Could this be the dumbest thing Bush has ever said?

[BobcatJH]

I've chronicled the dumbest things our dumb president has said before, but this one just might take the cake:

You know, I hear people say, Well, civil war this, civil war that. The Iraqi people decided against civil war when they went to the ballot box.

[acmavm]

1. It's up there.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

2. It's up there, I think

:hi:

[wake.up.america]

It's official - No Civil War in Iraq

[ncrainbowgrrl]

3. It's up there, I think

:hi:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Were elections cancelled during OUR civil war?

[Virginia Dare]

7. No...

in fact they pulled soldiers off the battle field so that they could vote.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1864

[AndyA]

5. I heard him talk about the "shituation" in the Middle East this morning.

The man can't speak for nothin'. What a disgrace that someone so arrogant doesn't even make an attempt to pronounce words or names correctly. Shows his lack of respect for others. Some Christian.

[Virginia Dare]

9. It's a "shit"uation alright...

it would be funny if it weren't so sad.

[Virginia Dare]

6. He appears increasingly more unhinged...

farther and farther away from reality--definitely another one of his WTF moments.

[CoffeeCat]

8. I heard Junior say this LIVE today...

...and as a result, I think I am now dumb--just because I heard it.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I'm still astounded. I can't believe that the lap-dog media sits there politely and allows him to get away with such nonsense.

[Nickster]

10. Oh just you wait. He's going to get even more unhinged as the days go by.

I have an undying belief in the fact that Dubya will say something far stupider in the near future.

[raccoon]

18. Wonder if he'll ever just lose it in front of everybody? nt

[Frustratedlady]

28. The odds are with you on that one.

He just gets stranger and stranger.

[grytpype]

11. The election is the only accomplishment Bush has in Iraq.

That's why he keeps talking about it. And that's why he's keeping us in Iraq, to support the feeble Potemkin government that was the result of the election. Once that government falls, we are out of there.

Newsweek: Exclusive: Iraq—Plans in Case of a Civil War
Posted by grytpype in Latest Breaking News
Sun Aug 06th 2006, 08:54 PM
Newsweek is reporting Bush will CUT AND RUN from Iraq if civil war breaks out.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14206642 /

Exclusive: Iraq—Plans in Case of a Civil War

Aug. 14, 2006 issue - The Bush administration insists Iraq is a long way from civil war, but the contingency planning has already begun inside the White House and the Pentagon. President Bush will move U.S. troops out of Iraq if the country descends into civil war, according to one senior Bush aide who declined to be named while talking about internal strategy. "If there's a full-blown civil war, the president isn't going to allow our forces to be caught in the crossfire," the aide said. "But institutionally, the government of Iraq isn't breaking down. It's still a unity government." Bush's position on a pullout of U.S. troops emerged in response to news-week's questions about Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Warner warned last week that the president might require a new vote from Congress to allow troops to stay in Iraq in what he called "all-out civil war." But the senior Bush aide said the White House would need no prompting from Congress to get troops out "if the Iraqi government broke down completely along sectarian lines."

(more at link)

[SteppingRazor]

12. Oh, I dunno about that...

when you put it in context with some of the other things he's said, it looks downright normal, sane and balanced. Hell, even well-informed -- relatively speaking, of course.

[AzDar]

13. I was listening to the audio (one tequila, two tequila, three tequila,

FLOOR, eh, Georgie?)and when one isn't distracted by his simian countenance,one realizes he makes even less sense than originally thought.
I mean...gibberish; mindless word-drool.
Had to turn off the teevee.

[AtomicKitten]

14. he makes perfect sense to his base

[kurth]

15. Like the American people voted for Bush when they went to the ballot box

in 2000.

[butterfly77]

16. Here's another one...

"the terrorist take innocent lives to achieve an political objective" What do you think when you hear that?

[liberalmuse]

17. Not even close.

As long as the man draws breath, his stupidity knows no bounds. We'll no doubt hear many more idiotic statements, especially as his brain collapses on itself. Talk about a black hole... :(

[neoblues]

19. Can I ask my own dumb question?

How can we tell when it has become an "official" civil war? What's the deciding line? What level of violence is enough? How long/consistent must it be?

And, then, even if it's determined that there really is an "official" civil war underway... what will they do? It's just been said they'd leave, but would they? Would there be any pressing need? Would the violence be aimed at U.S. troops any more than now? It seems less likely if anything--depending on what they're doing... Indeed, they might be able to just hole up around the edges and wait for the fur to quit flying--or rather wait for the bad guys to come looking for them? I would have thought their purpose, though, would've been to try to stop such violence and/or protect innocent civilians (if such can be identified).

As bad as the idea was to go in was, and as bad a job as has been done of the occupation, and as miserable a failure the attempt at Democracy building is... I can't help but think that leaving is going to lead to even worse problems down the road.
(aside from all the atrocities we will have allowed, whatever's left will probably be a real haven for terrorists (instead of the training ground it currently is), then there's the fact that we'd be giving IRAN control over untold additional oil wealth thereby making it by far the world's super-ultra-mega Oil Power** (of course, they'll have to deal with a few Kurds) and generally empowering that insane whackjob Ahmadinejad).

**and we just can't let that happen until we have indeed weened ourselves of our dependence on oil (and, alas, I don't see that happening anytime soon). We need the oil; no-not "steal" it, "buy" it (as much as we can still afford--as poor as we're getting to be).

[rocktivity]

22. There is no hope of things improving if we stay.

:(
rocknation

[glarius]

20. Bush is so abysmally ignorant it's BREATHTAKING!

Every time he stands at a podium, and shares his "wisdom" with the world, I cringe. How is it possible that someone so pathetically ill fitted to be a leader, let alone a world leader, is President of the United States of America?....Mind boggling!

[valerief]

21. Great title for a movie. "Civil War This, Civil War That." Michael? n/t

[Donald Ian Rankin]

23. Without even reading your post, I can tell you that the answer is "no".

And that it's probably not even close.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

24. Without even reading your post, I can tell you that the answer is "no".

And that it's probably not even close.

[AZBlue]

25. Only until tomorrow.

When he says something else.

[loyalsister]

26. I wouldn't say dumb

I would qualify it as dismissive, which is so much worse.

[peekaloo]

27. Good gawd. Right up there with, "We were welcomed, it just wasn't

a friendly welcome".

:eyes:

[Bucky]

29. Let's fill in those pronouns, Mr Bush. "Civil war this, civil war that"...

"Civil war this..."

"Civil war in Iraq has killed thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians, destroyed American credibility in the world, divided our country in the middle of a very real war against terrorist networks, and has devastated the cause of peace and stability in the Middle East for several generations. The chances that the conflicts you stirred up over there will result in terrorist acts against us over here has have been exponentially increased by your bungling, unjust, and mismanaged war."


"Civil war that..."

"Civil war in Iraq has further strengthened our foes in the world by providing a prime breeding ground and recruitment field for terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, the same groups which you chose to ignore for three years over the stench of the bodies of murdered Americans on our soil. When you should have been seeking justice for the atrocities of 9/11, you instead chose to misdirect this country into a war intended solely to secure American control of Iraq's oilfields, you fucking greedy asshole, sir."


(I throw in the "sir" because I always think you should respect the office of the presidency.)

[Vidar]

30. The list is too long to single out just one.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. He manages to outdo himself almost every day.