Bush caught on open microphone

[Swamp Rat]

Bush caught on open microphone

Agence France-Presse
Last updated 05:28pm (Mla time) 07/17/2006
SAINT PETERSBURG -- US President George W. Bush, caught on an open microphone at a summit here, said Monday that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this shit."

"What they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it's over," Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a leaders' lunch at the Group of Eight industrial countries gathering here.

The president was on camera but apparently unaware that his words were being captured by a microphone. It was unclear who 'they' were.

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=10319
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I just saw this a few minutes ago on CNN. They are really playing it up, even quoting the word 'shit,' like it is a big deal. The crappy CNN infotainers are making it look like Bush is 'tawkin' tough' and putting pressure on Kofi Annan to do something about the situation, while maintaining a position where NO ceasefire is called. :eyes:

IMO, this was possibly fake, a photo-op set up by Karl Rove and CNN to help Bushler's image at home. Or, at least they are trying to get mileage out of it.

Btw, Bush eats with his mouth open like a baby.

[liberal N proud]

1. This ass is a bigger embarrassment to this country every day!

How many times has he been caught when he didn't think the microphone was on, say things that shouldn't be said by a leader?
TOO DAMN MANY

[Alamom]

2. I'm not surprised,

Btw, Bush eats with his mouth open like a baby.



DMFSSI, Ruining our country.


Whoa, I feel better now. :)

[Swamp Rat]

10. He is so damn gross!

:puke: Not very statesman-like was it? :eyes:

[Cooley Hurd]

3. I just saw it on CNN - they didn't bleep him, and Ed Henry quoted him...

...verbatim.

I'm hardly the epitome of manners, but at LEAST my Mom taught me to close my mouth (and not to talk) when I'm eating. Babs did a "heckuva job" raising that nitwit.

[Swamp Rat]

8. They quoted him saying the word 'shit' on purpose.

CNN is trying to MAKE news; the idiot infotainers are acting like they have a scoop on Big Bad Bushler... this is covered in KKKarl's excrement. :eyes:

[AspenRose]

84. Well, they don't call him (Rove) 'turd blossom' for nuthin'

Where is the outrage among those 'gentle Christian folk' in his base who can't stand profanity?

[Swamp Rat]

86. I'm sure they love it

Anything to bring on the 'rapture.' :eyes:

[DoYouEverWonder]

15. Where's the FCC when you need them?

Probably still reviewing the videos of Janet Jackson's tit.

[Swamp Rat]

35. LOL!

With Senator 'Squeezy McFeelpants' :D

[TexasChick]

4. 'tawkin' tough'? Well, won't this be blow to the fake Christian

Right Wingers that Chimpy said a wirty dord....oh, wait....why the Smirk can't do no wrong...ends justify the means...:eyes:

[bklyncowgirl]

5. Who's the they? Shouldn't it be we?

I don't have a problem with him saying the word shit. It's a fairly appropriate description.

But aren't the important "they" guys the same people he's meeting with right now, you know, his pal Tony and Pootie Poot and that nice German lady what's her name--she's new, you know, and his good buddy the Elvis impersonator from Japan?

Just wondering what these clowns are up to anyway.

[TexasChick]

6. I think her name is Merkel, but don't quote me on that. eom

[bklyncowgirl]

14. I believe it's Andrea Merkel--I was channeling Bush

Of course by now he's probably given her a nickname like all his other G-8 pals.

[AspenRose]

85. Angela Merkel.

Probably calls her "Angie baby." :eyes:

[elehhhhna]

96. Calls he "Merkin" since she covers his nuts

[proud2BlibKansan]

56. I don't mind that word either

but come on, this is the president. Surely he can be more diplomatic than that.

[Marblehead]

7. does this mean

cnn will get a $350,000 fine?

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Ha. Excellent Post.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Swamp Rat]

11. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Gin]

12. It's a PR ploy to make him sound "tough"...Rove is at it again.

Pathetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

G

[JHH]

22. I thought that the FCC would fine the person who said it ie BUSH

[Swamp Rat]

52. The fine is $325,000

The CNN infotainers hould be fined $325,000 for each time they say it too.

[Cooley Hurd]

13. Replaying now on CNN...

[Cooley Hurd]

16. CNN's Ed Henry didn't quote him this time - described it as "explicit"

:rofl:

I still think this doesn't do Chimpy any favors...

[Jeanette in FL]

17. Just saw the replay on CNN

I could not believe the way he was eating. Chomping away, like it was the first meal after a long coke jag. Stuffing food into his mouth, while spewing his crap. Thanks for the heads up.

[texasleo]

18. Brits must be wanting to kill themselves today

Blair was standing at Bush's side like a little bitch.

That's so sad.

[Swamp Rat]

20. I wish I was a member of Parliment for a day

:D

[ikri]

25. It's Blair, we expect it by now

And as bad as Blair is, the alternatives offered at the last election were actually worse. Try to imagine 2008 with the option of voting for Lieberman or Jeb Bush. Blair was the least worst option.

Besides, we all secretly hope that these are his real views.

[katinmn]

100. Oops! Blair is possibly the only world leader who would stand by Bush

Except for his new gal pal Angela.

[deminks]

19. Photo: Hey, Condi, I just said "shit" to the world.

Fix that for me, will ya?

[deminks]

21. Kelly O'Donnell apologizing now on MSNBC

Not only an explitive, but also dissing Annan. It was the Russian media's fault. They were eavesdropping. It was a candid moment. Unsual. Nothing revealed that we did not know already. The pretzeldente uses occasional colorful language when he is among friends. An interesting "private moment. She is going on and on and on and on. KKKarl must have told her to lay it on thick, cause that is what she is doing.

[Canuckistanian]

23. A "private moment"?

Yeah, right. Try telling Bill Clinton about presidential "private moments".

[mtnester]

27. SHEESH, that was a fast phone call

ya know what I mean?

[underpants]

54. Gee sorry about that listening in thing there Georgie

sucks doesn't it?

[Penndems]

57. "It was the Russian media's fault."

Aw, baloney.

Anybody with a grain of common sense knows better than to assume that a mic is "dead". You always assume that you're live until you see someone come over and switch it off (and it goes without saying that you watch what you say).

She's covering for Bush, pure and simple.





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[warrior1]

24. accidentally on purpose

Yea, I'm believing that. bush shut your mouth.

[elehhhhna]

26. Condi did the SAME THING last week:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1652866&mesg_id=1652897

[Swamp Rat]

29. I saw that

:eyes:

[CottonBear]

28. The best part is when Blair leans over Bush & switches off the microphone

after he suddenly realizes that the Russian media at the lunch conference is taping everything the Dear Leaders are saying. Chimpy was absolutely clueless as to what was happening...or else Rove set the whole thing up (Chimpy chewing with his mouth open and all.)

[elehhhhna]

30. LINK, please? ANYBODY?

[Swamp Rat]

34. To what?

The part about the mic bein shut off? I heard it at 5am on CNN, but saw no links.

[CottonBear]

37. I saw the whole unedited video on CNN Headline News about 7am EST

or a little afterwards. Robin Meade, the morning host was a bit speechless! She din't have much of a reaction except surprise and amazement that Chimpy was so stupid looking and sounding: chewing with his mouth open, talking with food in his mouth, saying 'shit' (which doesn't bother me at all) and generally sounding un-presidential. He looked and sounded extra stupid.

MSNBC got the Rove phone call because they are only describing the video and words spoken but not showing the whole videotape with sound like CNN Headline News did! Maybe CNN HN showed it unedited before most of the sheeple get up and watch the teevee.

edit: gramamr

[Swamp Rat]

38. When I saw it an hour earlier, when the story broke on CNN, the

infotainers didn't seem bothered. They made Bushler seem like a tough-tawkin' cowboy, and that the UN better get their act together. :eyes:

[elehhhhna]

94. Nora O on MSNBC was more upset than when we invaded iraq

[elehhhhna]

93. Thank YOU CotBear! This part is my fave part of your post:

"edit: gramamr"

[leftchick]

32. photo

A video image shows U.S. President George W. Bush (L) speaking privately to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during lunch at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in St. Petersburg, July 17, 2006. A microphone picked up an unaware U.S. President George W. Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hizbollah to 'stop doing this shit' and that his secretary of state may go to the Middle East soon. Bush was talking to Blair about an upsurge of violence in the Middle East, not realising a microphone was recording what he said. REUTERS/Pool via Reuters TV (RUSSIA)

what a fuckhead!

[Jeanette in FL]

31. Freeper reaction, someone has to do it.

YOU ROCK, MR PRESIDENT! RIGHT ON!
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Bravo, President Bush, well-said!
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I'd like to see more "open" mics around our President. We'd cut through more crap.
His polls would rise too...Major League!
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The President is right, of course. But, he needs to quit being such a dumb*** around microphones.
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Apparently they didn't hear the part where Bush stated "Israel should nuke the s**t out of Syria and Iran both and end this s**t."
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I saw the clip on FOX this morning and thought it was a great moment. Bush supposedly also said he was ready to get out of the G8 summit as soon as he could, because "these people talk too long."
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Perfect!
If Bush apologizes and comes off as embarassed then I will be embarrassed.

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[Swamp Rat]

33. Cue "Dueling Banjos"

:D

[autorank]

115. Swamp Rat & Penndems = Martin & Lewis

[Swamp Rat]

116. Jerry got all the girls...

;) :D

[Penndems]

39. "If Bush apologizes and comes off as embarassed then I will

be embarrassed."

As well you should be, you ignorant lowlife.

[Swamp Rat]

40. Those freaks cannot think for themselves

:eyes:

[Penndems]

41. What an absolute disgrace that man is

No class, totally uncouth and absolutely lacking in any discernible intelligence. Very embarrassing and, boy, does it put this country in the worse possible limelight.

[Swamp Rat]

44. Did you see the video of him chewing food while talking?

I have NEVER seen this done by a politician at an international meeting of governmental officials! He looked like a cow chewing cud! :puke:

The foreign press is going to have a field day... :eyes:

[Penndems]

49. I did, and I was embarrassed beyond belief

If any other President had done this, there would be an outpouring of shock and outrage. A five-year-old has better manners than this.

When the President of the United States, the face of this country to people around the world, behaves in this way, what message does that send to people around the world?

BTW, the staffs of the White House and State Department Protocol Offices should be fired. They're definitely not doing their jobs.

[Swamp Rat]

58. I don't think his handlers can handle him.

It's like putting lipstick on a greasy pig running around a sty.

THEY need to call in reinforcements to control him! :D

[Penndems]

60. What's that old expression? "You can't polish a turd?"

Unfortunately, the excrement is sitting behind a desk in The Oval Office. :mad:

[Swamp Rat]

87. Especially this one:

[Jeanette in FL]

71. More Freeper reaction.

I love my president! He said it with a mouth full of food, too. G-d bless him.
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thank you miss manners, what next whining because he uses the wrong spoon for his soup?
In response to: Profanity is the crutch of the conversational cripple, Mr. President.
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Maybe what we need is a President with a George Patton mouth.
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Good. Makes Bush sound like a real person. It's impossible to picture Hillary saying that for many reasons.
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The expletive word was "shit"....!!!
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GOOOOOOOOOOO BUSH...TELL'EM LIKE IT IS....!!!
When is the @#$!#@%!-ng media going to get a clue and stop reporting this !$#!?
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By their fruits you will know them - Bible. There is a heart problem. He can't be reading his Bible every day like he claims with a mouth like that.......

(Whoops, looks like someone hasn’t had their kool-aid yet this morning.)
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At least President Bush didn't skirt the issue or leave a stain on the presidency as his predecessor did.
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No, if it were Hillary it would have been "those F---ing Jews!"
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Good for Bush. Let 'em know he's still not the squishy pansy that the dim rats are.

[Penndems]

77. They're every bit as trashy, low-class and ignorant as he is

Thank God they're in the minority in this country.

[Swamp Rat]

91. But they get airplay

That's a big problem.

[Penndems]

98. If enough people switch channels or turn them off, advertisers

and networks will get the message.

Evidently, that's just want people seem to be doing:

http://mediamatters.org/items/200606280009

:D

[peekaloo]

36. Andrea Mitchell actually said it was "embarrassing".

talking with his mouth full of shit.

[Penndems]

43. It WAS embarrassing

He is the face of this country abroad. When people from other countries look at Bush, they're looking at America.

Absolutely disgraceful.

[peekaloo]

45. No doubt. I was surprised that she didn't try to spin it as part of

DimWit's "tuff talk".

[Swamp Rat]

50. Others ARE spinning it that way.

At least they were on CNN.

[Penndems]

53. In her defense, Andrea Mitchell is no slouch when it comes to good manners

and class. I've met the lady.

Her reporting on the Bush Administration might be somewhat over-the-top at times, but she's spot on with her assessment of this situation.

[tuvor]

42. What a major league asshole.

[lpbk2713]

61. Yeah, big time.

:eyes:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

46. I think I have a good case!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1652866&mesg_id=1653047

[Swamp Rat]

47. What about the infortainers on CNN who keep repeating the word 'shit' over

and over? Shouldn't they be fined $325,000 for each time they said it?

Bushler should be fined equal amout to that of the national debt.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

51. Yes, they should all be fined!

Mercilessly! :D

[bunny planet]

48. This must be some more of that 'bringing dignity and honor' to the WH

right?

[proud2BlibKansan]

55. OMG what's next?

Is he going to pull down his pants and flash a moon at the Palestinians?

This man is such a complete embarrassment.

[Swamp Rat]

59. Yes, he will next pull down his pants and urinate on the silverware while

screeching like a howler monkey.

:hi: thanks!

[Penndems]

62. Or clear the table with his forearm and put his feet up

God, what a cretin.

[proud2BlibKansan]

99. LOL

Glad I inspired you. LOL

[RedStateShame]

63. Wait just a minute

How did this get more press than him calling the Consitution just a "god damned piece of paper?"

[lonestarnot]

64. Ugh yeah. How did that happen?

[Penndems]

65. He made that remark behind closed doors at The White House

His behavior and expletive were paraded before an open mic.

The remark about the Constitution was the more egregious, but what happened in St. Petersburg was a glimpse of a low-class ignoramus laid bare before the entire world.

[tuvor]

66. That wasn't caught on tape, was it?

[Swamp Rat]

67. One is offensive to Americans, while the other makes us look bad to the

entire planet. I agree, though. His comment about our Constitution was infinitely more offensive to me. :mad:

[lonestarnot]

69. The emanating smell offends me.

[Swamp Rat]

73. Way'at lonestarnot!

:hi: Ready for WWIII?

:hide:

[lonestarnot]

75. Oh sure. I've been expecting. The decider didn't have enough

suffering with Katrina. He wants mo mo mo.

[Swamp Rat]

79. How's the freeway blogging going?

:D

[lonestarnot]

80. Still going. Work work work, dats all I ever do.

[DistressedAmerican]

68. Hence My Assertion that He Is The Idiot In Chief!

A world class douchebag!

http://idiotinchief.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

Screw him and the Tony Blair he rode in on!

[lonestarnot]

70. Fine work D.A.!

[DistressedAmerican]

72. Such a fucking ass! Downright Repulsive.

On a side note, my Balsphemer game is just a couple users short of moving up the ranks in that Huffpost contest! Yeah!

http://blasphemer.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

[lonestarnot]

74. Hmmm guess I need to visit.

[Swamp Rat]

78. Let's email the link to all our friends!

:D

Props to DA!!! :patriot:

[lonestarnot]

82. Yes!

:patriot:

[lonestarnot]

83. I've already done that on this one.

[Swamp Rat]

88. thanks n/t

[lonestarnot]

101. Always glad to be of service.

[Swamp Rat]

76. Great work!!! n/t

[Xenotime]

81. what a disgrace. He is the reason the world doesn't respect us.

[OhioChick]

89. What an embarrassment.

The man has absolutely no class.

[Swamp Rat]

90. Did you see him eating and talking?

:puke:

I can't get my mind off of it!!! :puke: :puke: :puke:

[OhioChick]

92. Oh, I just did..........

as he chewed away on a buttered roll. Disgusting. :puke:

[titoresque]

95. Looks like a fake to me

for simple minded Repukes this will look like two chums just hav'n a chat over lunch.... It's "ironic though that all Syria has to do is just get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over"

PUKE! I'm so tired of being treated like an idiot.

[Swamp Rat]

105. Yep, the inbred repukes think it's okie dokie to act like that at such an

event. :eyes:

[RobertSeattle]

97. ThinkProgress has it covered too

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/17/bush-caught-on-tape-2/

And, BTW, "Shriek - What will we tell the CHILDREN?!!!" /Sarcasm

[Swamp Rat]

106. Ooo! Great! A .mov video I can download!

Thanks!!! :hi:

[Vanje]

102. "Bush eats with his mouth open like a baby."

Rather, Bush eats babies with his mouth open.

[VolcanoJen]

103. So why didn't Blair and Bush look around and notice....

... that they were SURROUNDED BY FUCKING CAMERAS AND MICROPHONES?

These are the men the world is forced to entrust during this crisis?

Unbelievable!! It's like every single day, he does something even more staggeringly careless and stupid than the day before.

He is an embarrassment. They are both embarrassments.

[Swamp Rat]

104. That's why I think it's BS that he didn't know he was being recorded

[DistressedAmerican]

107. Kicker

[geniph]

108. Who the hell is "they"?

Who does Dimbulb think is responsible for controlling Hezbollah and their "shit"? I'm really curious who "they" might be. Angels? Demons? Lawyers? Republicans? Intestinal parasites?...but I repeat myself.

[Clarkie1]

111. The U.N.

Later in the dialogue about Kofi Anan getting on the phone to Syria:

"I feel like telling Kofi to get on the phone with Assad and make something happen."

[BreweryYardRat]

109. Actually, LBJ swore a lot.

He just wasn't stupid enough to do it in public, though.

[Clarkie1]

112. I also read somewhere LBJ took a piss in the rose garden. nt

[Maestro]

110. What's more disgusting

is not his use of the word. Most people have that word come out of their mouths every now and then. I personally feel that the cavalier attitude he exhibits, his gross eating, and overall lack of anything that resembles a statesman, show so poorly on him and the US as to make us look like a freakin' joke.

[autorank]

113. Wow, Swamp Rat, "just stop doing that shit" & it's over...what a guy.

What a complete and total idiot, a fool on a fools errand. Nice pic of Rove. He's another "genius" who is authoring our demise.

I have a question. All those people voted for him because he was such a religious guy. What if he'd
uttered the "F" word, or the "MF" word. Oh my, would they all abandon him or just say, "Well, ya know, that's what the disciples used to say after all that work the boss put them through."

[Swamp Rat]

114. The inbreds love tough tawkin' theocrats