Just in case anyone has forgotten how stupid our President really is...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

A top fifty of Stupidity in Office.

Enjoy or cry that this moron is really in a 2nd term.
(Ripped from the web)

50. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." —at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002

49. "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." —Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001

48. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001

47. "We both use Colgate toothpaste." —after a reporter asked what he had in common with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Camp David, Md., Feb. 23, 2001

46. "Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a — you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004 (Watch video)

45. "I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003

44. "I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." —as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War

43. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." —Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001

42. "The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." —Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003

41. "I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004

40. "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." —discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson

39. "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004 (Watch video)

38. "Haven't we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?" —to economic advisers discussing a second round of tax cuts, as quoted by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil, Washington, D.C., Nov. 26, 2002

37. "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." —Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

36. "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!" —Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004 (Watch video)

35. "Do you have blacks, too?" —to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

34. "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." —as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

33. "I got to know Ken Lay when he was head of the — what they call the Governor's Business Council in Texas. He was a supporter of Ann Richards in my run in 1994. And she had named him the head of the Governor's Business Council. And I decided to leave him in place, just for the sake of continuity. And that's when I first got to know Ken and worked with Ken." —attempting to distance himself from his biggest political patron, Enron Chairman Ken Lay, whom he nicknamed "Kenny Boy, " Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2002

32. "It is white." —after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001

31. "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah." —at a White House menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001

30. "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001

29. "I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army." —during a Dec. 2002 Oval Office meeting with Rep. Tom Lantos, as reported by the New York Times

28. "You forgot Poland." —to Sen. John Kerry during the first presidential debate, after Kerry failed to mention Poland's contributions to the Iraq war coalition, Miami, Fla., Sept. 30, 2004

27. "I'm the master of low expectations." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

26. "I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

25. "I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right." —Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001

24. "We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates." —Washington, D.C. Oct. 4, 2001

23. "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002

22. "I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." —President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004

21. "The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway." —explaining why high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy, Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004

20. "My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." —radio address, Feb. 24, 2001

19. "You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter said, 'Would you ever have a deficit?' I said, 'I can't imagine it, but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a recession.' Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta." —Houston, Texas, June 14, 2002 (There is no evidence Bush ever made any such statement, despite recounting the trifecta line repeatedly in 2002. A search by the Washington Post revealed that the three caveats were brought up before the 2000 campaign — by Al Gore.)

18. "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

17. "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." —State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003, making a claim that administration officials knew at the time to be false

16. "In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard." —repeating the phrases "hard work, " "working hard, " "hard choices, " and other "hard"-based verbiage 22 times in his first debate with Sen. John Kerry

15. "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

14. "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

13. "But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." —summing up his first year in office, three months after the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

12. "I try to go for longer runs, but it's tough around here at the White House on the outdoor track. It's sad that I can't run longer. It's one of the saddest things about the presidency." —interview with "Runners World, " Aug. 2002

11. "Can we win? I don't think you can win it." —after being asked whether the war on terror was winnable, "Today" show interview, Aug. 30, 2004

10. "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." —Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002

9. "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job." —to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004

8. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." —speaking underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003

7. “We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories … And we'll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them." —Washington, D.C., May 30, 2003

6. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!" —President George W. Bush, joking about his administration's failure to find WMDs in Iraq as he narrated a comic slideshow during the Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2004

5. "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000

4. "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

3. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

2. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

1. "My answer is bring them on." —on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003

[slor]

1. Thanks for posting n/t

[greenbriar]

2. !

It's amazing to me that President Bush backs the theory of intelligent design when he seems to have so little of it himself.

[FloridaPat]

3. 4 years ago they were funny. I don't know how people can watch

that clown and not think he's an idiot. No one would ever pay money for him as a speaker if he wasn't rich and president and had the family he has.

[etherealtruth]

4. I can't even find this funny ....

... it's painfully embarrassing!

[Gildor Inglorion]

10. This is excruciatingly embarrassing....

just unbearable.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

13. I think the chuckles went down as the man became awash in blood.

:toast:

[iconoclastic cat]

5. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!

He makes me so DAMN ANGRY.

[babylonsister]

6. Nominated - because truth hurts and he's such an idiot. nt

[abbeyco]

7. The BFEE

needs some Clorox in their gene pool. Good lord, if he's this dopey, imagine what happens as this stupidity is passed down!

[emulatorloo]

8. "I Just like him! He is not all Slick like John Kerry!"

"Sure he says dumb things, but he is a real person!"

- california bush voter to me, Octover 2004

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. A delusional california bush voter.

bush** a real person? A real dumb person. And just what I want, a President who says *dumb* things. "slick like John Kerry" ???? Is that anything like "Slick" Willie? :eyes: Do these people ever think for themselves?

[blue sky at night]

9. I have to agree.........

he is pretty god-pounding stupid. The worst thing though is the idea of how freaking stupid the American Public is to let this kind of garbage come from the highest office in the land. Consider it copied and pasted into Word, arranged into four pages and saved.....will be printed out to add to my growing pile of such inane crap. Thanks, good post.

[wicket]

11. Great list!

:kick:

[mary195149]

12. A couple more to add to the list:

don't have the quote, maybe someone has it:
1. about the crusade were on
2. dead or alive poster on Osama Bin Laden

[WhoWantsToBeOccupied]

15. Must have been tough limiting to 50

[Art_from_Ark]

16. Is Number 38 correct?

Somehow, it seems so un-bu$hlike to question giving the rich a second round of tax cuts (after all, the "haves and the have-mores" are his "base")

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

22. The entire conversation:

“He asks, ‘Haven't we already given money to rich people? This second tax cut's gonna do it again,’” says Suskind.

“He says, ‘Didn’t we already, why are we doing it again?’ Now, his advisers, they say, ‘Well Mr. President, the upper class, they're the entrepreneurs. That's the standard response.’ And the president kind of goes, ‘OK.’ That's their response. And then, he comes back to it again. ‘Well, shouldn't we be giving money to the middle, won't people be able to say, ‘You did it once, and then you did it twice, and what was it good for?’"

But according to the transcript, White House political advisor Karl Rove jumped in.

“Karl Rove is saying to the president, a kind of mantra. ‘Stick to principle. Stick to principle.’ He says it over and over again,” says Suskind. “Don’t waver.”

In the end, the president didn't. And nine days after that meeting in which O'Neill made it clear he could not publicly support another tax cut, the vice president called and asked him to resign.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/09/60minutes/main592330.shtml

[linazelle]

17. How come the bad quotes dwindle after '01/'02? I KNOW he

didn't get any smarter. They must have sent him to finishing school.

[smoogatz]

18. It's a tragedy of Biblical proportions

that these goons have seized power in what used to be a great nation. Bush claims to be dislexic--but I know a lot of dislexics, and they're all smart, highly articulate people. Bush isn't dislexic--he's just a moron.

[BamaBecky]

20. that's the truth if I ever heard it!....n/t

[mrdmk]

23. Actually it is the opposite, Mr. Bush Jr. claims not to be dyslexic

Although is brother Neil Bush is a confirmed dyslexic (I never have heard him speak publicly), Jeb Bush speaks very clearly as does his mother and father.

Mr. Bush Jr. grades in college are below a C average (less than 2.0) and his speaking ability in public (without a script) is non-sense. It is difficult to ascertain whether or not he dyslexic or has another problem.

[pointblank]

19. Unbelieveable

Every time I read those it floors me.

Has there ever been, in the history of our nation, such a molester of the english language as this primate? I mean really, it is embarassing.

I love it when the repukes counter with.."Just because he doesn't speak perfectly, doesn't mean he is dumb"...I say "My Ass".... I'm sorry, but we live in a culture where people judge you on how you present yourself....This is our leader folks. ;(

No shit, but this clown couldn't past the first interview where I work simply on his use of grammar and demanor alone, not to mention his track record of running businesses into the ground (including the business of being president) and I make $45 grand a year!!!!!!!!!

[sakabatou]

21. Head... hurting... can't contain... stupidi-

:nuke:

[jillan]

24. Wow - excellent work. I think we should all copy and send it in as a ltte

See if any paper would have the balls to print it!

All that work you put into this, cannot be wasted!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

25. It's not my work, it's been floating around for a while now.

I have checked many of the quotes I don't recall for accuracy, though.

:hi:

[ClassWarrior]

26. He**'s not stupid. He**'s just too arrogant and lazy to properly use...

...the English language. Read "The Bush Dyslexicon" by Mark Crispin Miller.

NGU.

[maveric]

27. Gotta love the #15 to #14 Flip - Flop.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

28. Not that I could ever forget...

That's a very good compilation of * remarks. Illustrates quite clearly the lack of intellect, I think.

[senseandsensibility]

29. kick

Force yourself to read the whole list. It will give you energy for battles to come. Also, I hope this puts an end to the "but he's not stupid" comments even from long time posters that I keep reading. YES HE IS DUMB. He is incredibly, astonishingly stupid. Get past it.

[kliljedahl]

30. You forgot my favorite

"Because the—all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those—changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be—or closer delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause the—like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate—the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those—if that growth is affected, it will help on the red."—Explaining his plan to save Social Security, Tampa, Fla., Feb. 4, 2005

Many more (actuaally hundreds) here: http://slate.msn.com/id/76886

and here:http://www.dubyaspeak.com


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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

31. I'm sorry... What the fuck was that?

LOL...

I made more sense in the seventies after two hits of Purple Haze when I tried to explain relativity within the subconscious.

[kliljedahl]

36. That's my favorite * quote, totally inane & senseless

kinda like you on two hits of Purple Haze, or me anytime in the late 60's & early 70's also.


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

37. And that, in itself. should tell us all something. (n/t)

[livinginphotographs]

43. My head hurts now.

How can people still think he's not a moron?

[Vinca]

32. I remember the good old days when all of these quotes were

funny. Now they're just frightening, embarrassing and idiotic. It really is time for intelligent life in the White House.

[immoderate]

33. Thanks for this, Tom.

I'll tuck it away.

Much appreciated. You can't make this stuff up. LOL.:rofl:

--IMM

[pattycake]

34. kick

[progressivebydesign]

35. He, honest to God, doesn't have the capacity to be President.

He is truly a moran.

[barb162]

38. He sure gets tongue-tied, doesn't he

[progressoid]

39. I can't even read them all - it's too depressing

I mourn for my country.

[PinkyisBlue]

40. #2

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
And who are our enemies again? Scary.

[ailsagirl]

41. They used to amuse me, they're so effing stupid

But "we are not amused" anymore.
:puke:

What a piece of crap.

[GoBlue]

42. In his own words...

he is a catastrophic success.