Laura Bush: George is not a ‘great dancer.’
By on Feb 1st, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Laura Bush: George is not a ‘great dancer.’
Today on ABC’s Good Morning America, First Lady Laura Bush joked about President Bush’s dancing:
Both George and I are not great dancers. He doesn’t really like to that much, but I do like to. And Barbara and Jenna and I danced from when they were in the first grade.
Here’s proof:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/04/mcbush.320.240.flv]
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“Nothing is more pitiful than a nation being swept along by fools.”
February 1st, 2008 at 4:36 pmHe sure is good at dancing around the truth.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pmit speaks!
February 1st, 2008 at 4:37 pmAnother embarrassing moment in American history.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pmIs this thread really necessary?
Do we need to scrounge to find stories that make our President look foolish?
I don’t think so.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pmI really don’t mind if Dubya isn’t a great dancer — I’m not that great a dancer myself. But would somebody tell me what he IS good at?
February 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pmDo we need to scrounge to find stories that make our President look foolish?
Comment by ralph the wonder llama — February 1, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
he’s well beyond that stage.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:43 pmwomen equate dancing with sex. exchange the word “dance” with “sex”
thanks Laura for exposing your sex lives to the public….but we already knew that.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:45 pmDon’t care.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:49 pmHe sure dances around the rule of law and the constitution well.
Buck Fush
February 1st, 2008 at 4:49 pm#
women equate dancing with sex. exchange the word “dance†with “sexâ€
What are you talking about?
And for that matter, why is this thread even in existence? What, do we have a chimpanzee working the computers now?
February 1st, 2008 at 4:50 pmSenator Obama might do better with a dance contest with George, he could win. George even in the same orbit of dancing as Bill Clinton is. Bush made a fool of himself dancing he should have just passed on it.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pmIs this thread really necessary?
Do we need to scrounge to find stories that make our President look foolish?
I don’t think so.
Comment by ralph the wonder llama Don’t all stories make our President look foolish?
February 1st, 2008 at 4:54 pmHe’s npt so great on a bike or a horse, either.
February 1st, 2008 at 4:56 pmI really don’t mind if Dubya isn’t a great dancer — I’m not that great a dancer myself. But would somebody tell me what he IS good at?
Comment by missmolly — February 1, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
women equate dancing with sex. exchange the word “dance†with “sexâ€
thanks Laura for exposing your sex lives to the public….but we already knew that.
Comment by rastaman — February 1, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
February 1st, 2008 at 4:58 pmHe’s terrific at fu(king up………That’s why when the Shrubs have sex , Chimpy’s always on the bottom……
Hard to dance when your foot’s in your mouth.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:05 pm… and the puppet strings? They get all tangled up.
women equate dancing with sex. exchange the word “dance†with “sexâ€
Comment by rastaman
Thanks. Now I have to apologize with all my former girlfriends.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:06 pmGeorge’s “stiffness” does not allow him to be a good dancer (or walker, speaker, thinker, bike rider, etc.)
February 1st, 2008 at 5:17 pmdo you guys just sit arround finding anything to hate this man. I’m not a big fan of his ether. but you guys just hate.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pmSo?
BTW, I have never equated dancing with sex. If anyone ever saw me dance…..I don’t want to think about it… :-D
February 1st, 2008 at 5:20 pmThis story isn’t needed. TP can do better. Move along nothing to see here.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm“Do we need to scrounge to find stories that make our President look foolish?”
He doesn’t need our help to “make” him look foolish – he does that very well by himself…
February 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm#16 For Truth,
Is not me.
I have no space in my moniker.
Thanks.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:23 pm…but you guys just hate.
Comment by VA Voter — February 1, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
We don’t put up the threads, idiot. You’ll notice several commenters asking what might be the purpose of this thread.
Take it up with TP.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:25 pmNo no, that’s an insult to bad to dancing. That’s an insult to ethnic backgrounds. It’s an insult to pretty much everything ever.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:25 pmDiehard ABC, still trying to make the dancing chimp into something more than what a joke he is….speaking of HATE, go watch fox hate tv,and listen to hate radio.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pmTo the other “ForTruth/For Truth”:
Apologies for the confusion — I won’t submit anything shameful.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:30 pmComment by For Truth — February 1, 2008 @ 5:30 pm
You might consider a name change. ForTruth has had the name for about 3 years.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:33 pmI saw that video a while back, first time I’ve puked while laughing!
February 1st, 2008 at 5:36 pm#30 — good idea. .. Now let’s see if this techno-challenged being can make it happen.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:39 pmAppreciate the suggestion.
As bad a dancer as he may be I’ll bet it pales in comparison to what a bad president and bad person he is.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:41 pmThanks Zooey! Very supportive of you.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:41 pmComment by For Truth — February 1, 2008 @ 5:39 pm
Comment by ForTruth — February 1, 2008 @ 5:41 pm
Heh. :-D
February 1st, 2008 at 5:42 pmIf Bush hadn’t made a mockery of his office and democracy in general, he wouldn’t find himself in these positions.
He has reduced himself to the level of a buffoon, and a dangerous one at that – so mocking him in every way is free for all.
As for “Pickles” I heard that her once sky high approval numbers are rapidly sinking toward the level of her loser-husband.
Everything Bush does is worthy of mockery.
February 1st, 2008 at 5:46 pmwomen equate dancing with sex. exchange the word “dance†with “sexâ€
Comment by rastaman — February 1, 2008 @ 4:45 pm
While I recognize that much of dancing has its roots in ancient mating and fertility rituals, I (a woman) do not equate today’s dancing with sex (unless it’s something extremely suggestive, like the lambada). I have engaged in both dancing and sex in my life, and I can tell you that they require different skill sets.
Besides, your point about Laura implying that George’s bedroom skills are lacking is a road I really don’t want to travel — do you?
February 1st, 2008 at 6:06 pmThe man does, however, dance like he’s got a three foot long bamboo shaft up his ass.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:13 pmThere’s Bush again, dancing while thousands of Iraqi kids die, and bin Laden still walks.
What a total, absolute, unequivocal, a**hole Bush is.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:16 pm’m not a big fan of his ether. but you guys just hate.
Comment by VA Voter
I dont hate George V V. What I detest is straw man arguments,
February 1st, 2008 at 6:17 pmThere’s Bush again, dancing while thousands of Iraqi kids die, and bin Laden still walks.
What a total, absolute, unequivocal, a**hole Bush is.
Comment by drago — February 1, 2008 @ 6:16 pm
Now, now — any POTUS is expected to hold state and ceremonial functions at the White House, and some of these involve dancing. Virtually every recent president has done some dancing, no matter what awful things were going on in the world at the time.
Jimmy Carter actually tried to play down the party atmosphere while the Soviets were fighting Afghanistan and we were in the middle of our own energy crisis, and he just got vilified for it.
I agree with your summation of Bush, but dancing neither enhances nor subtracts from that.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:23 pmdo you guys just sit arround finding anything to hate this man. I’m not a big fan of his ether. but you guys just hate.
Comment by VA Voter — February 1, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
I don’t hate George W. Bush. I don’t hate anyone, really — hatred really sucks a lot of energy out of me, so I prefer to focus my hatred toward what people do, rather than the people themselves.
Therefore, I don’t hate Bush the person. However, I really hate the job he has done as President, and I hate what he’s done to this country. The carnage is enough to make any patriotic American weep.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm#42 I’ll second that missmolly….well stated
February 1st, 2008 at 6:30 pmGet him over to Arlington, and he can’t stop dancin’ on veterans’ graves.
February 1st, 2008 at 6:47 pmYesterday, somewhere ( here?) there was a post about Laura Bush’s waning popularity. Now we have this ABC interview. Laura’s cause is not women’s rights, nor is it education (she says the words when prompted but doesn’t know what they mean). Her only cause and purpose to prop up her husband.
Laura is in no way newsworthy or relevant, so why is she on GMA right after the Democratic Debate? Pure circumstance, or will we be seeing her again on other shows, perhaps after Super Tuesday? It will remain to be seen. For the present though this post is as lame and pointless and Laura herself ( how could it not be given the subject and the source–GMA?).
“And that’’s all I have to say about that”–F.Gump
February 1st, 2008 at 6:48 pmdo you guys just sit arround finding anything to hate this man. I’m not a big fan of his ether. but you guys just hate.
Comment by VA Voter — February 1, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
You want hate? Try surviving a 2000 lb bomb, then tell us all about hate.
February 1st, 2008 at 7:07 pm#46, I survived a 2000 lb’er, and guess what I hate you! Stupid Troll
February 1st, 2008 at 7:17 pmI can sense the brain damage.
February 1st, 2008 at 7:32 pmGeorge only has one thing on his mind. That’s following orders from his vise. Laura, give it up.
February 1st, 2008 at 7:36 pm#6 – ralph i couldn’t agree more – plenty of other topics to discuss
February 1st, 2008 at 7:56 pmAmong other things….
February 1st, 2008 at 8:08 pmOh.. HUffpo has a link to Laura appearing on access Hollywood. Still early days but I suspect Laura’s been rolled out again as a pathetic distraction to make the Bush fansfeel better and perhaps to inch Bush’s approval ratings up a couple of points, through some kind of opinion osmosis, just to ensure he doesn’t sink any lower than his current 30% average.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:13 pmNo…Laure much prefers to drive and kill.
It is a favorite Bush pastime.
Barbara Bush loves to eat food and give birth to morons.
February 1st, 2008 at 9:23 pmYeah, I hate him, but not for his bad dancing which is infinitely better than his leadership and governance. I hate him for all the unnecessary deaths his mis-leadership has brought us. I hate that our country is now reviled by so many who loved it before. I hate seeing our country broken, financially, socially and militarily. He should have stuck to dancing, but the GOP thought this was a good idea to have him for POTUS.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:04 pm“#46, I survived a 2000 lb’er, and guess what I hate you! Stupid Troll
Comment by I. B. Leary — February 1, 2008 @ 7:17 pm”
Who are you, again?
February 1st, 2008 at 10:34 pmI guess I would dance like that too ….If I were tripping over 3490 or so DEAD BODIES!
February 1st, 2008 at 11:46 pmHe is a GREAT LIER!!!!!!!!!!!
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 amI mean, he lies a lot! Not that he is convincing…
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:30 amLaura could go on forever telling us what our little woodenhead president is NOT GOOD AT. To put it simply, the list would include EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 amI’ll bet he could dance a little Texas two step if he were ever placed on a trapdoor.
Just guessing though?
February 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 amI guess this good Morning America appearance was designed to humanize the Bush family and make us forget how dishonest and devious they are and how they have been screwing this country for decades:
February 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 pmfrom Grandpa Prescott’s financing the Nazi’s enterprises in the early ’40’s to Neil’s screwing the taxpayers with the Saving & Loan heist of the ’80’s to the biggest swindle in American history pulled off by G.W. and Cheney doing immeasurable damage to the U.S. .
Not to mention the death, anarchy and misery they’ve brought to Iraq( which the media avoids showing the sheep).
There’s too much to list and we still probably don’t know the half of it.
I guess I would dance like that too ….If I were tripping over 3490 or so DEAD BODIES!
Comment by evil_framers_of_the_constitution
It’s a lot more than 3490
What about the Iraqis?
Hundred’s of thousands of bodies?
What about 9/11? Another 3, 000 or so.
Bush & Cheney did a piss poor job preventing that attack for too many reasons than I can list here.
What about that other terror attack? The anthrax attack.
February 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 pmHow many died in that.
I don’t know because the media and government have tried to erase it from memory.
Put it down the memory hole so to speak.
In response to #63
What about the Iraqis? Why would you care how many are dead, definitly not me, and second, the troops know 100% what they are getting into when they join a military branch, yes its sad that they are dying, but its a fact troops will die, its war. Bullets are being shot and bombs are being dropped.
February 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 pmSex and Dance: Of course there is a connection. It involves physical communication skills and rhythm.
Paul Sherman#64: I don’t understand your lack of compassion for your fellow humans. Are you an alien? Are you a Republican?
February 3rd, 2008 at 2:58 pm