Bush: "We're making it clear that America's patient is not unlimited."

[WillyT]

From today's press conference.

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These are difficult tasks for any government. It is important for Americans to recognize that Prime Minister Maliki's unity government has been in office for just over five months. Think about that. This young government has to solve a host of problems created by decades of tyrannical rule. And they have to do it in the midst of raging conflict, against extremists from outside and inside the country who are doing everything they can to stop this government from succeeding.

We're pressing Iraq's leaders to take bold measures to save their country. We're making it clear that America's patient is not unlimited. Yet we also understand the difficult challenges Iraq's leaders face, and we will not put more pressure on the Iraqi government than it can bear. The way to succeed in Iraq is to help Iraq's government grow in strength and assume more control over its country as quickly as possible.

I know the American people understand the stakes in Iraq. They want to win. They will support the war as long as they see a path to victory. Americans can have confidence that we will prevail because thousands of smart, dedicated military and civilian personnel are risking their lives and are working around the clock to ensure our success. A distinguished independent panel of Republicans and Democrats, led by former Secretary of State Jim Baker and former Congressman Lee Hamilton, is taking a fresh look at the situation in Iraq and will make recommendations to help achieve our goals. I welcome all these efforts. My administration will carefully consider any proposal that will help us achieve victory.

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Link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/10/20061025.html

Wow, and the WH didn't totally scrub it either.

Now what would ya call a verbal gaffe such as that. A malapropism, a Freudian slip, what... ???

:shrug:

And BTW Mr. pResident - That sick patient, America, lying right in front of you; you and your ilk are the disease that caused this, and me and mine are the goddamned cure. See you on the 8th of Nov.

[MadMaddie]

1. Well the sick patient is America and * is the Nazi Mengele

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. You think he misheard his cue?

He comes up with some incredible malapropisms, that I wonder if he's just repeating it all screwy.

[MadMaddie]

3. Okay...I had to look the word up and I like it...I really, really like it

mal·a·prop·ism (ml-prp-zm) Pronunciation Key
n.
Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound.
An example of such misuse.


I just think he is an idiot who can't multitask...

[Bad Penny]

4. malapropism is the defining characteristic of the bird brained wingnut

[MadMaddie]

5. You nailed it...

Welcome to DU!:hi:

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Well, of course he's an idiot who can't multi-task.

And though some of us can't multi-task either because we enjoy too much working out solutions to very complicated problems, Bush's problem is that he can't single-task either.

Malapropisms. I know them well because I'm afflicted with them. Comes from growing up in a bi-lingual world. Being a middle-child, I didn't get quite the attention I needed to nail the pronounciations so me brain gets lazy and I can come up with some gems, especially in Spanish. In English, I have a happier ending. Back in the early days of Usenet, I went on a british newsgroup where wit was a passport to acceptance. My malapropisms were actually mistaken for wit (they love puns) and I was an instant American hit! After a while, I actually started doing it on purpose and opened up a whole other side to my creative abilities.

[Vidar]

6. The "patient" is Bush & I suggest we outsource him.

[LibertyLover]

8. I heard that sound bite driving home

and nearly ran the car off the damned road between laughing and screaming "WTF?" at the radio. That man is beyond an embarassment at this point.