CNN: Bush says he's 'not a gadget guy'

[AngryWhiteLiberal]

<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/08/25/techie.president.ap/index.html>

Bush says he's 'not a gadget guy'
President counts on aides for tech connection

He's not one of these who has to have the latest and greatest model.
-- Dan Bartlett, presidential confidant

WASHINGTON (AP) -- No pager or PDA hangs off his belt and there's no cell phone in his suit pocket.

President Bush, like many world leaders and business titans, relies on aides to carry the high-tech gizmos that are a staple of modern life. That's just fine by Bush, described as intrigued by what technology can do but not necessarily with the gadgets themselves.


=== Hold your nose when reading this putrid mediawhore fluff piece intended (I guess) to convince the public that Bush is NOT a dumbass with little-to-no intellectual interests ===

Pathetic.

JB

[sfwriter]

1. He's no Al Gore....

And they even say so...


""He's no Al Gore," said one Bush aide, comparing his boss to the former vice president known for his love of high-tech gadgetry, "but he's very serious about having all this stuff work." "


LOL

-Sandy

[Flubadubya]

44. He's not anything....

Oh, and since he is not a "gadget guy", don't you think they ought to take "the football" away from him too?

[bahrbearian]

2. Are we Talking about Captian Segway?

I hope he dosen't use any gadget's he f**ks up enough

[jenm]

11. segway

My friend calls it the Segway Human Detector!

[dArKeR]

31. Captain Shit-for-Brains is what were talking about. I just don't believe

any moral journalists could write so many positives things about a Bush? It's impossible thus we know our media is controlled by someone, NSA, FBI, Power Elite, Foreign Gov., Aliens, Satan...? take your pick but they're certainly not moral and objective.

I remember an online Newsweek or Time report/reporter publishing in 2000, 'I get the impression the last book he read was Shoot The Moon when the twins were three.' This is darn near an exact quote. They didn't archive back then. A Toon for anyone who can find that report. I'm 100%

Another from Newsweek or Time on Texas Ranger management position; 'He has nothing to do with management he's more like Team Politician.'

[w4rma]

3. He relies on everyone else for everything. He can't do anything on his

own. He's totally incompetent.

[ugarte]

4. No, he's the gadget

A simple tool with his finger on the nuclear football. Probably the one gadget he fools around with.

[Best_man23]

45. The only football they let Dumbya mess with

Is this one.



I keep getting this image that during the first week of his pResidency, Dumbya played with the nuclear football. Bet here is Cheney keeps both nuclear footballs.

[ikojo]

62. There's only one gadget Bush fools

around with and it's the one that Clinton had serviced by Ms Lewinsky...

[PartyPooper]

5. Junior doesn't have the intellectual capability to wipe his own ass.

So, how on earth could he be expected to use a TV remote control...or, anything else of a "high tech" nature?

:dunce:

[onehandle]

6. He can't handle modern technology?

Get this backwards loser out of power!

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. What complete bullshit!

What about his Game Boy? And I distinctly remember seeing a picture in Time Magazine taken in Austin during the election theft: * was talking to his dad ON A CELL PHONE. Not only is this fluff, it's bullshit.

And anyway, why would they float this nonsense, even if it were true? It's beyond weird.

[AnnabelLee]

8. It's all part of the campaign for reselection

Vote for george bush--he's not one of those uppity people who make you uncomfortable like (insert Dem nominee here) 'cuz he knows how to use a computer/PDA/cell phone & you don't! /sarcasm

[Emboldened Chimp]

10. It's a dumb ploy, if you ask me

Aren't there over 115 million cell phone users in the US? It seems like everyone's got one. Hell, I got one and I hate them!

And most people use computers, either at their homes or on the job. Why would they want to seperate him from things that most people use? If this is indeed a plan for re-selection, it will only make him look out-of-touch, like Poppy.

[PurityOfEssence]

16. Oh, so very true...

People wonder why Clark's being first in his class at West Point isn't such a huge deal; that'll work against him.

All you need to understand why a fair number of people like Junior is that "Forrest Gump" won Best Picture and Reagan was handily elected twice. Just listen to any DJ for a few minutes and you'll hear the obligatory "well, of course, I don't understand that..."

Basically, America has a "love me because I'm unthreatening" fixation and an anti-intellectualism that is laughable when analyzed: those same people are saying that they're better people for not claiming to be better people. No wonder so many hate the French: they've contributed so much to culture that any colonial bumpkin must feel mortified in comparison. The French also don't have this "false commonness" posturing as part of their mindset.

Jimmy Carter actively hid his intelligence and advanced degree.

That's why people should lay off of insulting his intelligence; that just makes the average dunderhead love him even more: he's their champion, the "c" student who made it. Hammer on his lies, greed and pure meanness; those are things most folk won't abide.

[gardenista]

23. Dumb Like Me...

Yeah, I guess the idea is that the lazy, ill-informed repukes will say, "Yep, he's just like me, cain't even git the VCR to stop flashing on 12:00. It's all them furriners makin the stuff ennyhow, no wonder I'm too stupid to make it werk."

But I'm optimistic, and I think it will backfire. Bush and his handlers insult the intelligence of every voter. Note that they didn't point out that the idiot boy king managed to fall off a Segway when even Babs could pull it off gracefully. Bah.

[Cocoa]

9. I bet he has a nice shredder

not as nice as Cheney's, probably, but pretty nice.

[Rose Siding]

12. "He's no Al Gore"

DUH!!!

"He's no Al Gore," said one Bush aide, comparing his boss to the former vice president known for his love of high-tech gadgetry, "but he's very serious about having all this stuff work."

Masterful grasp of the obvious there.

[PurityOfEssence]

13. Junior also "doesn't do nuance" and "isn't a detail guy"

It used to be said about the British Royal Family that "they did nothing, but did it very well."

Apparently their distant inbred American cousin doesn't do much either; the difference is that he does it badly.

Keep hammering on him; the only thing he's got on his side is the "personality" issue, and we know what a whopper that is...

[moondust]

24. Mr. Affable has made a mess of things.

Some people like heroin.

[Bozita]

27. Even the most complex issues must be distilled into a single paragraph...

...for the dyslexic Dumbya.

[LiberalFighter]

70. But Rumsfeld does nuance...

at least with the military. And I'm sure Rumsfeld does detail too.

As for whistle ass not being a "detail guy" I'm sure it depends on what details that concerns him.

[Voltaire99]

14. Journalism school: the new corporate vomitorium

The piece is a small triumph of the art. Its feat is to enfold two ads into one story: one for the essentialness of consumerism, the other for the President as Glorious Leader. You could call these the two missions of US journalism.

For students of US propaganda, the really cool technical achievement here is watching the unnamed Associated Press drone play one prong of the narrative off the other. Part One: electronics products rock, just look at their amazing variety and splendor, ooooooh! Part Two: Bush resists these mere physical objects because he is a man of high and preternatural purpose, a direct and engaged leader who will not brook having his massive human energies blunted by gizmos. Would Christ bother with an iPod?

Along the way there's a sneer at Gore, a stand-at-attention reference to 9-11, a suggestion that public access to presidential records (in this case email) is onerous, a celebration of tech in the service of our holy wars, and the now-habitual linking of our sports with patriotism. Baseball games on Air Force one--imagine! War straight from the battlefield to Bush's own private screen--fucking cool!

Brilliant propaganda. Terrific. Journalism students, mark this article; it's what you'll be expected to write in a few years' time...

[Newsjock]

21. We got this article last week

It moved on the AP wire as an advance piece for release "Monday or later."

And, I assure you, every last person in the newsroom who read it was either laughing out loud or just shaking their head in disbelief.

Yes, I too fear that this is the future of journalism in America -- but at least some of us in the newsrooms aren't going to go down without a fight.

[Zhade]

35. Good.

Blow it wide open. Bring down the bastards. No quarter for the traitors.

[glitch]

58. and the once-respected CNN carries it nt

[bvar22]

15. Most techno gadgets....

...require the user to have a minimum IQ of 80, and the learning skills and attention span of a six year old.

bush* can't make the cut.

[SoCalDem]

17. no gadgets...like pencils or books ...

he's a simpleton..even HE admits it :)

[shanti]

18. like father, like son, lol

wasn't there a story about poppy being mystified over grocery store scanners awhile ago?

good god, these people REALLY don't get it!! i would bet that junior doesn't even know how to load a washing machine either! they are so out of touch it's not funny.

[fishnfla]

32. Poppy and the scanners

yeah, that was the story that damn near broke his back, showed how out of touch he was with reality. His aides were scrambling to try and whitewash it and only blew it up bigger.

[VolcanoJen]

34. Exactly. Poppy the Populist was amazed at the Sock Scanner.

I mean, JC Penney's blew him away, as did the actual cost of a half gallon of milk.

Poppy's down-home "I'm out of touch" act didn't do much for his reelection chances either.

Sometimes, when history repeats itself, it's a good thing.

[BiggJawn]

19. It didn't work. He STILL comes off as a dumb-ass.

I got the impression that the "Leader of the Free World" is a lazy fuck who thinks "Why the hell do *I* have to learn how to operate all this stuff? I'm King o' th' World! I can PAY people to do all this shit. My Poppy said so."

And didja catch how he has curtailed his E-mail "habit" since they explained to him how it could be subpoenaed and come back to bite his ass some day?

Whistle-assed Moron!
Moron, moron, moron....

The Emperor is buck-assed NAKED! He's not wearing any clothes! And anyone who says he looks GOOD in his new robes is as big a moron as he is!

[SodoffBush]

20. I wish he were a budget guy

$500 budget deficit, $1 billion a week spent on Iraq?? Yet voters think it's the dems who spend too much. Yeah. Sure.

[glitch]

59. don't forget Afghanistan - $1 billion a month there nt

[SodoffBush]

75. NYT called it a "half trillion dollar deficit"

I get the feeling that even the conservative media is getting scared, tax breaks to themselves be damned!

[Don_G]

22. He Can't Work A TV Remote Control?

What's so high-tech about anything found in every motel room across the nation?

Sorry, I forgot "his nibs" dosen't like bad news and has to filter everything through "Unca Dick" and "Poppy."

[Spirochete]

65. I think

a Zippo lighter would be quite a challenge to that megabuffoon.

[proud patriot]

25. I doubt he can dial a phone or that he has ever had to

Pompus Elites have other people take care of that kind of
stuff for them ..

[Robin Hood]

26. Well, that explains what happened to NASDAQ.

The pResidents and their interests set the tone and trends of the country. That says a lot about why so many high tech jobs are gone out of country. He basically admitted that the lousy economy is his fault.

I mean, come on!! A president that has little to no interest in regards to one of his nations cash cows is truly incompetent. Everything about this doofus is old school, Oil and war, oil and war. That's like so 19th century.

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. Is a pretzel

considered a gadget?

[fortyfeetunder]

73. ITA, Casual_Observer

He couldn't even figure out a Segway either, or read a children's book but upside down.

Makes me wonder what Babs was consuming when she was carrying him around....

[classics]

29. The Cult of Bush

More Bush worship from the whores. Like we care?

How about some coverage of the fact that americal soldiers are off in hell getting shot in the face while captain bring-um-on holds fundraisers, goes on vacations, and plots his next oil coup.

[Lisa]

30. Oh, really? Bush sure had fun at Secret Service camp ...

... fooling around with various gadgets. But I guess he thought that cool disdain would play better than childish excitement. Evidently he has no problem with macho toys like weapons. (This was the day after the Canadians were killed in that bombing incident in Afghanistan ... took a while to get the WH to comment ... Bush evidently didn't think it was important enough to spoil his entertainment.)


"President Bush got behind the wheel of a sports car Friday, dropped it into reverse and executed an escape maneuver during a tour of the
Secret Service training center.

Under the watchful eyes of Secret Service experts, according to his spokesman, Bush backed a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro down a practice track and spun 180 degrees
at 40 mph. "

(snip)

"Bush also fired several guns during his visit to the unmarked, 493-acre complex outside Washington."


http://www.beloitdailynews.com/402/bush20.htm

[Zhade]

36. Uh...

"President Bush got behind the wheel of a sports car Friday, dropped it into reverse and executed an escape maneuver during a tour of the Secret Service training center.

Under the watchful eyes of Secret Service experts, according to his spokesman, Bush backed a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro down a practice track and spun 180 degrees at 40 mph. "

Since when is a guy who "chokes" on a pretzel (musta been all that booze slowing down his chewing reflexes) JAMES FUCKING BOND?

Am I still living on Earth? Can I get a transfer?

[Best_man23]

43. He probably did that out in an open area

Where there was plenty of room to do that little maneuver.

Would love to see him try that on a two lane blacktop, like the agents would have to do in real life. Bet the whistle ass would put the car in a ditch.

[Paschall]

33. $1 million a day aircraft carriers don't count?!?

Actually, about the time Cheney's energy meetings were hitting the press, there was a story saying ShrubCo had sworn off e-mail. It was implied this measure was taken to prevent any paper trail of White House communications.

ON EDIT: I wonder though, do you think this is meant to distance the White House from Schwarzenegger's failing campaign. Wasn't Terminator the ultimate "gadget guy"?

[Zhade]

37. Wow, I'm amazed at the astounding GRASP OF THE OBVIOUS here

"He's no Al Gore"

Right. He's not the president-elect of the United States.

Hey, George? It's not a gadget. It's called a toaster. The bread goes in the slots. Give it a second try.

[VolcanoJen]

38. BWAAAA ha ha ha ha!!!!

Toaster... nice one, Zhade!!!

:-)

[Zhade]

67. Thanks!

Toasters are useful in today's modern society!

[Sideways]

47. Zhade Will You Marry Me?

You are too farking funny. First Bond and now the toaster bit. I love your wit, I haven't laughed that hard in quite a while.

:loveya:

[Zhade]

66. Why thank you!

I'm flattered! :)

[symbolman]

39. Yep

they keep finding melted CD's in the toasters all over the White House..

http://www.takebackthemedia.com

[coda]

40. Definitely puff and fluff

Used the wrong pic for Prez "not a gadget guy".

[DemonFighterLives]

46. Not good with gadgets or anything else

I've tried a Segway and it seems that anybody over 6 would understand that you have to turn it on for it to balance. ??
Are we sure the pretzel incident happened as suggested? Something tells me that someone punched him in the head. Always happens while drinking and watching sports. Could have been Unca Dick or Pickles trying to get the remote out of incapable hands.
:P

[DoYouEverWonder]

41. Reminds me of those Chinese empirers

who let their fingernails grow ridiculously long, in order to show their subjects that they didn't have to do any work. Bet folks like that can't even wipe their own asses. I guess Pickles does have a purpose in life after all? W's ass wiper.

[dani]

42. A Bushism

"One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington, D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a -- a cell deal you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone."
-- George W. Bush, Denver, Colorado, August 14, 2001, quoted from Jacob Weinberg, "The Complete Bushisms"

[Octafish]

48. Smirko is not much of anything.

[noonwitch]

49. He might not be a gadget guy, but he's still a tool

Is his vacation over yet?

[gulliver]

50. Wonder if he knows the price of a gallon of milk?

Bush isn't "like" other people, I guess. Who knew? Only peons carry cell phones.

[InkAddict]

51. A True Non-Linear Thinker, that Chimp

I think it's interesting to note that, on a continuum, there's resemblences of the Selected and the madness of Ted Kaczynski - Try changing the "Left" to "Right" in the manifesto? Could B*&Co. be considered a derivitive insane group who believes technological advances (gadgets)are for the peasants cause the "Lord" doesn't need them except as tools of control?

http://www.panix.com/~clays/Una/

[truth2power]

52. And he's not a "fact checker" either.

Does he have any cognitive skills at all? Never mind...I already know the answer.

[northzax]

53. Honestly, why should he bother to learn?

he's got little people to take care of all that for him.

[maxanne]

54. that article is a real VBJ

(verbal blow job) :puke:

They don't mention he fell of the Sedgway - which everyone in the country knows about. Love the picture of Babs in her extraordinarily unattractive memere dress.

[booksenkatz]

55. There are a great many things he is not

Many, many, many, many, many, many things.

*sigh*

[July]

56. Add it all up: clueless and pampered

I notice the Segway mention doesn't refer to his inability to stay on the thing.

So, everyone around Bush takes care of his needs. We knew that.

He likes gizmos that enable him to pursue his hobbies like fishing. Figures.

He gets annoyed when gizmos fail. We've heard about the ringing cell phones pissing him off.

But he "flew" onto the aircraft carrier, right? R-i-i-i-ght.

Apparently, he does like the chain saw (see Buzzflash's link today about Bush cutting cedar almost every day at the farm).

I wonder if he can handle the flusher on the toilet? Maybe an aide takes care of that, too.

No, he's no Al Gore.

[yellowcanine]

57. How unmanly of him

They are not telling us anything. When we saw those photos of him wrestling with the Segway scooter and losing we knew he wasn't a "gadget guy". Of course he can't ride a horse either, even though he owns a "ranch". So what can he do? Eat pretzels? Oh, actually he can't do that either.

[CRK7376]

60. Follows in his Dad's footsteps

I seem to remember that George Senior was amazed with the bar code scanners in grocery stores a decade ago. Of course this is coming from a guy that chokes on pretzels and falls off his couch...those dogs must have been howling....Stupid Human Tricks!

[ikojo]

61. While shrubby may not be a gadget

guy I hear he knows how to work a spoon (think snort, snort, sniffle, sniffle)

[ProfessorGAC]

63. The Professor: Bush Not A "Brain" Guy

That's my big news flash. It's actually more accurate than that piece of fluff linked here.
The Professor

[realFedUp]

64. The Bush doll doesn't come with an artillery?

gads, what a rip off for $39.99.

[JaneQPublic]

68. Ah c'mon, a GameBoy is a gadget, isn't it? (n/t)

[nannygoat]

69. A whistle is a gadget, isn't it? Whistleass W... n/t

[DS1]

71. BUT HE WOULD BOOT HIS OWN MOTHER OFF HER RIDE!!!!

:wow:



sorry for the yelling

[neuvocat]

72. Why does the web begin with a "W"?

Remember that piece of shit line he spewed during his campaign? Called Al Gore an 8-track player in an MP3 world, he did.

HEY GEORGE W. BUSH, FUCK YOU AND THAT SUPREME COURT DECISION YOU RODE IN ON!!!

:argh:

[fortyfeetunder]

74. It's genetic

Remember his daddy he didn't know what a bar code scanner was when he was in a grocery store. So why should W know anything about gadgets?