'Did you see Bush at the UN ! He was awesome! "

[kentuck]

I heard this comment from an employee in a training class at work today. I'm sure he is not alone with those sentiments. But this is the direction we must choose on November 2nd. Screw the world! We don't need 'em! A very popular position amongst many Republicans. I hope it is not the position of most of America.

[Larkspur]

1. I would have said, "Bush was AWFUL!"

And he reminded me of Lt-Col George Armstrong Custer at Little Bighorn. :evilgrin:

[Spinzonner]

6. Not a good analogy

In this case he was "Standing Bull"

[demwing]

13. How about "Speaking Bull" ? /nt

[blue neen]

34. He was full of Bulls*t!

[Larkspur]

37. Custer led his men to Death and Disaster

that is where Bush is leading us.

Custer was also arrogant and racist which is one main reason why he ended up dead.

[Mountainman]

2. I think he was awesome. Awesome in his stupidity and most of the world

agrees with me.

[underpants]

3. I actually forgot what was on

I was working and DUing and had the C-Span stream going and it was so dull I forgot that I was supposedly listening to the leader of the only remaining Superpower. You could hear a pin drop.

[underpants]

7. Oh I'll add-it was a speech for domestic consumption

Apparently it worked with that person you overheard.

It was meant (as everything is) for THE BASE, it is slipping away from him ever so gradually and he can't afford to lose a one.

[Diet Coke]

4. New Guy

It just makes me want to work harder to get the truth out. I think if the Rebs had their way, they would destroy the UN.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

5. Welcome to DU!

If the repugs hate the UN so much, why doesn't Bush take the U.S. out of it? I never seem to get a straight answer from repugs for this.

[JimmyJazz]

11. tell perry wietz I said "hello" n/t

[calimary]

28. And why does he keep coming back, demanding that they step in and

help him?

Welcome to DU, both of you - NYCparalegal AND Diet Coke!

Yes, please do NOT stop working. The fat lady isn't even in makeup yet...

[LiberalFighter]

29. Good point...

of course they don't have an answer.

[goclark]

9. There are too many of "those"people

in the UN.

TMO, the UN scares Bush folks because all the people don't look and think like they do. They seem to have no sense of a World View.

It is so sad that they don't understand.

That is why we must redouble our efforts to make this World a better place for our children.

[Kierkegaard]

10. Welcome New Guy

Glad to have you aboard.

Good luck on that truth thing. I hear it's a desperately endangered species.

[newyawker99]

17. Hi Diet Coke!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[yardwork]

21. Welcome to DU!

[elperromagico]

8. For some reason, that comment reminds me of that ACT ad with Will Ferrell

"I'm George W. Bush, and I approve this message. In fact, I think it is awesome."

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

33. Love that ad..LOL n/t

MKJ

[cliss]

12. Your co-worker must be either

brain-dead or he is not fit to be in a working situation.

[Bucky]

14. Sadly, it is the position of most Americans when there's a GOP prez

Foreign policy and dealing with complicated issues like how do we use a big fat international do-little bureaucracy like the UN to effectively advance the causes of world peace and the rule of international law are issues on which the mass of citizens prefer to follow their leaders. Since this country is pretty free of death squads and (not counting the times when foreign dictators visit Disneyland for a much needed vacation), we don't conceive of the wealth of good the UN can and should do in the world.

That's why, despite its inefficiency, we really do need to support the UN. It represents the best course of action for promoting international law and human rights. It takes real leadership to see this need rather than to simply demogogue on the issue and rile up people's suspicions about this foreign entity that for some abstract reason we have to fund. When we have a president who uses the UN to advance real American causes like freedom and opportunity and workers' rights and women's rights, people begrudgingly get behind the UN. When we have a cynical propagandist trying to bluff his way into a second term, people follow their leader then too and start to despise the joint.

The UN is imperfect, but it's needed.

[snippy]

15. More Americans need to see their LordGodBush unscripted.

[KoKo]

16. Wow Whee...Awsome Dude...Great Speech....Tough, Strong, Unyielding.

yes...I heard it ..and it was open to interpretation....Knuff said.

[Carolinian]

18. The world hates Bush. If we re-elect him we're saying "Screw

You" to them all. Right?

[natrat]

22. unless they steal

it again as i think they will try to

[yardwork]

23. Right. And for some Americans, that's fine with them

They fear and therefore hate anybody who is different from them.

It's interesting that Republican policies - which keep people uneducated, overworked, in poor health, and vulnerable to any huckster who promises them the moon - produce masses of Republican voters.

[heidiho]

19. The delegates looked like they were having root canal surgery

and probably would rather have than sit and listen to his idiocy and
arrogance.

[WinterStorm]

20. Compared to what? A box of rocks or a bag of hammers?

People are so damn dumb!

[marlakay]

24. I thought I read on here that people didn't even applaud??

So was that true or not, I thought I read that he paused a lot on purpose for applause and no one applauded.

[yardwork]

25. I read that there was polite applause at the end only

No applause whatsoever during the speech.

[Chomskyite]

26. What was your response?

Sounded like an opportunity to help out the cause of rationality to me. Of course, you had to reply in a very smooth yet critical way.

We need to know in advance what we'll do or say when such situations come up in OUR lives. They most assuredly will.

My instinct is to ask a question. "Really? What did he say? Hmmmm. What worries me about that is . . . "

[moondust]

27. Ultranationalist fools.

Let's see them conduct their "war on terra" (not to be confused with Iraq) without the participation of those damned ferners.

On the other hand, let's not.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

30. Bush is a local politician

He has no concept of what role a world statesman should have in taking the lead. He's wrapped up in Texas politics and that's what interests him. Arrogance and beligerance is part of the image he tries to cultivate because it plays well in NASCAR/dueling banjo land.

[K8-EEE]

31. It Was Weird Hearing That Icy Silence...Didn't They Make Them

sign Loyalty Oaths at the UN? LOL!

[blue neen]

35. Ooh. Icy Silence. That describes it perfectly.

It was actually creepy. But Bush is a creep, so what should we expect?

That speeech was HORRID!!!!!!!!!

[discopants]

32. dumbass dittohead

"'Did you see Bush at the UN ! He was awesome!" is just parroting Rush Limbaugh's rant yesterday. Your buddy at work is a real deep thinker. :eyes:

[hatrack]

36. Bush gave a speech designed for the Lubbock TX Womens' GOP Auxiliary

That's pretty much it - arrogant, swaggering, self-righteous and oozing sanctimonious bullshit. The only thing that made it all worthwhile was the solid 3-second round of applause he got at the end.

Yeah, way to draw allies from around the world to our side in the grinding fight of good vs. evil, Chimpo.