ESPN2 calls Bush a liar - Democratic Underground

jilln

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:27 AM
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ESPN2 calls Bush a liar

I am watching Cold Pizza, and they are discussing Wayne Gretzky and the NHL betting scandal. Some commentator was asked if he believed Gretzky yesterday when he said he had done nothing wrong, and the commentator said (paraphrasing):

I didn't believe him last night and I don't believe him even more today since he was discussing his wife's involvemente on the wiretap. And no, this lie doesn't rank up there with:

I did not have sex with that woman
I am not a crook
or
They had weapons of mass destruction.

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renate

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:29 AM
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1. Snap!

:applause:

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paineinthearse

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:30 AM
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2. Hope this is not a career-ending statement

Anyone know who owns ESPN? Who was the commentator?

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Botany

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:34 AM
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3. it is owned by disney

Even the very conservative jock talk shows have had it w/ bush.

No way he finishes his term.

After awhile the corporations will have to throw bush under the bus.

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paineinthearse

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Fri Feb-10-06 11:09 AM
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8. This guy's toast

He'll soon be covering high school baskeball in the hinterlands.

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jilln

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:36 AM
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4. I wish I could tell you who the commentator was...

I am just watching because Collective Soul is gonna be on, otherwise I could care less about sports and have never watched a sports show in my life. He seemed to be a guest, not one of the hosts, and neither of the hosts reacted negatively to his statement, they just kept nodding.

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Chemical Bill

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:37 AM
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5. Hello...

"I did not have sex with that woman" doesn't rank up there with:

"They had weapons of mass destruction." The ESPN2 guy is still wrong.

Bill

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jedicord

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:41 AM
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6. "No one died when Clinton lied"

I am so sick of hearing Repubs' retorts that Clinton lied too. Yeah, about a BJ, not a war.

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Ron Mexico

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Fri Feb-10-06 10:43 AM
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7. And Clinton, too. Good thing we're still focusing on such important stuff.

It never ceases to amaze me that Repugs wanted Clinton out for that, but whatever Bush does is okay.

More than anything, I've wanted Bush to get caught in an affair. That's apparently the only thing his Bible-thumping fuckhead supporters understand.

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jilln

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Fri Feb-10-06 11:19 AM
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9. agree completely with what you and Chemical Bill say...

but I think the category was "whoppers told by presidents", or "presidential lies with huge effects", I don't think anything else was meant by it.

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Ron Mexico

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Fri Feb-10-06 11:26 AM
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10. Part of my frustration here is that

the joke isn't funny to begin with, and I'm the type that gets offended at bad attempts at humor ten times more than the humor itself. Political humor should be left to people who are good at it. What the ESPN2 jerkoff did was try a tired old joke and not only failed to deliver it well, but selected a joke that had had all of the humor squeezed out of it ages ago. That would have offended me even if it had been all Republicans mentioned, but when you throw the Clinton thing in on top of it, now I'm doubly pissed.

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rucky

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Fri Feb-10-06 11:27 AM
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11. Skepticism of people in power is a healthy thing for the country.

If we played it up, we may actually be able to get some real reform.

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Ron Mexico

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Fri Feb-10-06 11:34 AM
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12. I completely agree, but

when it comes in the form of tired old humor it turns me off. I'd like to see political humor handled by those who are good at it. Even if the Clinton reference had been left out I can't imagine that anyone wouldthink this was actually really funny. How many times can you hear the same joke and still laugh? My capacity for that is pretty limited.

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