Bush is Nixon WITHOUT the competence.

What I say is:

Bush should leave the White House in handcuffs.

You've gotta be kidding me! Obama act like Bush? Bush never spoke sloppy in public? Is this guy nuts. Probably. Like all wing-nuts, the truth is never an option.

This is just denial in its most absurd form. They are threatening from a position of weakness because they haven't accepted the fact that the Right has been repudiated by the electorate. The sad thing is that the Democrats under Reid and Pelosi have bought into the Right Wing framework. We need new leadership that knows how to exercise power, so that idiots like Hinderaker look as foolish as they truly are.

I sincerely hope that Obama recognizes that the Democratic leadership is actually weak enough that they might listen to such nonsense. I suspect he does. I look forward to new leadership among the Democratic party as much as I look forward to a new president. I want people who know how to exercise power and demonstrate leadership, not this spineless compromise-at-any-cost go-along-to-get-along philosophy.

Please refer to subject line.

Maybe Power Line is trying to get into satire, to stave off the impending irrelevance.

Foreign Leaders spoke better english then Bush. Bush made up words and looked/acted like the idiot he is. He did admit in 2001 when he spoke at Princeton U. that he was drunk for 4 years in college and he got his degree because his Father gave a building to the college. That's on video tape for those who don't believe. Most of the time during Bush's Press Conferences he was drunk and even during visits overseas. Try reading the Foreign Press who covered it.

Obama is an educated well spokeen man and the GOP will have to get use to it. Yes Bill Clinton and other Presidents were well educated as they explain their policy to the World as GW used the only thing he knows the uneducated talk that he was allowed to do because his Daddy is rich.

Bush is an awesome speaker.

method of republican wingnuttery. state the exact opposite of reality.

it's amazing they've gotten this far.

If this is what we are working against, then why do we even bother to show up?

The endless lies and bullshit from these people have become numbing. I choose to believe nothing the Repukes say and if later it turns out to be truthful, cool.

Anyone who thinks that anybody, let alone President Obama (that feels so cool to say), who is an inspiring speaker, could "take a lesson" from Bush as a speaker is either seperated from any sense of reality or is writing in bad faith, or lying if you prefer. Either way, who the fuck cares what such a person would think?

If this idiot thinks Bush was any kind of an example ro follow, he needs to lose his job. He clearly shows he has no knowledge of the English language.

The shrub is a genius. Let's see, he managed to loot the country, commit various war crimes, get habeas corpus repelled, spy on Americans, made rendition legal, shred the Constitution and assorted other crimes and he gets to GET AWAY with it all because the dems are a bunch of spineless, worthless whores.

Also, how is the election of a conservative the repudiation of conservatism?

Other than that, yes, shrub is a lousy speaker.

To those who would tear the world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. See I can neocon too.

"it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal blunders he has committed..." Dude... what ARE you smoking...? There are multiple web pages devoted to NOTHING but Bush's mangled syntax... His "awesome" communication skills are a staple of laughs on SNL, The Tonight Show and Letterman, just to name a few...
I know these jerkwads are out of touch with reality... but geez...

Cummings must be spinning in his grave right now. Lest anyone forget, his reaction to the news of Warren G. Harding's death is as follows:

"The only man, woman or child who wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead."

I would love to hear what he would have to say about Bush.

I really found this funny, there are websites that are dedicated to how Bush talks. My favorite Bushism is:
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once — shame on — shame on you. You fool me, you can't get fooled again."

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between mother and child. It's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country. But it isn't pollution that's harming the environment, it's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. Ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport. The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself. We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates. The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway. My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire. See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction. I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace. If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator. This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating. I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things. I'm the master of low expectations. People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you. Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

Yeah. Right.

Maybe the only words of Bush's Obama needs to remember is the immortal, 'fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can't get fooled again.'

That blogger has to be kidding right?
Is that person so wrapped up in denial and refusal to even suggest Governor Bush is a good orator?
My 2 year-old daughter can make her point better than the lame-duck-in-chief.
Funny how the conservative right wants a Black man to do things their way. It's a by-product of Southern Colonialism that seems so dated, yet people attempt this in their business lives and other places. I was at a Knicks game and I heard a fan yell something borderline racist to a player, really makes you think how some people's culture hasn't progressed at all. No worries though, the conservative right's influence on American government will be outmoded January 19, 2009.

The GOP is evidently literally challenged; no wonder no one is interested in Bush's memoirs. They apparently not only worship the speaking style of Bush; but, also Sarah Palin's.
That speaks volumes about the Hillbilly (their own Palin GOP words) mentality.
The thing is the daily "Spaghetti Tactic" of throwing something hateful and seeing what sticks; is only working against them. Let them bury their neocon small c christian self.
What they say, what they fling is falling on deaf ears. The American public has seen through their lies, distortions and hate.

One thing we have to do is to get rid of the voting machines or we are destined to get someone else that is equally ignorant as head of state.

The OBGYNE love statement is one of my all time favorites.

Hey C&L, are you getting a good cheque from the right wing push pollsters over at SodaHead? Their banner ads are hilariously discordant with the tone of this blog. Always with the right wing fear based smear "surveys" like "are you ready to kiss your paycheck goodbye" or "Did Obama BUY the election?" or remember "Who Will Cheat on their Wives"? with a picture of a stern looking Barack and Michelle, and a happier looking Cindy and John. Of course, the answer was McCain had ALREADY!

Anyway, I guess I'm for free enterprise and I like seeing you get paid but those Conservative banners are jarring. No?

If the average person acted as delusionally as most of these RW idiots, they would be committed by their families for the rest of their lives. But this reminds me of when the MSM would go around saying hoe Shrub was fluent in Spanish, and every time the stupid mother-fucker would attempt to speak Spanish, it was like the first day in HS language class:
"Hola, Isabel. Como esta?"
Christ, what a fucking maroon.

Here's another Bushism: "America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness, and for the unalienalienable right of life"

Yes, we want our new president to be just like that. NOT!

Obama thinks he is a good talker...

He talks real good, And his grammar is much gooder than yours. So after you've mastered the English language, feel free to offer advice.
However, as long as you aren't talking so good yourself, STFU.

Bush's speech had so much impact, because people were aghast at his lack of everything, from the English language to Foreign and domestic affairs. Not because he was a compelling speaker -- or talker, as you would say, Einstein.

In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal blunders he has committed

Funniest fucking bullshit I have all day. ^^^ Nice addition to your cred file, stupid.

What was it boosh said about all our enemies never rest planning to do the US harm, and neither do we?

If the past eight years had been a porn film, Hindrocket is the "fluffer". You can wipe your chin now, dude.

"He chooses his words with care and precision, which is why his style sometimes seems halting. In the eight years he has been President, it is remarkable how few gaffes or verbal blunders he has committed."

remarkable how few gaffes? you could make a book with bush's gaffes? even wingnuts should be able to see that. right?

Please ignore your education, your values and the American people and be like Bush.

_The Lunatics at Powerline.

Obama thinks he is a good talker... this shows how this writer is a bad writer. One would never write 'Obama thinks he is a good talker' - speaker - dear one - speaker!

Obama thinks he is a good speaker...

We all know that Obama is a fabulous orator. Speaking is one of his fortes. His presentation is extraordinary and seldom found in politicians.

The guy who wrote this is a tool.

Bush's thousands of gaffs are surely the direct result of that wire in his ear that tells him what to say.

His stumbling and stupid jokes we can probably credit him with.

Use the same doors when departing the stage like Bush does.....like big oak ones with the big, shiny handles on doors that don't open.

I'd expect nothing less delusional from John Hindraker from Power Line.

Does anyone else remember how Power Line billed themselves as non-partisan right after Bush got elected?

I love it when wingnuts play that game.

... for all of his "gaffes."

Reich-wingers hate language. They hate intelligence. Damn, they hate just about everything.

"It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can't get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile."
—John Hinderaker, Power Line Blog, July 28, 2005.

Methinks I detect a certain inappropriate, well lets call it "attachment" to Dubya. Can't think of another explanation.

or anyone who's been on Mars for 8 years, i highly recommend this site:
http://www.dubyaspeak.com/
A compendium, or should I say compendidumb of the many gaffes of Dear Leader
enjoy!

"Bush never gets sloppy when he is speaking publicly."

I really chortled when I read that line. Has this dude ever seen a Bush press conference? Has he never heard Bush try and pronounce the word "nuclear"?

I won't go to Cracked.com today; this post is too much fun for one day.

wat! bush has a reputation for being a horrible speaker. what is this guy on, I want some!

...uh...can't get fooled again.

I had an exchange of emails with Hinderaker once, in the belief I was speaking with a human being I could reason with. As time wore on it became indisputably apparent that he does not use logic or reason, lies with impunity and was wasting my time, and enjoying it immensely. Read the definition of a sociopath; it describes him aptly.
My advice is to ignore what he says (because its always bullshit), but, by all means, hold the msm accountable for the airtime they give him (except for Fox, don't waste your time with them either)

In worshipping and raising stupidity and abject ignorance to newer heights, it is common knowledge that Republicans are simply in a class by themselves. They consider such 2nd-grade (and 2nd rate) intellects as Sarah Palin stars of their ilk; braying maniacs such as Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly are their media superstars; dazzling creationists and intelligent design peddlers are their inspirational models.

But even by these abysmal measures of glorified stupidity, inanity and dark-age mindsets- this Hinderaker outperforms them all (even if the competition is tremendous)!

A bumbling, tongue-tied, speech-impaired, pathetic and clueless tower of moronic stupidity, who has become a worldwide symbol of shame and derision for this country (not counting his vicious, destructive legacy, his extreme war crimes and genocide, his treasonous acts of spying on Americans, violations of civil rights, trampling international law and the Geneva Conventions, torture, renditions, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib- and on and on- crimes worthy of Nuremberg and impeachment many times over)- such an abysmal sample of human waste IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF SPEECH AND COHERENCE TO THIS IRREDEEMABLY PATHETIC FOOL.

I think these stupendous idiots that have polluted the airwaves and mass media for so long (almost interminably)- the only right thing to do is to purposely ignore them, and drive them into oblivion. In reality, of course, this will never happen. Part of the reason is that there are their intellectual brethren in the MSM (Tweety, Tim Russert, the murderous Faux Snooze clowns- I do not consider any of these vigorous intellectual minds, by a longshot) who will keep these fools in the public airwaves to celebrate ignorance, as insulting as this might be to normal, bright, rational people.

Delusional on a level that is plainly frightening.
It's scary that these nuts actually do believe this nonsense.
This is not only disturbing but one of the stupidest observations I can remember reading anywhere on the Tubes.

I swear, this John Hinderaker and folks like him are determined to keep Saturday Night Live in business forever.
This is the funniest political commentary I have ever heard.
Bush a clear talker? Ha Ha Ha. you could fill a library with books about his mangling of the English language.

What "Bush" is this guy talking about?? Go to the "humor" section of any bookstore in America and there will be entire books of dumb shit this asshat has said!

Oh come on, liberals. Hinderaker is merely trying to convince station owners that Bush deserves a talk radio program. This would greatly benefit Jon Stewart and others.

One thing that really appeals to me about Obama is that he _does_ answer thoughtfully like a college professor. After eight years (really 16 years) of fake "Aw, shuck-ins. I's just folk." I was concerned that his demeanor could be an issue. Thank goodness I was wrong. Yes, we can. Yes, we can rise up and act like an intelligent nation again.

A post like this helps relieve the pain of the last eight years.

I'm not one who forwards links to people very often, but I forwarded this to everyone I know with this comment:

This is not written satirically or ironically: the author is serious. I repeat, the author is serious. Also as mad as a hatter. One seldom sees something so clearly and unambiguously originating from an alternate reality.

One person replied "does gravity work sideways in his world?"

I believe that we need to find common ground with conservatives of ideological opponents; Obama won a convincing victory but it wasn't a landslide. But how can you find common ground with people who are working from completely different facts and perceptions? This goes beyond being selective, it is willful distortion.

I know this makes me a 'hater' (an epithet which for some reason only applies to people on the left), but there are some things to which ridicule and mockage are the only appropriate response.

Earlier this year C&L ran this item about a Fox News valentine to President Bush which included the narrator delivering an equally hilarious line:

FOX Host: From the beginning George W. Bush has been frequently ridiculed for his speaking style, now seven years later he's credited with some of the most eloquent and visionary speeches ever delivered by an American President.

The Daily Show had the appropriate reaction:

Stewart: Who has credited him with that?

Oliver: That guy, just, just now, the guy on TV. You just saw him. You see, FOX News understands that a man's legacy is not defined not by what the man does, but by what people on television say he does about him.

Or maybe by what people say on web sites. If you repeat it often enough, people will think it's true. Hey, it's worked OK up until recently.