VIDEO: Laura Bush Sets All-Time Record, Flip-Flops in Just 25 Seconds
VIDEO: Laura Bush Sets All-Time Record, Flip-Flops in Just 25 Seconds
Yesterday in an interview with CNN’s John King, First Lady Laura Bush said “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with singing [the national anthem] in Spanish.” King then reminded the First Lady that her husband said the national anthem should only be sung in English. She quickly reversed her position, telling King “I think it should be sung in English, of course.” Just 25 seconds had elapsed since her first answer. Watch it:
Transcript:
KING: One of the debates in the country right now is about immigration reform, illegal immigration. One of the controversies is this new Spanish language version of the national anthem. Your husband the president says he thinks it should only be in English. But if you go to the state department website you can find it, I think, in four languages. Secretary Rice says she’s heard rap versions.
MRS. BUSH: Well, we’ve all heard different versions like at the Super Bowl every year. I don’t think there is anything wrong with singing it in Spanish. The point is it’s the United States national anthem and what people want is it to be sung in a way that respects the United States and our culture. At the same time, we are a nation of immigrants. We are a nation of many, many languages, because immigrants come and bring their languages.
KING: Is that an issue you disagree with your husband? He says it should be sung in English.
MRS. BUSH: I think it should be sung in English, of course.
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Eh, whatever. 25 seconds is longer than the average American attention span anyway so nobody will even notice.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:32 ammuy caliente
May 4th, 2006 at 10:32 amSteppeford Wife.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:37 amIs just me, or does she do this on every Interview?
Fifteen minutes later, Laura Bush ran the guy over in her car.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:38 amMoronette, or moroness? Not sure which term to use.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:38 amFingerprint Americans Not Mexicans! -GWB
May 4th, 2006 at 10:38 amCan't we leave the first lady out of this? I mean really it's not like the right constantly hounded Mrs. Clinton when she was first lady.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:40 amI wasn't aware that what language you spoke made you more necessarily patriotic over another. This silly focus on what language the anethem is sung is is just plain stupid and silly and a waste of time. But to these small-minded Republicans and those that agree with them, it's a perfectly siimple way of stirring up division. My criteria is if you believe in this country is if you show up at the polls. And I don't mean just the Presidential elections either.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:40 amYup. Good ol' Laura Bush: Setting the example for all good little wifeys everywhere. Gotta stand by her man. *Rolls eyes*
May 4th, 2006 at 10:41 amShe looks like she was gassed by the Joker from the first Batman movie.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:42 amI bet she hates Chimp as much as we do.
But don't count me among the 70% that support her.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:42 am#7. That's the funniest thing I've read all week!
May 4th, 2006 at 10:44 amIt is like a SNL skit, or it's, it's like a used car saleman. But to be fair, don't all politicians do it, some better than others. Even Clinton admitted that Bush Jr. should not be underestimated as a campaigner. Bush can't do anything else like lead or protect our country, but he can lie, double speak, smirk, and gaffe to entrap his base to get elected.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:45 amAnd King didn't call her on her flip-flop, thus proving either the complete vapidness of American Media, or the right wing bias. Next.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:46 amLaura's issue could be part of the aging process, along with unwanted body hair and the tendency to repeat things you just said two minutes ago. Or it could be there's something intrinsically wrong with voicing true feelings in an open forum, along with unwanted body hair and the tendency to repeat things you just said two minutes ago.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:49 amLook at that smile on Laura. You know what she's thinking? She's thinking:
"Just let that son of a bitch step off the curb in front of me, oh please God! I'd mow his ass down like my ex-boyfirend!"
May 4th, 2006 at 10:50 amClearly, this is the 2006 version of a "Gay Marriage Ban" - the "hot-button" issue which will be used to justify the otherwise incredible discrepancies between exit polls and the election results from electronic voting machines. In the middle of November, we will "discover" that the "vast American heartland" felt so strongly about the erosion of "American Culture" that they again flooded the rural polling places (without experiencing lines or delays, curiously) and returned a Republican Congress (by a small, but unquestionable margin). Later, investigations will be deemed unnecessary and unduly expensive. The media, no doubt, will be completely distracted by Madonna's newest metal brassiere.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:53 amI love it!
But not more than Laura Bush loves books. I mean, she really loves books! Put 'em in the background, put 'em in the foreground, put your nose in one. books rule!
May 4th, 2006 at 10:53 amThe Stepford First Robot initiated an original output, but when made aware that it contradicted her higest order programming to echo the spouse, it immediatedly self-corrected.
It's amazing she could pull a 180 that fast without experiencing whiplash.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:53 amNo brain, no pain. When this one was standing in the brain line everyone else was holding a bucket while she held a thimble. Dewey what system?
May 4th, 2006 at 10:55 amMore Zoloft. More Paxil. More Percocets.
The triumph of the drug companies is the Sedated Nation.
Pickles is the head spokeswoman.
-GSD
May 4th, 2006 at 10:56 amI wish she was a pretzel.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:57 amIn Canada, they sing their national anthem in French and English, both. Is their anything wrong with that?
I can understand the confusion though. 'Jose, can you see...'
May 4th, 2006 at 10:57 amDon't blame her, blame the lobotomy.
May 4th, 2006 at 10:59 amwho cares. this is a non issue.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:00 am'Is 'there' anything wrong with that?'
it's early or late, I don't rightly know.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:00 amWhen an NHL canadian team plays in the US both anthems are sung. Imagine that another anthem sung on our soil. Even worse it is sung in Canadian too.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:02 amOh by all means don't re-elect Laura Bush. Still she is far behind the flip-flopiest duo of Dean and Kerry. FYI nice line of attack but I doubt it will get you much play outside the LLL Mo0nb@t fever swamps. I would go back to the "Bush is Hitler" mantra, at least that got some play in the MSM media (for laughs).
May 4th, 2006 at 11:02 amHa, that's great! So clearly this seems to be evidence supporting my suspicion that there isn't exactly too great a depth of thought behind that glassy-eyed stare and smile that she always puts on in public.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:02 amWhen I was younger my mom always told me that reading books opened the windows to the mind. In Laura's case, it seems that all the open windows have served to allow for the escape of whatever gray matter she may have actually once had in that mind.
The lights have been out on this porch for a long time. What has she been doing for the past 5+ years? Nothing to help the women's cause or the country that's for sure.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:04 amGents,
Leave the wifey out of this. It's a low blow. Stick to the moron in chief.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:07 amWell, George is the Decider who Decides. The First Lady perhaps forgot this until the Stenographer thankfully corrected her.
The best thing is, The First Lady's comment can be edited down into a useful soundbite fitting your local TV station's needs, whether you live in Texas or New York.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:11 am#29--Sure, no problem. After all, we never heard about "Hitlery" and "the Whitehouse dog" from the 'wingers during the eight years when Clinton was in office.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:11 amWow! Wonderful. She left skid-marks and smoke doing that U-turn. I agree with the commenter who wondered why the interviewer didn't push a little: "Well, which is it? Okay or not okay? You've just said both. And if it's not okay, why not again?"
May 4th, 2006 at 11:16 amDon't you all know that the term "Flip-Flop" is only allowed to be applied to Democrats? We aren't even allowed to use it. Instead I believe we are legally required to use the term "Change their mind" when referring to Republicans.
At least I think that's the case. Right?
Oh, and it's cool for drunk Republican VPs to shoot people in the face. That's okay, too. And Republican Presidents can do whatever they want. Just because.
Didn't you all read the Unwriiten Rulebook for Politics not written by Karl Rove?
May 4th, 2006 at 11:21 am#29 - "Still she is far behind the flip-flopiest duo of Dean and Kerry."
And they both are SO FAR behind the flip-flopiest flip-flopper-in-chief, Pres. "Widowmaker" Bush. Is there any election pledge he kept, other than "tax cuts, no matter what!"??? I don't think so.
Why does that man hate America so much that he wants to drive it under in debt? Why can't he at least TRY to be "fiscally conservative" instead of a "borrow and squander" neo-con for special rights of corporations over the individual rights in the Constitution?
Oh well. Come this November, there will be fewer neo-con Republicans in office. (Or is that Rethiglicans? Or Rebumbyakans?)
May 4th, 2006 at 11:21 amHey 29 - How do you like King dumbya cutting Veternas Benefits? How do you like him requiring GI's to serve longer tours than they sign up for? How do you like him not giving our troops proper body armor, armored vehicles, or photo ops?
And you are still voting republican? You and Mary Cheney......go figure.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:33 amWhy even chat with Laura > she is a programmed Stepford Wife! I doubt she knows that her hubby Bush slept with Jeff Gannon, or she simply does not care?!
May 4th, 2006 at 11:42 amWhy does she remind me of the robots in the old Battlestar Galactica, the ones with obsequious voices and the lights in their pointy heads?
May 4th, 2006 at 11:44 am.
lAURA BUSH, ONE OF THE GREAT THINKERS OF OUR TIME!
May 4th, 2006 at 11:44 amStill, she should be critized for her cognitive dissonance. She is a spokesperson of this Administration and de facto mother hen of the Republican party. I got news for you, but her being on CNN is no accident.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:49 amI don't see the flip-flop that you do. Preznit Bush said the anthem should be sung in English only. Laura said it's alright to sing it in Spanish, and said it should be sung "in English, of course." She didn't say it should be sung in English only. I don't see that she contradicted herself. I also think this and other examples reveal that we are at times willing to sacrifice the rational public discourse we desperately want for political soundbytes, which is of course the behavior that robbed us of rational public discourse to begin with. That's the flip-flop. Let's stay on the ball with our eyes on the prize.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:54 amMy dog looks at me that same way when he wants some kibble.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:57 amLook at the children's book displayed on the shelf in back of sour Pickles and see that it is DORA the Explorer and her CHIMP friend Boots who teach Spanish on NICK cartoons. Nice placement and choice .
May 4th, 2006 at 12:05 pmSure enough, she's a born-again christain phony like the dummy?
May 4th, 2006 at 12:07 pm#43 i agree
I don't see the flip flop here. Seriously, this is a non-issue. Wish people would read before they went hog wild on "omg! flip-flopper!"
May 4th, 2006 at 12:08 pmApparently, she was for it before she was against it.
Lol
May 4th, 2006 at 12:15 pmCan’t we leave the first lady out of this? I mean really it’s not like the right constantly hounded Mrs. Clinton when she was first lady.
Comment by the fly-man #7
fly-man,
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!
good one!
May 4th, 2006 at 12:20 pm#43 and #47: This is exactly why the interviewer should have pushed a little bit, to clarify exactly what she meant by her two statements. In the absence of the push, she does sound at least a little like she's speaking in contradictions.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:20 pmi wish you people would let the rest of that clip play out, and not end it after your "point" has been "made". sure, she thinks it should be sung in english. She never said ONLY in english, so give it a rest.
focus on the real issues. lets keep it together.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:22 pmThe Stepford First Robot initiated an original output, but when made aware that it contradicted her higest order programming to echo the spouse, it immediatedly self-corrected.
It’s amazing she could pull a 180 that fast without experiencing whiplash.
Comment by rail #19
rail,
Isn't that new Stepford model - Lot #B2000/04- simply amazing?
Why i heard they can even be programmed to package and sell...
...dime bags...
May 4th, 2006 at 12:23 pmoh leave her alone.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:24 pmlaura ping-pong...
...but would have been really cool is if the interviewer could get her to flip back......
May 4th, 2006 at 12:24 pmHer life already sucks enough. Look at who she's married to...
May 4th, 2006 at 12:27 pmThat clip cut off a little abruptly, who's to know whether the flipflop was genuinely there. But, I say, why not sing the original version, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Anacreon_in_Heaven. After all, the Supremes seem now to be strict constructionists, and the fundies go back to the genuine Word of God (the King James Version, that is--who knew Jesus' followers and the OT prophets' first language was English?). You can hear the genuine, authoritative Nation Anthem at http://www.oakashthorn.com/Music/mp3/anacreon.mp3. Not a drinking song, as commonly thought, but a test of sobriety: if you can sing it, you get another round.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:30 pmI don’t see that she contradicted herself. I also think this and other examples reveal that we are at times willing to sacrifice the rational public discourse we desperately want for political soundbytes, which is of course the behavior that robbed us of rational public discourse to begin with.
Comment by Rational Anthem #43
Rashional,
while you're being "rational"...
...they're (the TREASONOUS Bushite junta) raping you, your children, grand and great grand children (economically speaking)...
...so you just keep being "rational", and holding "civilized" public discourse...
...while the TREASONOUS, "conservative", inbred Bushites have "intercourse"...
...with your financial future and security...
May 4th, 2006 at 12:31 pm[...] Thanks to Think Progress [...]
May 4th, 2006 at 12:32 pmPobrecita. Casada con un idiota, madre de dos hijas huevonas y no poder decir lo que deberaz piensa. What a shame. Imagine once being able to express yourself without fear of being chastized by an idiot husband and the incompetents who surround him. Ni modo.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:34 pmFLASH!!!
Lamar Alexander's bill specifies that henceforth, "Ave Maria" can only be sung in ENGLISH.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:35 pmIt just shows that you really have to be on your toes if you want to be a good wife to a dumb man. Fortunately, there's help: "The Department of HOmeland Decency: Decency Rules and Regulations Manual" will teach any and every wife the proper way to submit to her husband.
Everyone should own a copy and read it nightly. Check it out at http://www.homelanddecency.com. It's hilarious.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:39 pmI take it as a compliment that our National Anthem
May 4th, 2006 at 12:43 pmis sung in other languages.
On second thought: When Laura Bush ends by saying the Star-Spangled Banner should be sung in English, are you (who say there's no contradiction) saying that she's taking a stand against the (non-extistent) position that the Star-Spangled Banner should NOT be sung in English? I think she did reverse herself.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:44 pmWell it is just a song. So people do covers of it..so what ;)
May 4th, 2006 at 12:45 pmI don't see how this was a flip-flop, all she said was "of course it should be sung in English". She didn't say to the exclusion of all other languages. Since at least 95% of the country speaks English, of course, she's right.
All you knee-jerk haters out there need to get a grip, restrain the urge to push the demonize button.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:45 pmGive Miz Laura a break. Her contribution thus far after five years in the White House was to lose two dress sizes. And the MSM beat up Teresa Heinz-Kerry, who has done great things for Pttsburgh, for forgetting that Missy Laura had worked at one time, and which I too had forgotten if I ever heard it. And nothing says librarians read books just because they have a degree in Library Science. And some people have frontal lobotomies to keep things in perspective, like ridiculous spouses. And so on.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:47 pmActually, this should be filed under "Entertainment". Focusing on this whole thing - how many articles in how many days? - is just distracting from the real issues, and portrays TP as just another sensationalist blog.
Can we just move on? Like back to Darfur, Iraq, Iran, the environment, energy policy, train tracks to nowhere, and all the real, hard-core malfeasance this administration is up to?
May 4th, 2006 at 12:49 pm25 Seconds? Sounded more like a flip-flop in 2 point 5 seconds. The whiplash was so severe John King suffered a head injury and forgot to call her on it.
May 4th, 2006 at 1:01 pmI liked "Well, we've all heard different versions, like at the Super Bowl every year." But that is about 'style' and has what, exactly, to do with it being sung in a different language? Poor Laura, I'm sure it made sense to her when she thought it. It just lost something in the translation. ;)
May 4th, 2006 at 1:04 pmNext question to Laura should be:
May 4th, 2006 at 1:06 pmShould "Always fai" replace "Semper Fi" as the USMC's colloquial motto?
Actaully, she was trying to think at first. She was then reminded that her husband rarely thinks and "stood by her man". As far as the whole question goes, it is to me a moot point. The american experience as a melting pot must evolve or stagnate and fail. The real failure here is the emotional trumpeting of polarized views without communicating in a rational logical discourse. In this respect
May 4th, 2006 at 1:08 pmthe tolerant political center prevails. Personnally I am secure in my patriotic foundation, I served in the military as did my brother and dad. I am free to challenge the logic of men such as 29. retired republican vet. Oh ya my father died in a vet hospital....
[...] Watch the first lady flip-flop so fast I think I broke my neck... Think Progress (with video) KING: One of the debates in the country right now is about immigration reform, illegal immigration. One of the controversies is this new Spanish language version of the national anthem. Your husband the president says he thinks it should only be in English. But if you go to the state department website you can find it, I think, in four languages. Secretary Rice says she’s heard rap versions. [...]
May 4th, 2006 at 1:12 pmI don't see this as a flip flop. If she had said, "I think it should only be sung in English" after saying it is okay to sing it in other languages then I could see your point. Saying it should be sung in English is not the same as saying it should only be sung in English.
May 4th, 2006 at 1:26 pm#10 good call
May 4th, 2006 at 1:45 pm#52, big papa:
Isn’t that new Stepford model - Lot #B2000/04- simply amazing?
Yeah! The earlier model couldn't reverse itself that fast without crashing; I think it's because this model has a Mac O/S, the last one was all Windows-based.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:02 pmSo, she was "for it before she was against it."
May 4th, 2006 at 2:04 pmKind of hard to swallow, but I'll bet she's a
spitter anyway.
Nice on #75, Mac OS much better.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:10 pm#73 iMatt,
Nice splitting of hairs.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:11 pmOne too many facelifts!
May 4th, 2006 at 2:14 pmShe looks like the joker to me.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:22 pmAccording to the Stein Report, http://www.steinreport.com , author Kevin Phillips
had previously reported that Bush had sang the anthem in Spanish at Hispanic festivals in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia.
I like creativity in musical expression, but Bush's amnesty will create more problems then it solves.
Unsustainable population growth should be the issue. Just how frequently can the US double in size, and have any land left for planting crops?
May 4th, 2006 at 2:37 pmWhy does that dingbat remain popular? Is it because her husband's "base" likes good llittle wives who don't use their brains and have original thoughts?
May 4th, 2006 at 2:38 pmReferring to her as a Stepford Wife is very appropriate in her case. And not the recent Nicole Kidman version, but the older Paula Prentiss one. It was spookier.
How long before she finally snaps and yells out, "Well, my husband's a screaming idiot!"?
Any bets? Anyone?
May 4th, 2006 at 2:39 pmI was waiting to hear what The First Lady's opinion was on the subject. I wasn't sure which way to go on it and knowing what she thinks will help me to make a better decision.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:42 pmStepford wife? More like Nicholson's Joker in very bad drag.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:50 pmThink Progress, setting new records in twisting words.
Laura said that there's nothing wrong with singing it in Spanish but SHE thinks it should be sung in English.
It's the same as saying that I don't think there's anything wrong with eating peanut butter with honey, but I think it should be eaten with jam.
Think Progress has hit a new low, if that was possible.
May 4th, 2006 at 2:53 pmHas anyone thought about how we took the British National anthemn, "God Save the King" and changed the words to make the USA the big cheese. My Country Tis of Thee....How is that for gall!!!!!!!
May 4th, 2006 at 2:57 pmAnd where did either the President OR Laura say that the anthem should be sung ONLY in English?
I saw that reported but I have not yet seen anything within quotes where the President said that.
Saying that the anthem should be sung in English is NOT the same as saying that it should ONLY be sung in English.
Indeed, choice of language lies at the heart of freedom of speech which is guaranteed under the constitution...and Bush is sworn to uphold the constitution. If he's guilty of anything, he's guilty of NOT reminding us of this at this particular time.
May 4th, 2006 at 3:00 pmWell, as much as I find fault with the Bushes, you can't really convict either her or her husband on this statement alone, and you can't really call it a flip-flop. They didn't say, "ONLY in English" and logically, that it should be sung in English follows from her first statement that it can be sung in "many languages." Her point still stands.
May 4th, 2006 at 3:02 pmLiars have a hard time keeping their stories straight.
Laura the Liar, pants on fire!
May 4th, 2006 at 3:06 pmScinetists are investigating whether the mini-tsunami was caused by her whiplash-inducing lightning-quick reversal. Chaos theory, y'all.
May 4th, 2006 at 3:20 pmI know shes well-intentioned, but Laura Bush is a moron. Repost the video of her calling Hurrican Katrina, Hurrica Corina.
May 4th, 2006 at 3:35 pmHere's a great picture of Laura
http://f3.yahoofs.com/blog/433d24dbz187ae184/87/__sr_/51e3.jpg?mgI4lWEB2MPk__nz
May 4th, 2006 at 3:43 pmLike the national anthem, I think the first Lady is a national treasure, and therefore her sexuality should not be discussed in Spanish.
Muy caliente, my ass.
May 4th, 2006 at 3:49 pmI tend to agree with our neocon friends on this one, we should not disparage the First Lady. She can't help it if she is an enabling crack-whore.
May 4th, 2006 at 4:03 pm"I don’t think there is anything wrong with singing it in Spanish."
It depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.
May 4th, 2006 at 4:11 pmRegardless of what she said. She's "HOT".
May 4th, 2006 at 4:44 pm[...] [...]
May 4th, 2006 at 4:45 pmExactly what benifits are being cut? Other than the "Progressive" websites I hear of no plans top cut benifits. Please itemize the "cuts" for me and I will tell you what I think of them.
May 4th, 2006 at 5:34 pmDAH!!!!
May 4th, 2006 at 6:21 pmDoesn't flyman #7 remember Hillary Clinton's cookie-baking comment, that the r ight went nutty over? Or the bizarre conspiracy theories, in which she offed Vince Foster?
May 4th, 2006 at 7:05 pm#97, hot as a can of day old opened tuna fish. Remember you'ld also be bonking Dumbya.
May 4th, 2006 at 7:26 pmSince the clip ends with her saying, "of course I think the anthem should be sung in english" she could think that the anthem should be sung in English and/or Spanish. I know I'm giving her A Lot of credit.
May 4th, 2006 at 7:47 pmisn't anyone wondering what the next 25 seconds of this interview hold? it's cut off abruptly, and I'm dying to know how she backpaddles out this little SNAFU. Is there an easy way to get this whole transcript?
May 4th, 2006 at 7:49 pmWhat Is She?
May 4th, 2006 at 8:04 pmIt's pretty sicjk that someone would describe Laura Bush as "hot" ~~Our Mexican first lady ~~
~~This person apparently thinks it's ok to bastardize our National Anthem in Spanish ~~ and apparently her husband thinks so to ~~ the State Department website has FOUR Spanish versions ~on it ~~I thought it was already bad they had CNN en Espanol ~~ Now we have our government website in Espanol ~~ How can we teach legal immigrants to learn English when we serve them like this? ~~ Our country will just morph into MexAmerica ~~ Just look at Laura and George Bush who come from the MexTex state ~~ they both forgot that we're not a Mexican province ~~ We are the United States of America and we speak English ~~ go back to Crawford you cow~~
May 4th, 2006 at 8:14 pmGood Ole Laura standing by her man at all cost! I wish I had a wife that would do or saying anything I wanted.
May 4th, 2006 at 8:22 pmWow..! Laura rolled over faster than Barney the dog..!! But seriously.., most of the folks commenting here are just having a little fun - this is not a serious political rip on Laura. No one has lost sight of what is important - George W Bush is completely incompetent and without question will be remembered as "The Worst President in the History of the United States"..!!
May 4th, 2006 at 8:24 pmThat is NOT a good pic of Laura on here > if she looks like that to Dubya Dunce Decider, then NO wonder he had an affair with Jeff Gannon the hunk hooker > lol.
May 4th, 2006 at 9:10 pm[...] See it here. Please continue to send us other fabulous examples. [...]
May 4th, 2006 at 11:23 pmMy favorite part of this "controversy" is realizing that some of you may actually consider this a contradiction. She thinks one way is best but doesn't consider others wrong. This is what many of you would consider tolerance if her husband wasn't president. Since he is, you try to dream up a controversy. Hilarity like this is why I stop by here now and then! Keep up the bad work!
May 5th, 2006 at 12:04 amHey.TheRef ;Why don't hook up with that AssClown Jay Randal ;look at him fantasizing about Gannon again.Perhaps you two could share a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
May 5th, 2006 at 1:18 amClean up the love fudge when you're finished.
E-coli > you have the most vile mouth of any troll on here > wash it out with lye soap!
May 5th, 2006 at 2:29 amYou only have to look at her to see there's something wrong with her...cross-eyed....she looks like a freakin' retard...
May 5th, 2006 at 3:20 amHmm. Judging by the crude sexual references I'm going to guess you meant this as an insult. Due to your poor grammer, childish attempt at profanity and complete failure to offer meaningful comment either pro or con I'm not offended at all. If and when you grow up and finish school we can discuss real issues. You are grown? Really? The last time I met someone who actually spoke the way you write I was in maybe 8th grade. Hard to believe an adult could write something so stupid. Oh well. Your next response should be really awe-inspiring. Hope I remember to come back and read it (snicker).
May 5th, 2006 at 3:22 amHey Ref,you'll be back,won't you,Piehole.
May 5th, 2006 at 3:41 amGo clean the crap off the locker room floor.
I would like to see the next 15 seconds of this tape. It appears like she was going to say something else. If you want to represent her as a "flip-flop" politico then make sure you are accurately representing her or we all end up being maligned. Name calling and spinning media to suit our needs isn't exactly moving toward "progress."
May 5th, 2006 at 4:38 amEnglish is the language of the Redcoats.
May 5th, 2006 at 7:53 amShe was for it before she was against it.
May 5th, 2006 at 8:30 amAmerica, land of unlimited resources? I don't think so. You have to laugh at how rightous some people are acting, as they turn their backs on their fellow downtrodden Americans and openly welcome illegal immigrants that here to replace our weakest members. Then these same silly asses have the audacity to take about high moral values and even refer back to when our forefathers came here, as if times and circumstances have stood still for the past 200 years. This inability to carry an abstract idea in their pea sized brain is why Republicans hate us so much. "Here's your clue. If you don't know what you're talking about, shut the hell up." The Republicans want all the illegal immigrants they can get to come here. Why? To lower the cost of wages for the working class. Phase 2 of out-sourcing, only they simply bring the work force here, while at the same time cutting the legs out from under the middle class.
If you have a finely tuned sports car that demands constant attention to keep it in perfect running order, would you hand over it's care to illiterate migrant field hands who have never even driven a car? This is analogous to what's happened to the finely tuned democracy that once was America. One man, one vote is fine, as long as the majority of those voting are responsible with the use of their vote and intelligent enough to understand why their only loyalty must be to country and not party. Our democracy has been entrusted to people who know little about democracy and understand even less about how it works and why it works. If you allow people to start disassembling the parts and abusing the engine that powers your sports car, soon you will have a pile of junk which won't run. I'd say we need to get this old heap into a reliable garage with a certified mechanic or else we'll all be walking, and most likely walking down the road to oligarchy.
A poorly educated electorate, combined with a flood of immigrants unknowledgeable of the history and workings of democracy, have allowed themselves to be duped by religious talking con-men who were out for personal gain. Giving pardons to illegal immigration, and allowing people to become citizens simply because we want cheap labor to mow our lawns and pick our produce has helped America's decline to the brink of a truly fascist state. The uneducated, be they native born or immigrant, don't understand when they are being used and are simply too lazy to educate themselves. It's so much easier for them to just let a talking head political hack do all their thinking for them.
Democracy is a team effort. An effort required by all of those who vote. When more than half are intellectually challenged be it by intellect or language barriers, the team is going to lose to the wealthy corporate owners of fascism. Every damn time.
May 5th, 2006 at 9:02 am#106 What are you still doing here? And what is with all the ~~~~~? You appear psychotic.
May 5th, 2006 at 9:59 amEven the mixer of the Kool Aid has to take a swig in the middle of an interview. Life has to be misarable being married to King Shrub. He must have forgotten to give her the right wing talking points before John Karl's interview. Talk about flip flopping right in front of your eyes. Why didn't John ask the right follow up question?
May 5th, 2006 at 10:47 amReporters have to stop being intimidated and soft. Be the advocates of the American People.
Laura Bush and Kathryn Harris are exactly like the Stepford wives with a glazed over look accompanied by a continuous fake smile. People die, they smile. But it is an evil smile, nothing real about it. These people thrive on death, both Laura and George are responsible for personally taking the lives of others. How many innocent people have died because of this dictatorship? Going back George Bush's days in Texas ordering more deaths than anyone in their history, to the slaughter of thousands of innocent people in Iraq to the deaths of thousands of our troops. Every time I see the Bushes, I see death, death, death. While many other Presidents, both Republican and Democrat, focused on peace, these people focus on death. While all of this goes on before our eyes everyday, Bush says "every life is precious," with a smile on his face of course.
May 5th, 2006 at 12:50 pm117 - Brilliant! Your reply was everything I hoped. Crude, vulgar, grammatically incorrect and totally incoherent. Please keep typing because every time you post your drivel it sets the progressive cause back some more. Since you gave me a suggestion, here's one for you: when you pose a question use a question mark (?).
May 5th, 2006 at 1:16 pm# 125 ; That was a statement of fact,not a question,Piehole.
May 5th, 2006 at 1:48 pm[...] The Incredible 25-Second Flip-Flop (stolen from Think Progress)Â [...]
May 5th, 2006 at 3:01 pmNo matter how hard liberals try, the term "flip flop" will forever be attached to John Kerry. It is funny to see ya'll weakly try to erase the mental picture of John Kerry that appears in everybody's head, every time the word "flip flop" is ever mentioned.
May 6th, 2006 at 1:47 pmRob Tuner “flip flop†will forever be attached to John Kerry.
And Purple Heart bandages.
And the fact that he looks like Herman Munster.
Big deal.
Your party will be remebered for taunting bullying and lying and primarily for the length of their prison sentences.
TheRef : It's always nice to see weasels like you bitch about other peoples spelling.
Hint : it's grammar not grammer.
May 8th, 2006 at 1:51 pmAndre - actually my real complaint is that so many posters here think that calling me names is the same as offering rebuttal. "Oh yeah! Sez you!" was a lousy reply in the school yard and its even weaker in the world of adults. Your reply just reinforces the point that so many of you simply parrot each other and aren't capable of coherent replies, thus the reversion to childish name calling. Did you even read my original post on this thread? Can you read it? Then make a logical argument against it rather than just looking like another uneducated, illiterate bobbing-head. Progressives are a fringe group and with supporters like this always will be. You sure are entertaining though and occasionally someone types something worth pondering.
May 9th, 2006 at 3:10 amThis women makes me sick!
I wish she would go back to texass and bake her cookies and do what she does best...have a bake sales. By the sounds of it she is going to need to.
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