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Geek_Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 01:13 PM
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We've Got Battling Green Eye Shades
In last night's debate George W. Bush was in rare form. He came across pissed off and at times down right incoherent. In contrast John Kerry was focused and spoke clearly. I can’t see how any half way intelligent person, not see this stark contrast between the two presidential candidates.



In one instance George W. Bush yelled over the moderator to get his point in. It shows a very clear depiction of W’s childish indignant stubbornness. You can catch the video clip here

At several points in the debate Bush comments made little sense.

I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft.”

Just how many internets are there Mr. President? You would think that the president of the United State of America would have a basic understanding of how the internet works.

When asked about getting prescription drugs cheaper in Canada George W replied,

“I haven't yet. Just want to make sure they're safe. When a drug comes in from Canada, I want to make sure it cures you and doesn't kill you.”

We all know the body bags are piling up in Canada because of unsafe prescription drugs. Mr. President get a clue!

A question was directed to the president about the environment.

“We proposed and passed a healthy forest bill which was essential to working with -- particularly in Western states -- to make sure that our forests were protected. What happens in those forests, because of lousy federal policy, is they grow to be -- they are not -- they're not harvested. They're not taken care of. And as a result, they're like tinderboxes.
And over the last summers I've flown over there. And so, this is a reasonable policy to protect old stands of trees and at the same time make sure our forests aren't vulnerable to the forest fires that have destroyed acres after acres in the West.
We've got a good, common-sense policy.”


What the crap are you talking about Mr. President? Stop talking gibberish and start making sense about your policies.

“Now, I'm going to tell you what I really think is going to happen over time is technology is going to change the way we live for the good for the environment.
That's why I proposed a hydrogen automobile -- hydrogen-generated automobile.”


If these statements are any reflection of Bush’s environmental policy then our environment is in serious trouble.

In another off the wall comment about George W. Bush regarding stem cell research,

“I had to make the decision to destroy more life, so we continue to destroy life -- I made the decision to balance science and ethics.”

I’m still trying to figure that one out.

When questioned about the selection of a supreme court judge the president went on to describe the Dred Scott case, an example that he used to describe judges using personal bias to interpret the law.
“That's a personal opinion. That's not what the Constitution says. The Constitution of the United States says we're all -- you know, it doesn't say that. It doesn't speak to the equality of America.”

Mr. President you need to go back to school and take a refresher on Constitutional law and the Bill of Rights. You would think a Yale graduate would have a better education.

One of his more bizarre statements, the president went on to criticizes Kerry’s fiscal policies claiming,

“We've got battling green eye shades.”

In W’s bizarro world his words must mean something but I don’t think I want to go there. As Americans we deserve more substance from the president of the United State and less jibber jabber.

source: Transcript
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sallyseven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 01:49 PM
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1. I think the green eye shades
Refers to old time accountants. They used them when doing their work. It cut the glare of the lights. The dealers in back room poker games use them also. I'm old I remember things like this.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:12 PM
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2. Ohhhh... VISORS! I Thought He Was Talking About Eye-Shadow...
and a battle of the excessive makeup drag queen accountants.

-- Allen
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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:29 PM
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6. in which does Furious George have more experience - backroom poker
or old-time accounting?

How many times do you think he lost his shirt and came away saying "Dealer wuz cheatin'. Dealin' off the bottom, evil, evil, gonna get 'em..."
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Ripley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:17 PM
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3. Unsafe drugs coming from a Third World.
Edited on Sat Oct-09-04 02:35 PM by Ripley
What's a third world? Like, um, Earth is the 3rd planet?

He was a jack freaking ass last night!

Kerry held his own, and I was worried he wasn't tough enough, but after reading the poll results, I guess he did okay.

Edit: corrected "a" third world, not "the" third world which is why it sounded so screwed up. What is a third world Mr. Dumbshit? You mean a third world country?

AAAAAAAAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh.
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cheshire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:20 PM
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4. Well put. Did you know hydrogen will use more oil than gas? Yep more $ for
the little crazy man in the WH.
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SOS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:22 PM
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5. A personal favorite:
"I want them all voting for me." - Bush on the Supreme Court.

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Eye and Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:32 PM
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7. Anyone need some wood? Chimpie automatically looks to sell you something.
Too bad Kerry didn't turn up an BushCo investment in a used-car lot. I'd love to have a clip of Smirko saying "Anyone need a used car?"
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 02:34 PM
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8. Those pesky numbers....Bush Inc. needs a bigtime audit
where are all those funds voted for Iraq going?
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RichardRay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 03:06 PM
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9. Not to be TOO pedantic, but there are lots of internets
and then there's the Internet that we all use to get to DU and other useful and entertaining activities. Actually, there's even another Internet, but it's not ready for prime time and may never be.

OTOH, I _sincerely_ doubt that GWB has the foggiest idea of how and why those things are true - he just screwed up.

Richard Ray - Jackson Hole, WY

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