Bush In Bizarre Appearance: "Polls Just Go Poof," "If You've Got A Chicken Factory," .....

[ariesgem]

WASHINGTON - Strange things sometimes come out of
President Bush's mouth. "Polls just go poof." "Remember the rug?"

When Bush went to Ohio on Thursday to talk about terrorism, he ended up musing about marriage and chicken-plucking plants, the agony of death and his Oval Office rug, which resembles a sunburst.

About his legacy, Bush said historians are still assessing George Washington, the nation's first leader. "My attitude is, if they're still writing about (number) one, 43 doesn't need to worry about it."

On being married: "A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C."

Maybe the president just felt like jabbering at the town hall-style event in Tipp City, Ohio. He began talking about terrorism and ended 90 minutes later after chattering about everything from life after the White House to Vietnam War and the brutal
Khmer Rouge regime.

Some highlights:

_"Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved — not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, `I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'"

_"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."

_"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."

_"There are some similarities, of course" between
Iraq and Vietnam. "Death is terrible."

_"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_musings

[muntrv]

1. Can shrub just go POOF?

[JuniperLea]

2. do us a favor, w... go poof yourself. n/t

[LSparkle]

4. Yeah, go poof on the rug

[JuniperLea]

14. He's a sicko!

What's the deal with the damn rug already?

[Lisa]

27. the one in the Oval Office -- he thinks it shows his great leadership ability

... and vision. Something to do with how he had to pick the colors, or whatever. And of course, he delegated this to Laura.

[Greeby]

3. He's lost it, really lost it

Not even turd-blossom can do anything about this. 25th Amendment anyone?

[Liberalynn]

5. I see men in white coats in the future

[live love laugh]

6. Where do I get an application for a chicken plucking factory?

:sarcasm:

[Liberalynn]

Shall we form a line?

[gatorboy]

11. Actually I had relatives that worked the chicken plucking line.

For Tyson foods. And they made good money until Tyson decided illegals could do it cheaper.

Bush is an insult to this country.

[JuniperLea]

16. My Granny worked at Swanson Foods in Iowa during the 40s

Plucking chickens... I kid you not. With Grandad off building Air Force bases in Greenland and the Philippines, she was proud to do this work during the war.

That rat bastard fucking pisses me off.

[MedleyMisty]

7. Dude, I seriously thought this was an Onion story

The guy has gone completely off his rocker, if he was ever on one to begin with.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. I'm trying to figure out what the person talking in his ear (and not his higher Father)

was saying that sounded like poof.

[tanyev]

9. Oh, jeez, not the frickin' rug again.

Bush Weaves Rug Story Into Many an Occasion
President Uses His Oval Office Floor Covering as a Metaphor for Optimism and Leadership

By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 7, 2006; A15

Nothing says power like the Oval Office. The paintings of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The bust of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The desk used by both Roosevelts.

And then there's the rug. Don't forget the rug. President Bush never does.

For whatever reason, Bush seems fixated on his rug. Virtually all visitors to the Oval Office find him regaling them about how it was chosen and what it represents. Turns out, he always says, the first decision any president makes is what carpet he wants in his office. As a take-charge leader, he then explains, he of course made a command decision -- he delegated the decision to Laura Bush, who chose a yellow sunbeam design.

Bush went on: "The interesting thing about this rug and why I like it in here is 'cause I told Laura one thing. I said, 'Look, I can't pick the colors and all that. But make it say 'optimistic person.' "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030601446_pf.html


'Bout time for Bush to get a visit from the nice men in the white coats.

[Liberalynn]

10. As Stephanie Miller says

"someone needs to go curl up on Ruggie with a juice box."

[EFerrari]

15. I hate to say this but his rug thing sounds just like Doug at his most Aspie.

If Junior were a neighbor or my kid, it wouldn't drive me so nuts because I'd find a way to deal with it. I might even chuckle and empathize.

But after all the horrible, life sucking fakery, to see his autism shining through is just weird. We're being asked to accept two different people -- the person he is and the product they try to package and to sell us. No wonder he upsets people so much. :crazy:

[KamaAina]

25. No way is Bush** an Aspie.

Is there any conceivable, possible way that anyone could view Bush** as a "little professor"?!

I have, on the other hand, heard talk about Al Gore...

[EFerrari]

29. 33% of Americans see him that way.

:rofl:

You're probably right. But there is a blankness right about there were social skills usually are.

[KamaAina]

26. Fixated on his rug?

And all this time I thought it was his real hair... :P

[WinkyDink]

12. "My old man's a chicken-plucker; he wears a chicken-plucking hat."

Smothers Brothers, ca. 1966.

[pinto]

13. Pretty sad, overall, that he "speaks" for our country.

[SoCalDem]

17. He said this 8 days before the WTC

"With free speech, you can gossip, criticize, attack and nobody is going to send you to jail"..g.w.bush 9/3/01

[jackstraw45]

18. Musings of a psychopath....

[DesertRat]

19. He needs his meds. adjusted. n/t

[rasputin1952]

20. You kow, this guy actually gets dumber each day...

how can anyone get so stupid?

I know he is delusional, but he is actually trying to say he's in the same league as Washington...:wtf:

And the rug....for pete's sake, roll him up in it and send him to the basement...:D

I saw part of the Towwn Hall Meeting on CNN...they just cut him off and said they'd monitor it and break in if bush said anything of importance...:rofl:

[Little Wing]

21. He means 9/11.. His numbers were shit, and getting worse before that day

[Strelnikov_]

22. And just off camera is a Lt. Colonel carrying a large briefcase

Comforting, isn't it.

[ninkasi]

23. "Don't forget Poland"

"Aren't you going to ask me about the pig?" Now it's a rug. He says the most bizarre, disconnected things. There really is something very wrong with him.

[1620rock]

28. He always talks crazy when he's drunk.

[ninkasi]

47. Mystery solved!

He's always drunk when he speaks.

[jeff30997]

24. "Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."

Well,Chimpy we've been sick of you for a long time! :grr:

[flyarm]

30. OPPS THE DUMMIE PROBABLY MEANT ..EMAILS GO POOF!! EOM

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

31. "Sometimes, when I sleep at night, I think of Hop on Pop"

President George W. Bush, AP, April 2, 2002.

I'm still waiting for an explanation of that one.

[HuffleClaw]

40. seriously ????!!!!!

i'd love a link for that one

[tinfoilinfor2005]

41. It's a Dr. Seuss book.

Although Dr. Seuss requires a level of intelligence, imagination and curiosity that bush has never possessed.

[flyarm]

32. DON'T FORGET WHEN HE SAID THE "PEEANCE AND FREEANCE OF IRAQ!" EOM

[elehhhhna]

52. audio link here -- lol~!

http://www.unoriginal.co.uk/Audio/dubya/George%20W.%20Bush%20-%20UNORIGINAL.CO.UK%20-%20Peance,%20freance.mp3

[Bravo Zulu]

33. Maybe after bu$h gets out of prison

He can get a job choking chickens for Colonel Sanders?

[grytpype]

34. He's going more and more insane.

They are going to carry him out of the Oval Office in a straitjacket.



(Remember that?)

[CrazyOrangeCat]

39. one of my favorites.

He didn't even deserve to be in the same room as Ali.

[tgnyc]

35. As coherent as the VT shooter

[BrklynLiberal]

36. As far as I am concerned, that idiot is always bizarre.

[uppityperson]

37. Link, more of Transcript here. Once again he parodies The Onion.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070419-3.html

...Let me say something about Virginia Tech, and I want to first thank Steve for the moment of silence. You know, it's a -- there is -- the President spends time at disasters. Part of the job of the presidency is to help people heal from hurt. And the amazing thing is, though, when you go down to a scene like Virginia Tech, you can't help but be buoyed by the spirit that out of the tragedy comes a certain sense of resolve.

President George W. Bush greets audience members after delivering remarks at Tipp City High School Thursday, April 19, 2007, in Tipp City, Ohio. White House photo by Eric Draper One of the things I try to assure the families and the students and the faculty of that fine university was that there are a lot of people around our country who are praying for them. It's interesting here in Tipp City, the first thing that happened was a moment of silence, a moment of prayer, to provide -- at least my prayer was, please comfort and strengthen those whose lives were affected by this horrible incident. It really speaks to the strength of this country, doesn't it, that total strangers here in Ohio are willing to hold up people in Virginia in prayer. And I thank you for that. And my message to the folks who still hurt in -- at Virginia Tech is that a lot of people care about you, and a lot of people think about you, a lot of people grieve with you, and a lot of people hope you find sustenance in a power higher than yourself. And a lot of us believe you will.

My job is a job to make decisions. I'm a decision -- if the job description were, what do you do -- it's decision-maker. And I make a lot of big ones, and I make a lot of little ones. Interestingly enough, the first decision I made happened right before I got sworn in as President. I was at the Blair House, which is across the street from the White House, getting ready to give my inaugural address. And the phone rang, and the head usher at the White House said, "President-elect Bush." I said, "Yes." He said, "What color rug do you want in the Oval Office?" (Laughter.) I said, this is going to be a decision-making experience. (Laughter.)

The first lesson about decision-making is, if you're short on a subject, ask for help. So if you're a student listening and you're not very good at math, ask for help. Don't be afraid to admit that you need help when it comes to life. I wasn't afraid to admit I wasn't sure how to design a rug, so I called Laura. (Laughter.) I said, they've asked me to design a rug in the Oval Office; I don't know anything about rug designing; will you help me? She said, of course. But I said, I want it to say something -- the President has got to be a strategic thinker and I said to her, make sure the rug says "optimistic person comes to work." Because you can't make decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow.

President George W. Bush delivers remarks on the global war on terror during a stop Thursday in Tipp City, Ohio. Said the President, "I believe the decisions I have made were not only necessary to protect the country, but are laying a foundation of peace, the beginnings of laying that foundation of peace, so that generations will look back and say, thank goodness -- thank goodness, America didn't lose sight of basic principles, and thank goodness, America stayed true to her beliefs, and thank goodness, America led." White House photo by Eric Draper And so, if you were to come in the Oval Office, what you would see is this fantastic rug that looks like the sun. And it just sets the tone for the Oval Office.

I share that with you because I make a lot of decisions, and I'm optimistic that the decisions I have made will yield a better tomorrow. The hardest decision you make is whether or not to commit troops into combat -- people like this young man, people who served our country with great distinction, people who volunteer to say, I want to serve the United States. The hardest decision a President makes is to ask those men and women to go into harm's way.

My decision making was deeply affected by the attack of September the 11th, 2001. It was a -- it was a moment that defined a dangerous world to me with absolute clarity. I realized then that this country was no longer invulnerable to attack from what may be happening overseas.

I realized that there is an enemy of the United States that is active and is lethal. At further study of that enemy, I realized that they share an ideology, that these weren't -- that the -- and when you really think about it, the September the 11th attack was not the first attack. There was a 1993 World Trade Center attack, there was attacks on our embassies in East Africa, there was an attack on the USS Cole, there have been other attacks on U.S. citizens, and that these attacks were instigated and carried out by cold-blooded killers who have a belief system. They are threatened by free societies. They can't stand the thought of freedom being the prevailing attitude in the world because their view is, if you don't believe in what I believe in, you probably shouldn't be around.

This enemy is smart, capable, and unpredictable. They have defined a war on the United States, and I believe we're at war. I believe the attack on America made it clear that we're at war. I wish that wasn't the case. Nobody ought to ever hope to be a war President, or a presidency -- a President during war.

But that's how I see the world. And I made a vow that I would do everything I could, and work with members of Congress to do everything they could, to protect the United States. It is the most solemn duty of our country, is to protect our country from harm. ...(more, lots more, including on Iraq and Iran ramblings)

[PegDAC]

43. Oh, no!!!

He violated my county!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

44. So Bush has a TALKING RUG !!! Doesn't everybody?

"...make sure the rug says "optimistic person comes to work." ..."

[Kool Kitty]

50. Jesus H. Christ. He made this speech today?

This is the transcript from the WH website? How any sane person can read this and say that Bush should still have this job is as disturbed as he is. What was the point?

From article-"When asked about Iraq, he replied, "Remember the rug?" The RUG??????

[Old and In the Way]

38. "Got Wood?"

Sure do....also got a criminally stupit POTUS

[bdamomma]

42. he truly looks down on people

_"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."


what a condescending frat boy.
and this one:


_"There are some similarities, of course" between
Iraq and Vietnam. "Death is terrible."

But death to murderer is nothing.

[ComerPerro]

I fucking LOVE it when he goes off script

[Blue_Roses]

45. Everybodys dream job---working as a chicken plucker in a

chicken factory:eyes: :puke:

[Oilwellian]

46. My grandparents raised chickens

It's what they survived on during the depression. Bush can go pluck himself. The only thing that's gone "poof" is our country and the principles we used to stand for. We are now a war-mongering banana republic.

[aaronbees]

48. "Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."

Ain't that the understatement of the year!

These musings are incredible ... I thought it was satire at first, to be honest, but then again he's become a complete self-parody so there's no need for conscious satirical strokes. Incredible to think this is an AP article on Junior. He's batshit kookoo. x(

[autorank]

49. Thanks for posting...

He's about where he was when he started but slightly less reserved. He's not comfortable
just standing up there and sounding like himself. He seems to think disarticulation is OK.
God help us!

[Lugnut]

51. Oh brother.

I thought this was a joke. Turns out it is. A very bad joke. :wow:

[cassiepriam]

53. Bush's mental status continues to deteriorate.

Intoxication?

Dementia?

Psychosis?

[Toots]

54. And everybody wants to be loved

Didn't Cheney say they would much rather be feared than loved? Bush* doesn't really seem to know the meaning of the word..