Bush refers to Pakistan as an Arab country

[Poiuyt]

The sensitivity of U.S. relations in this region could be measured in one misspoken word that Bush delivered in a televised speech to the Indian people before leaving New Delhi. Bush, standing just after dusk before the warmly spotlighted gate of a 16th Century fortress, praised India's partnership with the U.S. and said that Pakistan "will be a steadfast partner…. A force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world."

White House spokesman Scott McClellan later had to explain aboard Air Force One en route to Pakistan that Bush meant to say "Muslim world" {ndash} uncomfortably noting that Pakistan is not an Arab nation. Another White House official said it was a simple error on the president's part {ndash} "He misspoke."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-060303bushvisit,1,4534911.story?coll=chi-news-hed

I'm so proud to have Bush as our president!!

[rodeodance]

1. oops--

[rodeodance]

5. maybe if he would focus instead of giving the eye to condi?

[saigon68]

83. At least the Chimp didn't call them

1. Islasics
2. Islamacists
3. Towel heads

[IronLionZion]

105. I wonder if he got confused when he saw the Indian PM

Manmohan Singh wearing a Sikh turban.



I half expected Dumbya to say "Osama I finally found you!". Or "did you just get out of the shower?"

[NastyRiffraff]

22. Our National Embarrassment

I shudder every time he travels, wondering who he's gonna insult next.

[liberalla]

25. Boy - that's the truth!

Gawd, he's awful. What a shame, too... after that warm welcome he received. :sarcasm:

[johnnyrocket]

79. Bush didn't even KNOW who the president of Pakistan was..

..during the election.

[dorkulon]

2. What a dumb ass.

Honestly, dude, you're the fucking President. Try to get through a week without offending a strategically pivotal nation.

[DoYouEverWonder]

37. That's what happens

when you let people take power, who hate humanity and want to destroy the government. It's just not a good idea.

[yardwork]

64. Welcome to DU - and that was funny!!

[Drum]

3. Whatta maroon!! nt

[connecticut yankee]

54. I think

the correct spelling is "Moran."

[Drum]

61. I was quoting Bugs Bunny,

but I do remember the reference from the Crawford protests :)

[Bluebear]

4. It's always "misspoke"

Dry drunk idiot.

[Czolgosz]

16. More like "misthunk"

[Greylyn58]

44. You have to have a brain to "Misthunk"

He's just a freakin idiot!!!

[Rowdyboy]

6. ROTFLMAO...Only Dubaia could say something that stupid.....

[madeline_con]

12. DUH-bya morphs into Dubaia. I LOVE it! BWAHAHAHA. n/t

[disndat]

72. Where was Karen Hughes?

They should never let * out of the WH withuot his WHIHD (wireless magnetic induction hearing device).

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Well, I'm glad I didn't vote for him.

"Cuz, if I did, I'd be feeling really, really stoopid right now.

[susu369]

8. Hey, bu$h* has progressed

at least he knows General Pervez Musharraf's name these days and that the Taliban is not a rock group.

:crazy:

[NewJeffCT]

39. And, shouldn't we be happy that...

he didn't ask if Pakistan had any black people?

[susu369]

57. LOL - however,

he did say Pakistanis were Arabs.

:-)

[Cha]

88. Yeah, "Fool me once...

won't get Fooled again"!

[Serenades]

9. Jesus H. Cortez

How damn stupid is the fuck?

[catmother]

10. maybe we should get him together with jessica simpson. wasn't

she the one who thought "chicken of the sea tuna" was chicken.:sarcasm:

[President Kerry]

56. Good idea. She could teach him something about foreign policy. n/t

[madeline_con]

11. One brown person's as good as another. n/t

[happydreams]

81. Yea, Persians, AArabs,they're all the same.

What a pathetic idiot-in-chief we have.

[MisterP]

13. salad dressing brain also called them "Pakis" in '02 or so

[11 Bravo]

15. Get the fuck out of here! Did he really?

I guess he just couldn't think of "dot head".

[Wetzelbill]

42. my favorite is when he called Greeks "Grecians"

Or when he asked the leader of Brazil if they had black people in their country too.

:rofl:

[Divernan]

58. Also, his reference to the "Great British".

If there are still sentient humans on this planet 100 years from now, and our descendants are not crosses of cavemen and nuclear mutants, they will be outraged and disbelieving that such an evil moron was given such power to destroy civilized societies.

[NJCher]

71. crosses of cavemen and nuclear mutants

There are some hilarious, succinct lines that come across DU. This is one of them.

:applause:




Cher

[Wetzelbill]

77. that is a good line, huh?

:rofl:

[CTyankee]

86. a result of nukular power pants melting down, no doubt

be careful when you send them pants to the cleaners.

[PA Democrat]

20. And don't forget Bush referring to the US war on terror as a "crusade"

It should be illegal to be that ignorant.

[Jim Lane]

32. I don't think his use of "crusade" was ignorance

I think it was a Freudian slip.

[yardwork]

65. I'm not even sure it was a slip - more like code to his base

[madeline_con]

107. I think he meant the very way it was taken.

Only whem he ws called on it did the apologies start.

[liberalla]

28. Well, you know how he is with nicknames, and they're

not usually very clever, just shorten to the first syllable and add an 'i', 'ie' or 'y' on the end.

Turdblossom was a good one, though.

[anarch]

14. every time I think that moron can't say anything else stupid enough

to shock me, he comes out with something like this. Amazing. I guess in some sense he's truly representative of the general ignorance, arrogance, and insensitivity of the American people.

[Spoonerian]

69. "As democracy is perfected,

the office <of president> represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken in the Baltimore Evening Sun on 26 July 1920, in an article entitled "Bayard vs. Lionheart" (and reprinted in the book On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe)

[DoBotherMe]

17. McClellan's explanation is more inflammatory

According to him, * meant to say "A force for freedom and moderation in the Muslim world." So how many billions did he insult with that statement? D ; )

[megatherium]

35. I think there are 1.5 billion Muslims.

But how many Muslims are in countries that are less than free or moderate is another question. Unfortunately, there are still Muslim states that punish blasphemy with death. Oddly enough, Pakistan is one of them.

[randr]

18. This is exactly the kind of shit we are paying

his advisors to be ahead of. Who the hell is briefing this moran?

[49jim]

19. They had the shades down on

the plane.....* didn't know where he landed.

[Cleita]

21. What a clueless "Ugly American". This was the mentality

that the book in the sixties, "The Ugly American" was about. I forgot who wrote it, but it should have been required reading in civics classes across the nation. Apparently it wasn't and the same provincial attitudes still prevail and it really makes us hated all over the world.

[DinahMoeHum]

55. There were 2 authors involved in that book. . .

William Lederer, a US Navy officer and Eugene Burdick, a professor at UC Berkeley.

Lederer also went on to write 2 other books detailing our ignorance in foreign affairs:
"A Nation of Sheep" - in which he specifically takes the MSM to task.
"Our Own Worst Enemy" - about Vietnam, when he was there in 1967, shortly before the "Tet Offensive" of 1968.

You can learn more about these books at Amazon.

:smoke:

[AlCzervik]

23. the really sad thing--Bush represents a lot of people that don't know that

either, same people that think Iran is arab county.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. This makes Indonesians Arabs too, I suppose... n/t

[htuttle]

26. No, he thinks they're Chinese

[Blue_In_AK]

29. LOL!

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

78. And Bosnians. Oh yes, 100 percent Arab, they are.

:sarcasm:

There aren't enough :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: :dunce: caps on all of DU to describe the Moran-in-Chief. :grr:

[Rex]

27. Look, the guy's a fucking idiot.

By now the whole world knows it.

[NJCher]

73. they do know it, oh yes, they do

If there is any doubt whatsoever in your mind about that (attn: lurking freepers), just look at the expressions on the faces of people who surround him at photo ops when he's visiting other countries. The predominant look is that of doubt but there are also smirks. I'm guessing these might be the more sophisticated in the group, just waiting for him to barf on the prime minister's lap like his father did or make some remark such as the one this discussion is about.

He's a freak show, courtesy of the U.S. taxpayers.




Cher

[moondust]

30. Not ready for prime time.

These morons have no business on the world stage and never did. Unfortunately a lot of brainwashed U.S. voters don't recognize unfitness even when they see it day after day after day.

[RagingInMiami]

31. "He misspoke."

Not like he hasn't done that before.

[Herman47]

33. Embarrassed, Ashamed to be an American since January 2001

If I'm ever abroad, I'll just have to say I'm Canadian.

[megatherium]

34. Early in his presidency, his people floated stories about how he really

was quite intelligent. E.g., the word was (as read in Time or Newsweek) that Bush only sounds ditzy because he's trying to speak down to his target audience in the red states, and that if you talk to Bush in private about subjects he's interested (sports, politics, business), he sounds intelligent. But I reached the conclusion -- if they have to float stories about how intelligent he is, there's a problem. Nobody ever had to argue that Clinton, Gore or Kerry were really quite intelligent.

[DoYouEverWonder]

38. Bush is like an evil Tommy Smothers

He plays dumb on purpose. He does this to insult people. Everything both he and Laura say and do is meant to insult people. Even down to how they dress.

[megatherium]

49. He is not a nice guy, it is true. He's a spoiled little prick.

I remember the Newsweek article about how he is more intelligent than he seems: it also said he's not as nice a person as he seems in public. Scary -- he comes across as arrogant and vulgar.

The truth is that he is reasonably intelligent; it was reported in 2000 that his SAT score was in the high 1200s, which at the time put you in about the top 5% of the population (an SAT of 1250 was supposed to correlate with an IQ score of 125; I recall the median SAT was 1000 and the standard deviation 150, while IQ scores are designed to have median 100 and standard deviation 15). However, Bush has been a heavy drinker, and it has been suggested that this has degraded his mental abilities, as heavy alcholism will do. See Bush on the Couch. His verbal skill in his debates with Ann Richards back in the early 1990s appears to be markedly better than his performance in debates in the last election.

[hippywife]

96. Intelligence has never been

a replacement for common sense. Case in point.

[Higans]

99. He probably cheated on the SATs

Why not? he cheats at everything else...

[Cyrano]

36. Nothing new here. He once referred to Africa as a country.

[NJCher]

75. Take this quiz

Africa is to Social Security
As country is to continent

Hey, whadda' ya' think this is, a Federal program?

Don't get fooled again!




Cher

[Botany]

40. Partial Credit?

both start w/ A Africa & Asia
both have "brown people"
both Pakistan and Arab countries have thriving "democracies"

Besides geography is not bush's strong suit, as seen from the following:

But we've got a big border in Texas, with Mexico, obviously -- and we've got a big border with Canada -- Arizona is affected.
-- No matter how you slice it, this statement is geographically challenged, Washington, D.C., Jun. 24, 2004 (dubyaspeak.com)

[Wetzelbill]

41. yeah, and he was talking about Pakistan like it was a democracy too

Uh, they have a leader who got there as the result of a military coup. So he's talking about freedom and then he messes up the Arab thing. People in the ME had to be scratching their heads at all of that stuff. He's dumb and dangerous. Not the best combo.

[onehandle]

43. He also meant to say, "let's make Osama our #1 security concern*"...

...instead of, "let's ignore Osama and invite a major terrorist attack, say around...September".

He misstakes....I mean, misspeaks a lot.



*(like the Clinton Administration warned them)

[Callalily]

45. There is ABSOLUTELY

no excuse here! Misspoke! What a lame excuse!

I'm just shaking with anger. How can he expect anyone to take him seriously?

Next time he should write notes on his hands and up and down his arms!!! Get the facts right or keep your mouth shut!

[Che_Nuevara]

46. Bush gets very confused and forgets what he's supposed to say

when Cheney tells him he's not allowed to say "Darkies".

[merci_me]

47. This harkens back to Agnew

who as VP was visiting Hawaii and said when he was leaving there, he was flying back to the United States. Well at least Spiro kept it "in the family", though he didn't seem to know Hawaii was "family".

[Clark2008]

48. He "misspeaks" a lot, don't he?

:eyes:

[giant_robot]

50. This is just f***ing sad....

...there's not even any outrage in the MSM for the simple reason that Dubya's a boorish idiot, everybody on both sides of the fence know that Dubya's a boorish idiot, and he's set the bar so low for himself that this type of affront to our allies is almost acceptable. Could you imagine the outrage from the right if Clinton had made that same mistake? Damn, I miss having a competent president.

[LibDemAlways]

51. The average American couldn't find Pakistan on a map,

and if asked if Pakistan is an Arab country, the majority would say yes. The chimp is just as ignorant as the average American idiot because he is the average American idiot.

[demgurl]

52. "Good night San Diego and go fuck yourself."

When * says that it is like Ron Burgundy in front of a teleprompter and he will read anything put in front of him without thinking.

We, as Democrats, need to infiltrate his teleprompter team and have him give a speech:

"Thank you for coming here tonight America. Actually I guess all of America isn't here since I carefully screen everyone because I can not stand any dissent at all. I do appreciate those who are joining in from home since all we have done, since we took office, is screw all of you up the ass. You are all so funny. Carl and I sit down every night and laugh at how you have let us get away with gutting the whole country from the economy to outsourcing jobs to purposely letting all those people in New Orleans die. Good night America and fuck you all, my bank account is filled to the gills."

[jasop]

53. He's the idiot son of an A$$hole! n/t

[ClayZ]

59. He was preaching "Nuclear Theology" too!

WTF is Nuclear Theology?"

http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=16157


snip>

"And therefore, Gentlemen, I am confident that we can sell this to our Congress in the interest of the United States. At the same time, make it clear that there is a way forward for other nations to participate in civilian nuclear power in such a way as to address non-proliferation concerns. India has chartered the way forward. You heard the Prime Minister talking about going to the IAEA. So that group exists to help safeguard the world from proliferation. Because listen….. I proposed the processing agreements. That stands in stark contrast to the current nuclear theology that we shouldn’t reprocess for proliferation concerns.?

snip>

[yardwork]

66. Nuclear Theology? Good grief

[Deja Q]

60. and Democrats are called RACIST?!?!?!

Because of a deal that has far more obvious ties to the war on terrorism than anything to do with RACE?

Sheesh!

[izzybeans]

62. Bush on Darfur: "Bill Cosby said it right about the African-American

Community, Personal Responsibility is a must."

Bush on New Orleans: "Colored People deserve to know that we are behind them one hundred percent <fingers crossed behind his back>"

Bush speaking to Welsh nationalists: "You Scots sure make a fine brew."

Bush speaking to Algerians: "It's good to know you are cherishing your French Heritage."

Bush to the Palestinians: "Here in this holy Judeo-Christian land...we come as partners in peace <wink, wink, nudge nudge...>"

Bush to izzybeans: "America is a Christian nation, founded by Christians...that's my culture and heritage and so let's keep it that way."

Izzybeans to Bush: "That's one logical step away from a KLan rally Mr. President, just add white Christian nation to the slogan and your wearing white bed sheets. Good night and good luck. Don't fuck it up too bad."

I swear he's like that Vince Vaughn character in Made. Running of at the mouth, not realizing he travels with a mouth full of stupid.

[Mr_Spock]

63. Preznit MORON does it once again. Is this like the millionth F-up or?

He's a buffoon. NO MORE REDNECK PREZNITS!!!

[PurpleChez]

67. But he ALWAYS misspeaks! Just admit the man's a dimwit

and we'll go from there.

[AnnieBW]

68. How To Win Friends

And influence people...

[emald]

70. WTF is a "mcCurry meal"?

anyone got a clue what century this dimshit lives in?

"For many years, the United States and India were kept apart by the rivalries that divided the world," he said. "That's changed … The United States and India, separated by half the globe, are closer than ever before… Americans who come to this country will see Indian consumers buying McCurry Meals from McDonald's… All that separates a business in Bangalore from a business in Boston is an email, a text message."

...all that seperates a business in Bangalore and a business in Boston is.....pay, you stupid idiot.

DUMBEST PRESIDENT EVER. There is no doubt about it. History will not be kind to this maroon.

text copied from above link to chicago tribune

[zucchini234]

106. WTF is a "mcCurry meal"?

Yes, I checked the WH website and bush did indeed say "mcCurry meal":
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060303-5.html

Apparently, there is such a thing as a "McCurry pan" at McDonald's India. After googling "mcCurry meal" I found this:
http://mcdonalds.net.in/mcd/corp/OurFood/our_food.php?id=98&menu=2

Or do you suppose he meant McCurry as in Mike McCurry? :shrug:

[Historic NY]

74. There you go again......Mr. Bush insulting our friends.................

Mr. Clueless, doesn't even know the difference. He has to have a team of shit shovelers behind him to clean up the mess he makes.

Imagine if he picked up a book and learned something.

[Fountain79]

76. Even more offensive...

Did he refer to a military dictarship as a force for freedom?

[KAT119]

80. Poppy Bush & Barbara would sit shrub @ far corner of room/table

out of view & earshot of dignataries @ state dinners in WH so as to NOT EMBARRASS THEM.

[abester]

82. How can you be so sure it was just an error on his part?

It is just as likely it is a measured insult at the address of the Pakistani people.

[Marnieworld]

84. but as President he should be held to a high standard

It's his job to know what to say.

[WFF]

100. What's funny is how he seems to be held to a lower standard

Why does he always get a pass on these blunders?

[DelawareValleyDem]

85. Seems there's no end to his ignorance

here are some more of his mistakes.

'he's raised eyebrows in recent months by calling Greeks "Grecians," Kosovars "Kosovians," confusing Slovenia and Slovakia, wondering whether Russia was still attacking Chechnya and failing a television reporter's quiz on the names of four overseas leaders.'

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/intl/article/0,9171,1107991206-36071,00.html

I guess it's too much to ask to have a President who knows something about other cultures.

[f-bush]

87. Bush is such a fucking moron and such an..

embarrassment for this country I hate to travel overseas anymore because of all the crap that's pitched at me because of that jackass!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

89. Last night, to emphasize how dumb Bush really is, Bill Maher explained

something. He mentioned how The Shrub talks down to the press during conferences when explaining things, as if the press were stupid. That's most likely because it is exactly how things are explained to him.

BTW.... To call Pakistan an Arab country is totally unexcusable. Also, to play footsies with a dictator, with a horrible human rights record, is also inexcusable. But why should Pakistan be different than anyone else the Shrub aligns us with????

[Cha]

91. Good point about monkey-

boy talking down to the press. his handlers explain the situation to him in a condescending tone and then throw him a few bananas and bush being the not too bright student repeats it like he hears it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

94. It made total sense to me. eom

[Cha]

90. Does that mean he was

ad libbing? They weren't wiring messages into his ear? They didn't write it down so he could read what he was suppose to say?

bush isn't one who can go off script.

[grateful581]

92. you would think bush would know the difference

[savemefromdumbya]

93. I'm surprised he knows where Pakistan is?

Maybe he thinks it is another name for UAE?

[2QT2BSTR8]

95. This would be a good time for Muslim-Americans to stand up and say....

Look! We know the guy is an idiot. Please do not hate Americans because our so called retard of leader is a complete and devastating failure of epic proportions. Look at who we are and what we believe in as a people, as Muslim-Americans.

[Peanutcat]

97. "Misspoke" . . . . .

AGAIN?!

[WeWillNotbeSilenced]

98. the guy is a fuckwit...

He also embarassed himself at the pope`s funeral



:)

peace

[Colorado Blue]

101. Oh, no.

Tell me it isn't true.

It's true, isn't it.

Oy.

[Gabi Hayes]

102. but it's HARD work, all that prezidentin'//////see?

[IronLionZion]

103. He also called them "Pakkies" once before

and claimed he didn't know it was an offensive ethnic slur. ignorant dumbass.

If you're curious, PAKISTAN is a loosely formed acronym from: Punjab, Afghan, Kashmir, Indus, Sindh, and baluchiSTAN.

For the record, the arab world ends at Iraq. Keep heading east and you find Persians in Iran. Pakistan is definitely more attached politically and culturally to South Asia rather than the arab world.

[indie_voter]

108. NO!!! He did? I missed that.

I've been called that when walking around London (my parents came to the US from India in the late 1950s). I didn't know if I should open my mouth and have them get angrier because I am American. ;)

[Gabi Hayes]

104. what's that smell?

[beltanefauve]

109. Arabs???

Can you pet them? Will they bite?