Bush did a good job

[Egalitarian]

Regardless of what he said, he said it well and presented himself better than I've ever seen. I think he hit a home run with the average viewer.

[ObaMania]

1. Thanks for the review!

[BayCityProgressive]

4. I agree

and once again the Dems offered no plans of there own. HELLO REID AND PELOSI YOU COULD HAVE USED YOUR TIME TO SAY HOW YOU WILL CREATE JOBS AND BETTER EDUCATION not just say what Bush does wrong and give empty platitudes.

[w4rma]

13. Woah here. That's not true.

And you also need to remember that Dems have absolutely no control over the government except for filibusters in the U.S. Senate and *some* investigative capability.

[cry baby]

64. I heard them say those things, weren't you listening? They didn't

spend much of their time railing against shrub.

[Lisabtrucking]

39. *ush is an idiot, he didn't write the speech. Anyone can read, and

at least this time he pronounced better. But still don't change the person. He is an idiot and will always be an idiot. I'm not to worried about what people think because this guy is a total screw up, and he will continue to screw up. thats a given.

[w4rma]

2. His speech to the average viewer: "Blah blah blah blah blah blah" (nt)

[RaulVB]

3. A "home run" eh?

WOW, glad you "like him"...

[ultraist]

5. Bush was able to pronounce most of the words? Is that what you mean?

Or that the speechwriters crafted a speech full of lies and propaganda and did well framing their lies?

[librechik]

44. I heard him say "nuclear" and my jaw dropped

he was better than I've seen him in years.
I thought," my god, what is he on?"

[Wabbajack]

117. How does he normally pronouce

nuclear?

[SmokingJacket]

131. noo-kyoo-ler nt

[Egalitarian]

53. yES, more or less

He enunciated very well, and used double-speak convincingly.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

6. good for you

i agree, i was impressed with his ability to complete some sentences. I also liked that he still can't say nuclear, even though its the greatest threat. I also like how he didn't mention the number one enemy of our nation, but did mention that marriage should be protected from the pink menace.

a real home run.

[Darranar]

125. Who is our "number one enemy," in your view? n/t

[maveric]

7. Then the average viewer is a mindless idiot if they feel good hearing

all that untrue and delusional BULLSHIT!
This country is doomed.The dumbing down started in 1981 and the process is almost complete.
The USA is dead and the people let it happen.
Very Fucking Sad!

[John BigBootay]

105. Even great hatred of the man cannot alleviate...

the fact that it was an extraordinary and sweeping speech.

Basically, Bush outlined three major areas of interest: Reforming SS, Reforming the tax code, and establishing freedom and democracy in former tyrannies in the ME 9ostensibly for the security of America).

These issues VERY MUCH DO resonate with the general public despite others here who claim that the people don't care or understand these issues. Wrong.

In spite of all the teeth gnashing, I see Bush as poised to win a HUGE VICTORY for the republican party. If any two of these plans are moderately successful in perpetuity, Bush becomes an historically popular president. If all three are successfull he becomes legendary-- on the order of FDR or Lincoln.

No I am not smoking crack. When is the last time a president talked this big and was apparently capable of delivering on EVERYTHING he brought up?

[babylonsister]

107. I so disagree with you.

Establishing freedom and democracy in the ME? He who started the damn war in the first place w/o cause? How many dead bodies are we up to?
SS: it it ain't broke, don't fix it. Why the sudden rush and who will get their pockets lined as a result?
Reforming tax code? I'm ill-informed on this, but let's just say that it would be nice if he considered everyone's taxes, not just the haves and the have-mores.

Edit to add that I will NEVER compare this blivet to FDR or Lincoln, and to me that dirties their names.

[John BigBootay]

115. Once again-- your hatred will not change the results...

of his presidency and how he may be perceived historically.

I am absolutely amazed that this guy who exhibits so many traits of mediocrity has transformed what was almost sure to be a hum-drum presidency when elected (pre-911) into such a huge force of change and momentum in America and abroad.

Kerry summed it up best on election night when he was reputed to complain: "I can't believe I'm losing to this guy."

[immoderate]

118. I fear you are correct.

It's better to be lucky than smart. Bush illustrates this. If he pulls out this Iraq business, in spite of how wrong it was, history will call him visionary and courageous.

As to the speech. I would call his performance very effective, and that horrifies me.

--IMM

[Darranar]

127. Bush will not establish freedom and democracy in the Middle East...

He does not want to, and he will not.

[DemonFighterLives]

132. Bush will go down as a bum and the worst president ever

He not only got us into a needless war, but looted the peoples money in the process. Nothing good will come of this.

[Lex]

8. Yeah, he didn't crap on a cracker and eat it on camera so

.
all in all, it was a fine performance. For him.

[cags]

38. I just peed my pants.

[cags]

42. Its been ten minutes and I'm still cracking up. I told my husband

about the post, and my 6 yr old said " Did he really poop on a cracker?"

Now I am ROFLMAOPMP

[parasim]

59. Haha... I came late to this party, but, yeah that was funny...

that conjures up some pretty funny images... the fucked up thing is our asshat-in-chief probably could get away with that...

[SemiCharmedQuark]

120. LOL!

[Dickie Flatt]

9. Kevin Drum sez...

Over at Political Animal: "The domestic half of the speech seemed fairly pedestrian and flat. The foreign affairs half was often soaring and beautiful. Overall a decent speech, although I doubt he changed many minds about Social Security privatization."

The mother's hug is the key moment of the speech. It is being played everywhere, it's closing out the national network broadcasts. Brilliant moves by the Republicans - hopefully with Howard Dean as chair we can beat them at their own game.

[smurfygirl]

10. Yes, I love our country's new name

MERICA

[paineinthearse]

14. sure has a corporate ring to it

[Donailin]

21. LOL!

I read that just when he said it on the c-span replay.

[Dorian Gray]

94. There's a restaurant

in Manhattan called Merika.

No reason for that story. Just thought it was an interesting non-sequitor.

[Solly Mack]

11. oh, that's just the soft bigotry of low expectations....

it'll pass

[journalist3072]

26. LOL! I couldn't agree more!

Remember a time when people used to acutally freakin LISTEN to the words a President uttered? With Shrub, they don't listen to what he says; they listen to how he says it.

And if he shows up, and is able to pronounce 50% of the words he utters, he's done a good job, in their eyes.

Now I see how easy it is for people to drink the kool aid---because they don't listen!

[Todd B]

12. Please..

..the average viewer was much more concerned with who won American Idol (or whatever reality show is popular) then what the moron had to say tonight.

[whirlygigspin]

18. give it time

His smirk will dissapear once the new Iraqi government tells him to get the hell out.

One more year! One more year!

[Rhiannon12866]

31. Actually, he didn't piss me off as much as he usually does,

So maybe he did present himself better. The smirk that got to me was Cheney's, right behind him. There was no avoiding it! It was worse than his "warm scowl" during his debate with Edwards!:mad:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

29. OMG! Thanks for reminding me it was on!!!

almost missed it.... whoo! :eyes:

[Rhiannon12866]

34. It's being repeated, right now, on C-Span

And I'm sure that this isn't going to be the last time that they'll show it.:shrug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

37. actually.......

I meant American Idol. Watched the speech live.

Hey! sue me for wanting to be FANTASIA!! lol

[Rhiannon12866]

123. I see that now, LOL!

For me, however, I don't know which one would be more painful to watch!:shrug:

[KissMeKate]

15. because he had speech coaching

eom

[Psephos]

20. Pelosi should have hired the same coach

Reid was very good, though.

[Southsideirish]

28. I agree. Reid was very effective and seemed to be speaking from the heart

while she was just terrible - very phony, talked too much and said so little. Is there anyway she can be dumped? She doesn't fit in with the new lean, mean straight talking Dem leadership with Howard at the helm.

[Bill ORights]

68. Reid and Pelosi--I don't agree

You LIKED Reid and not Pelosi?! Reid did all kinds of schmaltz and little boys and took forever to get down to cases, and then he said very little. Pelosi at least started hitting when she came to bat.

[newyawker99]

91. Hi Bill ORights!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[FreedomAngel82]

81. That's one thing

I really like about Senators like Reid, Kerry, Edwards and Boxer for example. They speak from the heart and soul unlike Bush and his people who just speak from their minds to sell their agenda. I was watching CSPAN earlier this week and some republican guy was talking about immigration, clashing civlization's in the country and the boarders. He was doing okay for a republican until he called the left "looney" and brought up Michael Moore. That pissed me off. I thought about Emailing him but then I figued he wouldn't care.

[henrik larssonisking]

116. pelosi

everytime she speaks im to busy watching her eyebrows and forehead, its just too freaky, and trust me its even scarier in real life.

[bigtree]

16. sure

if we assume that the average viewer is a mindless idiot.

[zmdem]

17. Yes he did, but

SOTUs are ephemeral and have a short shelf life. From a political point of view, the obvious question to ask is will he have swayed the public on the need for SS reform. My guess: Maybe a little, but no home run. He maybe got himself to first base and that ain't a scoring position.

He has to convince skittish house Republicans, and some number of Democrats in both houses. Passing a SS reform bill without a degree of bi-partisan support would be suicidal for the Republicans. Bush is term limited, but senators and reps are not. They'll be looking over their backs.

[susanna]

Agreed on the SOTU point...ephemeral.

That said, this part of your post was interesting:

"From a political point of view, the obvious question to ask is will he have swayed the public on the need for SS reform. My guess: Maybe a little, but no home run. He maybe got himself to first base and that ain't a scoring position."

IMHO, all he ever needs is to get on first base. Then Propaganda Central takes over and before you know it, he's got his "home run." This man is harmful to the balance of the world in the minds of reasonable people across the globe, yet he keeps on winning. Reasonable people need to begin to ask why that is and formulate an effective response.

For example: my mother said to me last weekend, "well, he'll never get to overhaul SocSec because 'the people' are against that."

I said, "since when has he cared?" and pointed out that 6 million people protested against the war in Iraq beforehand -- an unprecendented occurence -- and * didn't even BLINK. She stopped and reflected on that, and admitted she had no answer.

This is what we are up against. And no, before you ask, my mother is NOT stupid. She just has been conditioned to believe the news anchors she views. And THAT, I think, is the problem.

[zmdem]

35. SS is the holy grail of USA politics

I highly doubt that congressional Republicans, esp. in the House would pass such legislation on a party line vote. If they do that, and it turns out badly, they'll be out of work. Bush is term limited, congressmen aren't. The public has a short memory and that's why members of the the House have short terms. Plus, senior voters have a high turn out rate in elections, not a good group to annoy.

Re: Protests against the Iraqi war. This had bi-partisan support in congress.

I would never suggest that your mother is stupid. I'm sure she is a fine women, just as was mine.

[aquart]

50. Third rail, not "holy grail."

Touch it and die.

[mattclearing]

45. A lot of people have been.

And most don't appreciate exactly how little regard the BA has for the American people.

They want to assume he means well, because they can't quite face the fact that a sitting President is actually openly working against their interests.

Like in American Beauty: "Never underestimate the power of denial."

[Egalitarian]

55. Exactly

[tsuki]

97. I love this line from a coworker who "loves" Bush, but thinks that

changing Social Security is wrong. "Don't get me wrong, I love Bush, but he doesn't understand because he never HAD to work."

I think that they would find a reason to love him if he got a BJ on national TV in prime time.

[FreedomAngel82]

82. I know what you mean susanna

My Dad is like that but I've gotten him to watch the Daily show which is a small step. It's a hard fight but it's the good fight I think and hopefully someday people will come around.

[tsuki]

95. I sometimes wonder if the Social Security issue is a cover for attacking

employer sponsored health insurance and litigation "reform."

[Donailin]

19. A little blast of cocaine always allows one to exude confidence

when one finds himself giving a state of the union address.

[Democrat Dragon]

22. To the average viewer: yes

To DU:no

[SlavesandBulldozers]

23. oh the average viewer?

who might that be?

[Democrat Dragon]

Your average complacient sheeperson

[imax2268]

24. yea...

he did do a good job...at making himself out to be an even bigger liar and an idiot...!

job well done...

[bling bling]

25. He does better when he gives a rehearsed speech.

He doesn't embarrass me as much when he just reads a speech as opposed to when he has to answer questions or engage in dialog because that requires thinking.

Yes, he did a fine job of reading to the American people in front of a camera. But my standards of a homerun must be different than most if that's all it takes to hit a homerun.

[journalist3072]

27. And don't forget.....

It helps if he has Karl or Andy uttering ever line into his earpiece!

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Bob Scheiffer said the same thing

The impression that I got was that he acted like he was talking to the mentally impaired. Like his audience just wouldn't get it, or was new to the language.:shrug:

[Egalitarian]

56. Yeah, the enunciation thing was new.

[Rhiannon12866]

124. I know. It was kind of creepy

Maybe he realized that he couldn't screw this one up, like he usually does, especially with off-the-cuff remarks, since so many more people were paying attention.:shrug:

[FreedomAngel82]

83. I noticed that too

which was strange.. :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

126. I agree that it was strange, actually kind of creepy, especially since

This guy, who so often mangles the language, would appear to be speaking down to an especially well-informed audience.:shrug:

Welcome to DU, FreedomAngel82! It's great to have you with us!:-)

[quiet.american]

32. Thanks for the laugh! n/t

[Biased Liberal Media]

33. Bush did a good job, indeed

Like VP Cheney did a good job on Halliburton.

:rolleyes:

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. I believe you are in the wrong room

The bush fans are behind the next door on the right. The one with the sign that says 'Twits Enter Here'.

[Egalitarian]

57. I'm no bush fan, just honestly discussing the speach

and my thoughts about it.

[Name removed]

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[proud2BlibKansan]

129. Well you certainly have the lingo down

and you spell as well as most bush fans too. :)

[ComerPerro]

40. Anyone could deliver a strong, confident speech

knowing that nothing they said would ever be challenged, no lies would ever be called out, and that the fawning losers in the press would hang on your every word.

I could give you a speech ten times as good as Bush's if I were allowed to lie even half as much as he is.

[mattclearing]

41. Nonsense.

This is like saying, "If I had the sound on the TV off, he did great."

Yeah, he was doing great, except for that whole marriage amendment, threatening to suspect Syria of having WMD, and encouraging Iran to open revolt when we're trying to negotiate with them.

His social security reform is politically and justifiably impossible. He hasn't the votes, and won't get them, nor can he make a compelling argument once the plan is fleshed out.

This speech was a well-written, well-read, outright disaster.

[FreedomAngel82]

84. The one out of a million things

that disgust's me is how Bush acts like some really strong macho man demanding other countries to give up their weapons and means to protect themselves. But yet here in our country we have sooooo many powerful weapons and we can go bomb countries as free as we want and never be held accountable. It sooo pisses me off. :grr:

[librechik]

43. the new speechwriter is a wizard

Gerson was an unimaginative tool--the new guy is better than Goebbels; he even had me believing it. Afterwards I shook my head and said wait, that was all a bunch of lies!

we are so screwed

[Disturbed]

47. Pelosi is such an emberassment.

She always looks like she is about ready to burst into tears. The Dems need Barb Boxer as their leader.

Except for SS the Dems are total losers. Will they cave on SS too?

[ClayZ]

52. And the Drama nearly overshadowed the Tragedy.....

Too bad he did not have the little girl whose parents were MURDERED in front of her last week on board. They could have had her with a new family and a doll!

[Egalitarian]

60. Yeah, I listened with an open mind and the speach could suck you in

if you weren't aware when he lied and deceived.

[poe]

46. Bush being idiot misses the point. Junta is pathological,vicious,rapacious

Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph: Haile Selassie
Friends, we are entering waters in which we may all drown, filled with nothing but anger and fanaticism. We had better take a long, hard look before we enter this raging stream because our country never be the same again. For those who advocate this sea change in American polity and social life do not want to talk; they want to impose. They do not want debates; they want obedience. And most importantly, they do not want us to pay attention to their desire for a de facto (and for many a de jure) Christian theocratic state.

I believe there is no longer any room for apathy or laziness. The voices of hatred, masquerading as "Christians" or "liberators," are beginning to echo eerily the pre WWII days in Germany when the bigoted darkness within "decent" people was stirred by racism, intolerance and vindictiveness, stamping out dissent and opposing viewpoints.

We no longer have the option of turning our eyes away for everywhere we go the same familiar faces and voices greet us. Hate radio spews the worst kind of aggressive boorishness, inane TV talk shows belie the deep distress Americans feel about their broken political processes, and a complacent media is ignoring the underlying tensions contained therein that threaten to explode in single-minded fury.

[ultraist]

48. Is Dalvathree your cohort? What's up with the spam threads?

[DalvaThree]

49. He was focused

but we expected that...

[Name removed]

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[Egalitarian]

62. Seriously, I donated more than 5 bucks.

He was a better liar tonight than I've ever seen him. agreed, that's some scary shit.

[drdtroit]

54. The man can't put a thought together by himself.

Wake up, he's reading a script, big fuckin' deal!

[SmartBomb]

58. He did a good job of scaring the shit out of the world.

How the fuck did we get here???

[Stirk]

61. I think I can be pretty objective. I believe Bush was horrible.

And for once, it wasn't the delivery that was the problem. It was his actual words.

When he said the Social Security system would be "bankrupt", and was met by groans and boos, he looked like a liar. In that moment, all the WMD lies, all the fearmongering of the past 4 years seemed to hang on him like a cheap suit.

Later, when he talked about Syria and Iran, he was too overt. It sounded too much like the lead-up to the Iraq invasion, and I have to think alot of people got that "here we go again" feeling.

Now to establish my objectivity bona fides... I thought Cheney demolished Edwards in the VP debate. I thought Kerry destroyed Bush in the first debate, beat him with a barely comfortable lead in the second, and tied in the third.

[kendall]

75. Alternate take on Dem response

I think the Dems seemed pretty childish to gasp (not even really a boo) on air, rather that wait for the rebuttal after the speech. The sitting part was very good and well-measured, when they disagreed on a point they all stayed seated and rose on points they were more in agreement with.

They sounded way too stuffy and reactionary with that gasp. The rebuttal did not help much, they need someone with more energy, fire, and the ability to shoot off the hip to give those kinds of things since it's a terrible position to be giving a speech from by the very nature of it. I mean, does that kid in Searchlight even exist? It sounded so polished. If they had someone with more gusto to at least provide a feeling there was a passion to Democrat ideas, it would at least have left a lingering positive impression.

The gasp made Bush actually look stronger, like he is taking on a goliath by trying to slay the troubles of Social Security. He also laid out some clear numbers, where I didn't feel the Democratics response did as good a job of saying why those numbers were wrong, instead giving more confusing numbers... they should have had the proper numbers to counter every number Bush gave one for one.

[Stirk]

85. I think it was great.

They need alot more of that confrontational style. There are way too many "go along to get along", milquetoast moderates at the front of the party these days.

I don't even see is as particularly rude. Tony Blaire regularly deals with much worse in Parliament. Our system could use a serious dose of that Parliamentary "childishness", and our politicians should be able to face opposition instead of hiding from it. The State of the Union has been a PR puff piece for far too long.

[cry baby]

63. Another thread that had this original post (it said the exact same thing)

got locked. I wonder why?

[AZCat]

66. The OP from that thread is no longer with us

Per the moderator's message in the "Locking" post.

[cry baby]

70. Actually AZ, I should have put "sarcasm off" after "I wonder why"

Sorry, I was being facetious.

[AZCat]

71. No sweat

I was just trying to do a little foreshadowing...

[cry baby]

74. lol!

[PartyPooper]

65. I just nominated this thread for the homepage.

But, I'm sure the mods (with their infinite wisdom) will not put it there.

This thread (and others like it) sucks the oxygen out of this site!

Thanks, but, no thanks!

:puke:

[Liberal In Texas]

67. Didn't spit on himself too much...read the prompter pretty well..

damn good job!

He lied.

He wants to take our freedoms away.

Yeah, pretty nice job.

[parasim]

69. I haven't seen it yet, but sincerely, that's a scary thought...

"hitting a home run with the average viewer"... at this point, he has completely revealed himself to any thinking person in this world, but the scary thing is there are plenty of people that will hear him make it though one fucking speech without stuttering and stammering and think that maybe he isn't that bad after all... i shudder at that thought right there.

[ultraist]

72. It was a lot shorter than the last one

maybe that's why it appeared to be better to some

[WesClarkRocks]

73. I think you're right.

[anarchy1999]

76. You said it all with "average viewer"! You hit it on the nail.

Good job, not!! Bush, Jr. never presents himself well. Ever.

[alittlelark]

77. Didn't see it.... but you are wrong.

I think the 'average viewer' could notice the rapid eye blinking he does when he lies - which is 99% of the time he opens his mouth.

That's not the kind of thing that can be taught... he is a straight-faced, but very bad LIAR.

[Greybnk48]

78. Not a drop of inspiration

This speech that they wrote for him was the same old shit, "here's what we're going to do to you next, and you can;t stop it." Notice he did not start with the traditional "the state of the union is strong," as Peter Jennings pointed out. If he had I think so many Americans would have shot __________ (insert the liquid of your choice) through their collective noses that the sound would have been heard in Washington.

The vitality seems to have been sucked out of this country over the last few years and has been replaced with mean spirited campaigns and agendas--all aimed at oppression and suppression based on radical religious ideologies. There was no inspiration in this speech, no vitality, and no vision. Just a less than mediocre half-wit standing at a podium reading a rehearsed speech that he could not have written on his best day, backed up by two bloated old half dead farts who are only interested in lining their pockets with taxpayers money.

[SuffragetteSal]

79. see what 4 -1/2 years of speech lessons got him...

little Georgie has been practicing his enunciations! I still demand more from my leader than an un-tied tougue after 4 years, you should too.

[FreedomAngel82]

80. I don't think so

I didn't see much of it but he looked like a very desperate person trying to get his agenda off and he sounded like a robot with no compassion at all. Sorry. Not great. Not unless you were majorly high or you're a Bush lover (gag me).

[LynnTheDem]

86. Yet again bush LIES UNDER OATH...and this is doing "a good job"???

Only in America. :eyes:

[bixente]

87. Lynn...

of course there are others that are not too optimistic atm, but it seems that you are especially depressed. Your messages seem more cynical than others. Have you ever seriously considered leaving the country?

You should come to France ^_^

[LynnTheDem]

89. Thanks, lived for over a decade in Europe, miss it...but nope I'm not

depressed.

I'm exasperated with the total and utter stupidity of so many Americans.

[oasis]

88. I see the Kool Aid wasn't limited to those in attendance.

:dunce:

[dutchdoctor]

90. He is a cunning linguist!

Anyway, the average viewer has one testicle and one breast, so I don't care if he hit a homerun with them. It just shows that he is getting good at lying.

[SammyWinstonJack]

92. bush** did a good job of lying his butt off as usual

and selling his snake oil to the brain dead. Just like in '01 when he ran around the Country trying to sell his tax "giveaway" to working class Americans because it was gonna benefit everyone(LOL), he will now do the same with his piratization of SS. If it's such a wonderful thang, why does he have to sell us on it? bush** is a snake oil salesman.

[susu369]

93. "he hit a home run"

Yawn.....

[giant_robot]

96. Since when is reading a speech that was written for you

in a stilted style with painfully forced enunciation a home run? Has the bar been set so low for this putz that after 4 years he finally gives a speech that might earn him a B+ in high school and even DU clamors "homerun"?

Sorry, but I get worked up over this. My job involves occasionally doing some public speaking, and Bush sucks. If I gave a presentation like * gave the SOTU the audience would be snickering at me before I finished.

[Skittles]

98. give me a f***ing break

that stupid bastard STILL cannot correctly pronounce the word NUCLEAR and he was LYING HIS ASS OFF. Again, only idiots are fooled by that piece of shit.

[MrScorpio]

99. Yeah, he did a good job... Of lying through his teeth

But that was to be expected anyways, right?

[Orsino]

102. Yep.

By all accounts he made the best possible case--meaning irrelevant blather and still pretty doggone evil--for four more years of the plutocratic agenda of his handlers.

As to the original post, though, I hardly think that equates to a home run. I suspect that the "average viewer" was watching something else, or got bored halfway through. The only ones watching all the way to the end may have been his diehard supporters, for whom his reading the phonebook would have been a "home run."

They are happy just to see him stand there and not be Kerry, and to imagine themselves among those who will benefit from his corporate giveaways.

[Done]

100. I didn't watch it, he makes me sick.

[Name removed]

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[Avalux]

103. It was a performance worthy of an oscar

especially that little bit with the Iraqi woman and mother of dead soldier - I could actually FEEL the emotion swelling out of *.

[What Is This Crap]

104. .

must have taken his iraqi-baby blood/bone meal pills before hand

seriously i cant get past warchimp's blood stained hands to think he is good at anything aside from promulgating death and destruction as far as the eye can see.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

106. oh puhleeeze...not another someone who made a wrong turn back at the fork

<shaking head in disgust>

[JimmyJazz]

108. No offense meant to your hero or anything, but could the

friggin' bar be any lower????? He didn't fall on his ass or say "internets" or talk about obgyns practicing their love - big fucking deal - he also said the GLBT was some sort of sub human category and we are all gonna have to work until we die....

...yeah that one is right out of the ball park, all right :eyes:

[Lorien]

109. Um, why are so many people here taking the bait? n/t

[gasperc]

110. yes, I'm thoroughly inspired to protect retirement insurance

and find moral methods to resolve conflicts rather than hide behind the blood of my citizens to support unethical, gluttonous and criminal policy initiatives.

"Saddam Hussien didn't attack us, Osama Bin Laden did."Kerry
"I know that, I know that" Bush

Yeah, fucking bullshit, you know that, then why are we spending $5billion a month in Iraq?? Over 200,000 died from the Tsunami and we pledged $350million for relief. WE SPEND THAT IN 3 DAYS IN IRAQ. asshole

[goclark]

111. When the boos came he looked like a deer

in head lights.

Same ole criminal to me.

I could see through all the BS and know that he is a war criminal and belongs in the Hague.

[Tweed]

112. Thank you ALAN COLMES!

I knew he posted here on DU.

[MsAnthropy]

113. HAHAHAHAHA What a comedian!

You cracked me up!

[notadmblnd]

119. I'm thinking it was new meds

nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

121. All hail Bush...all hail Bush...all hail Bush...

:eyes:

[geniph]

122. The systematic lowering of expectations is a wonderful thing

He managed not to drool on himself or whine about "hard work," so it's a rousing success and an address for the ages, to rival Lincoln at Gettysburg.

:eyes:

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

128. Bush did a great job

of lying through his teeth, as usual...

Nothing the man says can be believed...nothing...

For this crowd, the end justifies the means...they will stop at NOTHING to achieve their unholy aims, whatever they may be at any point in time...

Lying to the American people and the world is just good business to them...

[raysr]

130. You made a mistake guy

Freerepublic is here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/browse

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

134. Read the content, raysr (nt)

[Rhiannon12866]

135. Yes, I caught most of the lies

What I want to know, is why the lies, inconsistencies and just outrageous statements aren't making the headlines in this country. Can you imagine if this had been Clinton, or Carter?! They would have been toast, within hours. The American press has got to start stepping up to the plate and calling these guys on what they are perpetrating on the American public! They are getting away with murder!:grr:

[devinsgram]

133. Too bad, most weren't watching.

Yeap that's a home run.