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Thread ID: 15257 | Posts: 7 | Started: 2004-10-08
2004-10-08 19:05 | User Profile
CAUCUS People, Politics, Punditry
October 6, 2004
SAY IT AGAIN, GEORGE
Interview with President George W. Bush:
Mr. President, thank you for sitting down with us.
No problem, let's get to it.
Q. Mr. President, many people believe that your strength as a candidate, which you displayed during the first debate, is your uncanny ability to stay on message. Would you agree with that?
You can't be sending mixed messages.
Q. Do you find it difficult to keep saying the same thing over and over in the same way?
It's hard work.
Q. So why do you choose to campaign this way?
Because I know how the world works.
Q. In your view, how does the world work, Mr. President?
The world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.
Q. Speaking of Saddam Hussein, do you think it might be time to try something new in Iraq?
Not on my watch.
Q. Why is that, Mr. President?
You can't be sending mixed messages.
Q. Doesn't that show a lack of flexibility on your part?
I know how the world works.
Q. If you know how the world works, how come the world isn't working so well?
It's hard work.
Q. But is the result we have right now worth all the effort?
The world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.
Q. Your opponent, Senator Kerry, thinks we should be putting more effort into tracking down Osama bin Laden.
Not on my watch.
Q. Why not on your watch, Mr. President?
You can't be sending mixed messages.
Q. Going after bin Laden would be sending a mixed message?
I know how the world works.
Q. Right, umm, changing the subject just a bit, what's it like campaigning with your daughters?
It's hard work.
Q. Would you like to see them get into politics someday?
Not on my watch.
Q. If they did enter politics, what advice would you give them?
You can't be sending mixed messages.
Q. Mr. President, do you realize that no matter what question you are asked, you give the same five responses, and that most of the time these answers have nothing to do with the question?
The world is a safer place without Saddam Hussein.
Q. Finally, Mr. President, what did you say to Senator Kerry at the end of the debate?
I know how the world works.
Q. And what did Senator Kerry say to you?
Not on my watch.
Reach Jim Shea at [email]shea@courant.com[/email].
2004-10-08 19:42 | User Profile
LOL. This was almost my exact impression of W's performance in the first debate. You could easily have devised a frat party drinking game in which everybody had to take a shot whenever he said 'it's hard work.'
2004-10-08 19:56 | User Profile
[QUOTE=Buster] You can't be sending mixed messages.[/QUOTE]
This is part of Bush's rationalization for lying. Let's suppose three years from now, Bush is president and thousands of Americans have been killed in Iraq and that the US-backed government has been overthrown:
Q) Are things going back in Iraq?
Bush) Things are going great....
Q) If things are going great, then what of the problems people point to?
Bush) It's hard work.
Q) The US is on the verge of being driven out of Iraq, why do you pretend that things are going great?
Bush) I don't want to send mixed messages.
Q) Isn't that the same denial of reality that lead you to attack Iraq without good reason to believe Saddam had WMDs?
2004-10-08 22:36 | User Profile
There was a guy who use to call up The Don and Mike Show and play Larry King audio clips. The guy would never speak, but just use the King clips. Don and Mike got the joke and the piece was always hilarious. When I listen to Bush's responses to questions it is alot like this.
2004-10-08 23:57 | User Profile
That was super funny,,,,,thanks.
2004-10-10 00:40 | User Profile
Bush won!
He kicked that faggy Kerry's butt all across the stage... and the people loved him for it.
Did you see those crowds around Bush? Men and women... they knew who won the debate.
Laura was so beautiful! What a great first lady!
I was very proud of them.
Bush never lied!
2004-10-10 00:48 | User Profile
Disagree on this one, Gabrielle.
Bush lost his cool at one point and didn't sit down when he should have- that is, immediately. Kerry, whether you like him or not came out looking as good as it is possible for a "liberal" Democrat.
On the other hand, Cheney destroyed Edwards. It's a shame that Cheney is evil. He really has a good mind for politics.