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Intellectually Curious George
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| 8/23/06
| Kathleen Parker
Posted on 08/23/2006 4:46:58 AM PDT by Molly Pitcher
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To: Molly Pitcher
That's a double barf alert. Who wrote that again? Molly Idiot?
To: Molly Pitcher
To: Molly Pitcher
I've been hearing "Bush is stupid" comments and jokes so often that they actually don't faze me as much anymore. I just let them roll off me like water off a duck's back, since most of the people who say those things clearly know next to nothing about him, and instead rely on either their own prejudices, the stereotypes that are in the media, and the clips of Bush which they replay on the Daily Show over and over again when the show's writers run out of funny things for Jon Stewart to talk about and need some way to fill up time. Most of those jokes are outdated and done to death anyway, though I do occasionally like the fake Bush interviews that Conan O'Brien does (Then again, I love pretty much all of the fake celebrity interviews that Conan does).
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posted on
08/23/2006 4:56:31 AM PDT
by
Chewie84
To: Molly Pitcher
Am I correct in stating that George Bush is the most educated President that the United States has ever elected? Am I correct that he has a BS from Yale and an MS in Business Administration from Harvard? If true, this places him there with the intellectual elite.
Is this correct.
As I recall Al Gore flunked out of both law school and divinity school. Is this correct?
To: Pikachu_Dad
Uh, it's a pro-Bush article.
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posted on
08/23/2006 4:58:19 AM PDT
by
Steel Wolf
(- Islam will never survive being laughed at. -)
To: Molly Pitcher
I could never become a polished public figure who speaks with a silver tongue. Heck, I can't talk to my mother-in-law without getting tongue tied.
I have always known that the President is constantly trying to say things "just right", because words have powerful meanings. Because of this, I would listen harder, not expect him to just rattle off anything. He is worth listening to, no matter how many simple errors he might make.
It's the concepts and issues that he speaks of that are of the utmost importance. Not to mention, who could live through the past six years with Gore and Kerry droning on!? They have nothing inspiring to say.
His impromptu speech at Ground Zero, his speech in the National Cathedral, his speech after the Space Shuttle tragedy, his speeches in Iraq on two surprise visits... all of these WILL be remembered as highlights in his term, not because sound bites are illuminting. But because his IDEAS are everlasting, not the small slips of the tongue.
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posted on
08/23/2006 4:59:37 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
I have a very close family member who never lost his West Texas language skills, even though, he was a VP with one of largers petroleum companies in the country.
until the day he died, he still taca for taco. But everyone knew what he meant.
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:05:20 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: mariabush
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:06:03 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
To: Molly Pitcher
...but he'd surely have a higher than 30 percent approval rating...Strange that writers continue to use President Bush's "approval rating" at its lowest point rather than at its highest point. Approval ratings flucuate all the time. Why is it more pertinent to cite the lowest blip of an unnamed poll?
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:13:14 AM PDT
by
RedRover
To: Molly Pitcher
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:13:19 AM PDT
by
lysie
("Lowering the price to be paid by aggressors virtually guarantees more aggression." Dr. Sowell)
To: Chewie84
EVERY Republican is painted as stupid; that's the only hammer in their toolbox. Dan Quayle? Ronald Reagan? Yep, that's how those REPUBLICANS win the elections...it can't be because the people democratically choose not to vote for Democrats...can it?
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:15:01 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: RedRover
Hey, that is dead on. He's back in the mid-40's, but every celeb or talking head I hear babbles about it being in the 30's. Lying bastards.
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:15:53 AM PDT
by
50sDad
(ST3d: Real Star Trek 3d Chess: http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~abartmes/tactical.htm)
To: mariabush
My grandmother always said, "puh-day-da" for potato. Everyone always knew what she meant, and of course she could spell it right. :)
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:23:47 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
To: Pikachu_Dad
That's a double barf alert. Who wrote that again? Molly Idiot? Kathleen Parker and it's not a barfer unless you are a Bush-hater.
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:25:30 AM PDT
by
Niteranger68
(I gigged your peace frog.)
To: Molly Pitcher
I have always suspected that Bush "plays dumb" so that he will be "misunderestimated," makng it easier to surprise everyone when he pulls a rabbit out of his hat.
But I also think this is a misguided strategy, and one which has done him a lot of self-inflicted damage which cannot be undone.
A good leader is of necessity a good communicator, IMHO. And a good communicator, Bush ain't.
If he is playing dumb, I wish he would knock it off.
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:30:16 AM PDT
by
SerpentDove
(Give me your tired, your poor...arguments.)
To: Molly Pitcher
What the talking (air)heads forget-at their own peril-is that Mr. Bush says what he means, and means what he says. Who cares what they think? Are they President?
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posted on
08/23/2006 5:34:56 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: Molly Pitcher
People who normally speak well in public might find themselves stammering if they knew one false word could cause a diplomatic crisis or financial market meltdown.
It's particulalry amusing to see Hollywood stars bash the President's public speaking. They might need six or seven tries to complete a scene and they're working from a script.
To: Molly Pitcher
Toward the end, one of the guests said, ``Mr. President, I think if Americans could hear you speak the way you have today, you'd have a 95 percent approval rating.'' The media presented nonstop and unedited coverage of the events surrounding the hours and days immediately following 9/11. Many Americans got their first unscripted, unedited view of their brand-spanking-new President. They liked what they saw. His approval ratings soared.
I can hear you. The rest of the world can hear you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
The media works very hard to edit Bush so that he appears inarticualte. Meanwhile, they portray folks like Kerry as brilliant intellectual spokesmen. Why hasn't anyone noticed that these DEMwits wax on and on and never actually say anything?
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posted on
08/23/2006 6:09:50 AM PDT
by
Samwise
(All that is needed for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing.)
To: Molly Pitcher
With a straight face Scarborough insisted people in Bush's administration told him they think the President is an idiot.
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posted on
08/23/2006 6:29:21 AM PDT
by
OldFriend
(I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag.....and My Heart to the Soldier Who Protects It.)
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