October 4, 2000...Bush TOLD us all he wasn't up to the job

[SoCalDem]

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http://robots.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/10/04/debate.notebook/index.html


By Ian Christopher McCaleb/CNN

October 4, 2000
Web posted at: 3:09 p.m. EDT (1909 GMT)

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) --

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Bush blunders

Bush had his share of problems Tuesday night, two of which must have left his advisors wincing behind the scenes. Bush campaign aides said heading into the debate that Bush was going to have to work to avoid the sort of verbal blunders reporters have become accustomed to documenting on the campaign trail.


Bush was tripped up by a question on how he would handle "crisis under fire."

Most of those have involved malapropisms and mispronunciations, which Bush managed to avoid through much of Tuesday night.

But he was tripped up by a question posed by Lehrer on how he would handle the difficulties and uncertainties of the presidency. The presidency Lehrer said, is "90 percent having to deal with the unexpected." Lehrer challenged both to describe how they would handle "crisis under fire."

Gore answered first. When Bush followed, he said, "I've been standing up to big Hollywood, and big trial lawyers." With a trademark smirk, he then stepped a few inches back from his lectern and said, "Was the question about emergencies?"

A few minutes later, Bush appeared to stumble over a question on how he would address a financial crisis, such as the collapse of a major financial institution, saying first he would go to "Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to get all the facts and the figures," then "have my secretary of the treasury be in touch with the financial centers not only here but at home."

"And I would come up with a game plan to deal with it," he said. "That's what governors end up doing."


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[Lautremont]

1. Sooo... it seems this Bush fellow is a bit of an idiot, then.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Who knew?

:shrug: Wow, I wish someone had noticed.

[SoCalDem]

4. The media was more interested in who would want to have a beer with him

and how cool he looked in jeans :puke:

[gilpo]

7. Yeah... Just a bit.

[buff2]

2. I knew he wasn't up to the job as soon as I heard him speak

I STILL can't believe we have a total idiot running our country. Khrist...elementary kids have a higher IQ than bu$h does.

[TAPat]

5. OMG - Thanks for reminding us...

:)

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. !

:banghead: And for the record, he sucked as Texas Gov, too.

[madaboutharry]

8. Oh, but Candy Crowley said

"He held his own!" (insert your own joke here.) The media at the time put the bar for Bush about 1/4 of an inch above the floor. Don't you know he won that debate?

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. Yeah, GW "Media creation" Bush held his own.

:rofl: With a whole lot of help from the corporate whores, which Candy Crowly is.

[AndyA]

9. Geez...if Bush's IQ dropped one point, his bodily functions would cease!

The man truly is a brain cell or two away from being a vegetable.

Quick...someone get Frist...he'll know what to do!

[ourbluenation]

11. andy...goddamit - water just came out my nose. Jesus! n/t