Bush had no Texas accent during most of his speech. Weird, huh.

[DesEtoiles]

[C_U_L8R]

1. Amazing

[Jigarotta]

3. he must be speaking in tongues. nt

[Captain Hilts]

2. It comes and goes. Watch C-Span's tape of his debates with Richards...

and you'll see he speaks completely differently.

[madokie]

26. I might add that is his first foray into the stealing of elections

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. He was NOT talking to the base

Fox's lack of coverage after the speech speaks volumes in this respect

[leftstreet]

20. Nice catch

FOX ignored it, eh?

So who do you think he was talking to?

:shrug:

[Occulus]

22. The owners OF the base.

By the way: doesn't Al Qaeda translate to "the base"?

I'm just sayin'.

[MADem]

21. He was talking to the Reaganites, and trying to IMITATE Reagan

in the process. Down to the brief pauses, followed by head tics, the hand gestures, the phrases, even the speech itself (which sounded like it was written by Peggy Noonan!). To say nothing of the cadence and timbre of his speech.

A bit late to head for the big sloppy middle of America, and likely an unsuccessful attempt.

One thing is obvious--he practiced it, a LOT.

[Supersedeas]

34. FAUX with not much positive to say about his lack of funding Border Patrol

to date....mmmmm

[TomInTib]

5. Why should he? The Bushes are carpetbaggers from CT

Do not tar us real Texans (1630, my family) with the same brush as those foreigners.

[DesEtoiles]

7. Jeb has no Texas accent and they grew up together

[babylonsister]

8. He was talking to his wealthy base, not the other peons who

'elected' him. He's a mess, and it's showing. It's a deficit for all of us.

[TomInTib]

10. So very well put, 'sister.

You nailed it, baby.

My Canadian sweetheart (you know who I'm talking about) was watching the replay on KO and said, "This is the first time I have agreed with most of what he is saying."

If she is saying that, the 'base' is plucking chickens and warming tar.

[babylonsister]

15. Hi, my dear friend and the Ms!

He was pathetic, but bowed to me, the middle and a Dem!(horrors!), in a weird sort of way. He wants it all, so he won't get any satisfaction from anywyhere. He is doomed!

[TomInTib]

18. He is so farked.

This will not get two more days of play - if that.

I think he pretty much played the last virgin (not already played) card.

He actually floated a lot of these points while campaigning for Vicente Fox (now THERE's a thread) and was shouted down by the Right. Dropped, as in Hot Rock.

He is mere cinders and ash - reduced to the most simple structure with no energy with which to generate anything at all.

[jaxx]

12. I thought he looked like his meds had kicked in............

not one smirk.

[RedG1]

11. true that...

[Maddy McCall]

6. I've never heard a Texas accent from him. I don't know what it is...

but it ain't from any part of Texas I've ever called home or visited.

[genieroze]

9. His accent is part dry drunk and part Rovian made up.

[blonndee]

13. I think it's a bad impersonation of a bad actor from

a really bad western.

To me it sounds just like what some rich white drunk frat boy would sound like imitating Texans in a derogatory way.

[emulatorloo]

29. It is the worst crazy mismash of phonemes this Texan ever heard

I never figured out why Karl and Karen didn't get him a better dialect teacher. I guess though it seems to work as a Texas accent for those who don't know any better.

[MO_Dem]

14. Amazing how he does that, ain't it?

How he can actually make himself sound like he isn't really from Texas after all. This guy just never ceases to amaze me with all his talents and abilities to decieve, cheat, steal, lie, kill, destroy, divide, delude....

[Blue_In_AK]

16. He didn't have any coke jaw either.

[babylonsister]

19. No, he wasn't knashing tonight. Eh... His message said enough. nt

[tridim]

17. Are we *sure* he doesn't have a body double?

Like his pal Saddam?

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Let me guess...he's from the EAST?

Not Texas. We are a state of conviencnce.

And get blamed.

[Skittles]

24. he only uses it when pandering to his ignorant base

yup

[Disturbed]

25. Busholini should have been an actor in B Westerns...

instead of playing the role of Prez.

[johnnie]

27. That's from spending those three days up north at the WH

It's rubbing off on him. :eyes:

[Vinca]

28. The Texas accent is only used when speaking to "folks."

Definition of folks: nonmillionaires or the voters he must pander to while doing nothing for.

[napi21]

31. BINGO! That's only pulled out when he wants to be "your" buddy!

The "awe shucks" plan.

[opihimoimoi]

30. He musta been told not to use it..."drop it"

[leftyladyfrommo]

32. He is bilingual! He can speak American and Texan

and I think he can say "hello" in Spanish.

[leftyladyfrommo]

33. In all fairness - I grew up in the north w/o an accent but after

30 years in Missouri I have one now. I think I may start to change how I talk when I go back to Spokane.