Favorite Bushism from the debate

[neebob]

Here's mine: "That's why it's essential that we make sure that we keep weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of people like Al Qaeda, which we are."

I've been reading this serial transcript at cnn.com: http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/30/debate.transcript.1/index.html. I only watched a few minutes of it - been shunning the television because there's no need to sicken myself when I've already made up my mind.

I haven't read the whole thing, and I'm sure there are many more. I had a hard time deciding between "people like Al Qaeda" and the one about it being hard work to love her as best he can, but that really wasn't very funny.

[Eye and Monkey]

1. Vluduhmer. Vla-duh-duh-mur. Vluhdamer.

Working t'gether. Terra. Uh. Uh. Concern.

[Knurled99]

2. "It's hard work"

He must have said that like 50 times... my mom, who is a Republican who will likely vote for Kerry, said it seemed like he just said that when he was getting flustered. I found it quite amusing... seemed like he was making excuses for his failures.

[agates]

3. "I see on the TV screens how hard it is."

from NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/politics/campaign/01t...

Mr. Bush, who seemed to grow tired as the night wore on, repeatedly used the phrase "hard work" to describe the war in Iraq. Mr. Kerry repeatedly referred to his first-hand experience sending men into battle in Vietnam, and that seemed to unnerve Mr. Bush. The president said he understood that fighting was hard work and added, "I see on the TV screens how hard it is."

[neebob]

6. That was an especially stupid statement, I thought.

[oregon_dem1]

22. Me too

That one jumped out at me because my first thought was that he had no idea what he was sending our young men and women into. If he gets his impressions of war from what he sees on TV, no wonder the country is in this mess.

[Tigerlily]

50. Me too.

I doubt that will sit well with many Veterans.

[VOX]

24. Lame, lame, lame.

And this guys our **president**?

Time to pull the plug on this sad act come 11/2/04.

[dolo amber]

38. Yup, that was the one for me too

What a complete knob. :eyes:

[cedahlia]

52. Don't forget

"I get the casualty reports!!!" (said right before the equally inane "TV screens" comment.)

Yes, the arrogant asshole showed his stripes to America last night. I loved every minute of it! }(

[amazona]

63. that's my vote too

Kerry has been in a war so I think the monkey would have done better to say nothing rather than to blither, "It's hard work to get the casualty reports every day. I see the war on the TV screens...!"

I about fell out of my chair.

He has seen the war on TV!!!

Well, whooty whoot for him!

[neebob]

4. I got that from what I've read of the transcript

This is hard work, that's hard work. Everything he does is hard work. It's hard work standing around looking dopey and fidgeting and pretending to be engaged while your opponent points out what a lying clown you are.

[blondeatlast]

33. Hard work being spoon-fed policy, press statements,

and pseudo-intellect, too.

[Phillycat]

43. Euphemism for "things are really fucked up in Iraq".

[guitar man]

10. "It's hard work"

"Now watch this drive"

[Chovexani]

5. Don't forget Poland. (n/t)

[mrbassman03]

15. This really got me!

POLAND!!!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

7. He kept talking about a guy named

Warren Terra. Don't know who that is, though.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

8. LOL LMAO !

Whoever that guy is , he has been fighting him for 3 years now .

[Duncan Grant]

11. LMAO!

:thumbsup:

[blondeatlast]

34. Apparently someone ELSE who can't find bin Laden.

Damn that Warren!

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

59. Stop making me spew spit in my cube!!!!

ROFLMAO...

[flamingyouth]

9. When he said that the troops would say "How can I follow this guy?"

...about Kerry. Dude, they've been saying that about YOU for three years now. :D

[VolcanoJen]

12. "Iran already has sanctions! We can't give them any more sanctions!"

Or something to that effect... :eyes:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

14. Bush said something lik e :

" aheheheh ( damn smug laugh ) there were sanctions on Iran long before I came to Washington . " Ugh way to go bastard to avoid the question .

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

28. Sanctions in place before he came to Washington...

So in other words, Mr. President, you haven't done the first fucking thing to curb nuclear proliferation in Iraq. Thanks for clearing that up for us!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

13. When Kerry said " Saddam Hussein did not attack us on September 11 "

" Osama Bin Laden did . " Bush's response : " I know that . I seriously expected Shrub to say " DUH ! " . LOL

[meow2u3]

16. Kim Jim Il

That's exactly what * called Kim Jung Il the first time!

[Daven]

18. Speak Clearly

He kept talking about "speaking clearly..." We must speak clearly... if we speak clearly... sounds to me like he was rehashing his coaching for the audience- otherwise a Freudian slip!

[VolcanoJen]

17. "I KNOW Osama Bin Laden attacked us!"

He was so defensive, throwing that out there, and saying literally nothing afterward.

Just to hear Bush utter Bin Laden's name was rather amazing. Kerry played rope-a-dope with the guy all night long.

[blondeatlast]

35. He really looked like he'd been given a spoonful of cod-liver oil

when he said it.

CLASSIC.

[VolcanoJen]

19. "Let me finish!"

Who the hell was he saying that to? He had plenty of time left on the clock, and nobody was interrupting him.

[Solar]

20. he stumbled for a second

I think he thought that the pause would be interpreted as him being finished.

[soothsayer]

25. That cracked me up! They prolly taught him that as padding----so often

he was struggling to fill the 2 minutes, and towards the end he gave up at 1:55 and John got the extra 5 secs....!

As always, shrubbie seemed like an unprepared student being called on to talk about the chapter he didn't read last night who was trying to bluff his way thru it.

[tsakshaug]

32. the transmitter

implanted into his inner ear.

[amazona]

64. that's a verbal tic of his

All the time in interviews etc. he talks over people and says, "Let me finish" if they finally give up and try to get a word in edgewise.

[Princess Turandot]

21. Those shouting terrorists..

"The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously."

Maybe they'll issue ear-plugs instead of vests for the next go round.

[blondeatlast]

36. I thought he said fericifosely, whatever that means. nt

[neebob]

37. The transcript says vociferously

And yet millions are pleading in silence for peace in the broader Middle East.

[Rabrrrrrr]

53. That's what he meant to say, but he totally mispronounced it

Not only was it a highly wrong word choice, you war criminal traitor, you fucked up the pronunciation!

fighting so vociferously. What an asshole.

I was so embarassed for my country last night, thinking that the incogherent piece of lying shit on the right was one actaully in charge of the country, while the reasoned, thoughtful, intelligent man on the left is the one is having to struggle to get the leadership of the country.

[bicentennial_baby]

62. That was some awesome language misuse

Vociferously?? :wtf:

[VOX]

23. "Mooolahs!" "Mooolahs!"

He did it twice!

Busted a gut on this one -- :bounce:

[eyesroll]

47. Yeah. That one cracked me up as well.

Tomorrow, he'll be ordering soldiers to find MooLattes.

[ET Awful]

26. Mexed Missages :) n/t

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

27. You can't send Mexican Midgets...

That would be wrong. And confusing.

[neebob]

40. Darn those mixed messages!

They're sending wrong signals all over the place - to the troops, our allies, and I forget where else. That's the part I caught on TV. Mixed messages send the wrong signals.

[Swamp Rat]

29. "Um... um... um..."

"Um"

[redqueen]

46. hehehe love that

May I host & share it?

[Swamp Rat]

60. My pic? Sure...

Here's my latest:

[solinvictus]

30. When terrorists attacked "unmercifully"

[ProfessorGAC]

31. "That's Just Absurd!"

Li'l Georgie wouldn't know absurdity from aspargus if it fell in his lap. That was obviously a word he was coached to use somewhere along the line.

First, there was nothing absurd about what Kerry said. Somebody should have gotten Mr. Silver Spoon a dictionary. He may not agree with what Kerry said, but his use of that word indicated that he didn't understand the word, didn't really understand what Kerry said, and was just gut reacting to the fact that he just got bodyslammed.

Secondly, the tone clearly indicated the petulance that folks like me find so galling about this frat boy, and small, small man. (And, i don't mean physically small.) He got rhetorically whacked and got pissy. Figures.

I thought that moment was the start of the meltdown.
The Professor

[Krupskaya]

39. My favorites...

Were "Don't forget Poland!" "mexed missages," "I KNOW THAT," and then the vomitorious story about how Bush met with a dead soldier's wife and "tried to love her as best I could."

Actually, my very favorites were the long, long deer-in-headlights silences from the president. Could it get any more transparent than that?

[neebob]

41. I must have missed that

I only heard the part where mixed messages send the wrong signals here, there, and everywhere.

[Beware the Beast Man]

42. "I Decided!"

"Let me Finish!"
"Newkular"

[Phillycat]

44. I DECIDED!

God, that was amazing. "The world doesn't get to decide! I get to decide!" *stomps feet and takes toys home*

[Endangered Specie]

45. LET ME FINISH!

[orpupilofnature57]

48. try and keep a leash on them,his daughters

Kind of like the world .

[GiovanniC]

54. Kinda Like the Prisoners in "Apu Giraffe"

[YellowRubberDuckie]

49. I loved it when he mispoke, calling Bin Laden hussein or something...

That was great. A really nice freudian slip. I think he was referring to what he knew about 9-11 or something? LOL
Duckie

[regularguy]

51. "Group of Folks"

The guy's talking about a topic as complex as terrorism networks and the best descriptive phrase he can come up with is "Group of Folks"?!?!?!?

[cmf]

55. "valley of peace"

I actually LOL at that one

[Whoa_Nelly]

56. A couple of Bushisims

1) "The enemy understands a free Iraq will be a major defeat in their ideology of hatred. That's why they're fighting so vociferously.

Definition of vociferous:
Main Entry: vo·cif·er·ous
Pronunciation: vO-'si-f(&-)r&s
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1611
: marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
- vo·cif·er·ous·ly adverb
- vo·cif·er·ous·ness noun
synonyms VOCIFEROUS, CLAMOROUS, BLATANT, STRIDENT, BOISTEROUS, OBSTREPEROUS mean so loud or insistent as to compel attention.

VOCIFEROUS implies a vehement shouting or calling out <vociferous cries of protest and outrage>.

2} "I've got a good relation with Vladimir. And it's important that we do have a good relation, because that enables me to better comment to him..."

Definition of relation:
the act of telling or recounting

Bush has always exhibited extremely poor grammatical and syntactical skills.

Bush = Idiot boy and personal puppet to the PNAC.

[Whoa_Nelly]

57. Bush the fundie preacher

Just want to add this part from the debate:

Bush: We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.


The man comes across so poorly. Throughout the debate he attempted to employ his stump speech rhetoric, and it pretty much fell flat. He clearly exhibited that he doesn't really know what is going on within the US, or any understanding on a global level. He appeared to only show he knows how to parrot those words he has been fed, or perhaps can only remember those words he has practiced through his continued repetition while campaigning.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

58. It's not moolah.

It's mullah.

That irritated me the ENTIRE night.

[sofa king]

61. "It's hard work to try to love her as best I can."