Shrub Getting Laughs A-Plenty

[Avalux]

Struggling through listening to his speech on CNN; keeps making weak-assed jokes. They're not funny but the audience is laughing. Could be because they have to? Could be because he's speaking to a bunch of military folk?

I want him in middle America, a town hall meeting, unscripted, with anyone who wants to show up. Just try those jokes on us idiot.

<Of course, I know this will never happen.>

[glarius]

1. Don't you just want to PUKE when you hear him saying what "we" are

doing to fight the "terrorists?"....Like he would ever stand up like a man and fight anyone, himself....He keeps saying WE....Ooohhh it makes me so mad!!!!

[Avalux]

2. NOW he's talking about

WMD's and the UN Security Council. "I was not about to leave the security of the American people in the hands of a madman".

:puke:

[mike6640]

3. me neither

Impeach Bush now!!

"I was not about to leave the security of the American people in the hands of a madman".

[RevolutionStartsNow]

4. LOL "...in the hands of a madman".

I have it on but muted, can't stand to listen to him. What I notice, watching without listening, is that he can't speak for more than a few seconds without having to pause.

They just showed the Saddam statue being toppled. Ugh.

[Fovea]

7. And yet Kim Jong Il.....

Am I the only one who thinks the president's N.K. policy is cosmically stupid?

[Avalux]

9. Nope

Right there with you on that one.

[lovedems]

10. The security of america IS in the hands of a madman...

Several madmen, Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Asscroft, Wolf, etc. etc. etc.
OOHHH! The idiocy of this misadministration!

[Avalux]

13. Let's not be sexist

got to include the madwoman Condi with the boys.

[Skittles]

12. stand up like a man?

what the fuck does that mean? I'm female and I served in the military.

[glarius]

17. I mean he IS A MAN isn't he?....I'm not suggesting anything anti-female

Of course I know females bravely serve in the military!....I would hardly say he should stand up like a woman!

[Skittles]

19. "stand up like a man"

is another one of those f***ing sexist phrases that insinuates only men can be strong and brave when we all know that is utter bullshit.

[glarius]

20. My goodness....I never meant any kind of sexist insinuation..I'm a woman

myself....No hard feelings, but I think you're going a little overboard about this...:)

[Finder]

War Mongering

Shameful! I can't believe he is still using 9/11 to subliminally get support for his policy.

[Avalux]

5. The shit is getting deep

mounds and mounds of it. FEAR FEAR FEAR. Goddamn fear-mongering fascist pig. I can't watch this anymore.

[lovedems]

11. I'm in the midwest and it is just to damn early.

I need more coffee before I can take a full plate of bullshit.

[edzontar]

6. He is a complete idiot and an embarrassment to the world...

nt

[TreasonousBastard]

8. He's talking to the Guard, and they're applauding.

Must be under orders to. Can't imagine they're all that happy with what's been going on.

(Unless he promised they won't go while off camera)

[lovedems]

14. Maybe he is going to take them out for an 8$ lunch. lolololo

Bribery in this misadministration? nah!

[atreides1]

15. What A Lying Sack Of Crap Bush IS

I watched some of this PR myself, I noticed that the applause coming from the troops behind him was at best cordial. For some reason most of the cheering was coming from the audience that I couldn't see.

The real funny part was when he talked about the tax cuts, because most of his audience fell into that $10,000 to $26,000 group, that
Congress claims don't pay taxes, therefore were not going to receive
a tax cut.

Then he talked about education, but failed to point out that his education bill was intentionally underbudgeted.

And they all sat there and did nothing. But you can't blame them, slaves don't have the right to question the master. I wonder how happy
those troops are going to be when it's there turn to go to Iraq or Afghanistan.

We can only wait and see.

[kskiska]

16. Notice how the media choreographed this?

The White House must send pre-packaged instructions on which clips are to be shown on the split screen during key points of the speech. When he talked about getting rid of Saddam Hussein – "Good riddance!!" – CNN showed pictures of the statue coming down.

He also used the same old tired sure-fire crowd pleasers like the "death tax" (Estate Tax) fallacy, saying that now farmers and small business owners can pass on their businesses to their children. Al Franken covered this in his book, explaining how this is beneficial to a handful of extremely wealthy businessmen. He's also claimed that this tax amounted to "double taxing." Franken reminds us that we're being double taxed every day – every time we pay a fee or a sales tax on income that was already taxed by the U.S. government.

[qanda]

18. I was thinking while watching that

Probably not one of those people there have to worry about paying a death tax. Most of his speech was dishonest, but Americans wouldn't know any different.