Business Week: "Elmer Befuddled"

[MrBenchley]

This one's gotta hurt:

"But in Coral Gables, Fla., last night, Bush looked -- at least for the first half of the debate -- like Elmer Befuddled, a commander-in-chief not in command.
...
When Kerry, methodically making his case like the prosecutor he once was, said, "This President has made a colossal error of judgment" by invading Iraq, Bush looked like a 1960s teenager called on the carpet for cracking up the family Oldsmobile. At that moment, it was hard not to get the impression that young George wanted to be anyplace but where he found himself.
The poignancy of a man ill-prepared for and overwhelmed by his job was never more apparent than when Bush said, "I never wanted to commit troops. When we were debating in 2000, I never dreamed I'd have to do that."

http://www.catch.com/comments/35151_0_17_0_M/

[aquart]

1. Oh, that's CRUEL.

No one ever deserved it more.

[MrBenchley]

5. And consider the source!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. You know what just dawned on me?

You know, a lot of Squawking Heads use prizefighting metaphors. So can we. You know what the term "Tomato Can" means in prizefighting?

That's what Dear Leader struck me as: a Tomato Can.

[MrBenchley]

6. AJ Liebling used to call them "stiff opposition"

LOL

[HFishbine]

7. Fill us in...

For us non-violent commie pinko pacifists.

[PurityOfEssence]

3. I am Geowge Dubya Bush, miwyonaire; I own a mansion and a yacht.

Don't look now, but that skwewy wabbit's gonna send you to Alcatwaz...

[MrBenchley]

4. LOL!! I appwove that message....

[RafterMan]

8. Holy Cow!

Read it straight from BusinessWeek

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2004/nf2004101_0937_db009.htm

If you substitute "*" or "chimp" in there a few times, it reads like a good DU post.

And remember they like to feign neutrality, but they love to pile on. It's just going to get better.

[MrBenchley]

11. pResident Squirm....

That does read like a DU post, doesn't it?

[GreenArrow]

9. he's lying yet again

In the 2000 debates, Bush most defintely did imagine/hint at commiting troops.

Then again, maybe he never did want to commit troops -- Unca Dick made him do it.

[MrBenchley]

12. And even if he's not...what kind of idiot

doesn't get that the President is Commander in Chief? And admits it? In the most important debate of his campaign? On national TV? Out loud?

[RafterMan]

14. Unca Dick

You know, there's been a lot of debate here over whether Bush is an evil mastermind or a brainless prat.

I think last night answered that question pretty authoritatively. Put Unca Dick in prison and send Junior to the nervous hospital.

[The empressof all]

10. I'm such an evil woman

But I'm doing that little happy dance after reading about someones obvious handicaps. Great Article

You know what.......I don't care if I'm evil today!!!!!

[MrBenchley]

13. And remember, this is Business Week

not the Nation or Mother Jones...

[The empressof all]

15. Yes and that's what makes it even sweeter (nt)

[Jacobin]

16. Sweet Jesus!!!

If anyone hasn't clicked on the link and read this, YOU HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its a world class rant from a fucking business magazine.

:bounce:

[VOX]

17. Ouch! And I thought we were tough!

"I never wanted to commit troops. When we were debating in 2000, I never dreamed I'd have to do that."

That statement pretty much sums up the * presidency -- a mix of ineptitude and bull-headed dogma.

[BillZBubb]

18. Sweeeeet!!!!

Now if only every publication to run a piece like that!

[msanthrope]

19. this journalist picked up an interesting undertone....

Of Kerry, being the patrician, accomplished pseudo-father-figure to Chimpy.....

That might account for Chimpy's visible awkwardness last night....

Hmm...I'm going to reread some parts of the "The Family", and ruminate a little more....

[Jacobin]

20. A well deserved Kick

:kick:

[Rose Siding]

21. This is a great- here's the Business Week link

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2004/nf2004101_0937_db009.htm