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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:17 PM
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Note well this bit from the first Bush-Gore debate re: New Orleans
BUSH: You know, as governor, one of the things you have to deal with is catastrophe. I can remember the fires that swept Parker County, Texas. I remember the floods that swept our state. I remember going down to Del Rio, Texas. I have to pay the administration a compliment. James Lee Witt of FEMA has done a really good job of working with governors during times of crisis. But that's the time when you're tested not only -- it's the time to test your metal, a time to test your heart when you see people whose lives have been turned upside down. It broke my heart to go to the flood scene in Del Rio where a fellow and his family got completely uprooted. The only thing I knew was to got aid as quickly as possible with state and federal help, and to put my arms around the man and his family and cry with them. That's what governors do. They are often on the front line of catastrophic situations.

http://www.debates.org/pages/trans2000a.html
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:19 PM
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1. What a fucking liar!!!
Thanks for that post, Will.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:19 PM
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2. Governors may do that, but Republican "Presidents" say
"fuck you!"
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:19 PM
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3. Nice find! He sure showed us how we should take him at
his word! :eyes:
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:20 PM
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4. I would bet anything that Clinton didn't demand Texas turn over complete
control to the federal govt. the way Bush told Blanco she had to.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:20 PM
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5. Maybe it's what governors do, but it's obviously not
Edited on Tue Feb-28-06 08:22 PM by SharonRB
what presidents do, at least not this one.

Oops -- guess someone posted a similar sentiment above.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:22 PM
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6. .
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:24 PM
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7. is it chimp or the transcriber who doesn't know the difference between
"metal" and "mettle"?
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LisaM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:25 PM
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8. I don't think I'd want him to waste his time crying and putting his arms
around me! That's really fairly useless.
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az chela Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:25 PM
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9. May they all rot in hell that support this evil empire
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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:28 PM
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10. Good find
Edited on Tue Feb-28-06 08:28 PM by Gman
just goes to show, again, they'll do or say anything to accomplish their goals.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:30 PM
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11. Will: That so "Pre 911 Governshiping..."
Edited on Tue Feb-28-06 08:30 PM by RobertSeattle
:evilgrin:

911 changed everything - including the spin!
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:33 PM
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12. What BS. I lived in Texas during the disaster that was the Bush...
Administration.

He was infamous for his indifference.

That rat bastard just flew over a few disasters (and we had plenty of them back then) and only went to Del Rio because it was politically advantageous (Hispanic appeal).

We were laughing when he said that during the debate.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 08:36 PM
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13. Two days later
At least that's what it appears in this article. And this was just a town of 34,000.

http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/9808/25/texas.flooding.01/

Then there's the 2 months the people had to go without water because the city had never had a water treatment plant.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA080705.1A.gambusia.34f6676.html
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Melissa G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 09:28 PM
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14. Governor as Bush did it was just a few hours a day and
not even that many days...Texas Gov is a lite weight job. The Lt Gov did all the heavy lifting in Governance then and still somewhat now..Photo ops were most of what Shrub had to do anyway. Rove and Hughes ran it all then too.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-28-06 09:33 PM
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15. did they really transcribe it as "test your metal"?
I'm not an English major, but shouldn't it be "mettle"?

But, great find.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 12:02 PM
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16. Bunt
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Czolgosz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-01-06 12:05 PM
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17. With this quote vs. his inaction, the never ceding security to a foreign
nation quote from the Kerry debate vs. the UAE post debacle, plus the no nation building quote from the Gore debates vs. Bush's Iraq policy, we could set up a pretty good Bush vs. Bush debate (except that we know an idiot would end up winning that debate)
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