Is Bush getting worse at speaking in public?

[BootinUp]

I just saw his statement on the Gas price gouging Halliburton thing. I swear he is practically stuttering now. Is there something really wrong with him or was he always this bad? Then there is the smirk at the end like he said something really biting! How will the repugs get him in shape to go against our nominee.

[XanaDUer]

1. I'm waiting for his eyes to start rolling and his tongue to pop

our of his mouth-I saw that "speech" too, and it was bad, even for him.

[BootinUp]

6. Oh my, thats a mental picture

to behold, maybe I should have posted this in the lounge, I think it going to be a funny thread!

[ResistTheCoup]

2. Is that possible??

;-)

"Never say things couldn't get any worse because as soon as you do, worse comes in and jumps on your head." - (paraphrasing Bill Cosby)

[nini]

3. the bigger the lie.. the more stuttering there is

.. this is surely a whopper

[BootinUp]

11. Then we have some fun stuff ahead

in election 2004! Cause there is plenty of whoppers being cooked up already.

[caledesi]

31. Agree, the bigger the lie, the more stuttering. eom

[mlawson]

4. Yeah, I noticed that.

NOT that I was actually listening to IT, mind you. But it really doesn't matter; Junior is now a Known Quantity. People either like him or hate him. It will be up to the Dem nominee to show the voters in the Center that bush needs to be replaced.

And part of that, amazingly, will be if the Dem can pass the Beer Buddy Test...

[BootinUp]

8. How true

*pausing for a sec, reboot*...thats the connection he has with Americans, he's their Beer Buddy! thanks for clearing that up!

[LSparkle]

5. I think he's secretly on the sauce

again

[southerngirlwriter]

7. Yes.

eom

[wuushew]

9. Trust nothing that is not broadcast live

the recent revelation of the "wile" to "vile" incident leads me to doubt everything I hear or see.

[BootinUp]

12. elaborate please...wile to vile? n/t

[wuushew]

24. here is the link

Nov. 26, 2003

NPR's Robert Siegel takes note of a new ad from the Republican National Committee that doctors a mis-spoken word in the President's State of the Union Address. He compares it with NPR policy for editing the president's words.

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1523702

[Castilleja]

23. I heard the "wile/vile" thing

but just in passing and thought "what did he turn German just now?" But I don't remember the context it was said in, do you remember what it was??

[dpibel]

40. SOTU IIRC n/t

[Malva Zebrina]

10. Yes! Bush is getting worser and worser

at speaking because I put a pox on him!

[BootinUp]

13. You made a Bush pun

"worser and worser..."

Have we misunderestimated his ability to butcher our language?

[salinen]

16. Your statement

"How will the repugs get him in shape to go against our nominee." Whatever it takes, there will be few if any debates.

[BootinUp]

27. I refuse to accept that

You think the public will stand for that? If that is the case, we have already lost!

[salinen]

29. Well let me extrapolate

Rove will do everything in his power (which is extensive) to limit the number of debates. He knows * is awful in front of the camera and with reporters (if the last 3 years have taught us anything). He will insist on:

- Being able to choose from list of questions pre-delivered.
- Many debates between Cheney and ? so to deflect from *.
- Place dupes into the audience to ask stupid questions "Mac or PC"?
- Limit answers to some short time frame so nobody will sound coherent.

That's my theory.

[BootinUp]

32. granted, but

Will America let Rove/them get away with that? I mean this is a Presidential election we're talkin 'bout!

my thoughts on your points:

- Being able to choose from list of questions pre-delivered.
don't believe this will fly.

- Many debates between Cheney and ? so to deflect from *.
ok, good point.

- Place dupes into the audience to ask stupid questions "Mac or PC"?
Interesting, but I've never seen that approach in a POTUS debate. Maybe Rove/Bush will set a new low in 2004.

- Limit answers to some short time frame so nobody will sound coherent.
Nuthin' new there.(agreed)

thanks for playing "Who's Country is This?" tonight

:hi:


That's my theory.

vigilance to the last breath

[lolly]

34. But does it matter?

He could pass out and poop in his pants on stage, and the talking heads will all assure everyone that he won the debate--and, since so few people will actually watch it, they'll all believe he won.

Really, now, that isn't too far from what happened last time . . .

[BootinUp]

35. Thank you very much for that

deja-vu I just experienced. :puke:

I still think the right candidate won't let it happen. Whichever one comes out as the nominee.

[Zomby Woof]

14. how can you tell?

Could it get any worse?

[BootinUp]

18. Well, maybe my perception is off

Its Friday, and I'm sittin here havin a couple o' shots of Jack Daniels. But, I swear it seems like he is gettin worser.

[proud patriot]

15. The key to bush's speech problems was covered in "the bush Dyslexicon"

By Mark Crispen Miller .

You see bush speaks well when talking about
Killing people or sick jokes like the one aimed
at David letterman after his heart surgery .

but when bush is trying to tune in to the sensitivity
of the people's issues . He can't do it . He stammers
all over the place .

This is how you can tell the issues he really cares about .

When he is pretending to care he can't do it well
but when it comes to Slaughter he is quite the astute
speaker .

[BootinUp]

17. here's a plausible explanation

kinda scary too. thanks

[proud patriot]

20. Read the book "The Bush Dyslexicon"

it goes into greater detail and gives many examples
of the pattern . Yes it is Scary , becuase he is so
easily dismissed as Stupid , but when you delve into
it you find it's less stupidity and more of Pshychotic
characteristics .

[SeveneightyWhoa]

19. He's getting lazier...and lazier...and lazier.

And more arrogant, smug, condescending, intellectually slow, and...did I mention, lazy.

I'm certain that he doesn't want to do it for another five years, but he will for his daddy and the neo-con masters he represents.

[BootinUp]

22. Yes, I really like him too.

:toast:

I admire your ability to examine that steaming pile of cow dung so closely. You're very tenacious. :smoke:

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

21. the house of cards is falling apart

I can only hope. The first crack in their armor was Rice stammering while trying to excuse the fact that she had be warned about 911. Aside from a boost during the war when everyone was afraid to criticize them, the whole administration has been fraying at the edges. I hope.

[impeach the gop]

25. I noticed his body language

he was tapping on the table, looking like he might be feeling what's it's like to be backed into a corner. He's never been
sent to the corner before. Lovely Revenge, at last, we've cornered the rat. squash him with the broom and take out the garbage, quick

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

36. The hunch-and-bob has been getting worse

As you all have noticed, Bush begins hunching his shoulders, leaning forward, and bobbing his head up and down as he speaks, the more difficulty he has getting his message across. It almost seems like he's trying to force some meaning out of his head when his vocabulary and normal human speech patterns fail him. It truly becomes a simian-like display of bobbing up and down. I can almost hear Cheetah from the Tarzan movies going "EEEEEK EEEEEEK" as she bobs up and down trying to tell Tarzan about approaching danger.

[dpibel]

41. That's a literal LOL

Thanks for that splendid image.

[1songbird]

26. Alcohol consumption increases, speech and literacy decreases. n/t

[BootinUp]

28. oh oh

Maybe I shouldn't pour a' nuther...

Naaah, I still have a billion more brain cells than the shrub!

:toast:

Seriously, I am concerned about our Prez (and our country). Remember those weird stories about Nixon, when the end was near?

[1songbird]

30. He's hitting the bottle again.

I'm convinced the stress is killing him. It takes so much effort to tell lie after lie after lie. :)

The pun is intended.

[K8-EEE]

33. I thought the same thing!!

He is lookin' baaaad.....I almost can't wait to see him speak nowadays cuz he is so LOL wacked out!

I loved that thing where he goes, International LAW? I better call my lawyer, etc....oh man I taped that and played it BACK! Good fun watching Condi look utterly stricken in the background.

[HoosierClarkie]

37. Actually I just saw him give a great speech...

to Barney the dog today. Poor dog. :(

[Dr Fate]

38. They keep getting his drug-cocktail all wrong...

...too many downers & not enough of the "up stuff"...

[opihimoimoi]

39. I jus luv those frequent and long pauses, uh, uh, ......uh. (you can jus

see those mental gears in his head slipping). The man seems lost and is groping for the phrases he had tried to memorize.

He is one fucked dude.