Steny Hoyer (D-Md.): "Bush is president, he deserves some respect"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Hoyer: Bush deserves respect
By Andrew Barr and Josephine Hearn

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) took on a rare role yesterday as a defender of President Bush.

Hoyer came to the defense of the commander in chief after Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where the president took a drubbing from comedian Stephen Colbert.

“I thought some of it was funny, but I think it got a little rough,” Hoyer said. “He is the president of the United States, and he deserves some respect.”

“I’m certainly not a defender of the administration,” Hoyer reassured stunned observers, but Colbert “crossed the line” with many jokes that were “in bad taste.” Colbert needled Bush, often prompting only an expressionless stare from the president, who appeared not to be amused.

:rofl:



http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/050306/hoyer.html

[Mythsaje]

1. Why?

Because some roughly 50% of the American populace (with the help of a little Repug chicanery) put the guy in office despite the fact that he's completely unsuited for the task?

Don't think so.

[kdmorris]

7. Actually, that's 50% of the voting population

Not the whole American populace. Given the fact that only 40% of the American people voted (121,068,715 of 295,734,134), this assclown was elected by app 20.5% of the American people. (This is, of course, completely ignoring the crap the Repugs were up to 2004)

[Mythsaje]

9. Good point...

Hadn't thought of it that way.

[ShortnFiery]

21. Let's get rid of this DINO a**hole at the earliest voting opportunity? n/t

[tsuki]

2. The respect is for the office, not the person. Bush, as the

destroyer of the Constitution,the American way of life and demonizer of the masses, deserves no respect.

[laheina]

12. Exactly. Respect is earned,

and he has only ever earned the opposite.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

44. That's the key word, "earned"...

We all know that Bush doesn't care about how history will portray him, because he's told us so...

:spray:

...but when you look back over his life, from the prep school days and the AWOL National Guard and one failed oil company after another, it's never been about him "earning" anything...it's been about it getting handed to him on a silver platter, followed by him screwing it up in one way or another.

:patriot:

[cyclezealot]

24. Time to end Hoyer's dream of being Speaker.

as if gerrymandering will allow that anyway. Hoyer is the one who does not deserve our respect. Bush II is worse than Nixon, Nixon deserve our respect. Our respect, Abrahamof, lies in Iraq, talks to god. A padded cell after all his war crimes are investigated.

[w13rd0]

3. What the fuck ever...

...sorry, Bush deserves NO respect, NONE whatsoever. He has besmirched the office of the president with his presence, and his Administration consists of persons for whom being corrupt, criminal liars seems to have been a prerequisite to inclusion. Hoyer can fuck the hell off.

[sweettater]

4. Respect?????????????????

OMG! I won't waste my time with a response to this idiotic statement. :mad:

[Behind the Aegis]

5. The "office" deserves respect, not necessarily the "holder!" n/t

[JI7]

8. in this case, the "holder"

showing the most disrespect for the office.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. No argument from me!

I feel he has sullied the reputation of the office far worse than any other president! He has treated the office as if he were appointed (yes, I know he was) a "King."

[laheina]

13. Ironic, isn't it?

:rofl:

[ClintonTyree]

6. Respect is earned........

and Bush has done nothing to earn my respect. Nothing.

[fujiyama]

10. This is the Dem's whip?

No wonder the party is in such bad shape.

The whip is in charge of keeping people in the party in line. The repukes had DeLay the "hammer" for all these years and we have this idiot?

[ShortnFiery]

22. a.k.a. A DINO BushBotBorg Enabler ... opposition party my a**! n/t

Waa? Does this clown have investments in our Military-Industrial WAR Machine? :puke:

[Oversea Visitor]

14. Me think he dont get it

Al Gore 2000 stolen in broad daylight through court

Kerry 2004 voting fraud

See I know what happen on Tuesday

Apparently Hoyer did not :crazy:

[aquart]

15. A president who breaks the law deserves nothing.

[anniebelle]

16. Remember how much respect Imus gave Clinton?

Yeah, me too! This liar-an-thief deserves NOTHING but a boot off the gallows into the hole.

[ikojo]

17. Like the respect Rush Limbaugh and his ilk

gave Clinton for eight years?



I DON'T THINK SO!!!

[TheCowsCameHome]

34. Bingo! Double standards, Stenchy ?

[Cha]

40. "stenchy"...hmmm, very

APPROPRIATE!!

[ComerPerro]

47. exactly. Bush deserves that same level of respect

[kurth]

18. To respect a liar is to honor his LIES

The murderous dictator deserves ZERO respect.

[mikehiggins]

19. Another Vichy Dem heard from

Why anyone thinks that there is anything of value to be gained from supporting the Beltway Dems amazes me. I am not surprised at all that a Beltway Dem would come out against Colbert's expert skewering of the pResident. I just figured it'd be Lieberman or someone like that.

What a farce.

[Pithy Cherub]

42. He's the House version of Lieberman.

Too bad he isn't house broken.

[no_hypocrisy]

20. Well, isn't THAT refreshing?! (Sarcasm)

I don't seem to remember republican -- or democrat -- calling Don Imus a few years back during the White House Correspondence Dinner when he went after Bill Clinton, especially with the astroturf in the pick-up comment. This event is not exactly a Friar's Club Roast, but the president expects to get a zigger or two if he shows up. Enter at your own risk, etc.

And what about begging the question: Colbert's comments were on the mark and either valid or invalid. You can't effectively change the topic by stating the comments were inappropriate because they were directed at the Commander-in-chief during a war (invalid war, at that).

[BR_Parkway]

23. I thought Laura's comments were also in bad taste - does she get

a pass since she's the wife?

I thought the "still can't find them WMD's" was in bad taste, does he get a pass because he make jokes about sending people off to die for his lies?

[Cha]

41. This is just so expected of

the dinos.. it's freakin' cliche!

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

25. Does Anyone Have His Direct DC Office Number?

I want to call and leave a message telling him what I think about his "respect" BS.

[AndyA]

26. Bullshit, Hoyer. BULLSHIT!

To George Bush, the Constitution is just a G*ddamned piece of paper. I'm supposed to have respect for a person who feels this way? BULLSHIT!

The office of the President deserves respect, not the person in office. Respect must be earned. Bush has done NOTHING to earn respect.

You need to crawl out from under your rock, Steny, and take a look at what's been going on in America. Our rights and civil liberties are being compromised at best, trampled at worst. We have the most corrupt Congress in history. A President who appoints his cronies to jobs they can't do, and the result is dead people floating in the streets of American cities, being eaten by rats.

Check out the latest deficit total.

Check out the latest total for the war in Iraq. (Which our President lied to us about.)

Check out the latest gas pump prices. (Remember our Energy Policy was written by oil company CEOs.)

Now take a look in the mirror, Steny. You've allowed them to get away with all of this. You're no better than they are.

It's time for you to go find something else to do, Steny, you've lost touch with America and its values.

[HughBeaumont]

27. I don't have to do shit except pay taxes and die.

He deserves about as much respect as J Edna Hoover or Joe McCarthy did.

[sendero]

31. J Edna Hoover..

... that one took a second, LMAO :)

[liberaliraqvet26]

28. what is hoyers district like???

is it purple, blue or red??

[Eurobabe]

29. Bullshit, Bu$hler got exactly what he deserved.

I feel not one iota of sympathy for this pinheaded prick that has created a world catastrophe, and plundered the United States.

[NI4NI]

30. Yeah that's right!

Stephen Colbert did cross the line.
He crossed a line that needed to be crossed! He crossed a line that repugnican politicians, pundits, and talk show hosts have been lying, slandering, and swiftboating over for years. Colbert courageously crossed a line that most Dem leaders and "journalsts" haven't had the guts to cross. And as far as "respect" for the likes of Bush, stick it up your ass, Steny!

[hholli11]

32. Did he say that when Imus went after Bill Clinton? nt

?

[TheCowsCameHome]

33. Did Steny Hooey ever hear what talk radio does to Clinton and Carter?

This assclown must have selective hearing problems. Time to go, Steny..........

[Mad_Dem_X]

35. He hasn't EARNED our respect!

If he did even one thing that garnered any respect, I might be inclined to agree with Hoyer. But Bush has been a failure and an embarrassment since Day One.

Edit: spelling

[Canuckistanian]

36. Some remarks by Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/2/23293/39735

When can we get rid of that joker Steny Hoyer?

...

I'd like to know which jokes, in particular, Hoyer thought were in bad taste.

Colbert, like many of us, is crashing the gate in DC. The natives, not used to getting more than Jay Leno-style good-natured ribbing, don't like it when one of their own gets a serious dose of reality. And Steney Hoyer, more than almost any Democrat in the House, has been there a tad too long.

Well, more than a tad.

We need a Joe Lieberman of 2008, an entrenched do-nothing Dem desperately in need of a good primary challenger. Good to see Hoyer auditioning for the part.

[Cha]

43. Thanks for this, Canuckistanian!

Surely, there's a progressive in Maryland who can meet the challenge of this dino, "stenchy"?

[Evergreen Emerald]

37. Where has he been?

1. Was he outspoken when Bush was bashing McCain? Was he outspoken when the swift boaters were attempting to re-write history?

2. Respect? Bush has shown no respect for the office of president, the constitution or the people of the US.

BS.

[SunDrop23]

38. "Expressionless stare" where have we seen that before? I know I know...

9/11

[Cha]

39. Cry me a

fucking river, steny :nopity: And then go fuck yourself.

Those soldiers deserved enough R-E-S-P-E-C-T not to go to war on Iraq based on L-I-E-S!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

45. Nice photo from the NYT of the "expressionless stare"...

[ComerPerro]

46. Ask any Republican if Clinton deserved respect because he was pres.

What do you think 98% of them will say?

[Zhade]

48. Yeah, some people said that about Hitler, too.

Sorry, I don't respect criminals.