Countdown: Bush Bolts After Photo Op At Middle East Peace Summit
By Logan Murphy Monday Nov 26, 2007 9:01pm
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On Tuesday's Countdown, Keith Olbermann talked with Newsweek's Richard Wolffe about President Bush's failed foreign policy and his awkward cameo appearance at today's Middle East Peace Summit in Annapolis, Maryland. Looking confused and distracted, the president butchered the names of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas *shock* and even needed guidance on where to stand with the two leaders for a photo op -- which was apparently the only reason he attended at all.
After all the hype and spin about how much President Bush cares about bringing peace to the Middle East, and how he's worked the phones and listened in preparation, our Commander in Chief took off after spending less than three hours at the summit.
The Seminal has five questions about the Annapolis summit.
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Really, can bush be any more embarrassing to us and to himself!
Hey, it's "hard work" pronouncing all them foreign names.
I've worked harder heating up my coffee than Bush has...ever.
As Condoleezza Rice prepared to host the Middle East summit in Annapolis this week, her State Department has issued an updated historical timeline of American efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The timeline is a fascinating document both for what it reveals and what it leaves out. The rise of Hamas and its election victories are mentioned nowhere. That might just be because President Bush's hands-off policy of malign neglect is in part responsible for it.
For the details, see:
"On Eve of Summit, State Dept Rewrites Middle East History."
first?
How insulting to President Vaclav Havel that he gets compared to this. ;p
Three hours is an eternity for a drunk.
I mean, Havel had two things going for him: 1) he wasn't hoping to use Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa to help bring world peace and 2) English wasn't his first language, as it is supposed to be for Dubya.
Really, can bush be any more embarrassing to us and to himself!
His pants could fall down.
YOUTUBE has already posted some exclusive footage of when Olmert introduced Abbas to Bush before the start of the summit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aFUv2KO8So
How in the hell can the U.S. be taken seriously on foreign policy when "our" Commander and Theif can't even pronounce the names of foreign leaders. What a tool. He is always looking for a photo op(California fires,Katrina) and anything else he thinks will make him look "presidential" My dick is more presidential looking than him.
I thought Richard Wolffe's assessment of Bush's Mideast peace efforts was odd.
Nick @ 9:
I'd laugh.
Maybe he was drunk?
I'm so embarrassed after reading this article about the Chimp in Chief that I want to go live anywhere but in Amerika.
no one can tell me he's not drinking. I bet boosh was even coached before going out and taking a machete to those names. we're talking a total of eight syllables and he could not get it right. he's drinking on top of his meds. I have absatively no doubt.
Bush is an embarrassment.
I'm surprised they didn't truck in some scrub for 'ranch hand' shrub to clear. You know. So he could show people how he pretends to work. Then they could show pictures of him pretending to read and let's not forget all the pictures we have of him pretending to give a damn about homeless disaster victims and wounded veterans. That'll impress the hell out of 'em.
I think we know this "summit" had the all the chances of succeeding that a snow cone has in hell. The entire thing was a photo op for a bobble headed idiot. And an embarrassment for the rest of us.
MargeAggedon @ 18:
Pity, too. Success in this summit would mean a lot less death and suffering for so many people, and would make the world safer, even for Americans. But, since Bush obviously isn't taking it seriously, it has far less chance of getting past photo ops.
On Toody’s Clintdown, Keith Oldermen tawked wit Nooseweak’s Pichard Wolffie bout Presnit Boosh’s flaied fern poultry and his Aukland Camero and Pearce Arrow at toady’s Muddled Yeast Piece Sumbitch in Napolis, Merylin. Leaking, confounded and disdainful, the resident butt cheered the names of Israeli Prime Meater Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas aneven bleeted just once on where to pander for a photo op.
BUSH’S RESTLESS LEGACY SYNDROME
I agree about the dramatic timing of the 'glasses on, glasses off' moments. It didn't succeed in turning him in to Atticus Fitch. But then again, the Prop and Wardrobe Department is wasted on George. This is the guy who couldn't even manage to put on a macho FLIGHT SUIT without giving himself an atomic wedgie.
I can imagine what Abbas said in the cloakroom on the way out:
Abbas: "Nobody in this country can pronounce my name right. 'Nagh-ee-nanajar. NaghEEnanajar. It's not that hard."
I have absolutely no respect for this man at all. I am a Yankee (but I hate the Yankees, go Red Sox) who believes in hard work and earning his own way. I have worked with people like this lazy asshole and if he worked for me he wouldn't last two days. Worthless.
Ahlyssah @ 19:
Everything Bush has done and said in the past 7 years has put a lie to a "summit for peace" anywhere. This is the same person that ran around saying "I am a war president." and "Bring 'em on." Where does he say anything about peace? Making the world safer and putting an end to "death and suffering for so many people" are meaningless to him. War and chaos make more money for Poppy and friends. This is what this administration has been about. Not peace.
on a different subject, if i was jewish and employed by citicorp, i would be sweating my job.
I"ve seen Elton John, Billy Joel & Phil Collins sing 100 songs without a monitor, songs they first recorded 30 years ago.........and not miss a note....yet, here is the Prez...making another extremely "gotta-convince-the-world-of-it's-importance" speaches and he can't even read from a monitor something he should be looking into the audience and speaking from the heart.
He's like the imitator Prez in "Moon Over Peclador"...please tell us this man isn't real!
xoites defends Constitution @ 20:
Tears are streaming down my face. Brilliant.
OFF topic ATTN SITE MONITOR HAVE SOMEONE CHECK AND SEE IF THIS IS REAL!!!
120 War Vets Commit Suicide Each Week
By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted November 26, 2007.
The military refuses to come clean, insisting the high rates are due to "personal problems," not experience in combat.
Earlier this year, using the clout that only major broadcast networks seem capable of mustering, CBS News contacted the governments of all 50 states requesting their official records of death by suicide going back 12 years. They heard back from 45 of the 50. From the mountains of gathered information, they sifted out the suicides of those Americans who had served in the armed forces. What they discovered is that in 2005 alone -- and remember, this is just in 45 states -- there were at least 6,256 veteran suicides, 120 every week for a year and an average of 17 every day.
more in article
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/68713/?page=entire
Has the magnetic field of the Earth switched poles or could it be that this is opposite month. Something isn’t right in the cosmos because Washington is suddenly full of Liberal acting Republican’s and it goes all the way up to the White House. It’s freaking me out personally because if this is the case then I might just be a closet Republican. YUCK! I’m heading for the shower while you read this full post from the Washington Post I‘m grabbing my rubber ducky, I need my safe place… Papamoka Straight Talk
I'm with you there, Abbey. I can't believe how little effort could be put into a job like the freaking president of the United States! The guy doesn't even bother to check facts. Most of his "work" seems to be photo ops like this one, and the occasional press conference (and he shirks his duty there, too; when was the last time this guy answered a drect question without weasling and trying to blame it on the terrorists or democrats?). This is why we need to stop electing these "old money" candidates. If they have had everything handed to them on a silver platter, chances are good they won't empathize with people in need of food, shelter, or medical care for traumatic brain injuries.
Wait . . . Bush might be able to empathize with that last one.
That was a handshake for posterity? Looks like he thought he had two little kids by the hand and was asking them how they liked Disneyland.
I don't think this clown has ever worked a full day in his life!Oh and here's something off topic about Lott getting mixed up in the scandal that has snared Sen Ted Stevens...maybe-maybe not? http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=12353 there has to be a good explanation for Lotts early retirement....K Street is probably one of them....but all that money from Alaskan Oil men...hmmmm????
Ever listen to a recording of yourself doing Kareoke and realize, jeezus I'm terrible? Hasn't Bush ever seen a bit of tape of himself and ask Laura..."am I the fuck up I appear to be Laura Poo?"
SicofFknLiars @ 28:
its true
And what it revealed was stunning.
In 2005, for example, in just those 45 states, there were at least 6,256 suicides among those who served in the armed forces. That’s 120 each and every week, in just one year
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/cbsnews_investigates/main34964...
Call Nancy Pelosi @ 1-202-225-0100 and DEMEAND IMPEACHMENT.
WE embarrass OURSELVES as long as THIS administration is in office. (the world SEES that WE are doing NOTHING to stop this travisty and tragedy)
Dain Bramage.
with hamas frozen out, i suspect this group of crooks have cooked up some internationally binding agreement that abbas will sign, and then spend the rest of his life counting his money.
Boris Yeltsin.
Alfred E. Neuman.
"[O]ur Commander in Chief took off after spending less than three hours at the summit."
Hey - that mountain bike ain't gonna ride itself! :D
The words of Yoda, a great American (A hell of a lot greater than the imposter in chief) said: Try not! Do! Or do not! There is no 'try'!
Sometimes reality IS stranger than fiction...
But, if Bush bolted from the photo op, one has to wonder if even HE grasps the magnitude of his newest total fuck up... You know how much Bush loves the land of make believe (photo ops)...
Couldnt wait to get back home to the sauce, Mr President?
In this case Bush's lack of interest is appropriate. I have witnessed Presidents standing between middle eastern leaders shaking and smiling all my life...big promises that peace will come soon and that bygones will be bygones...and to what end? Nothing. The killing and fighting has not stopped. Don't get me wrong, I wish they would stop and make peace....but I am tired of these nations bullshitting us and acting as though our President, (and particulary this one) is somehow critical to the process. Horseshit.
I'm surprised he didn't take the opportunity to tell everyone to "go shopping".
Bush is the greatest argument for why we as a nation should legalize drugs.
7 years into the job and he looks like an amateur at the podium. Bush has no interest in details or "hard work". We can do better!
If there is anyone checking out this site who lives in another country, I just want to say I am sorry. I didn't vote for this man but he is the President of my country and believe me I know how big of an embarrassment he is. It pains me that my fellow Americans in Congress allow this idiot to remain in power; but hey there is always next year. Again I want to apologize for our Ass Clown in Chief- George W. Bush. He probably can't pronounce his own name so what do you expect.
chris: Why wait? Lets join together and IMPEACH.
What a fucking loser you are Bush. You are an embarassmant to our whole country. I curse all Republicans who put you in charge of our once beautiful country for the last 7 years!
redjalapeno @ 12:
Newsweek has drifted pretty far right of center and Wolfe was chosen because he's a softball (apologies to Jim/Jeff Gannon/Guckert) interviewer. Bush is far from bright, but he didn't flub those names because he's stupid; He misprounounces things he doesn't care about. Peace, or pleasant ideas are foreign to him. As Mark Crispin-Miller said, Bush has no trouble with language when he's talking about death or destruction. It's because he's a sadistic sociopath.
70% OF THE NATION WANTS IMPEACHMENT, all WE need do is get them to SHOUT IT.
bush is a social misfit
We don't even need to convince anyone, George and Dick have done that job for us. (it's the ONLY job they have done)
Bush and his followers are sociopaths. Look it up...
Fuzzy headed butt pimple.
What we know as 'America' will cease to exist. The country will die. The possibility of avoiding that has passed a long time ago.
It is unavoidable... Bush, Cheney and their enablers and the DINO's have done their best, and won.
PinkyLeftBrain: What do YOU mean 'won'? They aren't DONE yet, it's NOT over. They plan to work on US for at least ANOTHER YEAR.
I'm sure there are idjits out there with their Bush/9-11 desktop backgrounds that are very proud of their chimpanzee. Be prepared for more presidential cramming from this dumbass.
Seriously, could he be drinking again?
Bush did butcher Abbas and Olmert's names (what a surprise), but Keith has some hearing issues: Bush did not say "Elmo," he basically said "Ohmut." But whatever. Bush is the careless idiot here. His legacy on the Middle East and Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be miserable. And I don't know why this bothers me, but knowing his failure on the latter conflict, I can't understand why Bill Maher said (I think last year or the year before) that Bush has been the best president on that conflict in recent times (something like that). He's an idiot sometimes as well. I'll still watch his Real Time finale though, whenever this writer's strike ends. Anyway, I've said enough for now.
Where the hell was Code Pink at a time, when we really needed them to distract this ignorant bastard?
Funny. You don't see them actually shake hands. When they come out from behind the podium, they shake Bush's hands instead.
another Potemkin event for the cokehead
The Potemkin village wants it's idiot back.
Anonymouse @ 59:
I'm pretending that's what we're seeing here, but I'm an idealistic fool.
Freakin hilarious.....I've been laughing now for about 5 minutes......then I watch the video again and I'm ashamed.
They really do speak to him like he's retarded. I know, I know. But, really, isn't that disturbing?
Don't call him our commander in chief. He's not our commander in chief. He's the MILITARY'S commander in chief. To us, he's the chief executive, i.e. his job is to execute the will of the people as exercised through congress.
They don't want peace in the Middle East so as far as
Bushtard is concerned the more violence and chaos the
better, makes it easier to steal.
Mission Accomplished!
What will he do next to humiliate himself and the country he represents? (That's us by the way.) What more can he do to express his lack of interest?
jive turkey
yes Kieth, alot rang hollow....especially the chimps hollow head.
richard wolfe:
from his war...
redjalapeno @ 12:
you should see alexandra pelosi's journey's with george.
wolffe is practically attached to Dubya's ass by his lips.
more on Wolffe the douchebag who thinks that he and other journalists are doing a fantastic job.
Bush has a history of indifference when it comes to summits. I have a friend who works for the Vietnamese Embassy and he mentioned when Bush visited Vietnam last year he acted the same way. At the State Dinner, he was one table away from George W and said the Prez hardly spoke to anyone during the dinner and was half paying attention when he was speaking to people and when the event was over Bush bolted out the door. He also mentioned Laura Bush had a cold personality and was caked with make up. He said when Clinton was in office he was more interested in what you had to say and loved to talk politics with anyone.
Bush has absolutely no class whatsoever. What a joke.
Another observation. If you are in intense talks with someone about an important matter such as the mid-east you would at least get their names somewhat correct.
It's apparent all this stuff he does is staged and he's probably coached and talked through it to the point that they just tell him to make a token appearance for a photo op and get out. He is sadly mistaken if he thinks he's pulling a fast one on us.
Let's call things with names that make sense, and not give in to media propaganda.
Obviously, a conference to unite all Arab countries to wink and nod approve a US intervention in Iran is not a peace conference, but more of a WAR CONFERENCE.
Just thought y'all should know that.
PS
Sigh... OK Americans - we have a Middle East peace conference, with Iran... not invited... Think on that for a second.
timotheus...right on .
"Aaaakward." Even worse... the ham fisted double hand squish at the end. Ugh.
cut & run President.
Cut it as short of a visit as he can and Run when the photo ops is done.
Well AMERICA that is our President.
Nobody4President @ 71:
The Steve Bell version of turkey bush.
Homer Simpson gets glasses when he wants to look smrt. Works for him... not so well for Bush...
Bush took everything he wanted and more. He still owns all the people who were sucked into his evil vortex despite not voting for him. This sadist laughs at the country he screwed in a ruthless manner. Bush laughs.
Story #4 on Countdown was the best. They (KO and Jonathan Turley) discussed how both the dems and repugs don't want judges to say bush broke the law with his wiretapping because then they would HAVE to impeach.
What good are any of these politicians? bush is a war criminal, an embarrassment to this Country and a total fuckup and they don't want anyone to call him on it.
We are so screwed.
johnny canuck @ 72:
BBBBwwwaaaahhaaaahaaaahaaahhhaaa!!! Ol' Prescott and Adolf must be rolling on their graves.
G @ 85:
I mean in their graves.
It has not ceased to amaze me HOW much embarrassment this man called the President of the most powerful naton on earth. Our standard of excellence has deminished as it is reflected on our President.
If any moron/idiot can buy a piece of certificate from Harvard, AND has the financial backing of crooks and liars to campaign his runfor precidency; HE can win to become the PRE$IDENT of United States.
This is a reflection on our educational system. Bush and his administration successfully made a laughing stock of AMERICA. All we have become are jst a bunch of fat cowboy consumers who can't manage a nation.
There nothing noble about being an AMERICAN anymore since the BUSH F_UPs too office. Just a bunch of "ROYAL" wannabees. Artificials nobilities made in Hollywood. Celeb posing as icons to immoral, drug, and alcohol abusers demanding to be treated as decent human-beings for no other reason than they think they deserve it because they happened to become NEW-MONEY through their ne found fame. It' all rubbish
Ahlyssah @ 14:
He sounded like he'd had a few.
" Peace Plan " Written in israel and authorized in D.C. , so take it or leave it Palestinians , because no matte,r what, our sycophants in the U.S. news media will spin it ,to make it look like an " opportunity missed " or " Palestinian roadblock to Peace " and worst than bush embarrassing himself and Americans are the Palestinian people , screwed again by the U.S. and Israel and the complicit U.S. news media .
When is a Palestinian a " worthy" victim when he's killed by another Palestinian and when is he NOT a worthy victim , when Israeli military shoots a little girl in the head last week , along with several people in one day and the complicit U.S. news refuse to report it .
CBS news jumps all over killings in todays protest why , Because the PLO was involved , so that gave the reporter justification to accuse PLO leaders of not doing anything . Yet over 10 Palestinians can get killed in Gaza by the IDF , and not only will fox faux news dehumanize Palestinians , CNN , CBS will also not cover the incident involving Israel killing civilians , as well as cutting off the electricity to an area were 50 % of the people live in poverty . Not news worthy I guess , and no sense revealing reality because people will begin to ask questions .
Yep.
Sorry to be the one to tell you guys but many of us in the free world have long since written Bush off as an imbecile.
What concerns us more is the number of you Americans who actually believe that a conference without two of the most important parties, namely the democratically elected government of Palestine (Hamas) and one of the only countries in the world with the balls to openly support it (Iran) is anything but a farce.
Abbas has no authority to negotiate for the Palestinians. He is a stooge and this affair is simply window dressing. In a few months Israel will step up the ethnic cleansing of Palestine using the breach of conditions agreed to by Abbas (but vehemently opposed by the majority of Pals who are not represented here) as the excuse.
An American President with an IQ above his height in inches could settle Palestine tomorrow but then he would have a certain lobby to deal with.
In New Zealand and Australia we regard Bush as irrelevant. It's you, the people, we'd like to shake until you wake. Just remember one thing. Cheney, Condi, Olmert, Abbas, all the think-tank-wanks and possibly even the Chimp know it is a farce. This should make you angry. It does me.
To bad he couldn't just DIE OF EMBARRASSMENT like the rest of the nation (and even some of us foreigners).
Having Bush around for three hours must seem like an ill-spent lifetime.
Bush leaving is the only positive move for peace in this whole charade called Annapolis.
This guy is extremely lazy if this is something he's "passionate" about. I vividly remember reading that this guy would rarely get out of his hotel when visiting foreign and exotic lands. For example, when he went to India for nearly 3 days he essentially just went from the hotel to meetings and back despite a lot of offers to see more. His lack of intellectual curiosity is stunning. The country can be going to pot, but this guy basically has to keep his same lame schedule...including nap time apparently. We're so screwed for the next 14 months.
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The Assclown of America,shows what a true COWARD an pussy he really is.This sorry excuse for a man [deleted] .He also needs to DOGGED DAILY by all of us...people.Don;t count on the main media networks.Their still suckin this clowns dick daily....its all a fuckin shame.
Look on the brightside: at least he didn't puke on anybody.
Cheney and Bush didn't want this conference or whatever the hell it is. Peace in the Middle East is the last things these neocon assholes want. They want war. This was Condi's doing and Bush is doing everything in his power to make sure it is a failure. You can always tell when Bush is doing something he doesn't want to. He does it half assed, half hearted and then he leaves in the middle of it. This is all for show, and he cares less about this than he did about the people drowning and dying in New Orleans.
Jen @ 1:
He's a clown for sure.
please remind me why this incompetent FLICK still has a job
Nick @ 9:
At least that would povide some humor. :)
It would expose another blank expression. ;)
Can this country please elect a real Statesperson next time... the Presidency is kind of important, you know.
Jo @ 55:
Fuzzy headed butt pimple is close to an ass and an asshole, which he is.
Jeez, all the disgust of a brave new world without delicious Soma. Whoever voted for dickWad should buy drugs for the rest of us. It's only fair.
Yeah, I thought that was odd. Wasn't the whole point that they were supposed to shake each other's hands? So there's Bush, grabbing onto both of them. It looked like they were going to jump off a bridge together. Come to think of it... that's probably not a bad idea. Sorry, Israel and Palestine, that you had to sacrifice your top leaders to help the world get rid of ours.
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Ethan @ 104
Us lefties against peace? Yeah...riiiiight. You reich wingers are fuckin bloodthirsty warhawks...don't EVEN talk to us about peace.
This is a fraud to cover up the criminal ISRAELIS actions over the palestinians for over fifty years. The terorist state of israel should be condemned and DISSOLVED. Their own
Torah forbids the jews to have a permanent state. The Zionists have manipulated YOU. Educate yourself MR and MS AMERICAN.
But, our Condi made two or three dozen phone calls to participants over her Thanksgiving weekend! Probably she had to promise nice treats and loot bags to those who would attend.
Guys, you need to understand his bedtime is 9 pm, Bush can't stay late just because he has to deal with these guys (whatever their names are), got no time to talk to israeleños and palestinianites and all these non-americans who don't speak english at all.
The fact that the president bolted after making his photo-ops is probably a good sign (well, as good a sign as is likely to come out of this farce): the diplomats---if anyone in the Bush administration warrants that title---realize that keeping the loose-cannon president away from the grownups is the best thing.
Ethan @ 104:
Gotta love you Ethan, and I mean that in a politically correct really gay sneaking up on you way. I hope you have time to attend the Minneapolis Airport meet-and-greet senator Craig is hosting in stall #5 before the GOP convention.
----The problem with Republicans (most of them) is that they think of themselves as being included in "THE CLUB"... what they don't get is that they are just the house-N%&^#s, treated half-a-step better than the field-N%&^#s.
BUSH photo-ops with anyone... it is a wonder we haven't seen him in one with his biggest fan Britney as she bares her hooch to the cameras. Pimp the Chimp.
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Sticks and Stones, Brother. Poor lil Ethan - got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning - or did not see Countdown last night.
The dude could hype how he's a homo sapien and I still wouldn't believe him. There's nothing he can do after 7 years in office that would make me trust him to park my car let alone run a country. Anybody who still believes he's a good president is just plain delusional.
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Ah.... the inevitable Clinton smear, how quaint. It seems to me, that the left is mobilizing, not in melt down...in fact, it's you fascist right wingers who are melting down, you assholes are in panic mode. We're not against peace in the middle east or anywhere, we're just pointing out the ham-handedness of GWB's pitiful attempts at playing diplomat.
A ONE DAY Peace Summit?!?! WTF?! He was there 3 fuckin hours and then took off like a pro-lifer after the birth! The middle east situation is gonna need more than 3 hours of rhetoric to bring peace to that region. This is an 11th hour attempt to give GWB the appearance of a diplomatic man trying to mediate peace...and it failed miserably. The left sees it, the rest of the world sees it...funny how you didn't...
An Average Joe @ 95:
Or choke on a pretzel!
He was drunk, or thinking about getting drunk. Lot's of people out there can spot it quickly.
Soon he will need a walker just to keep him upright. What a waste of skin! He really should stay away from the booze on these types of occasions.
If I were Abbas or Olmert, I would have thrown my hands up and said "WTF is this guy doing trying to tell us what to do?".
Embarrassing!
Airline pilots require medical examines before they are allowed to fly . I know doctors will inform patients that they should not drive a car if their driving ability is impaired by their medical condition. You should not be driving a car if you are even slightly impaired by alcohol, and if you are caught driving under the influence you lose your licence . Shouldn't the same standards be applied to the President of the USA. I mean the Pres. makes or is supposed to make major , well thought out , decisions , some of which can lead to loss of life.
'foolme1ns @ #96'
" He does it half assed, half hearted , and then leaves in the middle of it."
should read
" He does it 1/10 th assed , 1/10 th hearted , and then leaves way before the middle of it."
Hopefully America can make a comeback, but there is still a year to go. It's going to get worse. Every time Bush makes a public appearance its worse than the last time. I thought Bush looked ridiculous at the G8 Conference when he poured a bottle of beer into a glass without tipping the glass and the beer suds overflowed on to the table, a table around which sat the Presidents of Japan, Germany and France.
Maha @ 116:
Hehehe checkit...I KNOW, I KNOW..I pimp this site alot, but it's friggin awesome!
http://www.oldamericancentury.org/dry_drunk.jpg
After this exhibition, I am still amazed that Bush's ratings are so high. Are there really some people out there who believe Bush is a good President? They really need to seek professional help.
there was a great lecture with Chomsky yesterday on Dem Now.. THIS BULLSHIT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ALIVE,, Palestine is no longer a viable state. These guys know it. I dont quite understand why they are even going thru the motions,, I guess it is just distraction.. I cant believe they got the Palestinians to show up.. Im an anti-theist, secularist. Therefore dont believe Israel has the right to exist and should be dismantled, just laying my cards on the table. What has happened to the Palestinians as a result of this attempt, which now looks successful - to create a Jewish state, is just criminal on the deepest levels. Again, shame on the US for partaking in the funding of this catastrophe. No one even speak of the 1967 lines which were the only that allowed for a viable 2 state solution. Which i still think is bullshit mind you,, but anyway,, Bush is a tool however there is much more to be really fucking wrecked about..
I wonder how long it will be before Bush needs people to hold him vertical, like Boris Yeltsin in his last months.
mista @ 97:
Because the Democrats don't have the cajones to impeach him, I thought EVERYBODY knew that. In fact, can you people BLAME him for being drunk!? How would YOU feel if you had to wake up every single day and do a job that you knew was WAY over your head, and everybody hated you for your incompetence? I'm sure HE wishes he was gone from The White House more than ANYBODY, but he can't resign, because that would be admitting failure (again). So, the poor guy is probably sitting at home HOPING that he'll get impeached so that he can get the heck OUT of this, and be able to blame it on somebody else. All in all, I'm sure he'd much rather be writing his memoirs in Kennenbunkport (screw the ranch, he always hated clearing brush), about how the evil Democrats kicked him out of office JUST as he was about to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
PLEASE, you stupid, spineless Democrats...put the poor guy out of his misery!
Janet @ 83:
I found that quite disturbing, too. But it needs to be repeated.
Most. Clueless. President. Ever.
So Bush is not going to take any part in the negotiations, but you can bet he will take credit for it if it does lead to a deal.
I bet boosh bolts his food too, and then expects a trophy for the really nasty belch that inevitably follows.
Let's hope it was a belch.
My uncle was such a drunk that he once, in full view of my cousins and I while we watched cartoons in the living room, pissed on the sofa thinking he was in the bathroom. This sad President brings back those same embarrassing memories.
I have an announcement: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IS ON DRUGS. I tell you, HE IS ON DRUGS.
The Israeli-Palestinian angle of the summit is a red herring. The real reason for this is so Bush can keep pushing his propaganda campaign against Iran that will allow the US to eventually bomb the shit out of them.
Alcohol and cocaine abuse can do a lot of damage.
Bat Guano @ 129:
Don't I know it.
Please, kill me!
foolme1ns @ 95:
Where's my hammer? You nailed it! :)
The first lady should suffocate that bastard during his afternoon nap. She would be my hero! My mother now in her 80s said she would kill Georgie Porgie if given half a chance! YAY Mom!
What a fucking embarassment.
He is obviously drunk. Bush thugs don't believe in peace talks. Condi made him attend or he wouldn't get any from her.
porter melmoth @ 127:
They should remove the fried egg from the old 'This is your brain on drugs" commercial and substitute this speech from Double Dumbass instead.
President Cliff Notes, at it again.
We're fucked until this dolt moves on
Paul @ 137:
He borrowed Cliff Claven's notes?
Utterly amazing. He looks, talks and acts like a confused third-grader. Or maybe it's more accurate to say he looks, talks and acts like a drunken, coke-addled frat boy -- the guy deputized to get the kegger to the toga party on time. I mean, what a major screw-up. Interesting, the only time he makes a modicum of sense is when he's talking about death and mayhem and destruction.
He's never, EVER been my president. My president hails from Tennessee and is a Nobel laureate.
After seven long years, I find that my hatred for this waste of DNA just continues to increase.
Seems fair enough to me.
The less this idiot has to do with something, the more likely it is to succeed.
Hmm, I detect a dumb-ass comment at post No. 139.
Slartibartfast @ 139:
Many of us do a quick check-in from time to time. Yes, it's at work. I imagine that my combined time of quick check-ins is about 10-20 minutes. That's one break time or less. You might check with the right-wing blogs and right-wing talk radio to judge how many people are contributing of their time to those causes. Make a study and see which side does more. In my opinion, it's of vital importance to criticize the current administration. It's a public duty. If things get snarky, it's because we are frustrated that Bush & Co. still command such corrupt power. Satire is a great tension-breaker. Plus, there's usually a lot of truth in it.
A man in this position, with any reasonable level of competence and respect for others, would at least have reviewed his speech before reading it. Some names are hard to pronounce. A reasonable person would have asked for some coaching. His arrogance and disregard for others is stunning. It's like his use of the word "nuclear." He continues to say "nucular" after seven years as the man who controls this stuff. Common sense would tell us that someone has told him how to pronounce the word, but he continues in his ignorance and arrogance. He reminds me of cattle in a feedlot, standing comfortably in their own shit. He would be funny if he weren't president.
porter melmoth @ 143:
Hmm, the post that's now at No. 139 isn't the one (by Slartibartfast) that I referenced earlier. Must have been deleted. Electrons passing the day and night ...
Pat Whitty @ 145:
Bush and Cheney and their ilk are laughing all the way to the bank. When all is said and done, they will still be obscenely wealthy--and the Corporate Thugs backing them will be well satisfied with their performances.
Not to be a killjoy, but each and every one of us shares responsibility for the current state of our nation. Notice I DID NOT say blame! As Gandhi said, "We must be the change we wish to see in the world." This means the LOT of us must protest loudly and we MUST acknowledge AND address the deleterious aspects of our vaunted 'free market' economy. Don't be fooled by the 'wealth carrot' they dangle in front of you! If we don't stop the Corporatists, the inevitable revolution will be bloodier than any of us can imagine.
By the way, if you are sitting there, feeling powerless, you are not alone. However, when the peasants in France got a clue, the aristocracy got the guillotine, remember? The Corporatists' wealth won't protect them when revolution comes.
Kitty Militia @ 147:
No more C students for president. The world cannot afford it.
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