Article about chimp's heck-of-a-holicism

[rainbow4321]

"Common person" excuse?? Try common illiterate idiot...

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/01/15Heck.html

The phrase has taken on a double meaning in the months since President Bush declared that then-FEMA Director Michael Brown was doing a "heck of a job," days before Brown was canned for the botched response to Hurricane Katrina. But that has not stopped Bush from using "heck of a" as high presidential praise.

Last week, during a visit to still-recovering New Orleans, Bush declared the battered city a "heck of a place to bring your family." During that same trip, in Mississippi, Bush said the federal measure to aid Gulf Coast recovery is "one heck of a piece of legislation for the people of this important state."

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Scanning the room, Bush noticed several ambassadors. "What the heck are you doing here?" he said. "Like, you're supposed to be . . . the deal's overseas."

"It's a way to be a common person, and it may be who he is," said Montague Kern, a professor of media and politics at Rutgers University and a specialist in political language. "It gives impact to an idea, without having to explain the idea," she said. "This is an advantage that Bush has always had: the idea that he's a common person."

[az chela]

1. Yah he is a heck of a president

Stupid,illiterate,dumb,theif ,liar,murderer doing a heck of a job of it

[AndyTiedye]

11. Our Country's Been Going to Heck Since ** Was sElected

[niyad]

2. people who perceive * as "a common person" are so deluded that

they should not be allowed in public without their keepers, and they certainly should NOT be permitted near a polling place.

[Scout Finch]

3. Way different from

I did not inhale!

[CoffeeCat]

4. I don't recall Bush using "heck of a"...

...before the "heck of a job, Brownie" quote.

My guess is that Junior knows that his "Brownie" remark was wildly unpopular and is now used to show what a complete moronic failure he is. He understands very well that his choice of words will always define him as a loser, when it comes to Katrina and his handling of the disaster--before and after.

Bush is letting us all know that he doesn't care what we think. He's letting us know that if we hate his choice of words--then he'll use them again and again--to twist the knife into us further.

It's Junior's way of saying, "I know my choice of words caused many of you to disapprove of me. Well, just to show you that I don't care AT ALL about what you think--I'm going to keep repeating those words. It just doesn't matter what you like or what you think. I'll do what I damn well please. In fact, I enjoy that these words make your skin crawl."

Junior is a petulant jerk. He nominated Harriet Myers to tick off the hard-line conservatives who were demanding that he nominate a die-hard social conservative. Junior doesn't like to be told who to nominate or what words to say. He does the opposite, to demonstrate that he won't be controlled by anyone.

[Old and In the Way]

9. My read too.

I'll bet he really hates the majority of Americans who want him impeached. Personally, I think he's starting to crack. His whole personality is burnt out. His communication skills have qualitatively deteriorated. But he doesn't seem too concerned with the Constitution...he's either whistling past the graveyard or the fix is in.

[rumpel]

5. the definition of "heck"

heck P Pronunciation Key (hk)
interj.
Used as a mild oath.

n. Slang
Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck.




Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

heck

n : a euphemism for `hell'; "Oh what the heck"


Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University

heck

heck: in CancerWEB's On-line Medical Dictionary


Source: On-line Medical Dictionary, © 1997-98 Academic Medical Publishing & CancerWEB

from dictionary.com

befitting to * isn't it?

:evilgrin:

[belpejic]

6. Heck of a regular guy

Arrives from a long line of prominent industrialists, bankers and politicians; Andover, Yale and Harvard; privileged family connex to enhance political viability and net worth; untold inheritance once the 'rents pop off.

Yep, he speaks directly to me cause he's so aw shucks and whatnot. Bet he could tell me how to score some sweet party favors, though.

[mikelewis]

7. He's trying to erase his statement...

"Heck of a Job" has stuck so he's trying to drown it. By saying "Heck" all the time, it makes the "Heck of a job" statement appear more casual. It'll probably work too.

[Boo Boo]

8. You're doin' a heck of a job, Georgie. /nt

[Digit]

10. "heck of a" just reminds me of what a failure the Katrina response was

At least that is MY association.

[Starlight]

12. Definition of common: Of mediocre or inferior quality; second-rate

Unrefined or coarse in manner; vulgar; Not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characteristics

Yep. * is definitely common. No doubt about it. :popcorn:

[Berry Cool]

13. I think he's making a mistake if he thinks repeating it will dilute it.

Every single time I hear him say "heck of a this" or "heck of a that," I think of "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." Takes me right back. I am sure I am not the only one.

You'd think he'd have the wisdom NOT to keep reminding people of the fact that he appointed a TOTALLY UNQUALIFIED crony-of-a-crony to head the federal disaster agency. A guy whose very e-mails have to be making people red in the face with the mere memory. While part of America was drowning, he was preening in front of the mirror, making his dinner reservations and asking if there was anything he needed to "tweak."

But nooooo. He keeps repeating that phrase that reminds a good chunk of people of precisely what they hold against him and dislike him for, that very phrase that like nothing else reminds them of his basic incompetency.