Bush warns of "impending doom"... wtf?

[Zorbuddha]

Sorry if this has been discussed, but I didn't a thread about it.

From the following story:

The (over)exercise of power
Jonathan Chait

July 22, 2005

A week ago, when President Bush met with Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III to interview him for a potential Supreme Court nomination, the conversation turned to exercise. When asked by the president of the United States how often he exercised, Wilkinson impressively responded that he runs 3 1/2 miles a day. Bush urged him to adopt more cross-training. "He warned me of impending doom," Wilkinson told the New York Times.

Am I the only person who finds this disturbing?...


http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-chait22jul22,0,5080026,print.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

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Was this some sort of weird Freudian slip? What the hell did he have in mind (so to speak)?

[Guckert]

1. He is talking about his Supreme court Nominee....

[rman]

9. would that require more training, cross- or otherwise?

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[WI_DEM]

2. the impending doom began the day he was selected president

[Stephanie]

3. I think he's talking about his knees

highly unlikely he meant any more than that - he's not a deep thinker

[MikeDuffy]

35. It seems you are right:

Via Google and this hit: http://www.oxblog.blogspot.com/

Consider how the NYT's Elisabeth Bumiller describes Bush's decision to nominate Roberts rather than Harvie Wilkinson:
"Well, I told him I ran three and a half miles a day," Judge Wilkinson recalled in a telephone interview on Wednesday. "And I said my doctor recommends a lot of cross-training, but I said I didn't want to do the elliptical and the bike and the treadmill." The president, Judge Wilkinson said, "took umbrage at that," and told his potential nominee that he should do the cross-training his doctor suggested.

"He thought I was well on my way to busting my knees," said Judge Wilkinson, 60. "He warned me of impending doom."

[patcox2]

39. I would guess those aren't Bush's words.

Many lawyers think its vaguely amusing to use pompous hyperbole. Bush might have said "thats bad for the knees," Judge Smails there translted it too "heh heh heh heh, he warned me of impending doom." Its such a lawyer-y thing to do, I am certain of it. "then he waxed philosophical on the issue of table condiments."

[wtmusic]

4. I would read more into it

if he wasn't so language-challenged. That comment came out of the same region of his addled brain as the "gynecologist" comment.

[Sannum]

5. The cocaine is making him paranoid

[Zorbuddha]

47. His cocaine use

is making ME paranoid.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I don't know whether to be disturbed or amused.

Could be just his usual incoherent babbling. And considering his poll numbers these days and the problems his piggy puppetmaster KKKarl is having, maybe he should be referring to himself.

[evermind]

7. Isn't he just saying that unless Wilkinson does more or better

exercise, his physique will tend to collapse? It reads as an intendedly humorous exaggeration about health, to me..

But you can never be sure, I suppose..

[ananda]

8. impending doom..

This idea just shows to go ya that Bush and the freeper fundies are truly crazy about endtimes and the rapture.

Sometimes I think Bush gets a real buzz.. no a rush.. from the idea that humanity is doomed on this planet. I mean, the way things are going with pollution, overpopulation, corporatism, and global warming, the planet earth will not be able to support humans much longer. It's predicted that 75% of all species will be extinct within the next fifty years. I'm wondering if that's not a bit optimistic.

Sue

[wli]

41. it's called the "holocene extinction event"

and is generally considered to be of anthropogenic origin

[Straight Shooter]

10. He also urged Roberts in their interview to adopt cross-training.

:wtf:

[July]

13. What kind of interviews are these?

The New York Times article said he talked to Wilkinson for about an hour, during which he talked about Wilkinson's upbringing and schooling, as well as about his exercise habits. With Roberts he talked about exercise and his school football experience. I hope he got to a couple of questions about law. What an embarrassment.

[Stirk]

30. Window dressing for the puppet president, apparently.

Who really thought Bush had anyone in mind for a Supreme Court spot? The dunce doesn't even know how the US government functions.

His administration makes the choice, as usual. And they let the idiot think he's in charge.

[kliljedahl]

20. You sure it wasn't Cross Dressing?

Keith’s Barbeque Central

[louis-t]

26. I think he meant 'cross-dressing'.

[ailsagirl]

63. LOL!!

Thanks for the laugh!! :rofl:

[DaveT]

11. I'd give shrub a pass on THIS one

I read the column this morning and it was more of a whimsical riff on Shrub's fitness fetish, which he cogently suggests is the flip side of his addictive personality.

As far as the learned Judge putting those words in the Dufus's mouth, well, I think the Judge was being ironic.

This is a first for me.

[K-W]

12. He is talking about a knee injury.

All he was saying is that if Roberts didnt obey his doctor doom was around the corner.

[tulsakatz]

14. when I heard that Bush.........

.........was giving that guy advice on exercise, I thought 'since when does Bush know anything about exercise? Every time he gets on that bike he falls off!!'

[soup]

33. LOL! love it. n/t

[firebee]

15. Yep... We have a nutcase for President.

[dogday]

16. The King is in his castle, it is hard work to be a Dictator

[getmeouttahere]

21. But didn't he say it would be easier...

if this was a dictatorship?

[dogday]

27. that he did

and that is the way it is...... Don't say nothing to me, I don't answer to the people. I am the King.....

[Sequoia]

28. He sure did...

only if HE were the dictator. No "hard work" mind you

[rooboy]

17. This could be a good sign...

one of the symptoms of heart attack is a sense of impending doom:

<snip>
The American Heart Association and other medical experts say the body likely will send one or more of these warning signals of a heart attack:

Uncomfortable pressure, fullness, squeezing or pain in the center of the chest lasting more than a few minutes.

Pain spreading to the shoulders, neck or arms. The pain may be mild to intense. It may feel like pressure, tightness, burning, or heavy weight. It may be located in the chest, upper abdomen, neck, jaw, or inside the arms or shoulders.

Chest discomfort with lightheadedness, fainting, sweating, nausea or shortness of breath.

Anxiety, nervousness and/or cold, sweaty skin.

Paleness or pallor.

Increased or irregular heart rate.

Feeling of impending doom.
</snip>

http://www.heartinfo.org/hrtatkang.html

;)

[streakr]

18. Untreated alcoholics tend to

replace one type of obsessive behavior with another. This is just another example of how mentally unbalanced he is.

streakr

[fooj]

49. Yep. Replace one addiction for another.

IMO, that's why he is such an fitness freak. He needs the "high" from the endorphins!

Peace.

[dmr]

55. Was just going to post the same thing, streakr

Going from one addiction to another.

Is he still addicted to religion, or is that now in passing?

The article writer is right, he does spend an awful lot of time on these activities. So long as he has Rove and Cheney running the country and foreign relations, as well as having Rove tell him what to do and say, he has all the time in the world to pleasure himself.

Which means we are living in a two-fold election fraud.

The first fraud was Bush* 'winning'.

The second fraud is Bush* having others do the job he was 'elected' to do.

God, I'm going to puke again.

[finecraft]

19. Maybe he is planning on going on another bike ride soon

And is warning everyone in advance. :rofl:
By cross training I have to believe he is talking about walking and chewing gun at the same time.

[Zorbuddha]

24. I suspect your theory might be the most likely

explanation.

The context is so weird, I just can't fully untangle the meaning.

[dogday]

29. he is going to the Western White House

he can't wait to get out and step in horse crap... No place like home.

[unrepuke]

34. Another Trifecta = Running, Biking, Tumbling

I like to see the 1 meter Flying Pretzel Choke Hold, myself

[Zorbuddha]

37. Oh man....ouch LOL I'm hurting...

That's some trifecta.

bwahahahahahha

[Zorbuddha]

43. ..."chewing gun"...now THAT's a Freudian slip.

There has to be a better way.

[finecraft]

46. Whoops! Sorry about that...I did mean gum

though your Freudian slip theory may be plausible! :)

[Sequoia]

22. The Rapture?

No, propably worse. We are going to attack ourselves and blame it on brown people. This and that Patriotic Act news today, I'm not feeling very sunny even when they do extend daylight savings time. Damn! Guess he'll have more time to ride his bike.

"The beauty of daylight-saving time is that it just makes everyone feel sunnier," said Markey. (SF Gate, 7/22/05)

[wli]

42. yep, it's all about false flag

[jillan]

23. I was watching c-span 2 this morning, and * wants to redevelop nukes

This man/chimp, whatever he is?
is scaring the crap out of me.

Wasn't the end of the Cold War all about no more nukes?
Now he wants everyone to have nukes:mad:

Is he trying to kill us all off before we can impeach him?
How is it that anyone in their right mind would want nukes at a time when there are terrorists all over the world? Thanks to him again.

Btw, I forgot how much this is going to cost us, but it was in the billions.

[sellitman]

25. junior ran out of pretzels & JD

"oh no!"

[leesa]

31. Bush is planning to out-run, out-swim and out-bike the Armageddon

he is creating? Oh Boy!

[Zorbuddha]

36. That's what it sounded like

to me.

[steve2470]

32. I'd love for Chimp to explain himself

Otherwise, I'd say he's clinically paranoid or about to have a severe panic attack. Geez louise. :shrug:

[Zorbuddha]

38. I know. Man, this creeped me out

Whatever he meant.

[patcox2]

40. Its a joke by the judge.

This is so typical of a pompous lawyer trying to be funny, they purposely exxagerate using pompous terminology. "He warned me of impending doom" ha ha, you're such a card, your honor.

[dooner]

44. Isn't it all part of the Rapture that he believes in?

Doom and gloom are good in their book... because it means they are getting ready to lift off.

[goforit]

45. Bush is up to something very serious......"Impending doom"

Cheney/Bush Rove are all boxed in now and
here comes their lashing out!!!

Duck and cover people!!!

************This is very serious.***************

When nitwits like this pop out ideas like this,
it means it is on their minds 24/7.

No wonder he has been acking so subdued. He's ready for
almaegadon.

[quiet.american]

48. As an aside....

If Bush is such an exercise freak, why is he so fat and old-looking?

[anarch]

50. how the hell is cross training supposed to help with "impending doom"?

If I had foreknowledge of impending doom, I expect I'd stop all exercise and just get drunk all the time.

[RSchewe]

53. Maybe he thinks he will be able to outrun mushroom clouds...

or to get to his bomb shelter fast enough to survive a blast. The statement itself is pretty nutty, who knows what the hell he is talking about. He probably doesn't even know.

[WhiteTara]

51. the impending doom

is his impeachment and trip to the Hague for war crimes against humanity.

[number6]

52. Bush warns of "impending doom,.. he should know

he's wrecking our country

[pseudostar]

54. Im willing to let this one go...

I dont think Bush actually said "impending doom". Its more likely that the non-nom is impling he was being a real dick about it.

[Zorbuddha]

56. It's clearly a quote

regardless of what he actually meant

[theboss]

57. The doom of his knees

That's a lot of wear and tear on old knees.

[Swamp Rat]

58. The end?

[Zorbuddha]

59. Did you see this one?

[Swamp Rat]

60. It cannot cry

No tear ducts.

[bonito]

61. Just a reminder

Keep FEAR in your baggage, or let it go, and live without it. You just been elbowed, thats all. peace.

[Zorbuddha]

62. You spoke volumes

with that one.