Bush butchers pronunciation of ‘Olmert’ and ‘Mahmoud.’
Bush butchers pronunciation of ‘Olmert’ and ‘Mahmoud.’
While reading a joint agreement on principles established between the Israelis and Palestinians at today’s Annapolis conference, President Bush stumbled in pronouncing the names of the two leaders standing right next to him — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Watch it:
Flashback: In September, a marked-up draft of Bush’s speech to the U.N. was inadvertently released. The draft included “phonetic spellings of some names and countries.” Dana Perino said at the time that it was “offensive” to suggest Bush has a hard time pronouncing certain names:
REPORTER: Does the president have a hard time pronouncing some of these countries’s [sic] name?
PERINO: I think that’s a offensive question. I’m going to just decline to comment on it.
UPDATE: Check out Middle East Progress for more analysis of the summit.
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Bush the dry-drunk imbecile.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:28 amWait, what….how is this important?
November 27th, 2007 at 11:30 amThat’s our boy! An anti-intellectual president for an anti-intellectual nation. Tell me again, neocons, why people who seek out knowledge are somehow threatening, “effete,” and unpatriotic people.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:31 amWhy does he always move around so much when he is at the podium?
November 27th, 2007 at 11:32 amAt least he’s consistent.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:34 amWait, what….how is this important?
Comment by gitrdone
Because the leader of the free world - our president - is either too stupid or too lazy to learn how to pronounce these names. That makes it important.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:34 amOh c’mon Dana, how is reality so offensive to you?
November 27th, 2007 at 11:35 amOnly Bush would get offended at needing cheat sheets to pronounce some of the names that don’t just roll off an English-speaker’s tongue.
If I was in a position where I had to pronounce the names of people, cities, countries, or anything else in front of an audience (whether I was a politician, a broadcaster, or any other professional speaker), you can BET I would have a phonetic cheat sheet with me — and furthermore, I would have practiced pronouncing any name I might be called upon to say.
There is nothing offensive or demeaning about this. It’s common sense.
What Bush should say (instead of cowering behind the “offensive question” dodge) is “Yes, I care about pronouncing things correctly. That’s why I look these things up. That’s why I consult with native speakers of these languages. It’s something everybody should do!”
But I won’t hold my breath waiting for Bush to say anything like that…
November 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amJesus H. Christ… Our National Embarrassment speaks.
Pass me my Unknown American bag, please!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amI suppose this isn’t really that important. We all have grown accustomed to having a complete moron as President.
And it does appear a bit strange that Bush is all of the sudden some kind of peacemaker. It doesn’t jive.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:37 amGeorge W. Botch-it strikes again!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:39 amWhat’s so historic about this summit. It’s not even on the “Road Map”. It’s not frivolous, our president is our representative to the world and he doesn’t have the ability (or desire) to learn the two names of the people he’s supposed to be bringing together.
Bush is a disgrace and the world see’s it.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:39 ammissmolly,
As usual, you get to the absolute heart of the matter.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amDid anyone even listen to the speech? Or were you all just to eager to jump on his pronunciation skills and make a fool out of him as usual?
If you focus on the negative, all your going to think is negative.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amThis guy’s a total embarrassment to this country in absolutely everything he does - or attempt to do. He still hasn’t learned to pronouce the word “nuclear” yet and claims to have a college education. Get real, Mr. Nuke-u-lar.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amWell, maybe he’s being historically-sensitive. Mahmoud is a derivation of Mohammed.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amthis is what happens when you select a f’ing idiot for president. The man is beyond stupid. Does say much for those that suppport this moron
November 27th, 2007 at 11:40 amgitrdone: No point in trying to polish a turd here. He can’t even read a speech which is prepared by his handlers. Disgraceful! How would he like it if one of those leaders mispronounced his name “President Botch”.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:41 am* waits patiently for trolls to scour google, youtube and lexisnexus for examples of Clinton mispronouncing names *
November 27th, 2007 at 11:41 amOne of these days, some leader should just call him “president nuke-u-ler” and be done with it. Then again, most foreign leaders are far more articulate, educated and innately intelligent than ours.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:42 amBush is consistently a shameless embarassment of ignorance and stupidity. He isn’t even serious enough an international politician to actually LEARN how to pronounce the names of his contemporaries correctly. Either he doesn’t have the brain power to LEARN them or he doesn’t give a shit. Both are unforgiveably incompetenct and disrespectful. No one should take such a clearly inadequate man seriously. The rest of the world is laughing at him and us.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:43 amTP, you can do better than this. Bush can’t pronounce names? Really? Who cares? There must be more news out of such a large summit. This is frivolous nit-picking that isn’t needed. Bush screws up often enough and big enough that you don’t need to nit-pick the little stuff.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:44 amStay the course!!! Hehe.
You know he could have practiced those names a little bit before hand, and why is it that it appears that he is reading it for the first time?
Most REAL statesmen/women would have the intelligence to know that you at least do a scan over and maybe practice read of this stuff before hand.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 27th, 2007 at 11:45 amOh, I’m so sorry for you libs! I hope this hasn’t ruined your day!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:46 amAhh yes the Right’s old talking point that we are just being negative. We should lighten up and think positive, it’ll change everything!
/sarcasm
November 27th, 2007 at 11:46 amDid anyone even listen to the speech? Or were you all just to eager to jump on his pronunciation skills and make a fool out of him as usual?
Comment by gitrdone — November 27, 2007 @ 11:40 am
The speech is crap. It’s an agreement to agree to someday talk about having meetings to resolve outstanding issues. Oh, and to “establish a culture of peace.” And considering the elected representatives of the Palestinian people are not present, it’s completely meaningless.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:46 amAgain I ask, what is so large about this summit? Bush didn’t even stick around for it. He’s back at the White House. No mention of the great “Road Map”. This is a PR stunt and nothing more.
Bush’s display of dislexia is just another reminder of how low the republicans have sunk.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:47 amBush is an idiot and Perino is a puppet.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:47 amThose dead people should lighten up and think positive, it’ll ruin their day.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:47 amReally? Who cares? There must be more news out of such a large summit. This is frivolous nit-picking that isn’t needed. Bush screws up often enough and big enough that you don’t need to nit-pick the little stuff.
Comment by Chris L — November 27, 2007 @ 11:44 am
No, there really isn’t more news. The entire conference is a photo-op. All Bush needs to do is look and act like a concerned and involved President, and in botching the names of the two leaders he’s supposedly in high-level talks with shows the world that he absolutely and completely does not give a flying crap about peace in the Middle East.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:49 amPre-senile dementia?
November 27th, 2007 at 11:49 amOk I’ve decided to think positive.
All the gullible people think this is great!
And I am positively sure Bush is a complete moron.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:49 amIf, in the past seven years, Bush had been meeting and talking regularly with these world leaders in a sustained peace effort, then perhaps he’d be better at pronouncing their names. I mean, he does speak English and Spanish well, doesn’t he? OK, OK, the second sentence is cruel but the first sentence is a very valid argument.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:50 amATTENTION POSTERS: The talking point Word of the Day for the resident trolls is ‘frivolous.’
Let’s count how many times is shows up in this one thread.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:50 amDenial is a happy place to be.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:51 amAhh yes the Right’s old talking point that we are just being negative. We should lighten up and think positive, it’ll change everything!
/sarcasm
Comment by ForTruth — November 27, 2007 @ 11:46 am
reminds me of the ending to monty python’s Life of Brian.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:51 amI also question the symbolism of having a peace conference at the Naval Academy.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:51 amYeah, Chimpy’s going to take a real part in these peace talks: he’s going to give shoulder rubs, tell dirty jokes and talk with his mouth full.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:52 amI actually have a heck of a lot of fun these days posting on TP. The rightards are too easy to pick off, like low hanging fruit.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:52 amStratRat nails it!
“Because the leader of the free world - our president - is either too stupid or too lazy to learn how to pronounce these names. That makes it important.”
At least he didn’t try to be cute and give them back rubs or high fives.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:52 amComment by not fooled by the government
That would be an entertaining game, any day!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:53 amPLC,
Don’t you know that the defense industry and military are there to bring peace?
/sarcasm
November 27th, 2007 at 11:53 amOh, I’m so sorry for you libs! I hope this hasn’t ruined your day!
Comment by John Kerry — November 27, 2007 @ 11:46 am
Ruined? Not at all… We’re so glad Bush is picking up the slack and supplying us with comedy in the absence of The Daily Show.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:53 amFor Truth: Low hanging fruit or low hanging gonads - take your pick! They’re ripe for the pickin’ here at TP - those piss-soaked trolls.
Re: Doesn’t TP have anything better to do….lalalala…..referencing this illiterate mispronunciation of the names of leaders is such a humongous faux pas that it makes for comic relief. Yes, Bush is still a moron/ Yes, Bush makes an embarrassment of himself in public once again.
As for the “peace talks”, bah! There’s nothng more going on here than a typical, empty Bush PR stunt and photo op. Next!!
November 27th, 2007 at 11:55 amI’m on a team of trainers in which we present training to our staff. One of our team members is from Africa. I spent time practicing how to pronounce her name, before I announced the names of the team members. It’s basic common sense. One would think at an event of this magnitude, the same common sense would apply.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:56 amtoasterhead: Great minds…..? comic relief, my comment. Providing material for comedy shows, your comment. What will all of these shows do when we no longer have a fool in office?
November 27th, 2007 at 11:56 amOr were you all just to eager to jump on his pronunciation skills and make a fool out of him as usual?
Comment by gitrdone — November 27, 2007 @ 11:40 am
We’ve never made a fool out of him. He’s had that job under control since day one.
“Is the children learning”? Sheez…
November 27th, 2007 at 11:57 amEmbarrassment, disgraceful and shameful are just not strong enough words…..
November 27th, 2007 at 11:57 amFor Truth: You engaged in this important exercise because you are well-bred and have personal class and intelligence. Bush does it for just the opposite reasons and causes - he’s ill-bred, illiterate, and doesn’t give a flying rat’s ass what anyone thinks because he’s living in a “bubble world” where he’s isolated totally. There’s no breaking through because bubble people are incapable of insight. Hello…..anyone home in there??? (knocking on the noggin of a chimp).
November 27th, 2007 at 11:58 amThis is simply more evidence that he paid his way (or his daddy did) through school - money for grades and diplomas.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:59 amThe really bad thing is he practised it 5 times in front of a cystal ball
November 27th, 2007 at 11:59 amI hope this hasn’t ruined your day!
Comment by John Kerry — November 27, 2007 @ 11:46 am
Yougottabe kiddin, Johnny.
It’s made mine. I needed a good laugh.
Yer the one who’s invested in BuschCo.
November 27th, 2007 at 11:59 amWait, what….how is this important?
Comment by gitrdone
It’s not important, unless happen to be either Olmert, or Mahmoud, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders at the Israeli/Palestinian peace conference.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:00 pmOn the flip side, can you just imagine what a brain full of lies and then more lies to cover up the previous lies, and then more lies to cover up those - must be like? Pure hell with the demons this guy’s got going on. No damn wonder his tongue is up his derriere and he can’t speak any longer.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:00 pmHow many times do you suppose his handlers went through these pronounciations with him prior to the speech? And he still mangles their names?
Assuming that you work for a high-profile company or have your own business, what consequences might follow from continually mispronouncing the names of important customers and/or business associates? How long would your company retain you in such a position, or how much time would pass before your business began to suffer?
Most people chafe when others mispronounce their names. In fact, intentionally mispronouncing someone’s name is a time-honored means of conveying disrespect.
The Bubble Boy’s apologists have no cause to complain should anyone ever mangle their names, whether intentional or not.
By the way, anyone else notice that he seems to slur his words?
November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmThanks Veritas. Nice compliments.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmPlain and simple: When you invite someone into your home, you are to make that person feel welcomed. If you have trouble remembering or saying a name, then recognize that problem and deal with it constructively; in this case, have it spelled out — in BIG LETTERS — phonetically. And practice beforehand.
Since he’s not bothering to stick around for the discussions, since his only task was to be the official ribbon-cutting/talk-opener, his sole responsibility was to read clearly in welcoming his guests.
Why does this matter? I’d be upset if it were a high school principal introducing guest speakers.
It points — once again — to Mr. Bush’s belief that he is the most important man in the room. His arrogance continues to reflect badly on our nation.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmgitrdone: It’s extremely important as a barometer of the level of intelligence (or lack thereof as in his case) involved in one posing as a world leader. You see that I utilized the word “posing” because we know he’s never been the “real deal”. Lights on/No one Home.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmEh, Chimpy’s waaaaaaaay too busy planning his next brush-clearing expedition to do something as stupid and boring as studying or practicing his speeches before the world…that boring crap’s fer intelekshuls.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:01 pmWhat will all of these shows do when we no longer have a fool in office?
Comment by Veritas — November 27, 2007 @ 11:56 am
The writers will have to start coming up with their own punchlines, I guess.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:02 pm“This guy’s a total embarrassment to this country in absolutely everything he does - or attempt to do. He still hasn’t learned to pronouce the word “nuclear†yet and claims to have a college education. Get real, Mr. Nuke-u-lar.”
Look, Bush is beyond embarrassing on any level you care to mention. He is a disgrace to this country and a scourge to the world at large. His actions, and those of his associates, have destroyed the stature of this once great nation, not to mention killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
When viewed in the larger context, his mispronunciations and assorted verbal gaffes pale to insignificance and, were he otherwise a credit to his nation and his office, I suspect we’d be loath do ridicule him for them. After all, both Dwight Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter said “nucular” and we don’t go ’round making fun of them for it.
Quit focusing on the petty stuff, folks. It makes us look petty and distracts from the real issues.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:02 pm#58 He’s not sticking around because he’s been “exxed” from participating. He knows that he’s irrelevant to the landscape now as a lameduck and no one gives a hoot about what he has to say.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pmNo, there really isn’t more news. The entire conference is a photo-op.
Comment by toasterhead — November 27, 2007 @ 11:49 am
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So TP could report on the alternate summit held by Hamas?
Also, just mispronouncing names does not mean that someone does not care. I served over a year in Iraq, and I’ve served in Kuwait and Qatar, and I still could not pronounce the names of many of the towns. This doesn’t mean I don’t care.
I just think that there is more in the news to report that Bush mispronounced names.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:03 pmboreas: I disagree with your premise that it’s unimportant. Many people, as yet, still have not been exposed to his gaffes due to the complicit MSM. If this brings one more individual to the level of consciousness necessary to recognize that this behavior is definitely NOT something to be proud of or accept in our next president, then it is worthwhile.
As for your comment about “pettiness”- like beauty, petty is in the eye of the beholder and is a totally subjective assertion. You spot it/you got it.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:06 pm62 - Stephanie Miller has a great way to describe folks like you:
“Stick-up-the-butt-liberals”…
So, why don’t you lighten up and quit lecturing, ok?
November 27th, 2007 at 12:10 pmHe just gave these leaders a start - they can both agree that he is incompetent.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:14 pmIt is progress cold hard left. Do you think there is any link between this progress and Bush’s absence?
November 27th, 2007 at 12:16 pmI still could not pronounce the names of many of the towns. This doesn’t mean I don’t care.
Comment by Chris L
I could accept the excuse that there were “too many” to remember.
Dumbya only had to remember TWO.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pmBIG DIFFERENCE.
Ms. Dana Perrier will soon realize that her little career may find itself either in jail one of these days for lying to the people or totally toxic because she’s prostituting herself for a paycheck and what she deems “limelight”. She’s too juvenile to comprehend that her career is about to end.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pmThree things to look for in a candidate:
1. Leadership
2. Intelligence
3. Ethics
4. Stamina
Bush is the abbreviated version: L.I.E.S.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:17 pm*four …sigh
November 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pm“boreas: I disagree with your premise that it’s unimportant. Many people, as yet, still have not been exposed to his gaffes due to the complicit MSM. If this brings one more individual to the level of consciousness necessary to recognize that this behavior is definitely NOT something to be proud of or accept in our next president, then it is worthwhile.”
Veritas: well, this particular clip comes from CNN and they’re about as MS as M gets. :-) I don’t think there are very many people who aren’t aware of Bush’s trouble with the English language. The thing is the Twenty-Four Percenters out there don’t see a problem with it. They think it’s an indication that their presidents’ a “regular guy”, just like them. That, in my view, is why focusing on , to rip off Marc Crispin Miller, “The Bush Dyslexicon” is a non-issue. We need to focus in on the stuff that matters - to everyone.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pmChris L: I hate to break the sad news but your lack of ability to pronounce the names of towns means zippo. I hate to inform you that you’re not a world leader either. In fact, your lack of intelligence is not something you should be bragging about publicly either.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pmLike it or not TP, that is good news.
Comment by cold_hard_left — November 27, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
It’s not news. It’s manufactured spin.
Meanwhile, Palestinians in Ghaza are on the verge of a public health crisis because Israeli restrictions on fuel and spare parts are preventing access to water and sanitation. How has this joint document helped them?
November 27th, 2007 at 12:19 pmBoreas: I hear you but disagree. This is all part and parcel of the Bush Dylexicon and the more people who are embarrassed by it, the greater is the leve of consciousness when these same people elect their next leader. I believe it to be a valuable learning experience regardless of how trivial to some people it may seen. Let’s just agree to disagree because I believe that there are still ignorant folks out there who need to be embarrassed by the chicanery of this president.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:21 pmAgreed, we have much more to report and comment on than Bush’s well known inability to speak.
Next.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:21 pmSo,people are believing that these guys sat in a room for a couple hours and voila,under the guidance of Bush the retarded…things are gonna work? America is truly doomed.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:21 pmBush won’t negotiate with Iran simply because he would never be able to pronounce Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in public without people doubling over in laughter.
-GSD
November 27th, 2007 at 12:22 pmOl+mert
and
Mar+mood
Thats all the speech writter had to do, 2 little word and 4 syllables
in the whole speech , Man Bush is so Fick
November 27th, 2007 at 12:23 pmHere Come the Clowns…..another day at the Cirque de Bush. This time at Annapolis.
Reality check for this farce here:
November 27th, 2007 at 12:24 pmhttp://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=672
Also, just mispronouncing names does not mean that someone does not care. I served over a year in Iraq, and I’ve served in Kuwait and Qatar, and I still could not pronounce the names of many of the towns. This doesn’t mean I don’t care.
Comment by Chris L — November 27, 2007 @ 12:03 pm
Thank you for your service.
Arabic names are hard - I’ll grant that. Mispronouncing names doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t care. Sometimes they’re just completely foreign sounds that you can’t produce if you haven’t grown up in that culture.
But Olmert and Mahmoud contain no sounds that are foreign to English speakers. The most difficult is the aspirated H in Mahmoud. Even the most intellectually-challenged world leader should be able to handle it.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:24 pmThe president truelly represents the majority of people of America
Thick as shit
November 27th, 2007 at 12:25 pmBoreas: I cite the frontrunner of the Repuke Party as an example of how little the people have learned from history - The reichwingnuts are propping up a man who believes that a complete sentence consists of a noun, a verb, and 911 as their “frontrunner”. This is also a man who has no political experience whatsoever that qualifies him to even run as a candidate except being a Mayor. This is a man who has ties to organized crime and ties to a major medical industry who has defrauded the public. This is a man who opens mouth and inserts foot. This is precisely why the faux pas of this current buffoon need to be made public. This country doesn’t have another 4 years of time left to resurrect itself with another dolt in charge.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:25 pmForTruth: Complements right back to you! It’s good to see you posting here again. We need great minds like yours to uplift the integrity of these threads.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:27 pmShadow 7: Cirque Du Bush, indeed! Phew! This one takes the cake and ups the bar for levels of buffoonery.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:28 pmQ- what do you call a Texan with an IQ of 100
A- A Village
November 27th, 2007 at 12:28 pm#81 Precisely! How difficult are those two names for even a first grader to pronounce? What a joke.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:28 pmChris L: I hate to break the sad news but your lack of ability to pronounce the names of towns means zippo. I hate to inform you that you’re not a world leader either. In fact, your lack of intelligence is not something you should be bragging about publicly either.
Comment by Veritas — November 27, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
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The issue at hand was the statement that the inability to pronounce names means that the person does not care. I was simply stating as an example that I cannot pronounce the names of areas that I do care about. I know I am not a world leader, and maybe Bush should have rehearsed beforehand, but with all of his massive screwups, do we really need to talk about his speaking skills? As far as my lack of intelligence, I have a degree in Computer Science, and I am fluent in three languages, but Arabic is not one of them. I don’t see how being unable to pronounce Arabic towns is “bragging about my lack of intelligence publicly.”
November 27th, 2007 at 12:28 pm2 little words and 4 syllables
My 8 Year old could do better in fact so could my 3 year old
November 27th, 2007 at 12:29 pmChris L: Me, too - and so?? So what’s your major malfunction here? From the sound of your need to promote your curriculum vitae publicly here at TP, one might think that you’ve got just a teeny insecurity complex??
November 27th, 2007 at 12:32 pmComment by Leftside Annie62 - Stephanie Miller has a great way to describe folks like you:
“Stick-up-the-butt-liberalsâ€â€¦
So, why don’t you lighten up and quit lecturing, ok?
You know, you could have made that point without resorting to name-calling. Ad hominem tactics are typically employed when the person making them has no real argument. If you can’t attack the position, attack the person holding the position.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:33 pmChris L: Does your fluency in three languages mean that you mispronounce words in each of them then? I’d have to say that the word “fluent” is not quite apropos for you then.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:34 pm#88 Could the answer also be “George Bush”?
November 27th, 2007 at 12:35 pmWouldn’t you know — We’ve got a “For Truth” (space between words) and a “ForTruth” (no space).
Glad to be in such well-named company, ForTruth.
Sincerely,
November 27th, 2007 at 12:36 pmThe spaced one
Mar+mood
Comment by Bush Cover Ups — November 27, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
It’s not an R, actually. It’s a breathy H. Emphasis on the first syllable. MaH+mood.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:38 pmThis is just a distraction from the actual speech Bush made….way to go TP, you would make Fox News proud!
November 27th, 2007 at 12:38 pmChris L: Me, too - and so?? So what’s your major malfunction here? From the sound of your need to promote your curriculum vitae publicly here at TP, one might think that you’ve got just a teeny insecurity complex??
Comment by Veritas — November 27, 2007 @ 12:32 pm
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OK, you won. I’ll leave this thread. Have a nice day discussing Bush’s inability to speak. I’ll be over at vetvoice.com and votevets.org discussing his incredible ability to get troops killed.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:39 pmIt isn’t a speaking skills issue. He very good at speaking poorly - those are his skills. It’s a matter of leadership, which Dumbya wouldn’t know if it crawled up his butt.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:48 pmWhat’s offensive is that he can’t even pronounce “U. S. A.” even with a cheat sheet.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:48 pmDirect quote from the published REAGAN
November 27th, 2007 at 12:49 pm> DIARIES.
>
> The entry is dated May 17, 1986.
>
> ‘A moment I’ve been dreading. George brought his
> ne’re-do-well son around this morning and asked
> me to find the kid a job. Not the political one
> who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around
> here all the time looking shiftless. This
> so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never
> had a real job. Maybe I’ll call Kinsley over at
> The New Republic and see if they’ll hire him as a
> contributing editor or something. That looks
> like easy work.’
97 toasterhead
I know But you can say a silent R which would be more simplistic for Bush
Bush would get far too confused with a silent H
November 27th, 2007 at 12:52 pm“Poor George. He can’t help it. he was born with a silver foot in his mouth”.
Texas Governor Ann Richards, delivered 19 July 1988, Atlanta GA
November 27th, 2007 at 12:54 pmDANA PERINO BIMBO, OFFENSIVE IS TO HAVE A TRAITOR, A LIER, A WAR CRIMINAL, A DESERTER, AN ELECTION THIEVE, AS A PRESIDENT.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:05 pmPERHAPS SOMEONE SHOULD READ WITH HIM “MY PET GOAT” AGAIN!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pmIDICT, IMPEACH, IMPRISON THE WAR CRIMINALS!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:08 pmBush just went there for a photo op. His only job was to pronounce their names correctly and leave. Hopefully, he got the second part right.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:12 pmMapleStreet… HE CAN’T PRONOUCE U.S.A. ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT IS OVER! IT IS NOW THE FACISTS STATES OF AMERICA, THE FSA!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:13 pmBoreas: that wasn’t an ad hominem attack, buddy. It was a statement of fact: you do, in fact, have a stick up your butt.
I don’t care to be lectured by you, so please, keep your wagging finger and your sanctimonious outrage out of my face.
To put your own argument to work here, things are bad enough that we don’t need YOU adding to the general malaise.
If it makes us feel better to poke fun at the Chimpster’s inability to wrap his flapping lips around the most basic of phonetics, why not just let us have fun instead of being all sanctimonious and calling us “petty”…?
November 27th, 2007 at 1:14 pmWHAT A JOKE THAT IS… ISRAEL AND THE US COMPLETELY IGNORED PALESTINIAN DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS, DID NOT ENGAGED THE ELECTION WINNER IN THE POLITICAL ARENA, PUNISHED THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE FOR VOTING THE “WRONG WAY” AND NOW THEY PRETEND TO BE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE PEACE… THE SAME CAN BE SAID ABOUT THE IRAQUI GOVERNMENT! A PUPPET GOVERNMENT THAT HAS TO HIDE WITHIN THE GREEN ZONE FORTESS AND PRETEND TO GOVERN…
November 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pmBush is cursed. The curse of thousands of people that have died because of him (on 9/11 and in Iraq). And people still alive like me that wish him failure and death every single day. DEATH TO THE IDIOT! WAR CRIMINAL LOSER THIEF!
November 27th, 2007 at 1:17 pmBush would get far too confused with a silent H
Comment by Bush Cover Ups — November 27, 2007 @ 12:52 pm
That’s my point - it’s not a silent H. It’s an aspirated one. It’s actually supposed to be a bit harsh. Though without lowering the soft palate and making it a “kh” sound - a lot of people make that mistake.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:18 pmI have absolutely no problem with using phonetic spelling in speech notes. It’s common practice, it’s prudent, there’s nothing wrong with. It’s also not unusual to have difficulty pronouncing or remembering unfamiliar names. But the unwillingness to take the little bit of time to master the names of such important people in such a critical context is emblematic of Bush’s intellectual laziness and undisciplined arrogance. Feh.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:19 pmCan they call him dubya ??
November 27th, 2007 at 1:24 pm‘Diplomacy. As hard to do as it is to spell.’ -GWB
November 27th, 2007 at 1:25 pmAt least he got his own name right.
November 27th, 2007 at 1:30 pmWhy is this important?
Bush has proved that if you can’t speak correctly, you can’t run a friggin’ country correctly.
Let’s see, what other candidates can’t speak correctly.
Lispy Rudy
November 27th, 2007 at 1:50 pmDrawlly Thompson.
Bush is a known language butcher.
Here is a sample of the intellectual limit of our President:
“And so, in my State of the — my State of the Union — or state — my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation — I asked Americans to give 4,000 years — 4,000 hours over the next — the rest of your life — of service to America.â€
~ George W. Bush, Bridgeport, CT, 2002-09-04
Everyone in America should be embarrassed to have this fckwit as our president. Too Bush’s defending trolls have a lower IQ than he does.
Really sad…..
November 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pmNew updated lyrics from “Maniac” from “Flashdance”
He’s a brainiac. brainiac on the floor
November 27th, 2007 at 2:14 pmHe’s pronouncing Middle Eastern leader’s names likes he’s never done before
He’s a brainiac…
Quit focusing on the petty stuff, folks. It makes us look petty and distracts from the real issues.
Comment by boreas — November 27, 2007 @ 12:02 pm
You are not one of US boring, you are a right wing troll. And just like yesterday, your concern is nauseating.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:29 pmY’all guys don’t get it. It’s all part of Bush’s plan, insulting both sides of the conference so that they can find something in common to talk about (i.e. Bush’s language skills).
There’s an ice breaker for ya, right there.
November 27th, 2007 at 2:40 pmHow embarrassing. The Chimp Wranglers don’t realize by now that they need to have practice time before they let him out in public?
November 27th, 2007 at 2:46 pmI find it offensive when you say the sky is blue. HOW DARE YOU!!!?
November 27th, 2007 at 3:11 pmAny examples of Chimpy mangling the names of his largest corporate benefactors, Big Oil executives, and/or his family friends, the Saudi oil shieks?
If not, perhaps this is a matter of laziness or a means of communicating his disdain toward the person(s) he is introducing.
Bloggers have noted that the Bubble Boy seems to mangle words and sentences having to do with treating others fairly, but seems to have little, if any, trouble, enunciating war talk.
Anyone have any relevant info?
November 27th, 2007 at 3:18 pmHe sounds a wee bit over-medicated.
November 27th, 2007 at 3:29 pmThe Hood Ornament’s just trying to polish his brazillion-dollar arm-and-a-legacy. Nothing special except the usual display of gross ignorance by the feckless bunghole.
November 27th, 2007 at 3:35 pmHe’s the reverse Midas. It’s ALL shit.
Leave it to ‘mericans to fail to understand that getting a person’s name right in diplomatic circles is incredibly important. Bush is a disgrace to this country.
November 27th, 2007 at 3:57 pm127 - “Hood Ornament”…???
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
OMG. That’s perfect. Thank you for that!!!
- A
November 27th, 2007 at 4:41 pmWhile I always enjoy Bush’s intellectual lapses; what’s scary is the MSM response to the “breakthrough in Israeli, Palestinian, relations”. Abbas doesn’t speak for “the Palestinians” any more than Bush speaks for “progressives”. He has about the same authority, to “the Palestinians”, as a hot dog vendor to the NFL.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:37 pmMaybe addressing Dana Perino as Dana Pagina for a while might make her see the light as to how important addressing someone correctly can be.
November 27th, 2007 at 7:31 pmprobably drunk.
November 27th, 2007 at 8:39 pmHis brain cells are clogged with malted hops & coke resin.
November 27th, 2007 at 9:57 pmComment by Leftside Annie: “Boreas: that wasn’t an ad hominem attack, buddy. It was a statement of fact: you do, in fact, have a stick up your butt.”
So, that was your cold little nose I felt sniffing around! Okay, I’m busted. I do have a stick up my butt… but please don’t do that again. It felt really creepy!
November 27th, 2007 at 10:15 pmComment by Shayne: “You are not one of US boring, you are a right wing troll.”
No, I’m not a right wing anything. But you never know. I just might be a troll!
BOO!!!
November 27th, 2007 at 10:23 pmIn psychological terms Bush is “unconscious”, meaning he’s completely lacking in self-awareness. This is normal for sociopaths.
November 28th, 2007 at 2:25 amto gitrdone,
“Did anyone even listen to the speech? Or were you all just to eager to jump on his pronunciation skills and make a fool out of him as usual?
If you focus on the negative, all your going to think is negative.”
I’d say a lot of people listened to the speech because it’s comedy central but in real time on real issues. as for the negative, we, as in most Americans i think would fall over if the guy showed anything positive. as the leader of our great nation the guy is a joke and also as most feel we are the blunt of this joke of a president. as for this summit he’s called all these middle east nations to is also a joke. the way i see it he’s managed to put together a big party with his main objective being not to show up.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:23 amYup, Miss Molly. It’s an act of hospitality at its most basic level.
November 28th, 2007 at 11:47 am