WTF? The asshole calls a senator "Nellie"...

roseBudd

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:00 PM
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WTF? The asshole calls a senator "Nellie"...

From WaPO:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100879.html

"When Mr. Bush got to Omaha, Neb., waiting was Sen. Ben Nelson, perhaps his most reliable Democratic ally in the first term; the senator had been told of the event by a Nebraska Republican. Before 11,000 people, Mr. Bush called Mr. Nelson a Democrat 'who is willing to put partisanship aside to focus on what's right for America.'

"In the limousine afterward, Mr. Nelson said he, Mr. Bush and several others mostly gabbed about University of Nebraska football, and the president agreed to quit calling him 'Nellie' and to call him 'Benator' instead. The president hasn't talked to Mr. Nelson since."

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Rabrrrrrr

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:02 PM
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1. That's old news - that happened back in April

Still, it's just like Fuckstick.

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roseBudd

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:05 PM
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3. I didn't think his nicknames were quite that meanspirited considering

what a Nellie is.

He is a bully, plain and simple.

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SammyBlue

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:03 PM
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2. He calls journalists "major league assholes"

And he calls us stupid with his lies. You're surprised?

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complain jane

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:13 PM
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4. What's most surprising is that he

occasionally manages to string together a sentence in the first place let alone calling people stupid names like the complete fucking jackass that he is.

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Straight Shooter

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:18 PM
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5. bush never shows anybody any respect. Nobody. Ever.

Little man, little thoughts.

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YoungDemocrat

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:35 PM
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6. Damn

I'm considered by my peers to be a sometimes inconsiderate person, but I would never call a Senator by anything other than "Senator _____".

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FormerRepublican

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Thu Oct-20-05 06:38 PM
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7. If they're Republican, I call them a whole LOT of things other than...

..."Senator ______"!!

But hey, that's just me. I get a little riled after they destroy America.

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Cha

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Thu Oct-20-05 07:12 PM
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8. Yeah, nelson..thanks for

putting what's better for the country above partisian politics..you asshole. How's that for a nic?

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Lisa

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Thu Oct-20-05 07:17 PM
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9. revealing, isn't it! His choice of "memory aids" ...

I'm convinced that Bush's much-vaunted ability to remember people's names hinges on the fact that he deliberately assigns them insulting and demeaning nicknames. So essentially, the only way in which they can make a dent in his consciousness is on his OWN terms ... that's how he sees them. Foreign leaders too -- "Pootie-Poot" = President Putin) and "Dino"(saur) = Prime Minister Chretien.

And now that he's powerful, he can make these nicknames public knowledge, and people are afraid to do anything about it -- he probably gets a childish thrill out of it.

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