What's the verdict, DU? Bush's latest meltdown

[CatWoman]

Did it make him look strong or weak?

Keep partisanship out of it.

[NMDemDist2]

1. he looked like a big bully who was going to take this toys and go home

it wasn't good

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

6. That's how it looked to me too...

...He must've said "we'll get clarification or it won't move forward" at least a dozen times. The translation is just as you stated: "Give me what I want or I'll take my toys and go home."

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. wrong.

he looked like a whiny little spoiled-rotten bully wanna-be who was going to take his toys and go home.





well, he did!

[MuseRider]

2. The tiny little bit I saw

made him look insane.

How can someone go from seemingly pleasant to very angry when he is the only one talking? Crazy man, crazy.

[waiting for hope]

3. Weak....like he's ready

to crack - did you ever see Clinton behave like a spoiled brat like that? I thought for sure the Shrub was going to take his ball and go home today.

[spindrifter]

4. Strong? Weak?

I'm thinking petulant and ridiculous.

[Xipe Totec]

5. He looked weak, but the smell was strong n/t

[DRoseDARs]

13. I was gonna go with incontinent. n/t

[madrchsod]

8. to a sane person he looked like he is desperate.

to his true believers he is the man who will save them from the unknown. to the rest of the world he looks like someone who is going insane

[JanusAscending]

21. Yeah, and his condescending way of speaking to us,

like we are two year olds, made me think of that line from "Of Mice and Men" ...." and there will be rabbits too, right George? You said there would be rabbits too"!! What a piece of work he's become. God help us all!!:hide:

[CatWoman]

26. heh

he chimploded.

:D

[purduejake]

9. Link?

I just got home and have no idea what we're talking about.

[CatWoman]

12. here

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/09/15/bush-presser-and-gregory/

[onecent]

10. Take a look at the past presidents. How many have looked

as weak and broken as Bu**????

Kennedy - master orator.
Even Johnson had a backbone for a speech or two.
Nixon, Ford, Carter, NEVER had a meltdown.
Reagen.....hollywood style, NO breakdown EVER
Georgie Porgie ---- Read my lIPS.....God awful. but meltdown? Naaah
Clinton - the big dog .... the best....

and WHAT WE ARE STUCK with now.

How did America get so lucky? There's millions and millions of capable people in American....How did we get so lucky?

[SeattleGirl]

11. It made him look like exactly what he is:

Petulant, narcissistic, bullying, immature, incompetent, unable to answer a direct question, abolutely incapable of caring about anyone.....I could go on and on. I was so angry after that totally disgusting display he put on when David Gregory was questioning him about torture, I swear my blood pressure went up 100 points.

[babylonsister]

14. Unrepentant, as usual. Defensive. Very rude. Ignorant, as usual,

in the way he 'crafted' his responses. Angry.

Edit for spelling

[cdsilv]

16. I'm right, you're wrong. Everyone is WRONG! I AM THE DECIDER!!!

....if you don't like it, leave me alone. I AM STILL THE DECIDER!!!!

[LiviaOlivia]

15. He's become Captain Queeg

He's lost his marbles. Yet that analogy is unfair to Queeg because the Captain served in the military and suffered from combat fatigue.

Bush is a narcissistic monster.

[many a good man]

17. He's blackmailing America

He basically said that if we don't let him torture A-rabs then he'll stop trying to protect our country.

To ME, that's weak. Whether it bumps up his approval rating...I don't even want to know the answer. I just want my country back.

[Berry Cool]

18. Only bullies think yelling louder, getting up in your face and whining

"LET ME FINISH!" is a sign of strong communications skills!

[niyad]

34. I wish he WOULD stop doing whatever it is he thinks he's doing to "protect

our country", and then maybe we wouldn't be in so much trouble.

[OXM]

19. Can't keep partisanship out...

But let me try: In my eyes, he was the same guy who god knows how he ever got to be where he is today. Claiming one torture is better than another just because the he happens to be the one on the "good torture" side...

On the other hand, this may be exactly what some people may think. Some people do think that you can't be objective here and that we torture to protect ourselves while they torture for fun.

It reminds me of a slip he had on one of the debates, saying (forgive the paraphrasing) he opposed the international court because he didn't want soldiers to be sent there to face justi-- to stand trial.

[savemefromdumbya]

20. many republican voters are saying they don't like Bush and are wondering..

......whether to vote GOP this time

[JanusAscending]

22. TELL THEM WE SAID.......NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

n/t

[Oilwellian]

23. I would ask one question

The same question Andy asked the warden in Shawshank Redemption...Mr. President, how can you be so obtuse?

[Wednesdays]

24. I see someone who has NO clue what he's talking about.

And has his own unique form of reality. Sort of like,

Reporter: "Mr. President, what do you say to your critics who suggest you are violating the Geneva Convention?"

*: "Of COURSE the cow is white. They're trying to have you believe it's black, when it's really white. It's white, and it's the only way we can make this thing work. And as sure as the sun will rise in the west and I have gum in my pocket, there's gonna be another day. And there will be another day, trust me. How can you stand there and ask about Christmas when it's only September? Next question. No, you've had your chance, next question."

[gulliver]

25. Like a little man in a job that is too big for him.

As usual. I can't believe a guy like that is president.

[Octafish]

27. Made Monkey look sick.

Mad Smirko McCokespoon treats those "beneath him" with utter contempt. Mr. and Mrs. American Sixpack can see it plain as day: Baby Doc Bush is one crazy monkey.

[Zomby Woof]

28. Weak to the 60-65% of us who know he is flailing

And strong to the Kool-ade Krowd.

I am not sure that is a non-partisan reply, but fairness is not a virtue Bush deserves. :-)

[CatWoman]

29. I asked for the nonpartisanship

because the RW blogs are all clamoring about how he "kicked ass" and "showed 'em" :shrug:

I've read very few negative reactions from them.

It's like we are in Bizarro World. Yet again.

[Zomby Woof]

33. Then my answer is right

Because I have not seen those blogs, but it looks like I predicted accurately that they would see his anger as strength. Fascists respond well to anger. They love displays of rage and abusiveness. It makes perfect sense that this would embolden his base.

Although Bush is stupid, he is also very cunning, and I have no doubt his tantrum was intentional. Intentiomal or not, he is off his nut, and flailing in desperation. He will gain back some of the good will he lost in the past year from the softer edge of his base - the 10% or so who make the difference between a 35% approval and a 45% approval.

[Wednesdays]

35. He's starting to act like another historical figure famous for tantrums..

Sir Alec Guiness' great portrayal of Hitler's tantrum on the eve of Germany's defeat...
http://www.earthstation1.com/pgs/wwii/dos-HTLTDHitlerRagesAtGenerals.wav.html

* is starting to sound more and more like this.

[Generic Brad]

30. He is beginning to look scared of NBC reporters to me

He came off the same way with Matt Lauer earlier this week. Now David Gregory has clearly gotten under his skin. Tim Russert challenged Cheney on Sunday. And don't forget Olberman's righteous smack down on 9/11.

He appears panicked and anxious because he has lost one of the media outlets.

[CatWoman]

31. maybe he is forced to skip his mid afternoon nap

because he actually has to work.

tho I can't agree that running around the country giving jerk ass speeches "work".

[havocmom]

32. Little old lady today was talking about 'nothing good on TV...

It's all bad or scary and NOTHING is as scary as bush on TV today'

edited to add: She has probably never voted for a DEM candidate in her life. Her husband was a state legislator. She shuddered just telling me about watching bush on tv today.

[driver8]

36. Shrub honestly believes that he is our "king" and that no one has the

right to disagree with him about anything. He thinks he should be allowed to do ANYTHING he wants -- he can spy on who he wants, he can torture if he wants, he can invade countries if he wants. After all, he has been "elected" king.

When someone stands up to him, the king feels threatened and must put that loyal servant in his/her place. I honestly believe that junior is not right in the head...there is something going on in that little pea brain of his that just ain't right.