Brian Williams Interviews a pretty incoherent Bush

[ProSense]

Brian Williams Interviews a pretty incoherent Bush

Countdown covered Brian Williams interview with Bush last night.

For someone who does not like how the public perceives him, Bush does not help his case any in this interview. Take this little exchange:

WILLIAMS: When you take a tour of the world, a lot of Americans e-mail me with their fears that, some days they just wake up and it just feels like the end of the world is near. And you go from North Korea to Iran, to Iraq, to Afghanistan, and you look at how things have changed, how Americans are viewed overseas, if that is important to you. Do you have any moments of doubt that we fought a wrong war? Or that there’s something wrong with the perception of America overseas?

BUSH: Well those are two different questions, did we fight the wrong war, and absolutely — I have no doubt — the war came to our shores, remember that. We had a foreign policy that basically said, let’s hope calm works. And we were attacked.

Last week Bush said that he never implied any connection between Iraq and 9/11, yet both Iraq and the War on Terror have again been lumped together and Bush says that the war "came to our shores". Sure the war with terrorism did, but the war with Iraq did not come to our shores. Is it any wonder why people say the White House has tried to link Saddam and 9/11?

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[Totally Committed]

1. Just when I thought it wasn't possible any longer....

Bush astounds me yet again.

TC

[VolcanoJen]

2. Saw it yesterday.

Now, I'm never impressed by Der ChimpenFuhrer's attempts at communication, but this interview was a real doozy. He was slurring all over the place, and the entire time I watched, I was thinking, "Tony Snow's a damned fool to put this incoherent dry drunk all alone with Brian Williams."

Incompetence abounds throughout the administration. He embarrasses his nation in perpetuity

[BluegrassDem]

3. I saw it too

I told my family that Bush has to hitting the bottle again after seeing that interview. He's much worse than usual.

[Kikosexy2]

10. His body language...

screamed "GET ME THE FUCK OUTTA HERE"! He was jittery, agitated--no script around...fuck get me out!....

[MissWaverly]

19. do you think it has to do with the BBC movie about

him being killed in 2007 on the campaign trail?

[Kikosexy2]

22. Nah...

the man can't function without his script...ends up looking and sounding foolish or basically himself...

[MissWaverly]

23. can't help wondering what he's like with world leaders

he can't even handle the snooze reporters

[Kikosexy2]

24. I believe we ...

got a good glimpse of that "shit" at the G-8 Summit...

[MissWaverly]

25. yes, but not one on one in negotiations

[yy4me]

12. I think he left his teeth in a glass. I was puzzled by the way his

mouth moved. He either had no teeth or was bombed out of his mind. It wasn't just what he said but also how he said it. Although I think Brian Williams could have conducted a more powerful interview, he did enough to make our fearless leader look like the idiot he is. Just give the prez an unscripted situation and he will be sure to screw up.

[Kikosexy2]

15. He was ...

squirming...very uncomfortable...Brian could've gone for the kill with some hard questioning but when money talks, our media whores jump...

[nam78_two]

4. Seriously I think they have Bush on some kinda drugs

I am not even kidding...

I think he is drunk or on drugs or something a lot of the time that he is in public. Or he is suffering from advanced dementia...

[unschooler]

5. You can't give a coherent explanation when there isn't one.

[kwolf68]

6. So...

They are starting to lie about the lies they told

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Bush looked pretty terrible in that bright sunlight.

Actually, I'm a bit surprised that he didn't shrivel up, Dracula-like, as a result of being exposed to sunlight. And oh, my God, that guy fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down. It was apparent that he was completely flummoxed when Williams asked him what The Stranger was about -- he stammered and danced and said "Well, I read three Shakespeares."

In-fucking-credible.

[TomInTib]

8. His repeated inability to pronounce "Jackson" was quite telling

Jack-juhn

I believe the Great Pretzel Incident was just one of several slight strokes.

[MissWaverly]

21. is that three Shakespeares' as in 3 beers

yesh, I just had 3 english beers that should counts as 3 Shakespeares, make that the
ale, please.

[Lisa]

32. "fell out of the stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down"

Oh, that's priceless! You have a gift for description, ocelot. I'm going to steal that phrase!

[greenman3610]

9. Freudian

BUSH: ....Did we fight the wrong war? I have no doubt...

[Supersedeas]

11. talk this Turd away from a written script and he is a hopeless baffoon

[Diane R]

13. I had a feeling he was spitting all over Williams....

...as he talked.

There were a few times that I swear Brian was wiping spittle off his face.

[CTyankee]

14. He said he read "three Shakespeares" this year

I emailed my former English Lit professor about that. I can see her rolling her eyes now!

[lpbk2713]

16. I noticed he kept his back away from the camera.

So it wouldn't show that he was wired.

[LuckyLib]

17. Is that a wire or a kevlar vest? I'm serious -- he's been wearing one!

[riona]

18. *'s use of

various accents was interesting.

[Supersedeas]

20. therefore calm is no longer justified anywhere--'cept Kinnebunkport

[EndElectoral]

26. He pronounced eclectic- ecalectic....The man is just sad!

[shimmergal]

27. He was standing so close to Williams

as to invade his personal space, by American standards. Usually this is only done by drunks. Of course, in the Angela Merkel encounter, he showed he's immune to any customary standards about such things.

[sipsake]

28. Have you seen the video

on YouTube. It compares Bush of ten years ago to the Bush of today. It shows clips of speeches he's given. It was amazing. Ten years ago he was sharp, focused and actually a good speaker. Compare that with the slow, stuttering confusion he shows today. It really is a startling difference.

The conclusion...Presenile Dementia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvVilAlCBYc

[ProSense]

31. Makes you wonder

how anyone in their right mind could actually say he made sense during the 2004 debates! Still there is a similarity over the ten years: He was lying then and he's lying now.

[Jack Rabbit]

29. That's a redundancy, isn't it?

Incoherent Bush. When has he been coherent?

[cassiepriam]

30. I have not seen any clips recently where he looks sober.

This past year he looks and sounds intoxicated most of the time.

[Marrak]

33. Impeach...

unless we get medical/psychiatric evaluation followed by a SCOTUS-ordered resignation/mandatory commitment to St. Elisabeth's. Which "ain'ta gonna 'appen."

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Definitely insane...