Anyone hear the chimp talk to the Discovery crew today??

[XNASA]

My. What an idiot. I've listened to many on-orbit VIP events and that was by far, the most senseless.

The man is daft. Completely clueless.

Anybody got a transcript?

[johnnie]

1. Not the whole thing yet

But here is the story

"President Bush phoned Discovery's astronauts on Tuesday, thanking them for being "risk takers for the sake of exploration."

In a telephone hook up with the space shuttle crew, the president wished the crew "Godspeed for your mission."

"Thanks for being such great examples of courage for a lot of our fellow citizens," Bush said.

Discovery Commander Eileen Collins told Bush, "We really enjoy what we're doing. We really believe in our mission."

She praised the virtues of "safe exploration...and seeing what's out there."

Bush called as the space shuttle crew prepared for a high-stakes task: an unrehearsed maneuver in which a spacewalker will go beneath the craft on Wednesday to repair filler sticking out from ship's thermal tile belly. NASA says the protruding material could cause dangerous overheating during re-entry and lead to another Columbia-type disaster.

"I know you've got important work to do ahead of you," Bush said.

"We are with you and wish you all the very best. Thanks for taking my phone call. Now get back to work," the president said."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/02/national/w073931D95.DTL


I don't really have to hear him to know he would say something stupid. It seems to be his M.O.
My favorite part:
"We are with you and wish you all the very best. Thanks for taking my phone call. Now get back to work," the president said."
They forgot to add "The president said from yet another vacation at his ranch in Texas.

[MuseRider]

3. He told them to

get back to work? LOL. Priceless.

[kedrys]

8. I was absolutely mortified when I heard it

He sounded like the snippy little bitch that he is, telling them that. I would have slunk off the chair, but I was in my car at the time - heard it on the radio news.

[terrya]

10. Said the man who's on a month long vacation.

What an asshole.

[Felix Mala]

13. He's also in no danger of incineration when he re-enters DC air

space.

[XNASA]

5. They also left out the stammering.

It sounded more like:

"You know, my wife Laura (not "The First Lady", but 'my wife') and my little brother (not Governor Bush) watched th-th-th-th-th-the, um, er, events on the, uh, east coast of Florida...and uh, were, um-um-um-um-um-um-um, impressed with the a, um, the a........energy!"

I have a headache.

[johnnie]

6. I guess he had no note cards to read off of

"Thinking on your feet" to georgie means choosing a fifth of vodka or a fifth of scotch.

[zbdent]

2. Funny thing was, they used to send the monkeys into space

and keep the intelligent people on the ground running things . . .

My, how times have changed . . .

[DS1]

7. *snort*

Nicely done :-)

[Ready4Change]

4. He was distracted.

Wondering how, on this flat Earth, they manage to pull off that trick of looking like they are floating around.

:)

[Doctor_J]

9. Since he was only talking to the astronauts,

I'm sure they let him get shit-faced beforehand.

[RedCloud]

11. They should have told him they can see him.

And watch chimp wave to them!

[Felix Mala]

12. Did he ask if they'd found anything out there that the Intelligent

Designer placed out there?

[Beware the Beast Man]

14. Post a bunch of Bush cliches on little pieces of paper on a dart board,

throw darts at random, and write down what you landed on.

There's your transcript.