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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:43 PM
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It finally dawned on me...Bush's immaturity...he's a child.
I don't see or hear Bush much...I generally rely on DUers' descriptions of his speeches and press conferences.

But I have to admit, this guy is terrible. He's acts like a small boy: very immature. I watched the exchange between him and David Gregory on Crooks & Liars and this is what I saw:

"...don't violate the law

Lemme finish...!

...don't violate the law

...don't violate the law

Article III, blab, blab, blab..."
(goes on blabbering for a couple of minutes without saying anything)

"...don't violate the law"

So he makes a big thing about letting him finish, essentially cutting off a reporter's follow-up, but then goes on repeating what he has already said?!?!?

He's eating up time. I've seen this strategy in a few other press conferences he's given. It's a child's way of avoiding accountability. My 8-year-old son does the same thing when he's scolded: "Why did you do this?" "I...um...um...I...well...um... "Why...?" "Lemmee finish... I...um...um...well..."

He's terrible... He never grew up.

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cspanlovr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:45 PM
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1. Yes, he's infantile. I WISH he were 7!
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:45 PM
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2. Too much booze brought back the terrible twos
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cspanlovr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:48 PM
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3. Thats wonderful...did you make that up?
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:54 PM
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10. Yah. just now. I was in a rhyming mood, I guess. *l*
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:24 PM
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19. I went to AA meetings
after I'd left a drunk because I knew there were things to learn that Al Anon hadn't taught me.

One of the things I learned is that addiction stops emotional development cold at the age the addiction took over. Rehab and self help groups are what help the addict/alcoholic start to grow up once the addiction is recognized.

I gauge Stupid's age at about 15. We know he loves Jesus so much he's never had any treatment.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 07:44 PM
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26. Also, he is constitutionally incapable of being honest with himself,
or any kind of introspection whatsoever. He projects all his darkness on the world "out there" and anyone who disagrees with his childish world view is perceived as the enemy.

Emotionally he seems to be around 3 years old tops. However I wish he was 18 so we could send him off to Iraq. Somebody needs to make a man out of him.
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ProgressiveEconomist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 12:53 AM
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41. Dubya sure displays rigidity, isolation, and denial--classic alcoholic/child
Edited on Sat Sep-16-06 12:55 AM by ProgressiveEconomist
of-alcoholic personality traits.

Was GHWB and/or Barb a heavy drinker when Dubya lived with them?
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:48 PM
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4. Agreed - Bush is a spoiled little baby, a brat, a bully.
And as long as he doesn't have to get his hands dirty by doing something disgusting like serve his country in Viet Nam or work to earn a living, he's willing to force others to do the things he won't do.

We have a real problem here in America. And his name is George W. Bush.
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KayLaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:50 PM
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5. He's not the only one
During the 2004 debates, I was struck by Cheney's stunning immaturity, then, when I heard him speak, I felt the same about Bolton. Neocons, I guess.
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cspanlovr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:52 PM
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8. Narcissism, pure and simple.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:51 PM
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6. He never received the love and recognition from two warm
and supportive parents. That's it.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:32 PM
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20. you don't think life with Babs and Poppy was warm and loving...?
:rofl:
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:51 PM
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7. Actually thats an insult to your 8 year old, Shrub says You um um, at
Edited on Fri Sep-15-06 04:52 PM by orpupilofnature57
least your son claims some responsibility,by saying I.Shrub thinks it's a big game of " I'm rubber your glue " Which would bore most 8 yr olds.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 04:54 PM
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9. and some more of his comments today...
"The point I just made is the most important point" " You can ask the question all you want"

So I guess he is telling us that he doesn't care what we say he is the decider and we have no choice but to follow his stupid ass. I have been watching this nut for years and have been wondering why some can't see and some continue not to see that he is incompetent.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:02 PM
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11. that's what happens with young drunks
they stop maturing at the age they start abusing alcohol and drugs. That's why he always acts like a petulant 12 year old. No offense meant to 12 year olds.
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 11:27 PM
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38. None taken
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:03 PM
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12. Acts like a 4 year old whose mother didn't buy that candy bar at the store
His actions are very similar to a 4 year old who was told no by mother.
He has never been told no before.
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Hav Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:07 PM
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13. .
Even worse, he is like a child that has never learned to accept a "no". Bad parents I suppose.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:11 PM
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14. When I was two and had a tantrum, the doc told my mother to
toss a glass of cold water in my face. My mother said I never had another tantrum.

I think someone needs to turn the hose full blast on Dim Son.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:11 PM
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15. I liken him to a spoiled toddler.
His parents did a horrible job raising him. He needs a time out. A very long time out.
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CarlVK Donating Member (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:14 PM
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16. He's the poster child of social promotion
Brought up in poliical aristocracy, coddled like a spoiled arrogant little prick of a child, protected from his own foolishness time and time again clear into his adulthood, even having brushes with the law virtually made invisible to public view.

Of course he's a child. That's what he's always been.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:16 PM
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17. I blame his family, Battle Axe Barb fawned all over him and George Sr.
was an absentee father phoning it in.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 07:47 PM
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27. Honestly, I think he was born rotten.
His parents just added fuel to the fire.
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Indy65 Donating Member (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 09:37 PM
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35. Born rotten
I think he is the bad seed,remember the movie.
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:16 PM
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18. Scary, isn't it?
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orpupilofnature57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 07:07 PM
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23. Yes what were the ? % , thinking?
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Freedom_from_Chains Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 08:33 PM
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32. That's just it, they weren't, thinking that is. n/t
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 05:34 PM
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21. Read up on him. It's worse than you think.
He's the kid who blew up frogs. The sibling who shot his brothers with a bb rifle. The college student who trashed his apartment and ran off without paying the cleaning deposit. Those are just a few I recall off the top of my head.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 06:24 PM
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22. EXACTLY. Psychopaths cannot TOLERATE being thwarted.
Edited on Fri Sep-15-06 06:25 PM by WinkyDink
Or even challenged. Bush HATES THESE REPORTERS.

Added: And the college bast**d who BRANDED others on the BUTTOCKS.
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ProgressiveEconomist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 08:04 PM
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29. WP says at AGE 16 Dubya shot his little brother with an air rifle
Edited on Fri Sep-15-06 08:05 PM by ProgressiveEconomist
as well as killing thousands of frogs in the meadow behind the estate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13603-2004Nov25.html
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 07:09 PM
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24. the secret prisons violated the law. . . . "SO WHAT?"..
Edited on Fri Sep-15-06 07:11 PM by annabanana
He actually said "So what?" to Matt Lauer. I could barely believe my ears.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 07:10 PM
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25. He is -- literally -- a textbook sociopath
Seriously. Fits it to a T.
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kerry-is-my-prez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 07:54 PM
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28. it might be related to low iq - stupid people are very childlike too
n/t
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BREMPRO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 08:08 PM
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30. immature, belligerent, insane, and now a chauvinist!
when he was impatient with David Gregory for asking a tough hypothetical question about the Geneva conventions, he wanted to move on and blurted "next man!" 3 times- like the press corp was some old boys club or military barracks. He was also notably more dictatorial and angry today, like the chancellor in V for Vendetto
scary.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 08:18 PM
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31. A child with his finger on 'the' button. Very scary.
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 08:39 PM
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33. He just has arrested development because he's never had to accept
the consequences for his actions. Someone was always there to bail him out when he got into trouble. And I bet it's going to happen again because the Democrats are too much of peace doves to go for the throat.
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femrap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 08:42 PM
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34. I think he's more dangerous than that....
he's a sociopath. No conscience. He blew up frogs as a boy...now he blows up people.

Plus he's a sadist...I think he actually enjoys inflicting pain on others...he gets his kicks from knowing he causes others to suffer.

I wish he had never been born.
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cyberpj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 10:41 PM
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36. Anyone here familiar with AA and "King Baby" personality? It's GWB. nt
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Mr_Spock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 11:05 PM
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37. Republicans are stuck in high-school mode - FOREVER!!
Edited on Fri Sep-15-06 11:06 PM by Mr_Spock
Ever notice how they like to make fun of people based on childish HS attitudes?

Republicans are high-school kids that never grew up and never became independant from peer pressure.

They are children their entire lives.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 11:33 PM
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39. Are you saying that his parents weren't the finest one could find?
Please see the geneology photodocument here:

http://www.goharrison.com/stories_reports.htm
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 11:53 PM
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40. He reminds me of Joe Besser, of the Three Stooges
Besser replaced Shemp and was well-known for acting like a bratty, obnoxious child in the body of an adult. Anyone who might remember the Abbott & Costello TV show from the mid-1950s would remember Joe Besser in the role of "Stinky", the bratty, completely obnoxious child dressed in an oversized Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit, shorts, and a flat top hat with overhang, as well as an all-day sucker he used to hit people with.
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agincourt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 01:11 AM
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42. I think he's loaded up on "candy"
even if he don't drink anymore.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 02:48 AM
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43. That's what happens when you spoil someone too much.
They never really grow up.
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:09 AM
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44. wouldn't we like to know his IQ? i think that would speak volumes. n/t
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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 07:36 AM
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45. I felt that way ever since he declared himself the "decider"
"I'm the decider and I'll decide what's best." Reminded me of a playground bully.
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