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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 10:57 AM
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Bush won't "negotiate with himself"
Of course, it is American policy to never negotiate with terrorists...

Bush won't "negotiate with himself"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In Washington, there are plenty of ways to say "no comment," but President George W. ahs Bush offered his own formulation, after he refused to "negotiate with myself in public."

Now, the temptation is going to be, by well-meaning people such as yourself and others here, as we run up to the issue, to get me to negotiate with myself in public," Bush told the questioner on Monday. "To say, you know, "What's this mean, Mr. President? What's that mean?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041220/od_uk_nm/oukoe_bush_negotiating

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No Mandate Here. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:00 AM
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1. I think we ought to tell the wingnutters
that "negotiating with himself" might be considered a sin, if done in private.

I heard it leads to blindness.

What a bozo.
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:02 AM
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2. I'd like to hear him negotiate with himself
Maybe there would be insight to his illogical reasoning!

Of course, maybe it would just make us beat our heads against the wall.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:13 AM
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7. I think we would just end up spraining our brains.
:wtf: does "negotiating with yourself" mean?

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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:58 AM
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12. It might be a replay of Gollum
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StephanieMarie Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:02 AM
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3. Bush is such a complete idiot.
We're the laughing stock of the world with this guy as president. He's like stuck in 7th grade with his language and his thought processes.
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rkc3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:07 AM
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4. 7th grade - that's a big stretch since he can't finish a complete thought.
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:10 AM
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6. But the public LOVES him..................
he's so "plain spoken" :eyes:........what does that tell you about almost half of the population in America? As I've said repeatedly, most Americans are too stupid to vote.
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:28 AM
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8. I think that's an insult to seventh graders
I have a third grader (who saw * during the second debate and couldn't believe that he was our president, stated that he doesn't look very smart), and a fifth grader (who thinks * is the "supreme idiot")...I think 7th grade gives him way too much credit.
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 12:31 PM
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14. There's hope for the future...
...if children can see through our Chimperor. :)
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:09 AM
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5. If I were that stupid,
I wouldn't negotiate with myself, either.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:28 AM
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9. Bush is a liar
There are two types of men. There's the man who admits he "negotiates with himself" and there are men who lie about it.

:evilgrin:
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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:51 AM
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10. So which self negotiated the Quagmire
This could explain a few things. We are caught in a domestic dispute between Bush and Himself.
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Contrary1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:56 AM
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11. As with most everything
that falls out of his mouth; I shake my head
and say "Huh?"
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 11:58 AM
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13. When has Bush ever negotiated, on ANYthing?
This administration has done everything by decree. (Or has at least TRIED to do everything that way.)
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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 12:42 PM
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15. "in public", are the key words
All of his statements have this cartoon-angel/cartoon-devil quality. Like he's expecting a pitchfork in the arse.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 12:48 PM
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16. The reason Bush "Negotiates with himself" is obvious
Bush has come to believe that Carl Rove's voice in his earpiece is actually another person that lives inside his head.
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Pathwalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 01:07 PM
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17. That's because he'd be negotiating with an idiot!
n/t
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Pithy Cherub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 01:34 PM
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18. Never argue with an idiot,
first they bring you down to their level, then they beat you with experience...

Redundant in *'s case! :)
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alexisfree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 01:52 PM
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19. bush: who is he?
Me ? Me who? Me who ? I wont answer you no more..:crazy:
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anti-fundie Donating Member (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 02:05 PM
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20. Negotiating with himself would, afterall, be "hard work"
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-21-04 02:13 PM
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21. He knows all about hard work
He's seen it on TV. I nearly fell off my couch when he said that during the first debate. he knows how hard our men and women in Iraq are working...He gets reports every morning and has seen it on TV.
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