It's impressive to hear a speech written by somebody that is almost four times your age.
Posted on 01/21/2009 4:33:09 PM PST by LibWhacker
Millions may have lauded Barack Obama's Inaugural speech but what remained unheard was what was said by a First daughter to her father, and between the new President and his predecessor after the swearing-in ceremony.
According to a lip reader, the first African-American president of the United States, just after the ceremony, asked George W Bush: "You OK?"
As to what was Bush's reply, according to The Sun, the lip reader said: "So relieved."
The 43rd president had later informally handed over his former White House residence to Obama saying: "It's all yours now - good luck."
And while thousands cheered the hope brought about by their new leader, seven-year-old first daughter Sasha was said to have told her president-dad: "That was a good speech, perfect."
As to what was Bush's reply, according to The Sun, the lip reader said: "So relieved."
Makes me wonder if they had received a serious threat against the Inauguration.
It's impressive to hear a speech written by somebody that is almost four times your age.
Or maybe he’s just really tired. Those remarks would make sense in either situation.
No, I think it’s just Bush glad he’s getting the hell out.
I don’t know how he’s stood all the abuse.
As Bush said his final farewell to Michelle at the helicopter, he said to her, “You’ll have the time of your lives...I promise.” Dubya is a class act.
This sounds like pure liberal media BS to me!
“How about six? Six good for you?
“I like six. Six will be great”
How about a typical military "I am relieved." That accompanies turning over a post?
That makes a lot more sense.
/johnny
Perhaps this would be a good time to revist this:
What Bush and Batman Have in Common
By ANDREW KLAVAN
July 25, 2008
A cry for help goes out from a city beleaguered by violence and fear: A beam of light flashed into the night sky, the dark symbol of a bat projected onto the surface of the racing clouds . . .
Oh, wait a minute. That’s not a bat, actually. In fact, when you trace the outline with your finger, it looks kind of like . . . a “W.”
There seems to me no question that the Batman film “The Dark Knight,” currently breaking every box office record in history, is at some level a paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war. Like W, Batman is vilified and despised for confronting terrorists in the only terms they understand. Like W, Batman sometimes has to push the boundaries of civil rights to deal with an emergency, certain that he will re-establish those boundaries when the emergency is past.
And like W, Batman understands that there is no moral equivalence between a free society — in which people sometimes make the wrong choices — and a criminal sect bent on destruction. The former must be cherished even in its moments of folly; the latter must be hounded to the gates of Hell.
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http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121694247343482821.html
“I don’t want to sweep alone”
Excellent interpretation.
There was a mention of a threat, and when I just read the interchange that’s the first thing that came to my mind.
You took the media at their word without digging?
/johnny
A Seinfeld reference. NICE!
“I have to relieve myself after this farce.”
That makes a lot more sense.
Yes, it does. Thank you.
What Bush and Batman have in common?
Maybe not the hero we wanted, but the hero we needed.
Godspeed.
I was trying to read his lips, too, and I was pretty sure Mr. Bush said, “God Bless you.”
I meant that as a term-of-art. He fails to move his lips slightly more than the average Texan of his age and apparent health.
So do I. I mumble because I can't hear myself because I spent too many years around jets and loud weapons.
"Articulation requires moving ones lips". "Projection requires speaking from the diaphram".
I guess they don't teach those classes anymore.
/johnny
Without getting married again.
I'm sure that it wasn't his jet fighter pilot days in the 60s or loud firearms that effected his hearing.
Good enough excuse for the President, good enough for me.
Thanks!
/johnny
I liken GW and Reagan to the old-school no-compromise hard-line dad that every kid gripes about to his peanut gallery friends at school, but never gives a thought to whether that same “mean old SOB” [NOT!] would be out of bed, down the stairs, across the house, ball bat ready to swing, and in the face of a would-be intruder before the first shard of breaking glass could make it to the floor.
We bit@h about them while we live under their roofs all the while secretly praying that we grow up to be that strong, self-sacrificing, and loyal to those who count on us.
There was a time not long ago when “contemporary historians” could find little good to say about Reagan but were all agush over incumbent Bubba. Funny what a decade +/- of hindsight will do, isn't it. ;) It'll take time, but the smart @$$es and pencil necks will come to miss their tough old man.
He was awsome in Texas yesterday afternoon... the old Bush we all loved, all over the room hugging and kissing and having his picture taken with attendees.
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