When Bush said to Matt Lauer: "My job is to protect you".

[screembloodymurder]

All I could picture was a scene with the collapsed WTC in the background, the Katrina victims in the foreground and Bush in the middle with "My job is to protect you" written under his smirking ass.

So, how safe do you feel with Bush as your protector?

[democrat_patriot]

1. Campaign ad:

Video of * repeating that, while towers burn, Katrina victims die of starvation, homelss living on cat food etc...

[sabra]

4. and Bush hiding under his desk

[screembloodymurder]

6. Yes and Bush gives us the one-liner.

What a star.

[screembloodymurder]

8. Funny thing is Bush could use the same add

and 50% of the voters wouldn't recognize the irony.

[jean]

17. precisely.

followed by script mentioning that the president's job is to protect and defend the Constitution.

[bdamomma]

34. and our fading military is supposed to protect us, on our own

turf, bring back those National Reserves.

[CottonBear]

2. His job is to protect, defend and uphold the constitution

not to "protect" us.

I feel completely unsafe with BushCo in power.

[LaPera]

15. CORRECT! That is any presidents ONLY job, that's ONLY what they swears to.

And the fascist Bush has failed miserably at it...Ignoring the Constitution and breaking federal laws!

For one; NSA illegal wiretapping that Bush has even admitted to, and the republican Congress does NOTHING, even though it's their job to hold the president, who's not above the law accountable!!!

[CottonBear]

21. It is simply amazing that so many Americans don't understand that fact. nt

[razors edge]

29. Right On.

[CottonBear]

33. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[bdamomma]

35. WE DON'T NEED A DADDY

[Marr]

3. You know what I thought of?

"I want everyone to remember why they need us!"

[Sherman A1]

5. Which takes us to the basic misunderstanding of Mr. Bush

His job is to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, everything else is secondary to that part of his oath of office.

[screembloodymurder]

7. He was going after the Grandma vote.

Vote for Republicans or you will die.

[El Supremo]

9. That has bothered me a lot.

He makes it sound like it not just his job, but it is his job only. Only he can decide how to "protect us".

Who is going to protect us from him?

[anarch]

10. perhaps he meant that his job is to protect Matt Lauer, personally

:shrug:

'cause he sure does a hell of a job endangering and/or neglecting the rest of us.

[RB TexLa]

11. Glad I don't buy that shit

It is no one's job to protect me but mine.

[electropop]

12. Lauer should have asked "When do you plan to start?"

What a freaking fool.

[El Supremo]

13. And why the hell is he always telling us what his job is?

I used to think it was because he had to remind himself what a President was supposed to do. Now I'm thinking that he is forcing some new definition on us.

[Sadie5]

14. Bush was so hyper

with Lauer that I expected at any moment to see him poking his finger into Lauer's chest as he babbled his rehearsed lines.

[treestar]

27. Not to mention that we don't need him to tell us what his job is

It's there in the Constitution.

He just twists that around to personal protection so he can demand the "tools" he needs to do it, that is, eviscerate the Bill of Rights.

It is so insulting and condescending.

Smirky Chimp.

[Mind_your_head]

16. That is NOT his job ~ "to protect us"....

His job is to protect, defend, and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America! I wish that dumb boy/man shrub would stop saying that! And I wish Lauer of SOMEBODY would point that out to him.

I had the same thought as you when I heard him say it, even if his job WERE to protect us, which it's NOT....he didn't protect the US on 9/11/01 OR during the Katrina disaster (nor can a reasonable person expect him to if an 'event' happens in the future either!!!)

I think your idea would make a TERRIFIC ad campaign!!! It wouldn't be a smear campaign either, it would be just presenting the facts and stating the truth.

[Algorem]

18. It's obvious Bush did blow job.

[Mind_your_head]

19. So can we go ahead and impeach him now???

;-)

[Algorem]

31. all for it

[Octafish]

20. It sounded like he was threatening Lauer's "families."

They could end up in a bad way, if we don't support the crazy monkey.

[Karenina]

23. I picked up on that too.

:loveya:

[screembloodymurder]

24. I don't think Matt liked the idea of Bush protecting his kids.

He looked annoyed.

[truebrit71]

32. That's how I read it too..especially with the Chimperor's body language...

...at that point of the interview...

[AngryOldDem]

22. No, his job is to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution...

period.

And he's done a pretty shitty job at that, too.

[bdamomma]

36. now remember bush called the Constitution just a GD piece of

paper, what will it take that this man is a danger to all of us. He must go and get treatment for that "mental disorder" he has.

[Cha]

25. bush and his henchmonsters should

have been fired September 12, 2001.

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. ** is a self-important little prick and he sucks at his "job"!

With a "protector" like **, who needs enemies? pResident "Protector in Chief" is enemy enough. We need protection from him.

[rainbow4321]

28. Anyone remember the SNL w/ chimp under his desk?

I think it was originally shown in early 2001, before 9/11. It had chimp in the Oval Office and out the window behind him you could see DC going up in flames (the Capitol Building, etc..). Chimp then climbed/hid under his desk, whining.
It was definitely a sign of things to come. I wish they would re-broadcast it. They would have so many more **real** "outside the window" backgrounds to use now..9/11, Katrina, Iraq, Osama.

[DesertRat]

30. Here's the video of the arrogant chimp with Matt Lauer

This is a must see! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2JGTFI2PPM

:wow: