The truthiness of George Tenet.
By on Apr 28th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
The truthiness of George Tenet.
Former CIA Director George Tenet in his new book:
In a way, President Bush and I are much alike. We sometimes say things from our gut, whether it’s his “bring ‘em on” or my “slam dunk.” I think he gets that about me, just as I get that about him.
Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents Dinner:
We’re not so different, [Bush] and I. We both get it. Guys like us, we’re not some brainiacs on the nerd patrol. We’re not members of the factinista. We go straight from the gut, right sir? That’s where the truth lies. Right down here in your gut.
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In a way, President Botch and I are much alike. We sometimes say things from our nads, whether it’s his “banana daiquiri†or my “slam my turdblossom†I think he gets into that, just as I get into that about him. -Jake
IOKIYAR!!
April 28th, 2007 at 3:58 pmTenet is a self-serving weasel…but he’s hardly the only one who knew the truth and decided against telling the American people. Some on the Democrat side too, and that’s saddest of all.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:05 pmIOKIYAR!!
Comment by Jake — April 28, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
Why Jake, you’re actually making sense for a change. Maybe the meds are starting to work. And you are much more entertaining than usual.
But since there’s so much improvement I won’t complain.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:05 pmNice pre-emptive strike!
April 28th, 2007 at 4:09 pmNice job with the Colbert parallel. Priceless!
April 28th, 2007 at 4:10 pmIOKIYAR!!
Comment by Jake
Dude (or dudette) It’s funny when used sparingly, but namejacking ain’t cool. Try another schtick. Jake’s a big enough target.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:18 pmAfter truthiness, I think, “dudette” is the most impressive linguistic innovation I have come across!
Good job barfly
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April 28th, 2007 at 4:31 pmDoes this mean that if King George the Dumb ever got a brain tumor the Doctors would treat him for a stomach ulcer? My bet is that they would diagnose it a a king size hemorrhoid.
April 28th, 2007 at 4:41 pmit’s all about convincing yourself that you have integrity when you don’t and, right up there on the priority list, selling your goddam book…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
April 28th, 2007 at 4:47 pmIf you wish upon a star, doesn’t matter who you are, lalala….
April 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pm“Well, I’ve been listening to my gut since I was 14 years old, and frankly speaking, I’ve come to the conclusion that my guts have shit for brains.”
April 28th, 2007 at 5:37 pm-John Cusack, High Fidelity
I ditto the above. Priceless post, absolutely priceless. Bravo to whoever put it together, and Bravo Colbert!!!!
April 28th, 2007 at 5:41 pmSounds like it’s time for a little taste of Peach Mint…
April 28th, 2007 at 5:58 pmSomebody should point out the similarity to George Tenet. He ought to be embarrassed about it, just as he should be ashamed for accepting his medal of freedom/honor/whatever.
April 28th, 2007 at 6:09 pmJake’s golden retriever is in control of the keyboard. Jake has passed out. For a revalation on Jake’s story, read this:
Let us review Jake’s career:
He worked as a crash dummy for the NASA Rocket Sled program.
After each time he crashed into a 16 meter granite barrier at orbital speeds, they would scrape his brains off of the base of the sled into a bucket, turn him upside down, put a funnel into each nostril and pour them back in.
He sloshes when he nods or shakes his head. The kind of sound that you hear when you shake up a container of orange juice or paint thinner.
Every once in a while, in the past, the air relief valve at the back of Jake’s head malfunctioned and a little grey matter dripped out. That has not reoccurred since November, 2006.
Jake’s golden retriever has entered some posts when he (Jake, not the dog) passed out. On those occasions, the posts seem more rational, hence the apparent schizoid behavior.
Jake had a brain scan in December, 2006 – they found nothing.
April 28th, 2007 at 6:25 pmAnybody who believes that Tenet (or Bushiva, L’il Dick, Rove)…
…and all of the TREASONOUS administration co-conspirators and cronies…
…have the capability of being “shamed” or otherwise guilt-ridden…
…is sadly mistaken, and quite simple-minded…
…THESE TRAITORS are criminal sociopaths, with ZERO consciences…
…they are LAUGHING at us (the people)…
… ALL the way to their respective offshore bank accounts…
…Tenet’s book will sell (to inbreds no less, but sell just the same)…
…Halliburton is slinking off to Dubai…
…and the Carlyle-Group is dumping its business off on some foreign controlled investment group…
…meanwhile YOUR Bush loving “conservative”:
grandmas, and grandpas
moms and dads
uncle Ernies and Aunt Midges
neighbors
friends and co-workers
…are ALL calling in to C-Span or writing in to the NYT or WAPO saying…
…what DEFEATISTS Harry Reid, Pelosi and the Democrats are…
…without a clue as to HOW MUCH FU*KING MONEY this war is costing…
…TRANSLATION: the inbred sons of bitches are WILLING lambs to the economic slaughter…
…funny thing is…
…bin Laden KNEW THEY (like the Russians) would be…
April 28th, 2007 at 7:19 pmfacts are for fags
April 28th, 2007 at 8:04 pmude (or dudette) It’s funny when used sparingly, but namejacking ain’t cool. Try another schtick. Jake’s a big enough target.
Comment by barfly
Yes, yes, small thinker, the bigger the target the less the aim.
April 28th, 2007 at 8:42 pmfacts are for fags
Comment by n69n
Why Gannon got the job?
April 28th, 2007 at 8:43 pmBrilliant!!
o my… that is so rich… to have looked right at the shrub
April 28th, 2007 at 9:30 pmand said those words, with the true meaning so obvious…
what a rush… colbert is just fantasatic…
…
This is a great comparison thread TP!
April 28th, 2007 at 10:10 pmColbert was so smart, so right on target, and so truthful last year, it is no wonder that Bush was so upset with him. The truth hurts.
Colbert is genius at wit and satire.
For all of those here that like to lament how detached and tryanical George Bush is, ask yourself why he’s sharing a stage with Colbert. Then ask yourselves why Democrats refuse to debate on Fox. Maybe Republican’s value free speech more than ‘progressives’? Give ‘em hell Steve.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:01 pm#21 Actually, I wonder why you post here? Are you a masochist?
April 28th, 2007 at 11:08 pmMaybe Republican’s value free speech more than ‘progressives’? Give ‘em hell Steve.
Comment by paul
Do you actually believe Colbert ISN’T making fun of your King?
BTW, this is from last year’s WH Correspondent’s Dinner — the one where your King was visibly pissed off. Heh.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:21 pm#23 He doesn’t get that they booked Rich Little this year because he is so…inoffensive.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:24 pm#23 They didn’t laugh at him either but to be fair he wasn’t talking about genocide. He is boring to lefties because he is boring. He is boring to righties because he isn’t Vlad the Impaler.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:27 pmHe is boring to lefties because he is boring. He is boring to righties because he isn’t Vlad the Impaler.
Comment by JPark
Good one, JPark. Sick, but true. :D
Hell, I didn’t even know Rich Little was still alive, and it looks as if his status is questionable.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:43 pm#26 I figure since Rich looks like Nosferatu they thought he might have some good death jokes. Didn’t turn out he did.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:46 pm#26 Since Bob Hope is dead they had limited choices. Rich Little or Dennis Miller. Honestly, at least one person has laughed at a Rich Little joke. Maybe 50 years ago but it is a better track record than Dennis.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:50 pm#27 JPark
It was frickin’ Rich Little! I mean, c’mon….at least he doesn’t work a puppet….
April 28th, 2007 at 11:50 pm#28 – JPark
Even the Republicans are embarrassed about Dennis Miller.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:51 pm#30 Republicans are only embarassed about Dennis Miller because they don’t understand his jokes. They aren’t too bright. Yes, he has become much less funny but now that he is targetting the trailer court crowd he might want to add a few more fart jokes.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:56 pmYes, he has become much less funny but now that he is targetting the trailer court crowd he might want to add a few more fart jokes.
Comment by JPark
I’ve heard Chimpy really likes those.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:58 pm#32 Oh, yeah, he is the ultimate trailer trash.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:59 pm#32 I am going to have to adjust my repertoire. Fart jokes are getting stale with my nine year old. If only George were my son…I would never have to be original.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:01 amI too thought that Rich Little was dead. But then after last week, like Dennis Miller, it’s his career that’s kinda dead.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:03 am#32 I am going to have to adjust my repertoire. Fart jokes are getting stale with my nine year old. If only George were my son…I would never have to be original.
Comment by JPark
They grow up so quickly — most of them anyway.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:05 amBelieve me, one day you’ll long for return of the fart jokes….
#36 I miss the days when peek-a-boo was a big hit!!!
April 29th, 2007 at 12:07 am#37 – Ah, the easy times. Such joyous and simple times.
My youngest is at the stage where I’m constantly biting my tongue.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:13 amAge 19. Oy.
#38 Things are so simple when they are young. Now I have to deal with depression and outbursts because his mother is barely involved in his life. He is still a sweetheart but he is taking some heavy emotional hits and it gets worse as he gets older. He is starting to understand.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:19 am#39 I can’t say I understand completely, but I do to a certain degree. It’s so painful to watch a child realize he has a less than perfect parent.
My sons’ father let two years go by without seeing them, other times a year at a time. It’s so hard to explain something like that without saying something “off” about the other parent. Oy….
April 29th, 2007 at 12:29 am#40 It is hard. His mom sucks. But I can’t tell him that. I am still hoping she gets herself together but I am pretty sure it won’t happen.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:35 am#41 I never thought he’d get better, I just hoped he wouldn’t get worse. He did. Sometimes I just wished he’d stay away completely — less damage control that way.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:49 am#42 My ex is just a screwup. She loves him but she never, ever makes the right decision. And I am such a fool that it costs me monetarily because I want him to see his mother.
April 29th, 2007 at 12:53 am#43 I always wonder how people manage to do that kind of crap after they have kids — but they do.
You do what you have to do, that’s all there is to it. Right?
April 29th, 2007 at 12:58 am#44 I guess so. I feel pretty stupid a lot of the time. My son went to his mom’s this weekend. Let me clarify. He went to where his mom lives (with roommates, whom I suspect do drugs). I brought $30 of food for him for the weekend. I just don’t know what to do.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:04 am#45 Are you court ordered to leave your son in a place like that? Personally, I wouldn’t do it — court order or no court order. Would you be able to amend your child custody agreement?
April 29th, 2007 at 1:10 amThere is no court order. I can do what I like.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:12 amThere is no court order. I can do what I like.
Comment by JPark
Wow. That’s unusual. You’re not worried she’ll take off with him, I take it.
I have to shut down for the night, JPark. If I remember correctly, you have trueblue’s email address. I’ll send her a note saying it’s ok if she gives you my email address, and we can continue this off board if you’d like.
April 29th, 2007 at 1:22 am