Bush: Condi is smarter, but ‘look at who’s the president.’
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Bush: Condi is smarter, but ‘look at who’s the president.’
At his press briefing today, President Bush poked fun of Condoleezza Rice, his Secretary of State, pointing out that while she may have a PhD, she’s still not President of the United States. Instead, Bush, who was a “C student,” is:
I remind people that, like when I’m with, Condi, I say she’s the Ph.D. and I’m the C student and just look at who’s the president and who’s the adviser.
Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/09/bushgpa.320.240.flv]
When Bush spoke to Yale University in 2001, he told the graduating students, “And to you ‘C’ students, you too can be president of the United States.”
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bush has become a "man-child". Scary stuff, indeed.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:10 pmWhen Bush spoke to Yale University in 2001, he told the graduating students, “And to you ‘C’ students, you too can be president of the United States.â€
Yeah , all you need is a father who is an ex-president and appointed SCOTUS judges and are beholden to the horseshit GOP , and you too can gain the presidency illegally like I did.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:10 pmahhh...the joys of having a little boy running around the white house playing president
September 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pmI'm really sad for America today...how many days 'til 01/20/09?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pmoy... the boy's on a roll today...
ugh...
so how did the STOOPID anti-free-speech resolution
September 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pmdo in the senate? ... any word, yet?
...
Yeah, and maybe that says a lot about where this country stands with the rest of the planet.
In their collective dumpster.
god what a fu(king disgrace the chymp is.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pmI remind people that, like when I’m with, Condi, I say she’s the Ph.D. and I’m the C student and just look at who’s the president and who’s the adviser. "And besides that, Condi lives with a woman and shares a mortgage with one. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, knowwhatImsayin'?"
September 20th, 2007 at 2:11 pmJust keep talking Bush. At this rate, your approval ratings will be in the teens by the end of the year. Every time you open your mouth, more people jump ship.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:12 pmJust when I think he can't get any more stupid....oh, I just said that below.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:13 pm"And to you ‘C’ students, you too can be president of the United States.â€
Shorter Bush: In you face, Prof. Pointyhead!
Condi's must be a Stockholm Syndrome kinda luuvvv...
September 20th, 2007 at 2:14 pmDid Rove resign just so he could sit back and watch Chimpy veer off-message like a runaway zamboni?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:16 pmHey Republicans:
September 20th, 2007 at 2:16 pmYou might want to e-mail the WH and tell Bush to shut up for the rest of the day.
We see it as smugness. They see it as confidence.
And the country dies just a little bit more.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:17 pm“And to you ‘C’ students, you too can be president of the United States.â€
I was hoping that the U.S. would set the bar a little higher in the future. btw, did he also give them some tips on how they could avoid the upcoming draft?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:19 pmjake? your not saying anyhting o wise one? what wrong? are you reevaluating your support of drunky mcstagger? one can hope.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:19 pmMy God he just gets worse and worse. Someone please introduce an impeachment resolution and get him ot of the White House!
September 20th, 2007 at 2:20 pm"I remind people that, like when I’m with, Condi, I say she’s the Ph.D. and I’m the C student and just look at who’s the president and who’s the adviser."
What a master of inspiration this stupid bastard is , eh folks ?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:20 pmNothing like trying to dumb down the American people even further , Chimpy ............
I've been saying since November of 2000:
God bless America.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:21 pmNot only is GDumbya stupid, he is also completely lacking in the self-awareness department.
This poor little moron doesn't have a clue how ignorant he sounds each and every time he opens that smug little mouth of his.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:22 pmJake is checking his List, checking it twice.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pmIf Condi is the "bright one" then we have far more problems then we could have imagined.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pmi can hear all the repugs now - theyll be denying Bush even existed in ten years like some germans still insist they didn't know about the holocaust.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pmTrolls don't have talking points on this stuff yet. The RNC is scrambling to play catch up with all the other stuff.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:23 pmAnd to think, this guy was (s)elected, not once, but TWICE!!
**bangs head on keyboard......**
September 20th, 2007 at 2:24 pmjake only has two hands and two feet - he can - at best - imitate two of the three monkeys in monkey hear see and speak no evil
September 20th, 2007 at 2:24 pmno jakey? where didja go jakey meboyo?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:26 pmTrolls don’t have talking points on this stuff yet. The RNC is scrambling to play catch up with all the other stuff.
Comment by Krazny — September 20, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
They tried hard on the "Mandella" thread, but fell flat.
I think they are dosing up on the koolaide before trying again.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:26 pmYep or if you odn't study hard you can get "stuck" in iraq... like our soldiers right Kerry? I love how all of a sudden being a C student matters to you guys. There was a time you all nuanced and said you can't judge someone's intelligence based on their grades... After all that would mean John Kerry was unfit too... hmm even Ted Kennedy... I guess its all about the teachers right?
September 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pmYou'd think it was the end of the world and we all should put on some black Nike Cortez's, drink some Kool Aid, tunr the lights out, and wait for the comet to take us home.
What a prepubescent fratass! Please God, may the next election put the grownups back in charge. And in the meantime, may this idiot and his cronies not be allowed to destroy this country beyond repair!
September 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pmKaty,
Salon War Room has a brief article on the vote -
72: Members of the U.S. Senate -- the same body that couldn't manage a vote Wednesday on habeas corpus rights for detainees or time off for troops -- who voted today in favor of a resolution condemning "personal attacks on the honor and integrity of Gen. Petraeus and all members of the United States Armed Forces."
September 20th, 2007 at 2:29 pmI’m really sad for America today…how many days ’til 01/20/09?
487 days 10 hours and 30 minutes.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:30 pm\/\/ made this same tired joke when talking about Cheney.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:34 pmThis idiot is actually PROUD of his stupidity. Someone mentioned on a previous thread that a C- at Yale is refered to as a "gentleman's C". Meaning that, as a legacy/skull and bones member a C grade is normally doled out to potential failing students so as not to bring down the collective GPA of the school and as a "bone" thrown to said legacy. In reality, the Chimp probably couldn't have managed a passing grade at the Technical Careers Institute (not to knock the good folks at TCI but just sayin')
September 20th, 2007 at 2:37 pmYeap, just as teacher wants all of their students to hear.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:39 pmYou’d think it was the end of the world and we all should put on some black Nike Cortez’s, drink some Kool Aid, tunr the lights out, and wait for the comet to take us home.
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Comment by Joneser — September 20, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
I would be allright with the republicans doing this, at least it keeps them out of trouble.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:39 pmAh, George W Bush, always the stand up comedian. The Fox network's weak attempt at a comedy news show should have hired Bush for the program. Maybe they wouldn't had to cancel the show.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:41 pmMaybe Bush thinks that this gives him a "good ole boy", down-to-earth, anti-intellectual, common man image. But the fact is, Bush is a Connecticut Yankee, a product of exclusive private prep schools, a legacy admittee to places like Harvard and Yale. If he actually were a cowboy or truck driver as he pretends to be, who rose on his own from common roots to become President, there might even be some nobility in a C student becoming President. But Bush had everything given to him, every opportunity and he still was a lazy, C- student, who has never been curious about the world, even though he's had opportunities all around him all his life to acquire a sophisticated education. His statement suggests that he's the King by divine right and entitlement and not by merit.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:42 pmFirst, I'll never understand how that woman got a Ph.D. Second, that's right butt face tell us again how stupid you are - like we need a reminder. This small, small "man" needs to put others down in order to appear worthy.
You too can be President of the United States and make an unmitigated, unholy disaster of the country and the world in about six and three quarter years
September 20th, 2007 at 2:42 pmJoneser can't make the distinction between men who have matured and become capable public speakers since their college days and a dry drunk overgrown frat boy who takes his current job about as seriously as he did his partial stint in the Air Nat'l Guard. There's a reason why Georgie only positions himself with like-minded people who wouldn't dare ask a serious question that would require insight and a thought process. EVERY time he makes the mistake of taking a non-rehearsed question he comes across as some kind of imbecile. If Joneser doesn't think that the rest of the world is LAUGHING at his sheer buffoonery, he's as delusional as his Dear Leader.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:45 pmhere was a time you all nuanced and said you can’t judge someone’s intelligence based on their grades… After all that would mean John Kerry was unfit too -Joneser
What is this YOU ALL projectionist crap ypur trying to pin on others?
Karl Rove didn't get a degree from six colleges and YOU call him a genius, the Architect. I recall that it was the Republicans that held up the first MBA president. and now see its not "YOU ALL" here, its his own alma mater, and businessweek, that questions the MBA President.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov2003/nf2003115_1870_db041.htm
It's a conversation heard more and more around the halls of Harvard Business School these days: One of President George W. Bush's unique qualifications for office was his Harvard MBA. Yet the mess in postwar Iraq has revealed a lack of the careful planning that Harvard teaches its elite clientele.
So I don't wanna hear this YOU ALL partisan stuff your talking Joneser, its irrelavent.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:45 pmI work as an administrative assistant and I have had bosses who have said similar patronizing things about me, publicly and often as a joke. The other classic gems bosses like to say about their underlings is "I'm the boss, but she's the one who really runs things here" (this comes even though I'm never given a raise) -- or -- "I just couldn't get along without her" (this one comes on Secretary's Day, as part of a speech where the boss demonstrates his complete lack of knowledge of what I do).
The general reaction from me is to smile through clenched teeth while thinking "what an absolute jerk!". I'm willing to bet Condi's reaction is much the same.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:49 pmthe one who's President is a white man, so basically, dubbie just told the world that we put race, gender, and family connections ahead of what's better for us.
gee, aren't we all so proud of that.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:52 pmSo let this be a lesson to you kids, school doesn't matter.
And, uh... no child left behind.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:58 pmHe's hit the sauce again, surely.
Of course, if I was living in America right now, I'd be drunk too.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:06 pma classic case of folks laughing at someone rather than with someone
September 20th, 2007 at 3:08 pm,em>tunr the lights out, and wait for the comet to take us home.
Recommend getting a day job...
Comment by Joneser — September 20, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
Right now, I'd be appreciative of the Rapture coming and ridding us of Bush (yeah right) and the rest of the nutwing crowd.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:08 pmA smartr leader recruits people smarter then himself/herself. This is true in the Business world as well. You are only as good as the people that work for you. Thankfully Bush has Rice. She is easily the brightest women in politics.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:15 pmBush: Condi is smarter....
That's a "no-brainer". Hell, my pet chia plant is smarter (and more honest, to boot) than Dubya. And he makes my cats looks like Einsteins....
Cheers,
September 20th, 2007 at 3:17 pmAny chance that we can make sure that Shrub sees a medical doctor who flunked out of high school ? After all, that is what he's advocating !
September 20th, 2007 at 3:20 pmI wonder if Yale has experienced a decrease in presitge and applications over the last few years ?
September 20th, 2007 at 3:21 pmCongratulations to Bush creating the Clown series. He is on a roll today with retarded comments. I am sure that there is a second show in the making of " Are you smarter than 5th grader?" Who else from his base will the Clown President say is smarter?
September 20th, 2007 at 3:27 pmthe trolls who have closet man-crushes on dubbie really get wound up about these things, don't they?
maybe they should just try heading over to the airport.
he's not the only fish in the sea guys - give yourselves a chance.
odds are, if you'd go to a gop fundraiser, you could find another spoiled fratboy type you could really hook up with (on the down low, of course)
#50 - If that's true (and I doubt it (sourced from Drudge, perhaps?)), then it's only because dubbie's daddy had secret service guys wiretapping the faculty.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:28 pm#48: Roger_Roger:
Thankfully Bush has Rice. She is easily the brightest women in politics.
Yep, thank goodness she was National Security Advisor and took things in her own hands. That worked out real well, dontcha think? And her involvement with getting the failed and misguided Iraq war started. Indisputably much smarter than her "husband"....
Maybe that's why Chevron named an oil tanker after her....
Cheers,
September 20th, 2007 at 3:29 pmNot an elected president, an appointed president.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:42 pmYou’d think it was the end of the world and we all should put on some black Nike Cortez’s, drink some Kool Aid, turn the lights out, and wait for the comet to take us home.
Comment by Joneser — September 20, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
Y'all can if ya want. I'm still tryin' to figger out how to survive this idiocy. If you're not sturbed by Bush's endless incoherency when he's the **cough.. cough** Most Powerful Man in the world...
September 20th, 2007 at 3:42 pmBush had slightly better grades at Yale than Kerry if anyone cares.
Comment by Toliver — September 20, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
I don't need to see college transcripts on this one. I just have to watch Bush speak... er... TRY to speak in public.
September 20th, 2007 at 3:44 pmYou just can't make this stuff up. Check out Blumenthals article in Salon:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/
September 20th, 2007 at 3:46 pmPsycho President says - hehe…cheating’s fun stuff…cheat on my driving record…cheat on my military record…hehe…cause daddy told me cheating’s the only way I can get anywhere…hehe…cheating gets republicans elected…so we need more cheaters
Sorta says it all really :-)
Buck Fush
September 20th, 2007 at 3:56 pmThis man is a prime example of why we need revolution - many of them, in fact.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:13 pmRedbeard72
Maybe it's the vainness in me, but if I were a C student in College, I sure wouldn't be spreading it around.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:36 pm"A smartr leader recruits people smarter then himself/herself. This is true in the Business world as well. You are only as good as the people that work for you. Thankfully Bush has Rice. She is easily the brightest women in politics.
Comment by Roger_Roger "
First - bush would be hard pressed to find anyone dumber than he is.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:26 pmSecond-Government isn't a business, unless you practice crony capitalism.
third-what specifcally has rice done that merits your thanks?
fourth-"the brightest woman (i'm assuming women is a typo) in politics" makes a nice slogan, but I'd put hillary up against condi in a brain-off any day.
fifth-brightness and political skills don't go hand in hand. Think the first mayor daley. Or bush. he's a better politican than he is a thinker.
Thankfully Bush has Rice. She is easily the brightest women in politics.
Comment by Roger_Roger — September 20, 2007
Actually I think Mushroom Cloud Condi works for Cheney and our current foreign policy would bare that out.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:28 pmThink Condi is insulted by his total stupidity? Maybe she'll jump off the bush wagon next...
September 20th, 2007 at 6:06 pmDidn't Dick Cheney flunk out of Yale, not once but twice? And once you're in at Yale, it's supposedly very hard to be flunked. Your grades have to be truly abysmal for that. What a great duo we have heading this country, hunh?
September 20th, 2007 at 6:23 pmGeorge, it's very nice of you to point out how it doesn't make any sense that you are our president. Now go eat a pretzel--there's a good boy.
- Tom
September 20th, 2007 at 6:28 pmAmericans can now look to the idiot in the Oval Office who said Saddam killed Nelson Mandela. We have become the laughing stock around the world as people see who not only have a dumb President but and liar and insane one. I wonder how Nelson Mandela feels about the fact he is dead and killed by Saddam. I know a reporter will get a statement from him. But Mr. Mandela knows Bush is stupid and an idiot it's just the American people who follow him blindly. I feel bad for our troops who have an insane Liar-in-Chief. The Media always makes excuses for what Bush says and does but this one can't be covered up.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:44 pmapparently, roger, a smart leader also appoints child molesters to be Federal Prosecutors, and gay prostitutes to be reporters. how do you square that with Ms/Dr Rice's appointment?
September 20th, 2007 at 6:50 pmalso, can't resist tasteless joke urge:
Pres. and his Sec'y of State = ??
.......like white on Rice.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:52 pm"A smartr leader recruits people smarter then himself/herself. This is true in the Business world as well. You are only as good as the people that work for you. "
Comment by Roger_Roger
Harkin Oil's astoundingly brilliant decision to hire Bush; not to mention the stellar work he performed for the Texas Rangers, proves old Roger's assertion is spot on!
September 20th, 2007 at 9:11 pm"like white on Rice."
More like Shite on Rice ...
September 20th, 2007 at 9:13 pmCondi is smart; she's got the grades and yet, I'm dumb and president of my class. My parents have the money and power so I can get what I want. Do you hear a junior high school brat speaking here? Well, as Reaganunaut would say, he's already started two wars and is aiming for the third!
September 20th, 2007 at 9:26 pmyou should see the new cover of Macleans coming in Canada
September 20th, 2007 at 11:11 pmhere's the link to the site
September 20th, 2007 at 11:24 pmGrr - I must be a luddite! http://www.macleans.ca/images/homepage/Macleans_Oct1.JPG
September 20th, 2007 at 11:25 pmI say she’s the Ph.D. and I’m the C student and just look at who’s the president and who’s the adviser.
Yes, we know all too well who is the president.
Generations from now, Iraqis will still remember and curse his name.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:49 amTaking pride in mediocrity. . .typical; sad. . .but typical.
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:16 pm