George Bush - Letterman's 10 favourite Bush moments

Did anyone catch this?
Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes the
case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president. His brother Jeb
seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool. But George seems so
far removed from presidential material - out of all the pool of talent
available to you, how is it possible to elect someone of this calibre?

"David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au> schreef:

> Did anyone catch this?
> Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank.

No shit!

> I suppose he makes the case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be
> president.

Ronald Reagon was leading the country when he allready had an advanced form
of Alzheimer.

> His brother Jeb seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool.
> But George seems so far removed from presidential material - out of all
> the pool of talent available to you, how is it possible to elect someone
> of this calibre?

David, even retards have the right to be President. Look at my country.

Jan Peter had a severe oxygen deficit at birth. Our entire Government is a
collection of retards, psychos, lunatics and women.

--
Pete

"Pete" <phoutstra@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au> schreef:
>
>> Did anyone catch this?
>> Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank.
>
> No shit!
>
>> I suppose he makes the case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be
>> president.
>
> Ronald Reagon was leading the country when he allready had an advanced
> form of Alzheimer.

True but I think he was only diagnosed toward the end of his term
>
>> His brother Jeb seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool.
>> But George seems so far removed from presidential material - out of all
>> the pool of talent available to you, how is it possible to elect someone
>> of this calibre?
>
> David, even retards have the right to be President. Look at my country.
>
> Jan Peter had a severe oxygen deficit at birth. Our entire Government is a
> collection of retards, psychos, lunatics and women.

Pretty inconsiderate of women to go into politics - who do they expect is
going to do the laundry?

>
> --
> Pete
>

David wrote:

> Did anyone catch this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vtfmQ5Audg

That?

> Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes the
> case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president. His brother Jeb
> seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool. But George seems so
> far removed from presidential material - out of all the pool of talent
> available to you, how is it possible to elect someone of this calibre?

Good question. I'm sure Henry could answer that one.

And check this out as well:

http://search.cbs.com/search/topten....e+Bush&x=0&y=0

--
Curt

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:47:39 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>Did anyone catch this?
>Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes the
>case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president.

Well, in a two party system either frick or frack will be elected and
they might happen to both be morons. I think if we get an intelligent
statesmanlike President next time it will just be dumb luck.

I hope it isn't the case that people are more likely to CHOOSE the
dumber one because he is more like them.

"Oh man, look at him being totally lost without cue cards, I bet I'd
be the same way!"

Um, yeah maybe but shouldn't we shoot a bit higher?

--
Is this thing on?

"Curt" <curtjames@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> David wrote:
>
>> Did anyone catch this?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vtfmQ5Audg

Ha ha! Precious! I think having George was well worth the effort - even with
the horrendous waste or life and a trillion dollars in Iraq, Just the comedy
value was worth it!

>
> That?
>
>> Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes
>> the
>> case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president. His brother
>> Jeb
>> seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool. But George seems
>> so
>> far removed from presidential material - out of all the pool of talent
>> available to you, how is it possible to elect someone of this calibre?
>
> Good question. I'm sure Henry could answer that one.
>
> And check this out as well:
>
> http://search.cbs.com/search/topten....e+Bush&x=0&y=0

Thanks for the laugh Curt
>
> --
> Curt
>

"Joe Humble" <joehumble@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:47:39 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>>Did anyone catch this?
>>Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes the
>>case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president.
>
> Well, in a two party system either frick or frack will be elected and
> they might happen to both be morons. I think if we get an intelligent
> statesmanlike President next time it will just be dumb luck.
>
> I hope it isn't the case that people are more likely to CHOOSE the
> dumber one because he is more like them.
>
> "Oh man, look at him being totally lost without cue cards, I bet I'd
> be the same way!"
>
> Um, yeah maybe but shouldn't we shoot a bit higher?

Hello Joe - That is a good point - he is one of the common folk - I forget
who said "we elect the leaders we deserve" - I don't know how good or bad
JFK was or whether he was around long enough to make a judgement - but at
least he had a gift - he was able to inspire


>
> --
> Is this thing on?

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:47:39 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
wrote:

>Did anyone catch this?
>Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes the
>case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president. His brother Jeb
>seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool. But George seems so
>far removed from presidential material - out of all the pool of talent
>available to you, how is it possible to elect someone of this calibre?

It's tragic. Our political system is badly broken.

The reasons are very complicated.

I think there are two main factors: (1) polarization and (2) power and
collusion.

(1) The country (and probably the world) are becoming more and more
polarized. Not only that, but the groups are more hostile to wach
other. I think this works for the advantage of the organized politcial
parties, so they do little to correct it and often actively foster it.

(2) The political parties are too powerful. When the voting is along
party lines as much as it is, only an idiot would believe that they
care about "the people". The two (US) parties are in active collusion.
There is a big pie. They are carving it up. Sometimes one side gets a
slightly larger slice, sometimes the other, but 90% of the pie is
divided 50-50. This is why they so strongly oppose third parties. With
2 parties, they are guaranteed of 40-45%% of the pie (the pie is the
US tax dollars). They have a chance for another 5-10%. With even one
more party, the guaranteed slice would drop to about 30% with a chance
for a third of the other 10%.

So, with 2 parties, the slice for each is 40-60%. With three, it's
30-40%. You do the math.

Besides, each party only has to deal with one other. This is why
economists like to see at least three major competitors. The
difficulty of collusion goes up geometrically with the number of
players.

In addition to all of this, there are smaller problems such as
one-issue voters, uninformed voters (I've seen reports that only 5-10%
of the votes are really "undecided"), fringe elements, etc.

The real irony is that neither party really stands for what it says it
does. That may be part of the big scam. The democrate claim to be for
social issues, but many of them are rich elitists who have real
disdain for average people. John Kerry is a prime example.

The republicans claim to be for small government, but both Reagan and
Bush II grew government way out of proportion to other presidents. I
don't think most republicans have any meaningful "religious" beliefs
other than the belief that claiming god and morality will win votes.

I don't know if Bush is an idiot. He sure as hell does a convincing
impersonation. I'm mortified when I see him next to most other world
leaders. But maybe that's also part of the scam. He gets a pass
because, well, he's not too bright. Meanwhile, very smart people are
actually pulling the levers.

The democrats are no better. Clinton was one of the smartest people
ever to hold the office, but he had the moral development and judgment
of a 16 year old.

It's bad. It's very bad. But it will probably get a lot worse before
it gets better. I doubt I'll live to see it much better.

--

"David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au> schreef:

>> Ronald Reagon was leading the country when he allready had an advanced
>> form of Alzheimer.

> True but I think he was only diagnosed toward the end of his term

Good point.

>> David, even retards have the right to be President. Look at my country.

>> Jan Peter had a severe oxygen deficit at birth. Our entire Government is
>> a collection of retards, psychos, lunatics and women.

> Pretty inconsiderate of women to go into politics - who do they expect is
> going to do the laundry?

Exactly my point.

And besides, whats next?

Before you know it, blacks, Jews, homosexuals and muslims will be part of
the Government.
We cant have that, can we?

We allready had a black muslim women as a member of the Government here.

And i have strong suspiciouns that she was a Jewish lesbian as well.

--
Pete

"LurfysMa" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:nkpn239jv4tjqgsprr4n1e141o2hmjfg3c@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:47:39 +1000, "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>>Did anyone catch this?
>>Seems without cue cards his mind is a total blank. I suppose he makes the
>>case pretty sell that absolutely *anyone* can be president. His brother
>>Jeb
>>seems bright enough. His father was not a bumbling fool. But George seems
>>so
>>far removed from presidential material - out of all the pool of talent
>>available to you, how is it possible to elect someone of this calibre?
>
> It's tragic. Our political system is badly broken.
>
> The reasons are very complicated.
>
> I think there are two main factors: (1) polarization and (2) power and
> collusion.
>
> (1) The country (and probably the world) are becoming more and more
> polarized. Not only that, but the groups are more hostile to wach
> other. I think this works for the advantage of the organized politcial
> parties, so they do little to correct it and often actively foster it.
>
> (2) The political parties are too powerful. When the voting is along
> party lines as much as it is, only an idiot would believe that they
> care about "the people". The two (US) parties are in active collusion.
> There is a big pie. They are carving it up. Sometimes one side gets a
> slightly larger slice, sometimes the other, but 90% of the pie is
> divided 50-50. This is why they so strongly oppose third parties. With
> 2 parties, they are guaranteed of 40-45%% of the pie (the pie is the
> US tax dollars). They have a chance for another 5-10%. With even one
> more party, the guaranteed slice would drop to about 30% with a chance
> for a third of the other 10%.
>
> So, with 2 parties, the slice for each is 40-60%. With three, it's
> 30-40%. You do the math.
>
> Besides, each party only has to deal with one other. This is why
> economists like to see at least three major competitors. The
> difficulty of collusion goes up geometrically with the number of
> players.
>
> In addition to all of this, there are smaller problems such as
> one-issue voters, uninformed voters (I've seen reports that only 5-10%
> of the votes are really "undecided"), fringe elements, etc.
>
> The real irony is that neither party really stands for what it says it
> does. That may be part of the big scam. The democrate claim to be for
> social issues, but many of them are rich elitists who have real
> disdain for average people. John Kerry is a prime example.
>
> The republicans claim to be for small government, but both Reagan and
> Bush II grew government way out of proportion to other presidents. I
> don't think most republicans have any meaningful "religious" beliefs
> other than the belief that claiming god and morality will win votes.
>
> I don't know if Bush is an idiot. He sure as hell does a convincing
> impersonation. I'm mortified when I see him next to most other world
> leaders. But maybe that's also part of the scam. He gets a pass
> because, well, he's not too bright. Meanwhile, very smart people are
> actually pulling the levers.
>
> The democrats are no better. Clinton was one of the smartest people
> ever to hold the office, but he had the moral development and judgment
> of a 16 year old.
>
> It's bad. It's very bad. But it will probably get a lot worse before
> it gets better. I doubt I'll live to see it much better.
>
You make a lot of sense - about collusion yes I guess the two big parties
want to protect the status quo. Yes Bush does make a convincing
impersonation (ha ha!) - About Clinton - even with his loose morals he was
a refreshing change from boring and ordinary presidents.
I like Obama - like him a lot - he has the ability to inspire.

"Pete" <phoutstra@wanadoo.nl> wrote in message
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> "David" <forgotwhy@yahoo.com.au> schreef:
>
>>> Ronald Reagon was leading the country when he allready had an advanced
>>> form of Alzheimer.
>
>> True but I think he was only diagnosed toward the end of his term
>
> Good point.
>
>>> David, even retards have the right to be President. Look at my country.
>
>>> Jan Peter had a severe oxygen deficit at birth. Our entire Government is
>>> a collection of retards, psychos, lunatics and women.
>
>> Pretty inconsiderate of women to go into politics - who do they expect is
>> going to do the laundry?
>
> Exactly my point.
>
> And besides, whats next?
>
> Before you know it, blacks, Jews, homosexuals and muslims will be part of
> the Government.
> We cant have that, can we?
>
> We allready had a black muslim women as a member of the Government here.
>
> And i have strong suspiciouns that she was a Jewish lesbian as well.

Ha ha!

>
> --
> Pete
>