Man, I wish I hadn't written my column yet...because that was PRICELESS!

Holy shit, where do you start?

How about the non-answer to "why are you appearing together?" That was my favorite part. And you know why he didn't answer that question? Because there IS NO FUCKING ANSWER! At least not one that wouldn't completely humiliate and indict him.


At least it was until he got "What's the biggest mistake you've made since 9/11?" Talk about your deer in the headlights. And "I wish you'd given this question to me in advance..." Wow, who knew he would admit to this scripted-question bullshit on national TV?

And the utter refusal to take responsibility for anything...and he sounded very angry and defensive a lot of the time. And what about the "failed communicator" question? Just the question itself was enough to kill him...and his answer is that he hopes he's communicated his "conviction." I got your conviction right here, asshole...

Seriously, this man could not get through a job interview for ANYTHING. How'd he get to be President? No, wait, don't answer that question, I know.

Here's what I wanna know: I listened to the whole thing on radio. Did he look as bad as he sounded?

yeesh,

The Plaid Adder

Yes, he did. He needed a haircut, he was wearing a weird strobing tie, and he looked drunk. Absolutely pathetic.

That would explain the memory lapses and the slovenly look to him.

Don't they have barbers in Washington?

equally empty, slovenly, and phony.

He was doing the fake, tight faced smile. There's about eight threads on his tie alone. A couple of times he looked like he thought he might have made a funny and waited for the press corps to laugh and guess what? It didn't come. Oh and if you can, you MUST dig up a shot of Condi. Her face says it all.

You didn't miss anything.

Why do I feel like throwing up every time I see this clown?

:puke:

trying to give a book report on a book he hadn't read. He looked like a shallow, stupid, stubborn, vapid dolt.

When you haven't studied.

When he was asked how he responded to criticism that Iraq was becoming a quagmire like Vietnam...He said that was false and then babbled about something else.

I said, "now if you were in history class in high school and said "false" you would not be allowed to continue onto another subject without saying why it is false."

He looked totally in denial of reality to me.

I loved the way he dodged the question about testifying w/Cheney

The focus on what he has done and the absolute denial of EVER being wrong about anything .........I really don't know what to say.......

...he doesn't deserve to be president. And he won't be, either.

... that I was worried I'd soon run out of material.

when she hath such meet food to feed on?

Beatrice to Benedick, *Much Ado About Nothing.* I think of it often when I contemplate Bush.

@#$!,

The Plaid Adder

Appropriate to our earnest and abused troops.

feces at several of the reporters. I don't suppose they covered that on the radio, huh? But aside from that, it was a poised and confident performance from a pResident that surprises most with his command of the English language.

He is so eloquent and humble. He speaks with clarity and shows courage and honor by accepting the faults of his administration. He has shown the world a guiding light and the world loves him. God chose him to be our leader in this time of crisis...

Oops, I was channeling CSPAN for a second....

Won't they let you submit another, new column 'in honor' of all this total, complete BULLSHIT?!

Actually tomorrow's column will sort of be a response to this because it's about the whole "bringing democracy to Iraq" load of CRAP that was the only coherent thing he managed to vomit forth tonight.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

against the brown people???? my god, it`s a religious race war....

don't deny him his just due amount of scorn. Religious AND Racial war.


Pathetic

I wish SOMEONE had asked: "How many casualties are you willing to accept to reach your goal?" or: "Will there be a draft, Mr. President?"

time on their hands to look at his vocabulary. I suspect its about the 5th grade level. He uses very basic words and can't seem to find a word for what he means a lot of the time. It is amazing to me that this seems to be the elephant in the room and the press just ignores the fact the president of the united states is verbally inept.

close to 50% of the people will vote for him...by not watching you did save yourself from "the tie". it`s hard to think about a mistake when you believe you can do no wrong....

:evilgrin:
When's it being posted?

:D

In Comic Book Guy's voice. We laughed and laughed and laughed. Too bad it feels like the fate of the world is hanging in the balance. George is a bad boy, a bad, bad boy...

I think you saw the reason why they are appearing together tonight.

his response to the 9/11 co-hosting duties with Big Dick.

This man has taken the pregnant pause to a "sixth trimester". :dunce:

Just whne you think the dope can't get dopier...

so get to writing the next column

I wish a columnist would comment on how EVERYTIME he goes into TOTAL BULLSHIT MODE, he flares his fingers...and pats his torso (betweem the heart and power chakra). Every time. Whether he is sitting, standing, with a podium, without a podium. Just thought I would mention that since you asked what he LOOKED like....

If recut properly, the tape of that question would make a great Kerry campaign commercial. Have "Don's" question about anything The President would have done differently read by the narrator. Then let John Kerry answer and nail it. Then play Dubya's pitiful response, with all the loud still-camera shutters filling in the silence of his speechlessness.

Too bad The Donald is a Republican. Would need a Trump impersonator to finish the commercial by saying, "George W. Bush, YOU'RE FIRED"!

Kerry shouldn't lack for advertising material, that's for sure. Not after tonight's performance. Lousiest press conference performance I've ever seen, and I've been around politically since the LBJ/Kennedy days.

Maybe he'd do it!

I missed it, so I'm reading the transcript...what a fucking idiot!

"And the answer is that had I had any inkling whatsoever that the people were going to fly airplanes into buildings, we would have moved heaven and earth to save the country, just like we're working hard to prevent a further attack. "
So, Chimpy, you thought since it was an ordinary hijacking, you could sit with your thumb up your ass?

I keep wondering, when you're trying to prevent a hijacking, what the hell difference does it make WHY the hijackers want to hijack the plane?

Some other points...he didn't know that the "70 investigations" was wrong until TODAY?

And I loved the "We're anwering together because it's a good chance to answer together" statement.

By the way, who but a hand ful of right wing loonies ever said there should have been a pre-emptive bombing of Afghanistan?

So the answer is that he did nothing to counter traditional hijackings by Al Qaeda despite explicit warnings that there was a "gathering threat."

they've got to make a move soon to replace him...somehow...soon.

But I hope they don't.

I only listened to it on TV until I realized he was making such a botch of it. It was the stumbling, pausing, and the absolutely petrified tone in his voice, like that of a 12 year boy old trying to recite his lines in the school play on stage in front of strangers and blowing it, that caught my attention. I started to watch then, and the one about his worst decision was priceless.

The look on his face said it all at that point. He started to say something, you could see, but he pursed his lips and exhaled, getting puffy cheeks and looked like he had to pinch it off to keep from blurting out the truth of the matter, which is that he knew all along what was up and let it happen, or that he realizes what a mistake he made in ignoring all the warnings.

Either way he's screwed. I hope a still photo of that moment makes it onto the net.

I don't know the name of the reporter who asked him this but you will see references throughout all the threads about "maybe I need to be a better communicator."

The reporter mentioned Bush's slide in the polls, and when he said "you seem to say the same thing in every one of your press conferences" Dubya's head snapped to one side like a dog catchin' a whiff of some fresh Liv-A-Snaps. He kept making faces at the reporter as the questioning continued and (I believe) the camera DELIBERATELY avoided a close-up. After a few minutes of this snappy banter and Bush looking like he wanted to flee the room, he relented with the "hurt inner child" response of "maybe I need to be a better communicator."

He also had a pretty interesting look on his face when he made the crack about wishing he'd received the written question in advance so he could think about it.

I think one of the main areas in which this extremely well-planned conference went to hell in a handbasket was the common theme that most of the press corps managed to sneak in, in one variant or another: "At what point, Mr. President, AFTER 9-11, did you realize that you made a mistake? What was your biggest mistake? Have you learned any lessons? Do you feel that you owe the American people an apology?" And the killer, "you never admit your mistakes." With that single question, David Gregory will be checking the foot of his bed tomorrow for a horse's head, guaranteed.

Me, I gave up an hour or so of my life watching a horse's ASS.

He kept leaning on what a wonderful thing it would be to give the Iraqui people the democracy which they so justly deserve while the reporters asked him about casualties, additional troops, increasing anti-American sentiments and violence, and the very real possibility that his reward for going against the wishes of the nation he is purporting to lead may very well be a frigging pink slip.

You shoulda seen his blinkin' little beady eyes when he said "I'm not going to lose my job."

Trust me, you're gonna want a tape of this one. It's one for the time capsule, along with Nixon's "I'm not a crook."

Seriously, don't you WANT to see his face when he was asked point-blank if he'd gotten us into another Vietnam?????

:-)

:toast:

To be DVDd later today.

smarmy, smiley used-car salesman again. Little grin - AND one half-wink at one of the reporters - I think, Terry Moran, to underscore something. Very manipulative. GOD I HATE THAT SMIRK!!

but it was Priceless, couldn't pay an actor to do a better job.

Way over the Top in looney tunes.

actually, it's hopeless. these clowns give me enough material everyday!

everyone has pointed out the low points of the chimpy shuffle-duck-n-dodge last night.

and that TIE! as if he isn't annoying enough to look at we had that STROBING tie...

ARRGGHHH....

most sickening though, he 'understands' how 'tough' it's been for the people who have lost loved ones.

based on WHAT experience? and, does that include the thousands of Iraqis and Afghanis slaughtered?

i do so hate that POS

I wrote this the LAST time Bush gave a prime time press conference...

*Our President Gives a Press Conference, March 6, 2003*

I. LISTENING IN ON THE DRIVE HOME
Down a tunnel
carved through solid darkness
I am shooting
at seventy miles per hour
in a straight line
and every question
has the same
answer.

II. MESSAGE FROM THE WOMAN WHO SHOULD BE MY MOTHER-IN-LAW

Hello girls,
Mom here
We just listened to the President--
it was awful--
we just wanted to know
when you girls are leaving
I hope you will both
have a good rest
and enjoy
your vacation.


III. NO, I'M NOT A POET, I'M JUST...INSPIRED

I wonder why
all of a sudden now
I am writing poetry
all the time

I know the answer:
because rational discourse
is dead


IV. IT COULD HAPPEN

He has called on
that reporter
planted to ask him
how his faith is guiding him.

She stands,
and begins to tremble,
and from her mouth comes forth
a voice
that cannot be hers.

Her eyes stare,
and in tones that
shake the columns,
the voice says:

Good evening,
Mr. President,
I am the goddess
of language.

You have violated
everything I am
repeatedly
deliberately
brazenly
for two long years

I will no longer
suffer the stench
of your corrupted breath
I will no longer
remain captive
in the foetor
of your mouth.

These are the words
You will lose first:

peace
freedom
democracy
faith
God
prayer
innocent life
everything possible
true.

Every word
you blaspheme against
will leave you,
until finally
you will open your mouth
only in silence.

I did not want this.
I warned you.
You would not disarm;
And so I am
disarming you.
****************
November will be here before you know it,

The Plaid Adder