Bush: "I inherited a recession, and then there were the attacks of September 11th"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Press conference LIVE right now on CNN (streaming on their Web Site)

"Every time, the economy has bounced back bigger and better than before."

"Our job in Washington is to foster enterprise and ingenuity."

"The challenge is to not do anything foolish"

"Unemployment is low, wages have risen"

[Fridays Child]

1. It's hard work.

:eyes:

[Nitrogenica]

2. * "NOT MY FAULT NOT MY FAULT NOT MY FAULT!!"

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

11. Laughing here. Hoping for a full out Tantrum here.

:popcorn:

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Like Rick Moranis In "Head Office"

The Professor

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. He can't even pronounce "buoy".

Argh. :mad:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. "BOO-WEE"...he just said it again...

..."a lot of 'em are a little skeptical about those checks in the mail the federal government says are comin'...but they're comin'..."

:eyes:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

14. I really appreciated his explaination of why a foreclosure is a bad thing.

:argh:

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

4. you forgot

Poland

[islandmkl]

5. go ahead, George....

mark another 'X' through today on your calendar...

feel free to jump ahead if you want to...

[elehhhhna]

6. "Unemployment is low, wages have risen" LIES LIES LIES

[spanone]

8. he invoked 911 within 2 minutes

[bdamomma]

13. fear is all he has.

those checks will not do anything, what a sick bastard he is, just throwing scraps to the American people, he is soooooo
arrogant and ignorant and his a$$ belongs in Prison.

[jmowreader]

75. No it doesn't.

He needs to take ownership of his actions. And at this time, the only way he can POSSIBLY do that is to go to the White House kitchen, get a knife and commit seppuku in the Rose Garden.

[Kolesar]

9. China owns Latin America

The Taliban own Pakistan
Turkey's got a civil war
Israel lost in Lebanon
What have you done right?

[lpbk2713]

10. Your party owned all branches of government for at least six years.

Why aren't we living in paradise right now? What went wrong, dickhead?

[Kool Kitty]

12. I'm tired of watching this shifty-eyed lying

weasel stumble his way through another barrage of bullshit. Let the rest of this year pass quickly, PLEASE.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

15. "Foreclosures disrupt communities"

"After years of steady increases home values in SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY have declined"

"The temptation of Washington is to say anything less than a massive intervention in the housing market means lack of involvement"

"Government actions have far-reaching consequences"

[Kool Kitty]

17. "...when you buy up empty homes, you only help

the speculators..." What the fuck is he talking about? And he doesn't want the bankruptcy laws, oh, God forbid! Not that! "The market must have time to correct...." The checks will be in our mailboxes by May?

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Duh!

And then, after all that, we've been hearing that the economy is doing great for 5 years. Now, it tanks and it's because of what happened back then?

That's beyond duplicity. That's just an outright lie.
The Professor

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. "It sounds reasonable in a speech, I guess, but it's not gonna help"

"The market is in the process of correcting itself. Markets must have TIME to correct"

So his answer is the $600 check.

:eyes:

[bdamomma]

23. what a sick POS he is huh?

can we just have him arrested now? there are more of us than them.

[durablend]

20. Bush is full of sh*t?

SAY IT AIN'T SO!

:sarcasm:

[w8liftinglady]

21. Hope Now...Project Lifeline....more names for indentured servitude

[A wise Man]

22. This fool is "INSANE"

In denial and INCOMPETENT.

[lpbk2713]

33. The only difference between Smirky and Doctor Strangelove is ...

Dr Strangelove was a crazed genius.

Smirky is just a crazed idiot.

[Kool Kitty]

24. He is really off-script or no one is talking in his ear,

because he is stumbling badly....remember savings and loans, "I have my paper, my mortgage, Midland, Texas, blah blah blah, interesting statistics, program beginning to help, people not responding to letters wanting to help, toll-free numbers, offers of help, Alfonso Jackson blah blah frightening to people complete transparancy........."

[w8liftinglady]

29. I heard that,too--I was thinking-"stick to the script,you moron"

speaking to economists,nonetheless...that's what kills me.

[Kool Kitty]

41. Really-you are listening to the ramblings of

a disordered mind. Who does he think his audience is here? What the hell is he talking about? and wait 'til you hear the interpretation of this speech-oh, the President laid down the rules, bold initiatives, etc. Now he is talking about Columbia and national security issues. He is going to stand strong on Columbia and "...you can add Korea, too". What the hell?

[AndyA]

25. Yeah, yeah, yeah, George. We know.

The economy sucked when you took office.

The White House was left trashed by the Clintons.

The treasury had no money, and a huge deficit.

Clinton drove the country into the ground with 8 years of lost jobs, and no growth for businesses.

Then on top of all that, poor thing, because Clinton ignored all the warnings, 9/11 happened. And then you had to deal with all that.

Oh...wait...none of that is true.

You've had your party in charge of EVERYTHING for how long now George? So why is it that all this is happening NOW, under YOUR WATCH?

This is your baby, Bush. Own it. And I think the American people are going to throw your sorry party's ass in the wood chipper come November. And then salt the ground you guys walked on. The jig is up, and YOU LOSE.

What a moron this man is.

[kentuck]

26. Lyin', bull-shittin' bastard.

Period.

[Deny and Shred]

27. The Economic Club of New York must be looking at him in disbelief

My favorite quote so far "Luckily, this Administration saw these warning signs in time. We've responded."
Yeah okay. Like grabbing a sponge when the dam breaks.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

34. I would love to see the camera pan the room.

[Blue_Roses]

28. "Unemployment is low, wages have risen"--WTF?

He is on some form of denial meds. :argh:

[Dr.Phool]

42. He needs a piss test.

Those are some powerful drugs.

But, they don't test for hallucinogens other than PCP, do they?

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

30. Here it comes..."Save the tax breaks!" (for the wealthy investor class)

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

35. CongressCongressCongress et

lol here. Beat that podium *!! Give it to them!

[Kool Kitty]

31. This is a speech? Someone wrote this?

Tax relief? "If Congress doesn't act....If Congress doesn't act, it will create uncertaintyin uncertain times......" Ah, yes-executive order-sticking deals in without a vote-the executive order extends beyond "my Presidency". "Give the troops what they need." WTF is that doing in this fiasco of a speech?

[w8liftinglady]

32. DEAR GOD-I want to scream loudly-it's all Congress' fault.

[JBoy]

36. Imagine if he hadn't earned that MBA.

He wouldn't know what he was talking about! :sarcasm:

[spanone]

37. junior had no qualms with earmarks when the thugs ran congress

[w8liftinglady]

38. if anyone gets a transcript of this,please PM it to me

I see my next letter to the editor.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

39. "Most Americans don't understand..." Arrogant fool.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. "Most Americans Don't Understand. . ."

". . .how i ever graduated grade school?" GWB

The Professor

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

40. This unutterably bad. How are the FISA hearings going?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

43. "Ahm gon work HAHD, Ahm gon' speak mah MAHND on the issue..."

(NAFTA)..


"So here's some of the things that are on mah mahnd..."

"It's like a person tryin' to drive a car in a rough patch...if you over-correct, you end up in a ditch"

[w8liftinglady]

45. oh goodie-questions...

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

46. This should be interesting, he's already nervous.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

49. So, she addresses the concerns about "protectionism" among some economists and he answers

with an anecdote about how education helped North Carolinans who were laid off from textile mills.

Oh, and how an open market is just peachy keen for consumers.

:crazy:

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

47. Softball scripted ones.

[Kool Kitty]

48. "It's important to pay attention when you are driving

in a rough patch. It's important to keep your eyes on the horizon." Shouldn't you keep your eyes on the road when you are driving? Now he's going to take questions. Already acting like a cocky asshole to the question lady. We aren't worrying about our neighbors losing work, we are worried that we are losing work. Mismanagement is the reason the jobs are gone from North Carolina. Uh huh. Community colleges are the answer to the health care industry, too. :crazy:

[underpants]

57. LOL

:rofl:

What a rube

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

50. "people are worried about their neighbors losing their jobs"

that doesn't make any fucking sense. but, it bush talking.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

51. "The more choices on the shelf, the less likely there'll be inflation"

"Sometimes when times are tough it's much easier to find a...you know...a somebody else to blame"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

53. He just said polls and poke-us groups

"Ah don't FOLLER polls"

(Then he got a big round of applause"

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

52. He got applause for saying that he doesn't give a darn about "polls" and "focus groups" he does what

he thinks is "RAHT".

OMG.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

54. 19 kids killed us? WTF?

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

55. "It undermines the security of the stability-ites"

"And ah might throw in another "ism"...and that's NEGATIVISM"

:eyes:

[underpants]

61. Yale..... AND Harvard folks Yale AND Harvard

[AlCzervik]

56. 7 years later and he's still blaming The Clenis.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

58. "Never bashful, never short of opinions...just lahk ma mother"....

"Making the tax cuts permanent takes uncertainty out of the system"

[Indenturedebtor]

68. Sigh

Here's wishing I had an ignore button in real life.... Everytime he speaks I just can't look away though. It's like going to the zoo and watching the monkeys throw poop... it's mesmerizing.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

59. "I'm an alternative fuel guy...I think that's important"

"You talk about the price of oil? YEAH, it's high"

[Ghost in the Machine]

73. His "alternative fuel" is the bullshit that he spouts....

Our government runs on bullshit!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

60. My goodness but he has the hots to drill in ANWAR, doesn't he?

Now he's sharing his vision of NYC streets filled with golf cart like vehicles running on batteries.

Holy moly, this is as bad as I've seen, and that's really saying something.

[Kool Kitty]

62. Ever notice that when he doesn't know what he is talking about,

he raises his voice, almost to a yell? Bully tactics. I'd love to talk to him. He could never outscream me. I can be as loud and stupid as anyone. Big applause for him saying that he doesn't follow polls, he does what he thinks is right. He wouldn't take a dump without consulting a poll. now he is talking about freedom and re-trenching and retreating and those who want to do us harm. September 11. September 11. The enemy. What the enemy is saying on our telephones. And this pertains to the question that the lady asked HOW? Suppressing people's rights, disease, nativism, Smoot-Hawley, 1930s. Now asking about food and gas prices, dollar dropping around the world, he believes in a strong dollar, open for business, shutting down capital, energy policy has not been very wise, bullshit about ANWAR (does anyone tell this moron that it will take years to get oil from ANWAR?), he's an alternative fuel guy (the country could run on the bullshit in this speech for a year, at least), New Yorkers are going to drive cars on batteries, difficult period for folks at the pump, warned Saudis that oil is fungible (sp?), unwise energy policy and he will doge rest of the questions. Now comes the interpretation.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

63. Ends the speech by hugging Kissinger. How appropriate.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

64. "Did you talk to the King of Saudi about oil prices? Of COURSE I did"

"Our energy policy hasn't been very wise up until now."

"Thank you for your time"

:eyes:

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

65. Is that Kissinger he was hugging?

[durablend]

67. Too bad it wasn't McLame

DAMN--could've sunk his campaign in a New York minute

[Roxy66]

66. I found myself screaming "Fuck You" at the television.....UGH!!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

69. Everything out of Bush's mouth is the verbal equivalent of a Rick Roll.

[marmar]

70. Just a buffet of bullshit this morning.....

Revisionist history on steroids...

:eyes:

[leeroysphitz]

71. F@cking liar. n/t

[fascisthunter]

72. You Inherited a FUCKING SURPLUS you Stole from US

you fascist sociopathic ideologically brainwashed freak!

[Triana]

74. He did NOT inherit a recession - he inherited

record high EMPLOYMENT, record low inflation and a budget SURPLUS.

[Orsino]

76. He inherited the presidency...

...and used it to cause recession and 9/11.