Bush pulls out the Country Bear Jamboree accent whenever

[Lex]

he gets in a real jam.

At the presser, I thought he was a'goin' to put a straw hat on his head and grab a gee-tar.

[maddezmom]

1. last line "thanks for the answers"

I think he meant the questions. :eyes:

[TerdlowSmedley]

10. I think that was "interrrrst". Yeah, we're interrrrsted, awrite.

[Madspirit]

2. I am a Texan

I'm a Texan and I have a strong Texas accent and though there are plenty of regional dialects in this giant state of mine, none are whatever that is George Bush speaks. I don't know a single Texan who calls "America" "Marka"....not one.
I like accents and dialects. They are the spice of the language, though I do admit to wishing people from Boston were aware there is an "r" in the alphabet. Anyway, Bush speaks like Bush, not like anyone, anywhere.
Lee

[Lex]

4. It's totally fake. It's a ploy.

I hate it.

[Bluebear]

37. kick

[TomInTib]

13. Well put

I, too, am Texan.

And it just bugs the heck out of me when my neighbors and friends out here in California think that the idiot is "talking Texan".

[ArbustoBuster]

18. Texans elected him governor.

That kinda makes him a spokesman for the state, for good or ill. :)

(Okay, this is Bush we're talking about. It's entirely for ill.)

[TomInTib]

21. "elected" is a matter for debate

Exit polls had Richards up 70-30.

Sound familiar?

[July]

40. Wow, I didn't know that.

What was the reaction within the state?

[Madspirit]

22. A LOT of Texans did not vote for him.

A lot of us did not vote for him. Bush is also president. Do you take responsibility for that? I think not. <g>

So don't blame all Texans. I think of us as his victims. He screwed our state good and proper too. We were already just about last in funds for mental health. Now we are last. Bush fucked us good and then hand-picked his predecessor...Rick Perry, who makes Bush look liberal and intelligent...and he has no neck.

I am serious about Perry. Supposedly an activist here, overheard Bush at something somewhere...say, about Perry, "If you think I'm dumb, wait until you meet Rick." I swear to god. This person is reputable too. I just can't back the statement. It's funny but no link, no proof.
Lee

[ArbustoBuster]

35. You do, I hope, understand that I wasn't blaming anyone.

Jeez, Texans can be so touchy! Next you'll tell me that the result at the Alamo was a tie. :)

If it makes ya feel any better, I'm from Pennsylvania. We sent one president to Washington, and he pretty much let the Civil War happen.

[driver8]

14. My father grew up in Texas and HATES that Bush claims he is a Texan.

Not much gets my father riled up...but that certainly does!!

[Madspirit]

23. I'm with your dad on that.

It infuriates me when he claims to be a Texan. He is from Connecticut. His family merely raped our state...oil money and all.
Lee

[Lisa]

31. plus stealing your state's image and good name ...

Basically, it's cultural appropriation. I suspect that the Bushes, especially Junior, latched onto Texas because it has a powerful symbolic identity. If "east coast preppy" had stronger positive associations, you can bet that Georgie would be distancing himself from Midland/Houston/Crawford at lightning speed. He's an exploiter and an opportunist.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

34. It's because of the electoral votes.

That's why junior & Poppy in TX & Jeb in FLA. Smart, really if it hadn't helped them ruin the country. Kevin Phillips commented on this in his book, indicating that the Bushes had not duplicated the mistake of the Rockefellers in basing themselves in low electoral vote states as their powerbase.

[Lisa]

45. that too ... good point

Also -- either because he has confused role-playing with authenticity, or because he just doesn't know when to stop, Bush often keeps up the "cowpoke" charade when he's out of the country (even with domestic press coverage, that would seem to be of little electoral advantage). I suppose he finds being a caricature much easier than doing positive things that would widen the world's image of America.

[LondonReign2]

17. Hey, people in Boston are aware of the letter R

They just use it int he wrong places...

In "jaw" ("jawar"), but not in "car" ("kaa")

:)

[Madspirit]

20. I lived there

I lived in Cambridge for a couple of years in my hippie youth. I love the way they talk really. As a poor Texan who gets made fun of constantly, thanks to NON-TEXAN Bush, I just have to jab someone else for a rare change...got it ya'll? <g>
Lee

[kath]

24. And, of course, the JFK classic - "Cuber" (for Cuba)

[SpiralHawk]

19. That's because Commander AWOL is a connecticut yankee preppy

who pretends he is a native Texan.

More mush from the deserter wimp.

[Lex]

25. I loved me some Ann Richards and Molly Ivins and to me they are Texas

NOT George W. Dumbass. Never!

So sorry that we've all lost Ann Richards and Molly Ivins, but I feel a kindred spirit with Texas because of them.

[Madspirit]

26. OT wonderful women

In the last year, just off the top of my head and not all Texans, we have lost Molly Ivins, Ann Richards, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, Betty Friedan... RIP : < We've lost way too many Warriors For Good, in a short period of time.
Lee

[Lex]

28. I realized I forgot another wonderful woman from Texas: Barbara Jordan.

:loveya:

[Madspirit]

32. I LOVED Barbara Jordan...just loved her. n/t

[Lisa]

27. at least two actors who portrayed him on TV agree with you ...

Timothy Bottoms and Brent Mendenhall commented in interviews that his speech patterns didn't match the various accents they were familiar with, for Texas or elsewhere in the US. (Mendenhall is from Missouri, and Bottoms is from California but has worked in Texas and has lots of film and theatrical experience -- they've both had professional coaching, too.) I seem to recall that Mendenhall said it was basicallly just mumbling, "with marbles in your mouth".

[The Count]

39. I love accents too - Boston, Texas - all the real ones. Phony accents suck though

(unless done for entertainment only). Pretense sucks.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

43. He's 'Texan' raised

in Connecticut Prep schools. I agree with you on the accents and dialects. That is the one thing our corporate masters haven't changed yet. We all don't sound alike,,,,,,,,,,,,, yet. :shrug:

[SoCalDem]

3. It was his "I am not a crook" moment

disclaimer: "but I play one in the White House, and in every other part of my life..mileage may vary"

[CrazyOrangeCat]

5. He makes Tricky Dick . . .

. . . seem downright normal.

[TomInTib]

6. And then follows with 'rahther'

Like the true patrician Yankee that he is.

[Dr Fate]

8. I know-he cant decide if he is Thurston Howell III or Andy Griffith. n/t

n/t

[July]

42. More like Jethro Bodine, don't you think? nt

[MLFerrell]

44. Hey!

Easy on the hillbillies. :)

[July]

46. Oh, I love that character and have nothing against hillbillies!

But Jethro as portrayed on TBH was as thick as a plank, wasn't he? Unlike some of the other hillbillies in his family.

[July]

41. Yeah, check him out in his speeches to the U.N.

I think he's used his Yankee "rahther" there. The Fake Texan is completely gone from his talk when he's at the U.N. It really boggles the mind.

[Bluebear]

7. "Ah reckonize! Ah reckonize!"

Of course, he doesn't 'reckonize' sheeyit.

[wicket]

9. LOL!

:rofl:

[melody]

11. Exactly

Good call -- next he'll be dragging out the cowboy hat and goat roper attire.

[Clark2008]

12. What's funnier is that he doesn't even do it well.

Real Southerners (who have any senese) can tell.

[Lex]

15. Yes. That's why it seems so Disney-fied and fake to me.

I think that's exactly why the Country Bear Jamboree came to mind.

[Strathos]

16. I'm from the south and can spot a fake accent a country mile away

I've always know that bastard was faking it. Look as some of the footage from his governor days when he's drunk at parties. Not a trace of it.

[Cabcere]

29. His "accent" is cracked-out, constipated-sounding, and totally phony. n/t

[deminks]

30. That is his 'bring it on dead or alive i'm an old cowhand from the rio grand' accent

[ProgressiveMuslim]

33. LOL! Those bears epitomize everything I despise! n/t

[texpatriot2004]

36. LOL! Thanks for that. nm

[ThatsMyBarack]

38. That bear....

....looks like one of those electric puppets from Chuck-E-Cheese! :rofl: