David Letterman's: "Great Presidential Speeches" rips Bush.

[NNadir]

This is hilarious: Excerpts from great Presidential Speeches compared with the mumblings of Bush.

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/great_presidential_speeches/

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Fuckstick is so embarrassing

What an asshole.

[NNadir]

2. It kind of draws it out starkly, no?

[peekaloo]

3. Last night's "horse lips" made me spew my cocktail.

I love Dave.

[nutsnberries]

5. yeah... me too.

and he did a good job with Darth Cheney's daughter.

[Patiod]

7. "If NSA isn't already tapping my phone...

it sure is now...." Great line - the audience went nuts

[nutsnberries]

4. a collection of them!

i catch them when i watch dave, but now i see them all in one place. thanks! :)

[Kerrytravelers]

6. BOTSWANA!!!!

We watched every single one. Holy crap. The collection of stupidity is great!

[Dangerously Amused]

8. These are great! Thanks!

[Dangerously Amused]

9. Now that I have seen them all... "Cost Effective" and "Dead Air"...

...pretty much sum up the intellectual capacity of that pathetic idiot!

Oh god, I don't know whether to laugh or cry...

[NNadir]

10. Crying is probably more appropriate.

When Abraham Lincoln began his Presidency, many people thought he was an idiot, a country bumpkin, based on the press log splitting anecdotes. The President has a rural accent - he said "thar" instead of "there" - that didn't play well with the Eastern elites, and he tended to phrase things in disarming anecdotes, particularly when he wished to keep his options open.

However Lincoln was also given to soaring eloquence and when he used them, his anecdotes always had relevance and were focused on the problem at hand as a means of elucidating the matter.

He would have never described his Presidency as being about catching a fish.

Also of course Lincoln backed up his words with accomplishments. When his Presidency was over no one doubted his intellect, his wisdom and his humanity. With Bush, now almost everyone (excluding 29% who are on the same intellectual level as Bush) doubts his intellect, his wisdom, and his humanity.

When I think of the cretin that now occupies that White House sits where Lincoln sat, I certainly can do no more than weep.