*************** **************** OFFICIAL BUSH SPEECH THREAD #2***********

[ncrainbowgrrl]

First thread was over here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1197467

[babylonsister]

1. Thank you, ncrainbowgrrl!

:hi:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

glad to help!

:hi:

I'm also watching, and it's fun to "chat" with my fellow DUers!

[imax2268]

2. I feel like the guy in scanners...

when his head explodes...

[Berry Cool]

14. WHEW! Keith Olbermann is back!!!!

From the ridiculous to the sublime... :loveya:

[Clark2008]

And did you hear his calculations?!

Who else in the corporate media would figure out that 12,000 guardsmen would have to stand six football fields apart for 24 hours to spread out all across our Southern border?

[WinkyDink]

48. I know! THAT? Was BRILLIANT!! Hahahaha!

"Even with their arms spread out...." HEE!

[InkAddict]

76. Kinda makes one nostalgic, sort of like

Hands Across Amerika. LOL Still got my T-shirt!

[rodeodance]

3. FREEDOM.

[rodeodance]

7. Telepromters help his speech.

[Mr_Spock]

Has he bitten the babies head off yet?

You know he want's to...

[babylonsister]

4. Aww, Il Dunce visited Bethesda. Whatta champ.

:eyes:

They are IN Bethesda because of you, you putz!

[NightOwwl]

10. He's such a compassionate conservative.

:puke:

[shadowknows69]

11. Here's the recruiting speech

"Service guarantees citizenship"

[RadiDem]

5. Time to shill for Iraq!

[Roland99]

6. "during the liberation of Iraq"

What liberation?


And "during"? As if it's over?

[rodeodance]

12. 'empassioned appeal" says Wolfie.

[Roland99]

23. Tweety discussing the speech on K.O..."breakthough" on ID cards

[Rex]

8. Master Sgt. Deynohan?

Bush is flying high with the flag!

[pinto]

9. Played the English language strawman for the base.

Said everything but the "official" language line.

[rodeodance]

20. and the good citizen was mentioned a few times.

[shadowknows69]

22. Now I must hurl

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. No- he got it in- it's the difference between

picking stuff in fields and owning their own grocery store. See- English is the key... :eyes:

[Hazelrah]

13. always proud to welcome people to die in our lie-based war. n/t

but otherwise screw 'em.

what a total insulting ass.

[Swamp Rat]

15. I cannot take another second of Bushler's wimpy, whiny voice...

... the voice of a LAW BREAKER.

[Gregorian]

38. But he DECIDES to break those laws.

Nice photoshop there!

But how can you spend so much time looking at that criminal?

[Swamp Rat]

46. Thanks... it's HARD WORK having to stare at Bushler for hours and hours.

:puke:

[Gregorian]

53. Touche!

Very well done. Can we all go home now? I don't want to play any more. :)

[crikkett]

57. It's not AMNESTY it's SHAMNESTY!

Great portrait!!

You should work for an Ad agency.

[Swamp Rat]

62. I should

Especially since I am unemployed. Too bad there is NOTHING but service jobs (McDonald's, Taco Smell, etc) in New Orleans right now.

[crikkett]

75. Telecommute - Hear that folks? This talented lady can telecommute

Good luck, Swamp Rat. I'll keep an eye out for you. Can't promise anything.

[Fridays Child]

16. Bush's handlers need to lock up the liquor cabinet at least eight hours...

...before he goes on the air. He slurred a lot of words.

[global1]

17. What Happened To *'s Texas Drawl?.....nt

[C_U_L8R]

40. Tonight it's Connecticut Prez

Bush plays a lot of roles.
He likes role playing (wink wink)

[MADem]

67. No, it was a CLASSIC imitation of REAGAN...from the little head tic

to the hand gestures, to the accent, to the tempo, to the actual use of words.

He was DESPERATELY trying to emulate Reagan. About the only thing he didn't do was say (pause) "Well...." (eye twinkle/head tic/small smile). Guess he couldn't get that down in three short days. He did manage to do the head tic, though, and some of the hand gestures. Three times, at least.

[C_U_L8R]

73. You're right !!!

I couldn't put my finger on it ..
but that was a classic Reagan impersonation...
down to every folksy nuance.

Can't wait for his rendition of Tricky Dick.

[Octafish]

80. Except the twitch is due to Peruvian marching powder...

... in Smirko McCokespoon.



WARMONKEY

[Media_Lies_Daily]

18. I've got to go get something to clean the vomit off my keyboard.

[w8liftinglady]

19. did he say anything about punishing employers?

[pdxmom]

21. Did he just say that a guy who has been in our military for the past

26 years was an illegal alien? Do we just take non-citizens into our Army?

And I felt throughout that whole thing, he was talking down to everyone.

[rodeodance]

31. the Educator in Chief generally talks like he is speaking to 3rd graders,

although he did a bit better tonight.

[0007]

55. Like we're 5th graders.

[shadowknows69]

33. "Do we just take non-citizens into our Army?"

Yeah, apparently all the time. I met a british citizen who was joining the other day.

[Julius Civitatus]

39. We do that all the time. They say more than 25% of troops in Iraq

are non-citizens, mostly Mexican and Central Americans. The BBC did a huge report on this last year.

[shadowknows69]

56. A lot of british russian and japanese too

aparently we pay better these days

[ncrainbowgrrl]

51. Go Durbin!

Oh and a Q and A Session. This is going to be goood. :)

[The Deacon]

49. Do we take illegal aliens into the Service?

Whoo-hoo! The first employer to feel the Wrath of Il Dunce is going to be the UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS??? I can just imagine the rush of INS agents to serve THAT warrant!

[pdxmom]

71. I wasn't sure I was hearing things correctly, and his whole

story seemed kind of jarring to me.

If we put the Guard on the border, could the immigrants just walk across and be recruited right there? Solves a myriad of problems if they just do it that way. :sarcasm:

[crikkett]

61. Yessir, we do sir

" Do we just take non-citizens into our Army?"

It's how a number of forners get their green cards.

[pdxmom]

66. Thanks. I didn't realize that we just let people from other countries

come over here and enlist in our military.

Do you have any idea what kind of background checks they do? And is this a problem that needs to be looked at?

[pinto]

24. Overall, eh. Campaign speech and the promise of money

for local law enforcement. Lots of bits for the base, imo. But I bet they won't settle for it - to them this is still amnesty, however much Bush may protest.

[Mr_Spock]

25. Is blood dripping from his mouth??

I know he ate a baby before the speech - it's only a matter of time...

He needs to destroy life to extend his own ya know...

[Gregorian]

26. $3 per gallon. Mission Accomplished©

[Julius Civitatus]

27. He lost the wingnut base. No promise of a Mexican holocaust

The patriot vigilantes were getting their ropes ready to start rounding up Mexicans, but no luck. Their beloved Preznit took a different, more moderate (quite milquetoast) approach.

Wingnuts will be pissed off.

[Mr_Spock]

50. He's not going to slaughter them all?

& use the children as cattle feed?

I'm shocked? The Bushampire didn't kill, kill, kill?

[crikkett]

63. Not him, the unmanned drones

that way it's nobody's fault that we use the most advanced technology in the world to kill people who want to earn a living

[Mr_Spock]

68. Do the planes refuel on human flesh?

I hear it's high in protein?

[crikkett]

78. I bet they could

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1178195&mesg_id=1178277
(note - this is joke)

[freeplessinseattle]

28. "Job #1" is securing the borders?

you have got to be kidding me. don't they have anything better to do with their time and our money?

[crikkett]

65. well it isn't to rebuild New Orleans is it?

or prepare for future storms or mitigate global warming or popularize renewable energy or hell, seek social justice.

[Aviation Pro]

29. Eff you and get lost.....

...resign, Asshole, for once in your miserable life do something right.

[rodeodance]

36. really no santions on employers that I heard of.

[pinto]

42. Yeah, employers got the big pass.

ed for clarity

[shadowknows69]

45. They'll have to fill out another form

to get their guest workers. that could mean tens of minutes of efficiency lost

[Faygo Kid]

32. FReepers have a thread, too. All is forgiven. They have seen the Son.

You can virtually feel the tears hit the keyboard. How could they ever have questioned this Great Man (if He IS just a man). We see him and want to puke. They see him and know at that very moment that he is the greatest American in history. As Spock would say, Fascinating. If weird.

[Lautremont]

34. He's the Borg King.

Assimilate! Assimilate!

And what was with the forehead-only sunburn?

[crikkett]

60. Technical glitch

"And what was with the forehead-only sunburn?"

Problem with the scanner. Won't happen again
-WH Tech Suppt.

[Richard Steele]

74. Actually, he pronounces it "Assimalerrate". Resistance is futilitous!

[Lautremont]

81. That's fan-tastic!

The great thing about this bunch is that their expressions come readymade for a portrait like this.

[Richard Steele]

82. Cheney actually looked WORSE before I borged him. Not kidding. nm

[Roland99]

35. Sen. Durbin's response.."no plan cobbled together for political favor"

[Sydnie]

37. Is it over? are the airwaves safe again? n/t

[rodeodance]

47. Bush wants them to go back to Mexico and return for his work program.

[Bushknew]

41. Mandatory English test for Presidential candidates?

Bush just left of an s on several words in his speech.

Given all the tests we have to take to get in and out of school, shouldn’t the President pass a basic English test to become President?

[Mr_Spock]

43. Did the retard finish yet?

Can I come out from the dark?

How many is he going to kill this time?

[slybacon9]

44. Well, that was supremely boring. And utterly worthless.

as usual.

[shadowknows69]

52. completely

I skipped work tonight to listen to this live?

[Lochloosa]

79. ...

:rofl: sorry

[NoAmericanTaliban]

54. I noticed a stab at Clinton with his-borders have not been secured in 10 y

years. BS - don't try to blame Clinton for this - your the dumbass that started talking to Fox about amnesty before 9/11

[shadowknows69]

58. GW is 5 of those 10 years

n/t

[DesEtoiles]

64. um, who was Gov. of a border state during that time????

[MADem]

69. But, but...NAHN WUN WUN changed EVERYTHING???

Except for the pesky fact that Georgie was standing at the southern door, holding it open, to provide cheap labor for his campaign donors!!!!!!

[WinkyDink]

59. Let's face it: this was a pointless speech about a trumped-up issue.

Why now? Like we haven't had i.a.'s for years?
Sheesh.

El hombre es muy loco en la cabeza.

[MADem]

70. Why now? To change the subject!

If I were a special prosecutor, I'd hire a bunch of bodyguards and wear ballistic clothing. And never go anywhere without four camera crews.

[Seabiscuit]

72. Soy Muy Macho

Bush thinks he is Mr. Macho with his bait and switch political move that will have his wingnuts happy that finally they are going to come down on the mexicans (while pushing for the guest worker program or path towards citizenship under the table). I'm sure the National Guard is itching to do this kind of service :sarcasm: . This sounds like he's saying you want to become a resident or citizen ... then fight in my war you wetbacks. Frankly, I couldn't watch the rest of the putos speech because I was ready to :puke:

I wonder what Bush is really up to? Someone mentioned a push for national id cards. I also wonder what would happen if some trigger happy National Guardsmen shoots or kills illegals crossing over? Would this cause a national incident, will this incite our own Latino population? I don't want to think what it would do ... my head hurts ..:crazy:

[Clarkie1]

77. A decent speech over all about a complex issue.

I think the ideas, if implemented, would be one way to move forward on this issue in a constructive way. I'm sure congress will have ideas on how to improve upon them, or ideas of their own.

It does begin with getting better security at the border, and providing a path to citizenship for those who have contributed to our society for years.

[upi402]

83. He had a more manageable plan than I presumed, but

the National Guard is over-taxed and WILL be required elsewhere at some point. And not to dance at a political dog and pony distraction issue.

[Clarkie1]

85. I have problems with the use of the National Guard as well. n/t

[radfringe]

84. WHAAAAAAAAAAAA????

I crashed real early last night... rain was making my pain act up, took a la-la

ennywhoo--I did read the transcript

:wow: there was not one mention of SEPTEMBER 11!!! Amazing.
Although he did manage to link immigration to Iraq:

On a visit to Bethesda Naval Hospital, Laura and I met a wounded Marine named Guadalupe Denogean. Master Gunnery Sergeant Denogean came to the United States from Mexico when he was a boy. He spent his summers picking crops with his family, and then he volunteered for the United States Marine Corps as soon as he was able.

During the liberation of Iraq, Master Gunnery Sergeant Denogean was seriously injured. And when asked if he had any requests, he made two: a promotion for the corporal who helped rescue him and the chance to become an American citizen. And when this brave Marine raised his right hand and swore an oath to become a citizen of the country he had defended for more than 26 years, I was honored to stand at his side.

If there's a DU IRONY Award - I'm nominating this quote from his speech tonight:

We cannot build a unified country by inciting people to anger or playing on anyone's fears or exploiting the issue of immigration for political gain.

transcript link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/15/AR2006051501139.html?sub=AR

forgot to add: according to my partner Cat survey on speech -- 4 out of 5 cats were on the bed prior to bush speech. Two sentences into the speech - all 4 cats left the room. They returned after the speech.

this morning - I found 2 hairballs in the livingroom