

You must be joking. Bush was petulant, frustrated, and unprepared. He said that being president was "hard work" over 10 times. At many times he couldn't even think of something to say.

Kerry was articulate, well-spoken, and clearly had greater command of important issues than did Bush.

OK, so maybe I thought Kerry won because I am partisan (as suggested in the story linked above). If that is the case, how does that square with this article.

"Uncommitted Voters Give Kerry Nod"

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/01/opinion/polls/main646712.shtml

I know that running a news organization is kind of like being president. It is "hard work," but you folks need to raise the competence bar.

[tinrobot]

28. An old SNL skit from 2000

During the Florida recount, there was a SNL skit where they had a prediction of what it would be like 2 weeks after each candidate took office.

In the Bush segment, the White House was burning, and things were collapsing all around. It was a disaster. All Will Ferrell (as Bush) could say was "This is Hard, being president is hard..."

Does anyone else remember this sketch? It really predicted the future in it's own way.

[notadmblnd]

29. It's a great burden and a lot of hard work doing all that

presidentin... We should releive him of the job.

[Digit]

31. He has never known a day of hard work in his priviledged life!

...and Cheney is doing most of the scheming.
Watch this drive!