Bush's best moment in office? Reeling in big perch (Reuters)

BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush told a German newspaper his best moment in more than five years in office was catching a big perch in his own lake.

"You know, I've experienced many great moments and it's hard to name the best," Bush told weekly Bild am Sonntag when asked about his high point since becoming president in January 2001.

"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound (3.402 kilos) perch in my lake," he told the newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.

Bush said the worst moment was September 11 when hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-05-07T100113Z_01_L07638085_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BUSH-FISH.xml&archived=False

A fucking perch? He can't point to something significant in the WH itself, (which is a friggin' crime in itself) but a 7 lb perch gets the nod? If it were a bass, ok. But a Perch on his privately stocked lake?

What a sociopath.

Maybe he could have caught a sheefish north of the arctic circle. A trophy bass, in a non-stocked environment. A fresh from the sea steelhead. Maybe handwrestled a monster channel cat from some nameless lake. But a perch? From his own pond? That speaks volumes about how truly mediocre and pathetic * is.
You're born into all that money and power, get appointed preznit, and the best you can do is a perch? I'm stunned.

Thanks for the laugh!

Nile perch. Non-native. They can get that big I guess. Bigger than native perches at any rate. But he's probably lying about the size of his fish too!

is in the family Centropomidae.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_perch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia

I goofed. But we do have tilapia in Texas (not sure about the other) that have been released. Not sure if he would stock that in his lake though.

http://www.hotspotfishing.com/records/fish-records-Perch.asp

Of course that still begs the question of whether they would be in his lake. It might have been a carp for all we know.

Obviously, what he calls "HIS LAKE" is what people renamed New Orleans after Katrina: "LAKE GEORGE."


:evilgrin:

Now seriously, couldn't make this shit up.

that's a striped bass not a perch and I'd say that's less than 7.5 lbs.

Bass or perch, 7lb or 3lb... it doesn't matter.

You people are living in a <I>reality-based world</I>. Dear Leader creates his own reality.

Get on with the program!!!

:patriot:

:sarcasm:

He's got the common touch, not like those thinkers and planners who hurt our troops by questioning his wisdom.

It's enough to make Baby Jesus poop his diaper.

But we can cheer him up. Let's all have a beer with him!

(Bush, not Baby Jesus.)

--p!
"You don't fuck with the Jesus, man. He fuck you up the ass."
(Lebowski 7:16)

His best was actually 9/11 because it gave him a blank check for everything.

His worst was catching the fish because Uncle Cheney wouldn't led him hold the fishing pole.

:rofl:

:banghead:

re-earning the title!:spank: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

I am totally dumbfounded! OMG, this is worse than I thought. Seriously folks, if he really said this, we are in deeper shit than we thought. I am about to drop some tears.

no, it's been abundantly clear before the perch story. this is just a little-bit of that faux homespun shitkicking that's par for the course.

that he is the biggest asshole on the planet.

HE caught a big fish. Isn't he cool? :sarcasm:

The man is a pathological narcisst.

http://www.halcyon.com/jmashmun/npd/dsm-iv.html

no comment if it isn't.

It will get some coverage.

Because Bild could not immediately furnish English quotes, Bush's comments were translated from the German. The paper said the White House planned to release an authorised English version of the interview on Monday.

Watch them whitewash this interview and the MSM fall for it (again).

. . . und was war der beste Moment Ihrer Amtszeit?

Wissen Sie, ich habe viele großartige Momente erlebt. Es fällt mir schwer, die großartigsten zu benennen. Ich würde sagen, der allerbeste Moment war, als ich einen Siebeneinhalb-Pfund-Barsch aus meinem See geangelt habe. (lacht)


White wash that if you can.

Any way you want to translate what comes out of that narcissitic sociopath is that he is should never even been allowed to get near the Oval Office, yet alone become the President of the United States of America.

WORST PRESIDENT EVER....

translated from the original bu$hese?

Playing the gee shucks I am just a normal joe/man of the people image has long worn thin.

come before him.

I'm so ashamed for Our Country. :blush:

2008 can NOT come fast enough for me. :(

- the perch his little pet used to roost on before it broke and drowned his elephant.

And why it broke is one more of those things we will never know for sure.

haahhahhaha. there is nothing this asshat won't lie about is there? wmd, fish...

they do get that big. But I see that now the story is largemouth bass. Check in tomorrow for an update.

http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/fish/percaflav.html
• World Record: 4 lbs, 3 oz, from Cross Wicks Creek, New Jersey, 1865

Walleyes get to be 10 lbs and they are members of the perch family. the Yellow Perch has vertical stripes, the Walleye is speckled.

He could have confused it with a smallmouth bass, but I doubt it.

Smallmouth Bass




Yellow Perch

for bush and his buddies.

No surprise to many of us, I'm sure.

But to say catching a fish has been the highlight of five years as president? He needs to be committed.

(Hear that Fitzgerald? And he said it was a "big one." <"One(s) is more like it."> Write up those Papers NOW!

Blow the whistle and give him the fucking trophy.

so we're stuck with the clown for now.

Truly, the fact that he can put in the same comparison balance his fishsing accomplishment and 9/11 is enough to prove his brain suffered from arrested development. He is still a child under that thick skull of his.

"the mind of a child" describes this self-centered manbeast to a T.

s/he saved tens or hundreds of thousands of lives before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina by mobilizing the entire mighty might of (what used to be) the richest nation on earth. Then s/he could point to an innovative recovery plan that would engage not only New Orleanians but also the entire country in a friendly and cooperative sharing and rebuilding effort that would help the economy and restore a small city to even better condition.

or it could have been when s/he brought the world together in peace and cooperation after the most horrific attack on U.S. soil (which would have been SO easy to do, what with the global outpouring of sympathy and assistance).

the little shit-stain is so far down on the scale of greatness that a new subterranean level has to be formulated just for him. From now on, for the next several hundred years, "sinking to the level of GWBush" will be the ultimate insult, indicating total and incomprehensible mediocrity and incompetence.

a great year for Laura and me." If that didn't stun, and cause at least some mainstream writers to say WTF, why should this?

I post this for contrast, from President Clinton's interview by Jim Lehrer, June 11, 1999:

wrong location

:headbang:

but after realizing he was talking about fishing, i pictured one of those wooden "will be back at" signs with the hands missing...

It's when he actually tries "being President" that bombs start dropping and levees start breaking.

Living for 6 years with the wizard of odd*, "don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain", I will never ever believe this was an actual honest to god real moment.

Think about it, has Moron* ever had a non-staged or non-photo op situation other than him falling from his bike?

I honestly wouldn't put it past either moron* or one of morons* fucktard minions to have a SS agent underwater in a scuba suit waiting to put a pre-caught fish on morons* line.

Or the other more likely scenario. The fish is plastic.

at least not that way.
That was the first thing I thought of when the press tried to make such a big deal about Mr. Terrorist Can't Run His Gun...
it was supposed to counteract the millions of images of the incompetent unelected imbecile in the WH.

was NOT the subject of the question. His best moment as President wasn't anything he did for this country, or the world, or any of its peoples.

His best moment as President was something he did by and for himself...and which no one cares about.

UGH. :banghead:

How did President Carter answer the question?

"I think the best time was probably dealing with the Middle East issue at Camp David," he said, "and even better I think was the peace treaty that came along six months later. I made a very difficult decision over the almost unanimous opposition of my cabinet and my staff to take the initiative and to go to Egypt and to go to Israel to try to get Begin and Sadat to agree on a peace treaty. And when they did sign-both of them signed the agreement-I guess that was probably my best moment."

http://www.americanpresident.org/history/jimmycarter/bi...


How did President Clinton answer the question?

JIM LEHRER: As we sit here right now, Mr. President, is this the best moment of your presidency?

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Oh, no, I won't say that. I don't know. So many things have happened here at home that have been important to me; passing economic plan, passing the Brady Bill and assault weapons ban, so many things have happened internationally, the role that I was fortunate to be able to play in the peace process in the Middle East and in Northern Ireland, but this could have the biggest long-term positive consequences if we do it right. But frankly, I hadn't, you know -- Sometimes people say "do you feel vindicated?" The answer is no. I think America has been vindicated. I think what we stand for has been vindicated. But keep in mind that there have been times in the past where people win a conflict and then squander the peace. So a lot of our work is still ahead of us. We've gotta get the people home, get the land mines up, work out the details of who is involved in the peacekeeping mission. We have to get this -- We've got to organize police forces and civil government for the Kosovars. And then the really big thing over the long-run, our European friends want to take the lead in this but we ought to help them, we've got to get the World Bank and all these other people involved in a development plan for the Balkans that involves not just Kosovo, but Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, and I hope someday Serbia if they have a government that respects freedom and democracy and human rights. So that these people have something pulling them together instead of these ancient ethnic troubles pulling them apart.

Now if we get all that done, it might be perhaps the most satisfying thing because it might prove that people can lay down their hatreds of people who are different. You know, I basically think free people will figure out a way to make the most of their lives and work out their problems if they can get the rules of engagement right. That's why I gave somewhat of an extended answer to what you said about the Republicans. Because, I think, you know, differences are good. Nobody's got the whole truth. But you gotta get the rules of engagement right. And I think what we did in Kosovo was profoundly important.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/europe/jan-june99/clinto...

My congratulations to herbster for finding this so quick and posting it in GD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1124668

:rofl:

deadeye killing hand raised birds, what's next shooting hand raised humans? Oh forget that deadeye already did that. This son of a bitch can't even lie very well, I've been fishing forever, and I've never heard of a perch that large.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1124748
world record perch

http://www.wdaweb.com/fishfacts.htm#White%20Crappie

Had to have been a bass.

Perch, Nile 213-8 Lake Nasser, Egypt Dec. 18, 1997 Adrian Brayshaw

him catching the perch was the biggest fuckin accomplishment he's had his entire presidency.

But it does speak to how useless he is.

n/t

Setting the bar kind of low, but of course this is * we're talking about here.

Oh, forget it.

He caught a big fish? Sheesh.

That said, I can't blame him for not being able to think of anything better during his presidency....I can't either.

The dust from the twin towers was still smouldering.
In a 2001 December TV interview with Barbara Walters or someone like her, George Bush said , "All in all, its been a great year for Laura and me.".

who will now get to boast about the biggest mud puddle he ever drove through in a 4x4.

I did my blog my this topic. I asked the question, "What do you suppose the Mad king is trying to tell us?"

This is the high moment of his presidency???

I cannot fucking believe this!!!! (Sorry for the expletive but this man has driven me to vulgarity.)

could have been crappie.;)

He never ceases to amaze.....

:puke:

DemEx

describing him as saying it as he was laughing, obviously joking. Why does the media have to make excuses for him?

and slapping the perch on the bank before dining.

and slapping the perch on the bank before dining, singing his little Gollum ditty.

It probably IS the best thing that he's done in the years he's held the office.

Sorry, I'm not very good at making fake photos, but you get the point.

Was his best moment invading Afghanistan or Iraq? Signing off on tax cuts for the wealthy or legislation that increased pollution? Outing an undercover CIA agent? Maybe it was when Dick shot that guy because, for once, Cheney looked dumber than him.

Yeah, go with the perch story, George. It's safe. And, no doubt, it has the Karen Hughes Seal of Approval™ for being just exactly what America's moms and dads want to hear. Let's just hope nobody catches on to the fact that perches that large exist only between your lying teeth.

The official story is that his best moment in office was when he caught a large mouth bass.

(I'm not kidding)

:wtf:

It doesn't give a source:

"Bush lists fishing as top presidential moment

WASHINGTON - U.S. President George W. Bush says his best moment as president was the time he caught a 3.4-kilogram largemouth bass. "

You need a registration for the rest of the story, but the exact quote given is: "I would say the best moment was when I caught a 7 1/2 pound largemouth bass on my lake," Bush said, laughing."

http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=6acec2a8-62f0-4251-8aa4-752a2cd5d2f5

It looks like Winston Smith has been at work again.

The pope's funeral.

Remember he said getting to go to the funeral was: "one of the highlights of my presidency."


Dead pope.

Dead fish.


Highlights to a man who has not a single worthy accomplishment to point to.

...a descendant of Jimmy Carter's "killer bunny" to catch it!

;-)

perch grow that big. I am pretty sure that 4 pounds would be considered very big. Does he even lie about things like fish? Or is he an incompetant fisherman too and does not know the difference between a perch and a large mouth bass or catfish?

but he doesn't want to admit it.

In the south, a lot of people call Talapia, Nile Perch.

They get very large but they are an exotic introduced species. That's not the type of fish, even this asshole wants to admit to catching. A large mouth bass is much more macho with the good ol' boy fishing types that he's trying to appeal to.

That's what pathological liars do.

Two years ago, he lied about falling off his bike because the trails were wet- and yet the weather records in Crawford showed that it hadn't rained in weeks. Why would anyone give a shit about why he fell off his bike? They wouldn't but a pathological lair doesn't care- they just lie whenever it suits them.

Then I read the latest douchebag comment or act this chimpanzee does and I can't believe I am so not proud to be an American

...but I'm too busy crying :cry:

...you should seen the one that got away!

:cry: