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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 25 Mar 09 - 03:24 PM I thought I was wrong once. But I was wrong. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: DougR Date: 25 Mar 09 - 02:47 PM No problemo, Don. I was wrong one time myself. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don Firth Date: 24 Mar 09 - 06:47 PM I stand corrected, Doug. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Riginslinger Date: 24 Mar 09 - 06:14 PM It's probably worse to claim to have written a book, and then have the public find out someone else wrote it, than to never have claimed to write it in the first place. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: DougR Date: 24 Mar 09 - 05:44 PM Not so, Ebbie. I am a great admirer of Barry Goldwater. We were not close friends, but I knew him casually. I learned that Brent Bozell wrote the book when I read what I believe was Bill Buckley's last book, the title of which I believe was "It Was a Helluva Ride." DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Riginslinger Date: 24 Mar 09 - 10:44 AM There was a guy on C-SPAN over the weekend who was making the case that those candidates who earned the worst grades in school made the best presidents. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 24 Mar 09 - 02:33 AM Hmmm. I suspect DougR knows a little more about Goldwater than he is comfortable with. The Man Who Knew Too Little "Although the biographers differ politically, they are equally admiring of Goldwater. Goldwater, Edwards writes, "laid the foundation for a political revolution and led a generation of conservatives to understand that theirs was a winning as well as a just cause." Edwards describes him as an "Old Testament Jeremiah"; Goldberg calls him a "prophetic figure." Edwards quotes with approval the opinion of conservatives that Goldwater would have made a better president than Lyndon Johnson. Goldwater, Goldberg argues, "stands well in comparison with politicians like Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and even Ronald Reagan." "The reader of these books will find something to buttress these opinions but will also discover evidence for a contrary view of Goldwater. Running through both books are disturbing revelations about his intellectual abilities and about his independence of mind. These books unwittingly portray him as a good-hearted but stupid and sometimes weak man whose success depended upon his following carefully a script that other people wrote. Both books depict Goldwater as an abysmal student. After ninth grade, he was advised to leave Phoenix's public high school. Out of desperation, his parents sent him to Staunton Military Academy in Virginia, where he had to repeat the ninth grade and still received Cs and Ds. After graduating from Staunton, Goldwater went to the University of Arizona, but he dropped out after his freshman year because he was having too much difficulty keeping up with the work. Still, other politicians have had little interest or success in school and have led an intellectual life of their own. But Goldwater's sister Carolyn told Edwards that she could not recall his ever reading a book." |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: DougR Date: 23 Mar 09 - 10:30 PM Nope, Don, Barry didn't write it. He approved it, of course, and was close to the author as he wrote it but it was actually written by Brent Bozell, Bill Buckley, brother-in-law. DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don Firth Date: 23 Mar 09 - 10:24 PM ". . . anyone know who wrote "The Conscience of a Conservative?", by Barry Goldwater?" It probably was written by Goldwater, Doug. Whether one agreed with him or not, Goldwater did have a brain and occasionally he was even known to use it. Although not up to the standard of William F. Buckley, however. These days, it seems to be a lost art among Conservatives. . . . Yesteryear - Buckley. Currently - Limbaugh. 'Nuff said. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Greg F. Date: 23 Mar 09 - 02:30 PM Jokes? Where? Nothing amusing I can see. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 23 Mar 09 - 01:57 PM lol |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Big Mick Date: 23 Mar 09 - 01:42 PM jayzushaitchkeeeriste, is armageddon about to descend on us? In this thread we have not one, but two funny jokes by Doug!!!! I am loading up the shelter with food goods and ammo as we speak. Mick |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: DougR Date: 23 Mar 09 - 01:39 PM Thread drift warning! Speaking of authors, anyone know who wrote "The Conscience of a Conservative?", by Barry Goldwater? DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Riginslinger Date: 23 Mar 09 - 07:08 AM Ebbie - Just like the AIG bonuses, who wrote the books is more important to the man on the ground than the elites in Washington ever dreamed. And I'm sure you've noticed that when a writer writes, the prose style is just like a signature or a fingerprint. That being the case, there are investigative elements out there who are building the case. The attached document represents one of those efforts. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77815 There are other efforts, and these people are not going away. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Donuel Date: 23 Mar 09 - 03:17 AM Coulter and Greenberg book sales are down 66% so they probably could use the ghostwriting work. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 23 Mar 09 - 02:22 AM In other words, you made it up? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Riginslinger Date: 22 Mar 09 - 07:33 PM "Documentation, Rig?" Hard to come by, but I think it's coming. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 22 Mar 09 - 06:46 PM "I have it on pretty good authority that the title of the new book when it is published is, "Why I Love The Mudcat Cafe." DougR" Now, that was funny, Doug. :) |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Greg F. Date: 22 Mar 09 - 06:35 PM Now watch him try to say he was making fun of Pres. Bush by using the word "misunderestimate". I didn't coin the word, Hubster - your hero Dumbya did. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don Firth Date: 22 Mar 09 - 06:18 PM Not to fear, Hubby. I'll probably read it. Just for the amusement and amazement. As someone once said about a poodle in a tutu dancing around on its hind legs, "The amazing thing is not that the poodle dances well, but that it dances at all!" Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: DougR Date: 22 Mar 09 - 05:01 PM I have it on pretty good authority that the title of the new book when it is published is, "Why I Love The Mudcat Cafe." DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Susu's Hubby Date: 22 Mar 09 - 04:34 PM "An authoritarian voice" Right. Don't misunderestimate the level of self-serving bull THIS is gonna be. But it's more of a tradgedy than a comedy- and the REAL trasgedy is that a substantial portion off the U.S. population will actually believe the crap he ( or rather his ghost writer ) writes." GregF wrote the above. Now watch him try to say he was making fun of Pres. Bush by using the word "misunderestimate". You guys give it a rest. You have already make up your minds on what you think is going to be in it so you probably won't ever read it anyway. Objectivity is something that is rarely found here. Hubby |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don Firth Date: 22 Mar 09 - 03:52 PM The only "evidence" I can find on the internet that Obama's books were written by ghost writers are allegations on conservative web-sites and white-supremacist blogs. The initial allegations were made by—TA-DAH!!—Rush Limbaugh. Why am I not surprised? A number of reviewers have remarked that, although many political figures use uncredited ghost writers, they doubt very seriously that this is the case with Obama's books in that, as one of them stated, "He writes in his own voice. He writes just like he speaks." Also, Christopher Buckley, the son of the late William F. Buckley of The National Review and the television discussion program "Firing Line," a genuinely intellectual conservative (can't hardly find that kind anymore)and a writer himself, states the same thing: that Obama is intelligent, articulate, and eloquent, and he writes just like he speaks. This is not an easy feat for even the most accomplished ghost writer. And a tribute to Obama's eloquence is the fact that he rarely if ever uses a teleprompter, even when it's there. Watch his speeches. It's obvious that he's not simply reading. George W. Bush, on the other hand—whenever he departed from a prepared speech ot tried to talk "off-the-cuff," he got his tongue so tangled around his eye-teeth, he couldn't see what he was saying. His gaffs and malapropisms are the thing of legend and great fodder for stand-up comics. This is one of the reasons he hated press conferences and avoided them like the plague. Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 22 Mar 09 - 11:52 AM Documentation, Rig? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Riginslinger Date: 22 Mar 09 - 08:17 AM I suspect neither Bush nor Cheney will have much to do with actually writing the book, just like Obama didn't have much to do with writing his books. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 21 Mar 09 - 11:47 PM Funny, (not Ha! Ha!) I took that article as being facetious. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don Firth Date: 21 Mar 09 - 07:38 PM Where's the spell-check button on this thing, anyways? Don Firth |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Amos Date: 21 Mar 09 - 05:22 PM Well, of course, DougR we should read it. But there is an act of pre-emptive self defense against weapons of mass delusion that must be taken, don't you agree? Even though we have finally gotten regime change, we need to be aware that there are plenty of Bushites running loose armed to the teeth with big lies and not afraid to use them. Of these, Mister Cheney has been one of the most egregious. It is a great disappointment that he will be the writer since if Bush put things down in his own words, at least we could understand what his confusions were. It is also telling that Cheny plans to take a year to redact the book after he writes it--going through and removing critical parts of the information. A sorry proposition--what promised t be high-class entertainment is now reduced to the dull level of political windbaggery. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 21 Mar 09 - 04:16 PM OOOOOPPPPSSS! I DID A BUSH. That's UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. But you all knew that, didn't you? Don T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Don(Wyziwyg)T Date: 21 Mar 09 - 04:13 PM This book, I am certain, will turn out to be the most important literary work of the last century. It will undoubtedly perform an utterly indispensible service to the whole population of the United Staes of America, and, if it is picked up and published in other languages, most of the rest of the world, especially in these times of economic meltdown and financial misery which owe so much to the administration recently commanded by the author. All that is needed to assist Mr. Bush in making some recompense to the victims of his presidency, is for the publishers to ensure that printed at the bottom of each page is the instruction:- "NOW WASH YOUR HANDS!" Don T. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: SPB-Cooperator Date: 21 Mar 09 - 05:53 AM write book... I'm impressed he has progressed to four letter words.... I suppose it will be a while before he progresses to sentence (8 letters) or even letter (6 letters). Well done George. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: bankley Date: 21 Mar 09 - 01:49 AM A good place for him to write it is behind bars serving life.. fook him and his crew |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: paula t Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:25 PM well I can't wait to read his views about the "Nucular" issue or the things that went on at abu gabu - er babu gabe er I mean that prison. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Greg F. Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:09 PM Douggie: You have never needed to read anything before you condemned it. Blow me.
-Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: DougR Date: 20 Mar 09 - 01:57 PM Wow! Such vitrolic language from a "liberal" group who profess to be so "Progressive." Why don't you wait and read the book before pounding the nails into the cross? DougR |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: katlaughing Date: 20 Mar 09 - 01:02 PM The best thing he did, as far as I'm concerned, is to show that he did care - he would't have aged so much in those 8 years if he hadn't. Had he not, I would never forgive him. Somehow, Ebbie, I think his grey hairs are from self-pity, not from any genuine care for any but those near and dear of which the majority are not. Why does this not surprise me ( from HERE: One day after publisher Random House signed former President George W. Bush to write a presidential memoir entitled Decision Points, Mr. Bush announced that he had tapped former Vice President Dick Cheney to write the memoir for him. "This book will detail the twelve greatest decisions I've made in my life," Mr. Bush told reporters in Crawford, Texas today. "The thirteenth greatest decision was hiring Dick Cheney to write about the other twelve." By getting the nod, Mr. Cheney will become the first vice-president in history to write a president's memoir for him. Mr. Bush said he decided to seek a ghostwriter after realizing that he faced several obstacles to writing the book himself, such as learning to spell. But according to sources close to the former president, Mr. Cheney was his second choice to write the memoir after Mr. Bush was turned down by his first choice, author James Frey. Mr. Bush, who reportedly "likes the way he makes things up," had asked Mr. Frey to pen the memoir under the title A Million Little Decision Points. A spokesman for Dick Cheney said that he would finish writing the memoir in 2009 and would finish redacting it in 2010. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Amos Date: 20 Mar 09 - 12:19 PM Bruce is quite smart, and is not missing anything--he is merely being obstreperously disingenuous. The point of the deletion is that it was a vitriolic post from an anonymous Guest. The point about Bush "writing" a book is that he has demonstrated himself repeatedly to be an incompetent butcher of English, and it is likely he will have to use several ghostwriters and editors to whip his self-exculpation into reasonable shape. Given the cognitive dissonance of his entire Administration I expect it will include so far-fetched and strained justifications and rationalized disguised as important factors inhis alleged decision making process. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Mar 09 - 11:49 AM You are missing a HUGE point, bb. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: beardedbruce Date: 20 Mar 09 - 11:41 AM Bush is doing what Obama already did- cash in on being president. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments here: "... Guess it will be at least eight pages long eh??? and four of those crayon pictures... This otta be good for a giggle....on so many levels mebbe he write same way he read - upside down. He needs to adopt some interesting characters--say Dick and Jane. Can Bush Read a book? " to quote Amos, when he got the comment about Obama removed from the thread: Subject: RE: BS: The economy is sound........ From: Amos - PM Date: 19 Mar 09 - 11:59 PM That snide, anonymous and vitriolic sarcasm should be deleted--and my objection hereunto as well. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Or are comments making fun of a political figure only deleted when the figure is a liberal??? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Mar 09 - 11:19 AM And the xcorrelation, bb, is...? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: SINSULL Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:50 AM I will read it ONLY if I can get it from a library or at a yard sale for a quarter. I certainly will not pay for it. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: GUEST,beardedbruce Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:34 AM Dis he get cash in advance, like Obama did??? EXCLUSIVE: Obama's $500,000 book bonanza Deal reached 5 days before he took office Jim McElhatton and Christina Bellantoni, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thursday, March 19, 2009 As he empathized with recession-weary Americans, President Obama arranged in the days just before he took office to secure a $500,000 advance for a children's book project, a disclosure report shows. The terms of the book deal were disclosed in a Senate financial disclosure report filed Tuesday. Analysts say there don't appear to be any rules that would bar such transactions after a president takes office, but it's unclear whether an incoming or sitting president has ever signed a book deal upon entering the White House. "I don't recall any sitting president entering into a book deal," said campaign finance lawyer Jan Baran, former general counsel to the Republican National Committee. "They all have historically done that after they leave office. "I recall the only ones who did sign book deals while living there were first ladies, and my recollection is they gave it to charity." Mr. Obama approved the $500,000 advance on Jan. 15. The advance is against royalties under a deal with Crown Publishing, a division of Random House. The project calls for an abridged version of his book "Dreams From My Father" for middle-school-aged children, according to the disclosure. A White House aide said that the deal had been in the works for weeks and that the publisher will abridge the book. The aide, speaking on a condition of anonymity, said the publisher will get half of the money while Mr. Obama will sign off on the final version. In addition, the financial disclosure showed Mr. Obama brokered an amendment to an existing book deal with Crown Publishing to put off writing a nonfiction book until after he leaves office. The book deal came on top of nearly $2.5 million in book royalties paid to Mr. Obama last year for "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope," according to the Senate report, which was filed by Robert F. Bauer, who served general counsel to Mr. Obama's presidential campaign. The disclosure also cites income, listed as more than $1,000, paid to first lady Michelle Obama from the University of Chicago, where she had worked as vice president for community and external affairs. Just as in 2007, public interest in Barack Obama the presidential candidate helped Barack Obama the author earn lots of money from book royalties, according to his latest financial disclosure report. Last year, Mr. Obama reported earning $949,910 in royalties from "Dreams From My Father" and $1.5 million from "The Audacity of Hope." In 2007, he reported $3.2 million in book royalties from Random House. Mr. Obama's books have helped boost the Obamas' income considerably in recent years, from about $1 million in 2006 to more than $4 million in 2007. After getting permission from the Senate ethics committee in January 2005, Mr. Obama agreed to a $1.9 million advance for two nonfiction books and a children's book, of which $200,000 was to be donated to charity, according to his 2007 financial disclosure. Ken Gross, former associate general counsel at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and a campaign finance expert, said there doesn't appear to be any rules that would prevent Mr. Obama from signing book deals while in the White House. "There are members of Congress who have had deals and they get paid, I don't know that he would have needed to sign that before January 20," Mr. Gross said. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Dave Hanson Date: 20 Mar 09 - 06:02 AM Random House has given him WHAT ??? As Ewan MacColl once said, " you can tell how much contempt God has for money by the people he gives it all to " Dave H |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Lonesome EJ Date: 20 Mar 09 - 02:29 AM "I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened," Authoritative is what he was shooting for, I think. Somehow though, his use of the wrong word is once again completely appropriate. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Mar 09 - 02:17 AM Kent Davis, you may be right - but I seriously doubt it. There are many, many reports - even by people who like and supported Bush - about his lack of curiosity concerning subjects that don't interest him, even subjects that were vital in his presidency. There are also many, many reports detailing the role of curiosity in intelligence. Here is just one: "Curiosity is an important trait of a genius. I don't think you can find an intellectual giant who is not a curious person. Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, they are all curious characters. Richard Feynman was especially known for his adventures which came from his curiosity. "But why is curiosity so important? Here are four reasons:" The Role of Curiosity The best thing he did, as far as I'm concerned, is to show that he did care - he would't have aged so much in those 8 years if he hadn't. Had he not, I would never forgive him. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Date: 20 Mar 09 - 01:47 AM I heard he was going to write a book, too,...but was delayed. He lost his crayons... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: katlaughing Date: 20 Mar 09 - 12:43 AM So he was just an "aw shucks" ass who had nothing to do with torture, trashing the world's economy, etc., etc....hey, that sounds like something a stupid, puppet idiot would do! Yes, gotta be a shrub. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 20 Mar 09 - 12:23 AM Right. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Kent Davis Date: 19 Mar 09 - 11:27 PM As a person who dictates about 25 pages of progress notes daily, I have noticed that occasionally I fail to say what I mean. Sometimes I say the opposite of what I mean. Sometimes what I say makes no sense at all. I have heard recordings of speeches I have written out and practiced and, even in these, I sometimes garble a sentence to the point of incoherence. When I type my own lecture notes, sometimes I will leave out a word, or misplace a modifier, or mangle syntax. I'm just stupid that way. It makes me worthy of contempt, I know. If I had a few hundred journalists going over everything I said for the last eight years, I hate to think how badly my mental retardation would be exposed. Slips of the tongue and pen clearly invalidate any success I may seem to have in life. Kent |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:42 PM I agree with you, Kent Davis. The Bush continually was misquoed- Context is everything. 10) "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." —LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000 (Listen to audio clip) 9) "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." —Greater Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000(Listen to audio clip) 8) "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004 (Listen to audio clip) 7) "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000 (Listen to audio clip) 6) "You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005 (Listen to audio clip) 5) "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004 (Watch video clip; listen to audio clip) 4) "They misunderestimated me." —Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000 3) "Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" —Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000 2) "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 (Watch video clip; listen to audio clip) 1) "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002 (Watch video clip; listen to audio clip) One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking people's money to help prevent there to be a crisis." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009 "I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009 "In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009 "I guess it's OK to call the secretary of education here 'buddy.' That means friend." --George W. Bush, Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 2009 "So I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a depression greater than the Great Depression." --George W. Bush, Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2008 "People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few people? Of course I do." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008 "I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008 "You know, I'm the President during this period of time, but I think when the history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived in President, during I arrived in President." --George W. Bush, ABC News interview, Dec. 1, 2008 "I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008 "He was a great father before politics, a great father during politics and a great father after politics." --George W. Bush, on his father, George H.W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008 "Yesterday, you made note of my -- the lack of my talent when it came to dancing. But nevertheless, I want you to know I danced with joy. And no question Liberia has gone through very difficult times." --George W. Bush, speaking with the president of Liberia, Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2008 |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Kent Davis Date: 19 Mar 09 - 10:31 PM Let's see. Mr. Bush has a bachelor's degree in history from Yale and an MBA from Harvard; he was Governor of Texas for 2 terms and was President of the United States for two terms; there have been no terrorist attacks on U.S. soil since 2001; Iraq and Afghanistan have freely elected governments; and, oh yes, compared to y'all, Mr. Bush is stupid. I wish I could be as smart as y'all. How much is your book deal worth? Kent |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: JohnInKansas Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:56 PM I just hope he's playing with a full box of crayons. If it's like most of the stuff that came out during his But I'll watch for the reviews before passing judgment, I suppose. If he'd tell us about what Cheney was doing in all that time it might be worth it; but the party line is that the two never met, and it's fairly certain that John |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Peace Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:33 PM Money doesn't talk, it swears. Gospel of Bob |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: katlaughing Date: 19 Mar 09 - 09:22 PM Random House has given him a seven million dollars advance. Shame on them. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:25 PM It will undoubtedly be written the same way most books by "celebrities" are written - by a ghost writer. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Peace Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:15 PM "George W Bush Secures Six-Figure Book Deal for Memoirs November 21st, 2008 by Uday Herbert TEXAS - USA - George W Bush, who cannot read, has secured a six-figure publishing deal to write a book detailing the trials and tribulations of his lame-duck presidency. The former President of the United States of America, George W Bush, has been commissioned to write his memoirs and plans to complete the project in the form of an instructional manual. The president was offered a six-figure sum as an advance to complete the tell-all tome. The six-figure sum of 900,000 Iraqi Dinars is worth more than $200 at the current exchange rate. The publishing arm of the Daily Squib brokered the deal with the ex-president's handlers yesterday at Mr Bush's ranch in Texas. The riveting read will expose the inner workings of the President and his cabal of White House aides over the years. The book will form the centrepiece to his term in office and will also be utilised in American schools along with other Presidential favourites like "My Pet Goat". The book will also come with a set of black and white crayons and will signify Mr Bush's worldview." Found on the www. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Peace Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:12 PM Also, it'll be a bitch of a time for him at autograph sessions. Eleven letters to remember, IN ORDER! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Peace Date: 19 Mar 09 - 08:08 PM "Apparently George Bush is to write a book about his decisions in his eight years as President... Guess it will be at least eight pages long eh???" I think writing it will be no problem for him. Understanding it will be a problem for most people. And if he does his own editing, well, we're all fooked. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: katlaughing Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:41 PM Olberman was opining how interesting it might be if he admits anything. He's supposedly going to write about the 12 most whatever decisions he had to make while in office...so, if he had to decide to allow torture, in his own words may he be hung, eh? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Amos Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:11 PM I don't know if he can type, but he stereotypes well... A |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: gnu Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:10 PM Fer fuck sake. Read the book... either he hangs himself or he doesn't. We all (most) want him hung or at least think we do... maybe the book will prove us all wrong. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:10 PM Ya gotta give the guy that much. Why? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Richard Bridge Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:07 PM Did he ever give anyone else the equivalent courtesy? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: gnu Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:02 PM Well, I know what he meant. Ya gotta give the guy that much. Why not wait, read it, and THEN comment? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Greg F. Date: 19 Mar 09 - 07:01 PM "An authoritarian voice" Right. Don't misunderestimate the level of self-serving bull THIS is gonna be. But it's more of a tradgedy than a comedy- and the REAL trasgedy is that a substantial portion off the U.S. population will actually believe the crap he ( or rather his ghost writer ) writes. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Ebbie Date: 19 Mar 09 - 06:55 PM Well, I think it's appropriate. He is going to have a library, you know, and this will give him something to put in it. Maybe 800 copies of it. "I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened," Pitiful. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: McGrath of Harlow Date: 19 Mar 09 - 06:23 PM Here's the man talking about the book this week ""I'm going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there's an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened," (See here). It should be a hoot - at least it would be, but you can guarantee there'll be some bod with at least basic literacy skills brought in to excise classic Bushisms like that. Shame. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: artbrooks Date: 19 Mar 09 - 06:11 PM Microsoft Word has a reasonably decent spelling and grammar checker. Can he type? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Raptor Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:45 PM Can Bush Read a book? |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Stilly River Sage Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:44 PM Defintely ghost written. If he writes like he speaks, it'll be gibberish with out some professional help. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Uncle_DaveO Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:33 PM He needs to adopt some interesting characters--say Dick and Jane. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: VirginiaTam Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:28 PM mebbe he write same way he read - upside down. |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Bobert Date: 19 Mar 09 - 05:23 PM It will be the same old rationalizations for his screw ups... The man in not capable of admitting that he messed up except in the most general terms... Now if he comes clean on the pretzel incident, I'd read that... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Sookite Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:54 PM This otta be good for a giggle....on so many levels |
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Subject: RE: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: SINSULL Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:49 PM and four of those crayon pictures... |
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Subject: BS: Bush to write book!!!! What???? From: Georgiansilver Date: 19 Mar 09 - 04:42 PM Apparently George Bush is to write a book about his decisions in his eight years as President... Guess it will be at least eight pages long eh??? |
