I don't understand the "comma" thing. What did Bush mean by "commas"?

Did he mean "astrix" and just not know the word for that punctuation mark? Or does that mean "part of a dependent clause" as in America liberated Iraq to the applause of the throngs, except a few people died in the following years?

In context (however loose it may be), it's almost as if he should have said "pause" or "blip" or something to mean delay.....not comma. It's really difficult to know exactly what the hell the idiot meant. :shrug:

and definitely not these guys:

in the grander scheme of things like WWIII

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003157235

Not surprisingly, this is rooted in current Christian teaching, often in reference to Jesus’s death, or more generally as “Don’t put a period where God puts a comma.”

:crazy:

But I doubt it. Christian denominations are no more monolithic in their world views than radical anti-Western Muslims are.

"Don't put a period, where God puts a comma" is a slogan that recently originated with more accepting, liberal churches.

There were several ads--for progressive churches--that used that "comma" slogan to stress that people shouldn't judge or be so abrupt in their thinking---because God often means more and does not stop with harsh judgments.

So, that quote probably isn't it.

Bush talks about commas, but his real passion is his colon. ;)

to denote a pause, or offer a visual break in what would otherwise be a long list of things.

a comma also refers to any of several nyphalid butterflies with a silvery comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hind wings. I doubt that bush was refering to butterflies, but who knows.. :shrug:

I think he was trying to say that Iraq is going to be one of many countries he plans on invading/screwing up and it's insignifcant in the larger picture of the Global War on Terror.

This attitude contridicts his previous posturing of Iraq being CENTRAL to the WAR ON TERROR. If it is central then Iraq deserves more than a comma while all this misadminstration deserves a PERIOD after the IMPEACH BUSH

As in a "footnote." Perhaps he was saying that Iraq will be a footnote in history. But then, who knows what he was attempting to say...

before answering a question today, I've changed my mind

I am now more inclined to think he was trying to talk about butterflies...

Iraq comma Iran comma Syraia comma North Korea comma Canada comma Mexico comma...

BUSH: Yes, you see - you see it on TV, and that's the power of an enemy that is willing to kill
. . . . .innocent people. But there's also an unbelievable will and resiliency by the Iraqi people....
. . . . .Admittedly, it seems like a decade ago. I like to tell people when the final history is written
. . . . .on Iraq, it will look like just a comma because there is - my point is, there's a strong will
. . . . .for democracy.

What the hell does this mean, tho? Can anyone discern what was going on his goat-addled brain to come up with the word "comma" here? Does he mean "pause in the march toward democracy"? Does he mean "insignificant, but larger than a period"? ARGH!!! :crazy: :silly:

to kill innocent people to make his power grab. bush is the torturer and is no better than osama, sadam, or idi amin. There's some fucking commas for ya.

"Wha'tever the heck it is you call you call somethin' that doesn't matter"

as in "a footnote in history". That's the way his brain scrambles things.

Worked for him before.

"Oh dad, that totalled car out front full of beer cans...think nothing of it, just a scratch in the fender."

He's trying to minimize the gargantuan fuck ups he's made in foreign policy

They have some saying that God never uses a period, only commas. She says whenever he doesn't make sense to us, he's prolly throwing code words to them.

That doesn't quite track, either. Of course not all UCCs are liberal. I still find the "muddle brain yield muddled thoughts" theory more plausible.

Gee that's not scarey :sarcasm:

and I took him to mean the Iraq war is just a comma, between two other major components ... maybe 9/11 and a broader invasion and meltdown of the Middle East.

He was speaking to his base using a Christian quote.

After seeing someone on DU mention it yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/z4d93), remembering the saying from childhood and reading about dog whistle politics I tend to believe they're correct.

He never finishes anything so there can't be a period, so it goes on as he starts something else he can't or won't finish. That's the story of his whole life; never accepting responsibilty for anything.
I'm offended by his saying that; as I think of the thousands of family members and friend who are so
dearly paying for this unprovked and unnecessary quagmire brought on by George W. Bush.

:evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown: :evilfrown:

What he says is English-like words with English-like syntax. That is all. There is no underlying meaning.

In his usual manner of denial of anything that he dislikes, Bush hopes that history will regard his total incompetence as nothing but a comma, by which he means an insignificant blip. Oh he is insignificant alright, but that will not protect him from the judgment of history.

He will go down in history as the worst American president ever. Keith Olbermann said he was the worst since James Buchanan, but that is a smear against Buchanan. Buchanan tried but failed to prevent the coming Civil War by trying to appease the South. But at least he was trying to PREVENT a war.

Bush on the other hand could hardly wait to send troops into Iraq to get rid of Saddam Hussein. It did not matter to Bush how many of our troops were killed, not to mention innocent civilians, he WANTED war! Not only history will judge this killer, GOD will judge him too!

or maybe the first comma in $1,000,000,000,000.

We don't even know how many commas are in the count of Iraqi deaths.

as in what no one ever reads....nothing.

makes more sense to me.