VIDEO- Bush insults blue-collar Gatlin brother in TN today

[liveoaktx]

Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk

[davidinalameda]

1. I can't open it

can you give us the run-down

:shrug:

[GemMom]

3. It takes a bit to open and load

Be patient - it took mine twenty seconds to open and load and I'm on a high-speed connection.

[SharonAnn]

4. Bush says "I grew up in Midland, the Gatlins grew up in Odessa.

I was white-collar, he was blue-collar. I'm president, he's a singer."

[GemMom]

8. And the Gatlins are making more money....

than Bush is as President. So they're laughing all the way to the bank, and they know it.

[gordianot]

12. Bush needs to be orange collar.

[FuzzySlippers]

14. Good God!!!

Could he get anymore clueless???

[GemMom]

2. The Gatlins were on stage with Bush

I'm related by marriage and shirt-tale relatives to Larry Gatlin.

[nashville_brook]

18. there's something really creepy in *'s need to belittle people

especially when they are sitting on stage with him. like, with friends like that...

[Marie26]

33. Remember his comment to Coretta Scott King? nt

[liveoaktx]

39. You mean this one? Video

Martin Luther King day 2002

[Marie26]

41. That's the one

Tells you almost all you need to know about the man.

[nashville_brook]

50. been thinking about it for a whille

[GemMom]

5. It's not an insult - it's a joke...

Bush-style.

[liveoaktx]

9. His "jokes" at people are always veiled insults

[Coexist]

20. and he calls Democrats elitists?

I will never understand this opposite day stuff.

[Marie26]

27. Right.

And he especially likes to do it on stage so his minions can laugh with him. It's kind of like a small public humiliation.

[fooj]

30. He's an insecure little bully. That's why he does it.

Peace.

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. Agreed! He thinks he's all that and a truck lot of chips.

See what being bailed out his whole miserable failure of a life has gotten him?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

44. Like calling Paul O'Neill, his elder, "Pablo" in Cabinet meetings...

[laruemtt]

15. it would have to be a compliment -

being called the opposite of anything bush is.

[Lars39]

6. good grief. What an arrogant POS he is.

And the audience thought it a hoot. :(

[GemMom]

21. Yeah, well.......

I come from the music world and have been around my share of arrogance in the collegiate academic world. I had a chance to sing with Barry Manilow that came through his people as a request to the college choral dept. The choral director at the time was a musical snob and thought that pop music (anything written in the 20th century) was "trash" or beneath him, and the worry amongst the students was that we were going to be given a "B" in the class if we went along with the request as singers and sung the concert. This same guy is the same guy who was playing Bach Motets in the local chamber music hall for an audience of 20 people, while Barry Manilow's concert brought 20,000 people into the college's athletic facility. I was thrilled to be on stage with one of the best songwriters and performers in the country, I've gone on to sing for similarly large crowds in the years beyond college and that same collegiate-level "teacher" is still playing snobby concerts for 20-100 people.

[Lars39]

24. I meant Bush, if that wasn't clear, but I know what you're talking about.

:hi:

[DS1]

7. What an ASS!

And people will STILL think he's a man of the people. And would be fun to drink a beer with.

Morons

[Dancindays]

17. or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5...

...or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9...

[Marie26]

10. Typical. nt

[boobooday]

11. What a moran

"I'm white collar, he's blue collar."

But if there was any justice, he would be wearing prison stripes.

[sabra]

13. pitiful

[helderheid]

16. what an ASS HAT

[Caoimhe]

19. "He's blue collar, I'm yellow pantlegs", said Chimpstain n/t

[Chimichurri]

22. what an arrogant prick. Why do people laugh - he's so not funny.

[LiberalinNC]

23. God I hate when he laughs at his "own joke" GRrrrrrrrrrrrr! Esp. when

he's NOT funny!

[buff2]

31. God almighty

NOTHING he says is funny,but he seems to think he's some kind of great comedian. It would be so great if no one laughed at his stupid insults. You know,when I was in school,kids would crack up laughing and made fun of ignorant morons like bu$h.But these phucking redneck hilljacks that support him encourage his asinine comments. It is disgusting beyond words. :puke:

[davidinalameda]

25. I don't get it

:shrug:

maybe I'm just too smart to understand

[Marie26]

28. The message:

"I grew up w/everything, and now I'm the President of the United States! You, poor sap, grew up poor are now only a singer. I have always been better than you, and we all know it. I can even make fun of you on stage, and you won't even notice. He he." In so many words. He does this all the time.

[patcox2]

47. To people from Midland, Odessa is lower than low.

Seriously, for Bush to even bring it up is despicable. Its like Springfield and Shelbyville.

[Blue_In_AK]

26. What a f****** ass....

He is such an embarrassment.

[Double T]

29. bush is a total buffoon; doesn't know when to shutup...........

the jerk went down in flames on that asinine joke.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

32. Sorry people, this doesn't fly IMHO.

Why were the "blue-collar" Gatlin brothers even attending this staged event with Chimpy today?

Obviously, they have fallen for his BS hook, line and sinker.

The Gatlin Brothers got exactly what they deserved today.

Karma's a bitch.

[liveoaktx]

35. The Gatlins may not realize they're been insulted, nor the blue collar

workers in general that Bush dissed today, but we do.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

42. Well, if the Gatlins' and the blue collar workers that were

present today in Tennessee don't realize that they were "dissed" by Chimpy McYellowstain today and have been for the past 5 years, what will it take to make them realize this?

Maybe they'll realize it when their blue collar jobs are shipped overseas, gone forever...

[liveoaktx]

45. Yup, I think the Ford workers know it now, despite his lying words

[Marie26]

46. Well, it's always ambiguous.

Bush's insults usually have double meanings, benign & malicious, and you can take either one. His supporters will tend to take the "benign" interpretation that this is just some friendly teasing. But enough people will get the "mean" interpretation that his message gets across. And because it could be interpreted either way, you can't ever quite call him out on it. It's Bush's skill in constructing insults that make me think he isn't that dumb.

[liberalpress]

51. No Karma No Nothin

GWB and the Gatlins are thisclose. GWB cold be caught with both a dead girl and a live boy and the Gatlins would think nothing of it. He's Jesus in the country music world... possibly better than Jesus

[SammyWinstonJack]

34. His ego just grew leaps and bounds since last night's lieathon.

Not surprising at all. He insults everyone which, imho opinion, is a sign of low self esteem or else he's just a major league a$$hole. Probably a little of both.

[mattclearing]

37. Big time. n/t

[BIgJohn83]

38. So it's a bad thing to be blue collar? nt

[Marie26]

40. Or this comment at the end:

"You can tell I like him - when I put the needle out, it's a sign of affection." So he's even admitting there that he meant to insult him.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

43. Friend of mine knows a Yale contemporary/dorm-mate of shrub. This guy

says the shrub was the world's biggest snob, and didn't have clue number 1 on relating to people.

Needless to say I was SHOCKED to learn this! :o

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

48. What's so surprising about that?

Take Mama Bush's comments "her beautiful mind" before the invasion of Iraq and the other one about the Katrina evacuees in Houston last September as perfect examples.

What's that old saying: "Apples don't fall too far from the tree".

Yep, Chimpy McYellowstain is a snobbish prick.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

49. Um.. I wasn't really shocked (insert sarcasm emoticon here).

[liveoaktx]

52. Kick-KO showed this clip tonight too

[Disturbed]

53. Shrub is a Silverspoon Sociopath.

I avoid watching or listening to him. He is repulsive.