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"George W. Bush and the Curse Heard 'Round The World"
National Ledger ^ | August 2, 2006 | Jim Dyke

Posted on 08/03/2006 11:19:13 AM PDT by Paul678

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1 posted on 08/03/2006 11:19:16 AM PDT by Paul678
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To: Paul678

I don't think Bush's comment was a slip. I think it was intentional, aimed at Syria.


2 posted on 08/03/2006 11:21:41 AM PDT by My2Cents (A pirate's life for me.)
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To: Paul678
Really? People really give a sh-t that the President said, well, "sh-t"?

Is it appropriate to ask, "Who gives a sh-t?"

3 posted on 08/03/2006 11:23:46 AM PDT by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: Paul678

Maybe the asshat who wrote this could develop enough ability to use logic to realize that Bush was being eavesdropped on, not purposely going before cameras to use profanity. Nor was it a live broadcast. Any news station that chose to air the audio uncensored is the party at fault for violating FCC rules, not the president. He didn't know he was being overhead. What a total idiot for this guy to make this apples and oranges argument.

I hope this guy is being intentionally intellectually dishonest and not actually forming what he thinks is a reasonable and logical parrallelism here between the intentional airing of smut and someoen who's conversation is being listened in on. I'd hate to think an actual human being to whom some people give enough credibility to allow him to be published would be this unintentionally stupid.


4 posted on 08/03/2006 11:24:10 AM PDT by MikeA (Not voting out of anger in November is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House)
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To: Paul678

The "s" word is not a curse. It is an earthy Anglo-Saxon word for something that happens.


5 posted on 08/03/2006 11:24:49 AM PDT by Palladin (Ad in Hezbollah Herald: Human Shields wanted. Free housing.)
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To: MikeA

It wouldn't serve their Bush-bashing agenda to include the fact that President Bush was unaware that his microphone was on,or that it wasn't supposed to be on.


6 posted on 08/03/2006 11:25:47 AM PDT by mrsmel (Men possess talent. Genius possesses men. Chocolate cravings possess women.)
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To: Paul678

Live mikes and live broadcast are two different things. When he was eating lunch one could assume this was not being broadcast. If the owner of the open mike then broadcast the offending word, the broadcaster SHOULD be fined.


7 posted on 08/03/2006 11:27:15 AM PDT by SF Republican
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To: Palladin
That's one of my pet peeves-people not distinguishing between curse words and vulgarisms(not that I would ever use either ;D)
8 posted on 08/03/2006 11:27:31 AM PDT by mrsmel (Men possess talent. Genius possesses men. Chocolate cravings possess women.)
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To: Paul678

The president's "slip" occurred during a private moment and discussion with PM Blair. Mr. Bush did not know that there was a hot microphone nearby.

Completely different from the situation Mr. Dyke(Di*k) is positing.


9 posted on 08/03/2006 11:29:30 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur)
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To: lovecraft

Laughing my a$$ off! Your post was priceless!


10 posted on 08/03/2006 11:29:45 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Paul678

If I were live on radio or TV right now, I would make the observation that "Dyke is a dick".

Dick of course, being short for "Richard".

Oh right, his name is "Jim".

As in "His career is DEAD Jim!"

This alleged "journalist" is indeed (in the words of another poster) an *ASSHAT*.


11 posted on 08/03/2006 11:29:46 AM PDT by mkjessup (The Shah doesn't look so bad now, eh? But nooo, Jimmah said the Ayatollah was a 'godly' man.)
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To: mrsmel

Me too!


12 posted on 08/03/2006 11:29:48 AM PDT by Palladin (Ad in Hezbollah Herald: Human Shields wanted. Free housing.)
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To: Paul678

Bush isn't a broadcaster. He isn't responsible for what broadcasters put on the air. They were the ones who wanted to broadcast a private comment.


13 posted on 08/03/2006 11:31:09 AM PDT by wideawake ("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
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To: Paul678

So what?

I think it just showed Bush's human side.


14 posted on 08/03/2006 11:31:48 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Paul678

Nothing George Bush has ever got caught saying even comes close to the time Bill Clinton cursed out an aide at the first Clinton White House Easter Party. Rush once showed it on his TV show. Of course, none of the MSM picked it up and played it like they do with Republicans.


15 posted on 08/03/2006 11:32:10 AM PDT by techcor
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To: austinaero

Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week!


16 posted on 08/03/2006 11:32:18 AM PDT by lovecraft (Specialization is for insects.)
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To: Paul678

Where's the barf alert? I don't think you can fine somebody if someone records you without your knowledge and then leaks the clip to the media. This wasn't frickin live TV, it was a semi-private lunch.


17 posted on 08/03/2006 11:32:42 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Clam down and try to enjoy the rest of your day.)
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To: MikeA

Oh yeah, and it happened in a foreign country too... FCC rules wouldn't have applied.


18 posted on 08/03/2006 11:33:39 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Clam down and try to enjoy the rest of your day.)
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To: Paul678

What would this current crop of media weasel wussies have said about Harry Truman?


19 posted on 08/03/2006 11:33:47 AM PDT by TommyDale (It's time to dismiss the Duke fake rape case, Mr. Nifong!)
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To: MikeA
What about all of that taking God's name in vain that the Clinton's spat out daily?

Bush did not utter a curse word, just not a nice word.

My MIL was a very Godly woman and she used Bush's word liberally.
20 posted on 08/03/2006 11:34:18 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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