Citizen dresses down Bush -96 seconds - not great audio/visual but worth a look

[underpants]

Run time: 01:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0mkXLwZbI4   Posted on YouTube: April 30, 2006 By YouTube Member: allofandy Views on YouTube: 3696402   Posted on DU: September 10, 2011 By DU Member: underpants Views on DU: 856

 

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What that citizen did takes real courage.

He stayed calm and on topic, something I'm not sure I could have done.

At least Bush had the common courtesy to allow him to continue speaking. There's a lot of Republicans nowadays who would not have done that.

GREAT clip!

[Generic Other]

4. As opposed to me who would turn purple and shake with rage

And maybe toss my shoe!

[Poll_Blind]

2. The speaker's resemblance to this famous Norman Rockwell painting was noted at the time:

One of Norman Rockwell's most famous serious of paintings, "The Four Freedoms", he strongly resembled the painting "Freedom of Speech".

Which was apt, IMO.

K&R for a very nice blast from the past!

:thumbsup:

PB

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Ummmmm....He didn't tap our phones on a limited basis, and not

based on the constitution. He has a scandal as bad as Murdoch's. It's just that we will never see justice take place.

[Stuart G]

5. I saw this in 2006...

It was the only time that anyone publically did this.
If I recall, Bush allowed the person to speak, He said, "Let him speak."

as if he were some sort of person who listened to criticism.
After the critic talked, Bush responded in a way that produced a laugh and then he put the guy down.

bush was a real asshole.....
the whole thing may have been a set up..
.Bush's responce was the key to the moment, not the criticism..

Nevertheless, it was the only time ...I ever saw Bush publically criticized by a citizen for anything.

It was some kind of town meeting before the 2006 election..

[underpants]

6. I had never seen this

it is about the best anyone ever did to his face and that includes the press.

No wonder he demanded to sit on Cheney's lap at the 9/11 commission interview.