REUTERS: "Still, the openly skeptical laughter that greeted ..his answers"

[wndycty]

If that is not the funniest thing I have read in a long time nothing is.

-snip-
BUSH STRUGGLES TO ANSWER


Journalists attending the Unity conference in Washington had given Kerry loud applause when he appeared before them on Thursday, so Bush had little doubt about the group's political leanings when he agreed to talk to them.


Still, the openly skeptical laughter that greeted some of his answers to their questions was a stark contrast to the fawning crowds Bush usually faces on the campaign trail.
-snip-

Many in the crowd laughed when Bush struggled to answer a question about what tribal sovereignty means for Native American tribes in the 21st century.


"Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a -- you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities," Bush replied.
-snip-

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040806/pl_nm/campaign_bush_dc_9

[Isere]

1. I watched this on CSPAN

and, boy oh boy, Bush was on the hot seat, sweating like a schoolboy. Try to catch the weekend re-runs if you can. It's almost fun to watch Commander Codpiece squirm.

No wonder Rove keeps him on a short leash.

[olddem43]

3. I watched this too - and I was embarrassed for him.

How could a guy that dumb and inarticulate be president? I used to think Reagan was dumb but he was a brain surgeon compared to this dolt. If he said doody, solemn doody once, he said it fifty times. His entire speech and Q & A session was repetitious and boring as well.

[sleepyhead]

8. I shrieked at the TV

And repeated "doody" every time he said it. And yelled "Liar" at every lie. Hooted at his "legacy" answer. Great fun.

[wndycty]

9. He said doody?

You are kidding me, right?

[Arugula Latte]

13. He was actually saying "duty"

But the way he said it only made you think that he had a big load in his pants.

[wndycty]

14. He probably did have a big load in his pants

:kick:

[VoteDemocratic2004]

30. LOL....That needs to be on a bumper sticker

:kick:

[daligirrl]

15. It is my sovereign doody to reply on this thread. ..

[arwalden]

82. I Take My Doodies Seriously

[wndycty]

2. I have never in my life seen a room full of press laugh at a president

Have you?

[TrustingDog]

4. all the time at my house...

[prolesunited]

5. No, but it really isn't funny anymore either

To think of the damage he and his minions have done to the country and this world, I vacillate between tears and anger.

BTW, :hi: Hope all is well.

[Oilwellian]

27. Hi there

Haven't seen you in a while...so glad to see you still plugging away. Love your sig too. :hi:

I saw Bush on Oberman tonight and was aghast. Pity the poor people who will be around him this weekend to help him recover from such a major public embarrassment. You KNOW he's going to throw a pissy fit and his psychosis will only be more apparent to him. This brings him one step closer to the major breakdown many of us anticipate. We live in dangerous times.

[SammyWinstonJack]

31. Barney probably got "dropped: a few times

Wonder what happened to the guy who called bush* a liar, the one the SS escorted out?

[wish_I_could_vote]

6. No, and I enjoyed every minute of it

[opihimoimoi]

7. He is a FIRST...he was the first to be mass mooned and now this...

""""The masses are laughing mommy, what am I to do?"

"Tell um recovery is around the corner"

"But I tried that already, bombed"

"Keep repeating, they are slow today but they will git it yet"

"Git your recovery around the corner!!!"

[scottxyz]

10. Bush screwed up - didn't understand what the word "means" means

Bush failed to grasp that what he was being asked about was the ramifications (not the dictionary definition) of sovereignty.

He must have been proud that he was able to demonstrate that he knows what the SAT word "sovereignty" means.

Too bad he didn't grasp what the word "means" means in this context.

[indie_voter]

17. He couldn't even demonstrate that much

Sovereignty is self-government. Simple.

Ugh. How low have we sunk?

[G_j]

56. he obviously doesn't know what it means for Iraq either

"Sovereignty" :-(

[soothsayer]

65. but he DIDN'T know what the SAT word "sovereignty" means

It was like, George, use "sovereignty" in a sentence, and he goes, "Sovereignty is a word on our vocabulary test today."

[arwalden]

83. Note To Self: Swallow Completely Before Reading A Soothsayer Message

and keep paper towels next to computer monitor at all times.

-- Allen

[sandraj]

11. Ray Suarez asked

a question about affirmative action. As Bush started to answer, the audience applauded Suarez's question, and Bush turned to Suarez and sniped "they're not lettin' me answer" or something like that. Suarez seemed to give him a funny look (kind of hard to tell though in my media player).

[indie_voter]

16. I think he said something like

"I haven't even answered the question yet"

Trying to take credit for the applause. :p

[sandraj]

20. Oh -

I think you're right.

Once again showing how completely out of touch he is. Or just arrogant. :eyes:

[indie_voter]

23. LOL!

Both my husband and I were appalled. How can ANYBODY think this man is worthy of the 'highest office of the land' ?

3 more months to intellectual freedom.

[burythehatchet]

64. The sadness of King George

The applause was meant for the person who was speaking. It was a bunch of young journalists who had strong feelings for their teachers on the panel. Whenever each one was given the opportunity to ask a question, each received vigorous applause. So consider the cold-heartedness of w*. He can not even allow a regular person, a role model for so many intelligent people, the opportunity to hear a bit of applause and gratitude.

He has no capacity to empathize.

[cornfedyank]

35. i thought they applauded at the question about the mission in iraq.

what is the mission and how will we know when we are done?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Sounds exactly like

a bullshit blue book answer.

Do they give blue books in the 4th grade? :shrug:

[pinto]

18. the. most. embarrassing. president. ever.

it was fun to watch his ineptitude and also very sad. he is the pres.
the. most. embarrassing. president. ever.

[Gold Metal Flake]

19. Vote it a 5 folks.

[sandraj]

21. "We've actually misnamed the war on terror

it ought to be the... the... the... struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shape the conscience of the free world."

Yes, that's catchy.

[Kal Belgarion]

22. Or as Olbermann said...

The S.A.I.E.W.D.N.B.I.F.S.W.H.T.U.T.A.A.W.T.T.T.S.T.C. Of The F.W. :)

[Tansy_Gold]

47. Okay, I'll bite.

What does all that stand for?

[nostamj]

63. uh, see #21

"struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shape the conscience of the free world"

[drdigi420]

67. then we could rename the war on drugs to the more accurate:

war on some of the people, especially the poor ones, that use some drugs that we, or our lobbyists, don't make a profit with and so must fight against their legalization while pretending to attempt to stop their supply causing crime to skyrocket and poverty-stricken areas to become war zones

[Triana]

24. he got some amused giggles from the press elsewhere today...

...did you listen to AirAmerica this afternoon? He tried to come up with a new word for 'terrorists'. It ended up being a new paragraph instead, as he babbled on and on...they played a member of he press (I think it was the press) laughing at his new 'word' for terrorists.

God, it was horrible. The man can't even utter a coherent sentence.

[Norquist Nemesis]

39. Dons Tinfoil Hat ... I sure hope it's not Rove dirty tricks with

this by (once again) lowering expectations as low as they can go so that Bush *cough* wins the debates against Kerry. Something of the sort that when he's able to put three well-rehearsed and coherent sounding thoughts across ...well, you know.

[sleepyhead]

86. Ain't gonna happen.

Since when has he even combined *two* coherent thoughts in one statement? I'm not the least bit worried about that - bring on the debates!

[Karenina]

90. I say DEBATES

ain't gonna happen.
5€ on it. YOUR ADVANTAGE. A "fellow" Texan (real one, no transplant, A&M Grad), reamed the *dauphin a butthole large enough into which his head would easily fit at the Unity Conference.

The only trick is, EVERYONE IS IN A SITUATION WHERE THINKING "ON YOUR FEET" IS THE STANDARD. (Sorta like 9/11 :evilgrin:) That is NOT gonna happen as the *dauphin proved HE CANNOT DO IT. HE'S INCOMPETENT. HE'S UNQUALIFIED. HE DID NOT ACHIEVE HIS POSITION THROUGH MERIT.

Now back to our regularly scheduled program...

[kittykitty]

25. Same thing with his answer about "legacies". You could tell

he was perplexed about the word "legacy" for few seconds until he realized he WAS ONE! The question was something like, if he didn't believe in affirmative action, did he think schools should admit students as legacies or should it be solely on merit? He finally said they should be admitted on merit and not because they were legacies.

[pookastew]

26. "REUTERS: "Still, the openly skeptical laughter that greeted ..his answers

He's a moron.

[calimary]

28. Ordinarily, you're not supposed to define a word by using that same

word in the definition, george. Oh, I forgot. Skipped elementary school. Daddy must have bought him one of his own.

[Kipepeo]

36. Or using a variation of the word FIVE times

in the definition.

FIVE TIMES!

[wrate]

70. unless you are using a recursive definition. Which he wasn't of course n/t

[Feanorcurufinwe]

29. I was amazed at the open laughter

[wndycty]

32. Kick

:kick:

[Isere]

34. Open laughter.....

ah, yes...

Wouldn't we have been better served by the press in 2000 if they had laughed at Bush instead of focusing on Gore's earth tones?

We might have avoided this calamity.

[Kool Kitty]

41. Yeah, me, too

I thought the open laughter was a thing of beauty. And when they turned the camera on the audience a couple of times. My goodness, they were completely underwhelmed by W. The speech was a joke, I don't remember any applause AT ALL. And the Q and A was a disgrace. He answered none of the questions and his definition of "sovereignity" was an instant bonehead classic. You want a good Kerry campaign ad? Cut that hour or so of utter dreck into 30 second soundbites, and there you go. Kerry in a landslide.

[DoYouEverWonder]

48. Everyone did applaud

for the questions. However, I didn't hear any applause for W's answers, which I thought was strange. Usually people applaud the answers, not the questions. I thought maybe I was watching an episode of the twilight zone.

[Kool Kitty]

88. I meant that I heard no applause when he gave his talk

before the Q and A session. That was bizarre, though, the people in the audience did applaud the questions and not the answers. He is so used to fawning, hand-picked crowds-he must have been shocked.

[Gregorian]

33. And, he invented a new word again- Discriminary

What was it he said about the Iraqi's? Something like, "These are people who don't like a free society."?

[Cat Atomic]

37. That's what every WEEK should be like for Bush.

But the media gives him a major pass, from the sycophantic WH Press Corp., to the hand-picked crowds he speaks to, to the "Free Speech Zones".

Any person of normal intelligence would laugh at much of what Bush says. That's why he speaks to Republicans.

[opihimoimoi]

40. ""OMG, .....Get the HOOK ....GET THE HOOK"

"Get the Dude OFF the Stage...Hurry~~!!! He is blowing his lines ""

ONG, How embarrassing"

[LibDemAlways]

46. As I posted elsewhere....

I kept waiting for Chuck Barris to come out and mercifully bang the gong.

[Tom Kitten]

38. I heard and then watched it...

and I was embarassed and ashamed, for a minute at what a fool he was making himself out to be, until I recame to my senses and thought about all the destruction this imbecile has caused to the USA...He deserves a much needed puntout of office so much I can hardly wait, his adorees also need a much needed punt in the pants! We're talking about our future here, dismal as it may be because of this man, and still so many think he is the best man for the job of leading us!!! It's sickening sometimes...

[HuskerDem]

42. How could you do anything BUT LAUGH ??????????????

He sounded and looked like himself. An uncurious, ignorant STOOGE. If he were not gone in three months I would feel humiliated, but for now it's just amusing.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

43. I think there was a lot of complacence in 2000

from people who just looked at Bush and said: "No way is he getting elected President". But, there he sits in the Oval Office.

[Renew Deal]

44. That's the answer of a ninth grader.

I think that's when he started boozing.

[LibDemAlways]

45. The audience looked appalled,

embarrassed, and somewhat sickened by the experience. One woman was holding her head like I do when I have a migraine.

The chimp looked like the most unfunny, desperate Vegas lounge act comedian of all time on the worst night of his career. Facing an openly hostile crowd, he broke into a flop sweat and tried every sound bite in his limited arsenal to generate some sort of remotely favorable response.

As a comic scene in a movie, it would have been hysterical. As an actual event, it was pathetic and almost surreal.

[NewJeffCT]

49. After Bush's last prime time press conference

After his big prime time press conference in April (I think), where he had trouble with his prepared responses and didn't apologize or admit to any mistakes, I told my wife (who had lived in America for only 5 years) that for the first time in my life, I am embarrassed to be an American.

I think this interview is a second time.

[Disturbed]

50. Nancy Pelosi was critized...

by many when she stated that the Pres. is incompetent. I feel that she was being mild. This Pres. is completely unfit to be Pres. It has been a Twighlight Zone segment for these past years. I do pity the families of Americans, Iraqis and Afghans who have suffered greatly due to this pathetic person and his band of Neo Fascists. ;(

[wndycty]

66. Its obvious she was right. . .

. . .but no one will admit that.

[mopaul]

51. that's why they control who he speaks to

usually staunch bushies anyway, or military crowds where they all hoot and sound like they're in a planet of the apes remake.

it was refreshing to see him sweat and squirm in front of a REAL audience. what a contrast. he needs to do more appearences like that to remind us all that even a 12 year old girld could do a better job

[cthrumatrix]

52. clearly...now ask yourself who is really running this country...the puppet

is not.

[wndycty]

53. Kick

:kick:

[Toots]

74. Why did you have to put in girld?

Just twelve year old would have sufficed. :shrug:

[buycitgo]

91. excellent point!

you're right

twelve year old girls are usually MUCH more mature, grounded, self-reliant, responsible, etc. than 12 yr old boys

read the literature

AND, I have years' and years' and years' experience in junior high schools

sure, there are exceptions, but I see it EVERY day

if we had to have a 12 year old president, it would be a girl

and there are MANY 12 year old girls in MY school who would NOT have SAT there drooling for seven minutes if they'd heard that the nation was under attack

[Q]

54. Bush* should stick with his 'fawning', hand-picked audiences...

...because he's out of his element when he speaks in front of people who don't have to take an oath of loyalty to be there.

[wndycty]

55. I was thinking the same thing this morning . . .

. . .as I read an article talking about Kerry and Edwards being heckled.

[wndycty]

57. From the San Francisco Chronicle

-snip-
The scattered and infrequent applause during Bush's remarks was in sharp contrast to the enthusiastic reception the roughly 5,000 minority journalists gave Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, whose speech the day before was interrupted nearly 50 times by clapping and ended with a standing ovation.

Bush, more accustomed to friendly crowds on the campaign trail, received a cool response and moments of awkward laughter from the crowd at Unity, a consortium of African American, Latino, Asian American and American Indian journalist associations.
-snip-

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/08/07/MNG5384B3A1.DTL

[wndycty]

58. And Jesse chimes in

-snip-
During his address, which was attended by civil rights leader and past presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson, there were a few goofs - or Bushisms - for which he has become known for.

The most laughter came from the more than 3,000 scribes as Bush did not seem to know what tribal sovereignty meant when asked by a panelist. Bush referred to the plight of Native Americans, who are apposed to states interfering with their lives, as "tribal sovereign-entity."

"The president explained you just didn't understand it," said Jackson, who joked about the speech at a news conference.
-snip-

http://www.reddingnewsreview.com/newspages/2004newspages/bushunity_04_937623.htm

[CheshireCat]

59. Is there a video of this online?

Link, please - if anyone has a link.

Please....this will make my horrendous week!

(Would look myself, but I am working this morning and don't have time)

[wndycty]

60. Its on cspan.org

http://www.cspan.org

[RebelOne]

61. I like his statement when he was talking about the tax breaks.

"We paid special attention to parents with children." Well, that makes a whole lot of sense (NOT). They wouldn't be parents if they didn't have children.

[wndycty]

62. I did not realize that. . .LOL

This man is a simple idiot.

[LostInAnomie]

68. It would have been great if...

... someone would have asked him how he can be against affirmative action when he himself was allowed to go to Yale on a legacy scholarship.

He didn't have the grades, or the SAT scores to get in but he managed to steal someone else's spot because of who he is.

[Stephanie]

71. Didn't you see it? That's EXACTLY what he was asked

By Roland Martin, who got him to say that he would oppose legacy admissions. Bush was defenseless. He could come up with no other answer. LOL!

[LostInAnomie]

72. No I haven't seen it yet...

... but that is great. Does anyone have a transcript? I'm sure you don't get the full effect by just reading it though. I would have to hear the chimp stammer.

[Karenina]

81. Then you need to see it.

Here's the link:

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=Bush_Admin&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=BA&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=15&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30

For a quickie eyeball popper, go to 32:00 and watch the warm-up pitch, then go to 52:00 to see the SLAM DUNK.

But you REALLY MUST watch the entire travesty... check out the FACES in the audience and the ABSURD babbling excuse for an answer Ray Suarez gets... :eyes:

[TrustingDog]

80. didn't he say something like this about the 'legacy'...

my dad didn't help me. I had to knock on a lot of doors.

erm?
is that the way most people get accepted? knocking on doors of people who are most likely very influenced by Poppy?

[Stephanie]

69. His tone is so pedantic it's offensive

He is so condescending, talking to that hyper-informed audience the same way he does to the ignorant right-wing knee-jerk republican Stepfordians he usually meets in his pre-screened appearances. Here he speaks to these JOURNALISTS as if they are a roomful of twelve-year-olds and it is just offensive and embarrassing. No wonder they couldn't restrain their laughter.

[Tracer]

73. His shortest answer was a doozy.

When asked about the payroll tax he said something like "cutting the payroll tax would wreck Social Security".

I nearly fell off my chair.

[J Williams]

75. Me too...

Bush never ceases to amaze me as to what a dolt he really is.

[Karenina]

84. Me too...

:shrug:

[J Williams]

77. Me too...

Bush never ceases to amaze me as to what a dolt he really is.

[Karenina]

85. Me too...

:mad: :freak: :mad:

[J Williams]

78. Me too...

Bush never ceases to amaze me as to what a dolt he really is.

[Karenina]

87. Me too...

:eyes: :puke: :mad: :freak: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :mad: :puke: ...

GET RID OF THIS *IMBECILE!!! They will NOT be stopped by a mere "election" (think: Venezuala) nor will they go quietly into that dark night. He and his handlers have already built elaborate bunkers, believe in their impunity and are NOT beyond hitting buttons to preserve their "power" :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[joanski01]

76. C-Span will be repeating this

bush* event at 6:05 p.m. Eastern time today, Saturday. That's about 20 minutes from now. Go watch. Don't miss it.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

79. the Unity Speeches are on being re-run right NOW on Cspan! Kerry is

on now but bush* will also be re-run when kerry is done

[wndycty]

89. This was a very special weekend for CSPAN. . .LOL

:kick: