"I UNDERSTAND IT'S TOUGH!"

[Bluebear]

Another grate moment in Presidential speakin' history.


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'And so I -- no, I appreciate your question. I appreciate -- as you can tell, I feel strongly about making sure you understand that I understand it's tough.'

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061207-1.html

[SeattleGirl]

1. Oy

:eyes:

[Joanne98]

2. IT'S HARD WORK TOO! whaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!

[Virginia Dare]

3. Everytime he says he undersands, believes or appreciates..

something, you know he hasn't got a clue...:dunce:

[Bluebear]

4. Absolutely, one of the first things I learned about him.

He insists he understands because he knows that intelligent people realize he doesn't understand a thing about the topic at hand.

[Radio_Lady]

10. Nothing new about the numbskull. I try to turn off his speeches.

They depress me profoundly.

[Jacobin]

17. Exactly so

He uses those words constantly and they are meaningless. What he really means is gawd told me to do this so I'm gonna keep doing it and screw anyone who disagrees with me because I'm the decider and you're not

[maxsolomon]

5. but do you understand that Iraq is LOST?

do you understand that you fucked up the second 9/11 occurred, and are continuing to fuck up every waking second?

do you understand that your lack of wisdom, of caution, of judgement has resulted in the deaths of 10s of 1000s of innocents, untold maimings, the destruction of countless lives, a culture, a country, an empire?

do you understand that it is ALL YOUR FAULT?

do you understand that YOU FUCKING SUCK & you're the worst president ever?

[Bluebear]

7. "BRING IT ON" screamed the tough cowboy monkey!

No, we will NEVER forget your arrogant taunt and where it has brought us, you fucking disgrace.

[Radio_Lady]

11. I heard this driving up to my physical therapy appointment.

I hid my hand hard on the dashboard and screamed, "You fucking idiot! I hope you die some horrible disfiguring and disgusting death!"

But we have to endure this for two more years.

[Az]

6. Someone ought to simply ask him "How do you know its tough?"

Its not like he has ever been in such a circumstance. Does he think its tough like its tough to take a calculus test? Tough like in eating a pretzel and breathing at the same time? Just how tough does he think it is?

[gratuitous]

18. The follow up should ask itself by now

"What does that mean, sir? You say that you understand it's tough. What do you mean by that? After all, a 12-year-old could say much the same thing. Please say something that conveys that you have a more sophisticated understanding of the situation in Iraq than a 12-year-old."

[renate]

22. I do hope somebody asks that someday

At least the first three sentences. The rest are too much to hope for, but I can imagine a real reporter asking "What do you mean by that?"

[lebkuchen]

8. Laura should buy herself a Child Monitor for Xmas

She can enjoy her dinner downstairs yet monitor Chimpy upstairs should he eat a prezel and fall on a sharp table edge.

[Botany]

9. What an idiot.

".... I feel strongly about making sure you understand that I understand ..... "

[Marie26]

12. I understand that you understand that I understand

that there are known knowns, and unknown knowns...

[Bluebear]

15. I'm getting dizzy. nt

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

13. Letterman Has A Pick Of Quotes This Week

I think he'll go with:

"I've talked with dead soldiers."

Or whatever the exact brilliant quote was.

[LSK]

14. Bush: "talks to families who die"

Sessions: "I talked to those that lost their lives"

[Bluebear]

16. Ay caramba. nt

[peekaloo]

19. The Sixth Senseless.

Maybe someone at one of his open mic nights aka press conferences should holler "How tough is it?"

[skip fox]

20. You cut the transcript short. This is what else he said:

"You bet I know it's tough. Sometimes when I'm trying to sleep all I can think about is Iraq, Iraq, Iraq, and I have to get up and turn on t.v. and unless I skipfast to the movie channels it'll be all about Iraq. It's like I can't get away from it. I could be signing a bill or thinking about the Mexican border or listening to my economic advisors, and then it just pops back into my head. So I usually have to go and do something else. Then after awhile it will just pop back in, so I've got to change what I'm doing all over again. Sometimes that's all I do all day. Don't tell me about Iraq. Heck, I know it's tough."

;)

Thanks for the posting.

[JoMama49]

21. He's imploding right in front of our eyes! n/t