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oval
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The 'Dubbya is a Moron' Item
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Jun 5 20:15 UTC 2002 |
BUSH'S GENERAL EDUCATION
Do you have blacks in Brazil?
It is said, that, before September 11, George W. Bush thought the Taliban were
a Bavarian brass band. Now, thanks to his comprehensive knowledge, the most
powerful man in the world has got into hot water again.
Rice helped Bush from the leave in the lurch
Washington - It was Condoleezza Rice, national security advisor, who helped
her boss out of the embarassing situation. During a conversation between the
two presidents, George W. Bush, 55, (USA) and Fernando Henrique Cardo so, 71,
(Brazil), Bush bewildered his colleague with the question "Do you have blacks,
too?"
Rice, 47, noicing how astonished the Brazilian was, saved the day by telling
Bush "Mr. President, Brazil probably has more blacks than the USA. So me say
it's the Country with the most blacks outside Africa." Later, the Brazilian
president Cardoso said: regarding Latin America, Bush was still in his
"learning phase".
Equally terrifying: the American media did not report the incident. There
seems to be an unwritten rule that while it's ok to acknowledge Bush's lack
of "intellectual curiosity", any hard evidence of utter stupidity must be
covered up.
The incident was reported outside the U.S.. For example, by the prestigious
German news magazine Der Spiegel. Here's a translation of the article (with
a link to the original German article): http://gwbush.com/copies/trans.shtm
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jmsaul
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response 1 of 133:
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Jun 5 21:17 UTC 2002 |
He's such a doofus. Damn.
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gwbush
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response 2 of 133:
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Jun 5 23:37 UTC 2002 |
This is unpatriotic! I demand an explaination, or I'll send the SS after you!
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jmsaul
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response 3 of 133:
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Jun 6 02:10 UTC 2002 |
Go fuck yourself.
(Wow, I've been wanting to say that to him.)
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bru
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response 4 of 133:
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Jun 6 02:10 UTC 2002 |
Iwasn't there, I did not witness the exchange. Neither did any of you. Can
you prove it wasn't just a slip of the tongue? Didn't think so.
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jmsaul
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response 5 of 133:
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Jun 6 02:15 UTC 2002 |
Can you prove it was? This isn't a matter of mixing up words, which I'm
willing to give him a pass on.
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other
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response 6 of 133:
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Jun 6 06:07 UTC 2002 |
Bruce, you can NOT be serious!
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dbunker
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response 7 of 133:
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Jun 6 11:19 UTC 2002 |
snopes has that story currently listed as unverified.
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russ
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response 8 of 133:
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Jun 6 11:55 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, we all know Bush is hardly a genius. Quite some time before
the election I noted (as a troll on a "conservative" web forum) that
he'd been appointed as the candidate by the PTB and that said PTB
would do just about anything to keep him from being challenged (so
he'd owe them if/when he got in). Of course, the "ownership" is
hardly exclusive to George W.; trial lawyers and unions own many
Dems, to give just one example from the left side of the aisle.
George H. W. made a similar mistake in 1992, where he showed that he
had little idea what the populace deals with by being totally ignorant
of grocery-store checkout scanners. George W.'s gaffe only affects a
few foreigners and some voters who wouldn't have voted for him anyway;
hardly an issue, in political terms. On broader policy his brain trust
will help him to get it mostly right (by their lights, with which I
have many deep disagreements).
What truly amazes me is that someone so inept at public speaking could
get even *close* to a popular majority. Must've been the lousy quality
of the competition....
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johnnie
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Jun 6 15:46 UTC 2002 |
>The incident was reported outside the U.S.. For example, by the
>prestigious German news magazine Der Spiegel.
Der Spiegel is the *only* source for this, and they don't mention their
source.
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void
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Jun 6 16:52 UTC 2002 |
re #4: Gee, Bruce, you didn't witness the alleged vandalism for which
the GAO found no evidence at the White House at the end of Clinton's
term. Can you prove it happened? Didn't think so.
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twinkie
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response 11 of 133:
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Jun 6 18:15 UTC 2002 |
re: 10
In all fairness, the alleged vandalism was widely reported in several media
outlets. In fact, it was somewhat difficult to avoid hearing about it, the
week it supposedly happened.
That's quite a contrast between an event that allegedly happened in South
America, involving an American president, and reported in a German-language
news article, with no attribution. The subtle language differences alone are
rather substantial.
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vmskid
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response 12 of 133:
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Jun 6 18:17 UTC 2002 |
At least he didn't claim that he was a Jelly doughnut!
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twinkie
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response 13 of 133:
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Jun 6 18:23 UTC 2002 |
Or that he invented them.
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oval
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response 14 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:11 UTC 2002 |
this is the dubbya is a moron territude and if you can't say anything insulting
about dubbya, take it elsewhere.
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vmskid
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response 15 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:15 UTC 2002 |
OK, anybody here familiar with the "Dubyaman" cartoon from India?
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twinkie
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response 16 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:23 UTC 2002 |
re: 14
Oh...my bad. I wasn't on my medication.
I had better dash right over to the pharmacy, and use my National Health
Insurance that good ol' Billy Clinton delivered, to get some more...
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oval
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response 17 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:32 UTC 2002 |
http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/
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twinkie
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response 18 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:35 UTC 2002 |
http://www.soreloserman2000.com/
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vmskid
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response 19 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:38 UTC 2002 |
Let's face it, why would anyone with any brains want to be president in the
first place?
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oval
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response 20 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:46 UTC 2002 |
twinkie start your own leftie-bashing item! this is the dubbya bashing one,
and don;t make me tell you again!
btw, Ari Fleischer can be ridiculed too.
or both at once:
Denial or double-negative admission:
"The President did not, not receive information about the use of airplanes
as missiles by suicide bombers."
-Ari Fleischer, May 16, 2002
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vmskid
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response 21 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:52 UTC 2002 |
Can we take shots at Ashcroft here as well?
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rcurl
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response 22 of 133:
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Jun 6 20:59 UTC 2002 |
Yes! Yes!
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oval
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response 23 of 133:
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Jun 6 21:01 UTC 2002 |
YES!
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"Teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."
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klg
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response 24 of 133:
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Jun 7 00:34 UTC 2002 |
re: russ " George H. W. made a similar mistake in 1992, where he showed that
he
had little idea what the populace deals with by being totally ignorant
of grocery-store checkout scanners." Actually, what in fact this
involved was not the simple operation of checkout scanners, but the
fact that the scanner could read a bar code that had been mangled/
mutilated - a fact that I am reasonably sure would surprise many
(if not a majority of) persons.
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