Spelling bee contestants: Bush is ‘embarrassing.’
By on Jun 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 am
Spelling bee contestants: Bush is ‘embarrassing.’
The Examiner caught up with some contestants in the recent National Spelling Bee and asked them their thoughts on national politics:
First important question: Can President Bush spell “constitutional”? Jessica Shakesprere, an 11-year-old from West Virginia, doesn’t think so. Texas’ own Raymond Soriano, 14, remembered that “Bush misspelled ‘business’ one time. That’s embarrassing.” Eleven-year-old Vincent Medina from Florida told us, “Anyone can out-spell Bush.” Jonathan Schut, a 13-year-old from Canada, thinks he can out-spell Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice too. Those are some big words for middle schoolers.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:22 amEven kids realize what a moron the occupant of the Oval Office is ; if only the SCOTUS did in 2000……………..
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:23 amJessica Shakesprere, an 11-year-old from West Virginia
– - Seriously, Shakesprere? Kid, be prepared for a life of wisecracks and a misspelled last name.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:24 amBadmoodman Says:
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Jessica Shakesprere, an 11-year-old from West Virginia
- – Seriously, Shakesprere? Kid, be prepared for a life of wisecracks and a misspelled last name.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:24 am
And for Pretzeldent Numbnuts to refer to her as “Shakespeares”……
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:26 amThis from the man who was supposed to restore Dignity and Respect to the White House??? Why, oh why does he have to work so very hard to live down to my worst expectations? I know, lets see if we can get him to audition for ‘Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?’. This way Fox could show the world what their idol and enabler in chief is really capable of, and the reality based world could laugh themselves unconscious! Its a win-win situation!
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 amImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
I am less concerned about the words that GDumbya can’t spell than I am about the many, many words that:
1. he can’t pronounce and/or
2. he doesn’t understand.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 amFrom the mouths of babes…
Everyone seems to have caught on to the GWB.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:28 amWhat do these kids know about reading and spelling?!? When they can read UPSIDE down like the deciderator, then they can talk some smack.
http://www.onedigitallife.com/images/bush_book.jpg
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 amOops. More names to be added to the no fly list.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 amThat xplanes whi the trollz still luv hym. Thay kant spel eether.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 amSee the Nazi Chimp steal an election.
See The Nazi Chimp stay in Florida classroom while our country was under “attack”
See The Nazi Chimp read “My Pet Goat”
See the Nazi Chimp and his Crime Cabal roll out the Patriot Act right after 9/11.
See the Nazi Chimp destroy the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
See the Nazi Chimp start 2 illegal preemptive wars.
See the Nazi Chimp steal another election.
See the Nazi Chimp destroy the economy.
See America finally wake up.
See the Nazi Chimp and the Entire Cabal posing as a US presidency hauled off at an Internation Court of Law — and found guilty of treason and other crimes against humanity.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 amDan Quayle, as VP, taught Bush to spell.
George H.W. Bush taught him to swear.
Dick Cheney, VP, taught him to lie.
It’s our job, as a Nation, to teach him a lesson.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:48 amHow inspiring. The leader of the free world is a dumbass. Actually, I don’t think all bad spellers are stupid but the fact that school children think the president is a moron doesn’t say much for the people who put him there.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am1/20/09
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:51 amSpell? The idiot can’t TALK either! Nuuuculer….
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:51 amI love when our Dumbass Divider in Chief says :
Ve-HIC-ular.
God, what an effin’ moron.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 amMany participants also shared their thoughts about the upcoming presidential elections.
Hannah Gerdes, a 14-year-old Ohioan, said, “I don’t think Hillary Clinton has a chance in the election. I like Obama.” Hannah says Barack Obama must be a good speller, especially because his name is a little tricky to spell. In fact, there was overwhelming support among the spellers for Obama. “He is upbeat. He is the one,” shared Gaurav Sirdeshpande, a 14-year-old Pennsylvanian.
I like the rest of the article even better. This is the wave of the future, keep your minds open to the endless possibilities. Look for that in anyone who says they want to represent you in Congress.
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:53 amthat photo is hysterical … idiot son sitting at an empty desk
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 amPresident Obama will improve Brand America throughout the world which will result in more exports of US goods, thereby improving our economy and creating jobs IN AMERICA.
No other candidate can produce that vision.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 pmlinda Says:
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that photo is hysterical … idiot son sitting at an empty desk
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:59 am
Gazing longingly at the kid’s full desk next to his own…..
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:04 pmbandwagon Says:
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Why didn’t they ask them about Obama saying we had 57 states? Or the time he said McCain is running for bushes 4th term? Or Obama not knowing he was in South Dakota yesterday???
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Or who actually comprises al Qaeda or how many different sects live in Iraq , before illegally invading it ……..
Or why you’re a Chimpy apologist tool………
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:05 pmbandwagon Says:
Why didn’t they ask them about Obama saying we had 57 states? Or the time he said McCain is running for bushes 4th term? Or Obama not knowing he was in South Dakota yesterday???
Maybe because, unlike you, they aren’t old enough to have been thouroughly warped by insipid right-wing Republican smear tactics yet.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 pmlinda, the reason the desk is empty, they couldn’t trust him with the little squares and a bottle of glue, he kept eating one or the other or both.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:12 pmOh, I thought the desk was empty because he kept cheating by looking at the other kid’s work.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 pmThe Secret Service took away everything that Chimpy could hurt himself with ; thus , the reason for the empty desk……
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:17 pmI heard Chris Matthews just say on Friday that Busch was very smart.
I disagree, Chris.
_AIO_
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:23 pmThe Secret Service took away everything that Chimpy could hurt himself with ; thus , the reason for the empty desk……
*sigh* If only the American people hadn’t given him stuff to hurt the whole country with.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:23 pmLet’s see, these kids were about 6 when Bubble Boy was elected.
Hey, kids, the reason Bush can’t spell is he can’t even remember doing cocaine! The reason he can’t remember is he did too much cocaine. How much, you say? Well, so much he couldn’t even report for duty when he pretended to be a soldier or they would have kicked him out of the National Guard.
Kids, don’t do cocaine. Look what happened to the President. If you want to keep being excellent spellers, don’t do drugs.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 pmLet’s be fair here; a woman friend of mine has her Ph.D in marine biology and a degree in environmental sciences, yet I could spot her the ‘c’ and the ‘t’ and she might have trouble spelling “cat.”
Bush is an idiot for many other reasons.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pmBush is no stupid — he’s unbalanced.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:37 pmrogers Says:
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I guess its all a bit of a joke…no one is really questioning the intelect of a yale-educated man, who like plenty of others had substance abuse issues.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
No , no one is questioning Chimpy’s I-N-T-E-L-L-E-C-T ; everyone outside of you and the rest of the 19%’ers realize he’s a a monumental fu(king imbecile.
He wasn’t “educated” at Yale , jerkweed ; he gained admission and was graduated because of nepotism , not because of merit or hard work or ability……….
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 pmBadmoodman Says:
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Let’s be fair here; a woman friend of mine has her Ph.D in marine biology and a degree in environmental sciences, yet I could spot her the ‘c’ and the ‘t’ and she might have trouble spelling “cat.”
Bush is an idiot for many other reasons.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I disagree
He is a galactically stupid individual , and his lack of spelling ability is just the tip of the iceberg.
His limitations are limitless.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pmalphainfinityomega Says
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I heard Chris Matthews just say on Friday that Busch was very smart.
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Perhaps Tweety was just making a reference to the intelligence of beer?
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:41 pmI guess its all a bit of a joke…no one is really questioning the intelect of a yale-educated man, who like plenty of others had substance abuse issues.
Yes, we are questioning his “intelect”, as you call it. He didn’t earn an education at Yale, it was bought by his Pappy for him. But you are right about the substance abuse; and it is still a MAJOR issue for this country and the rest of the world.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm.
Of course a 13 year old can out spell Bush, but can they fu(k up being president as well?
IMPEACH BUSH
for
BLOWing the JOB!
.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pmlol, Max-1,
So,
Clinton got a blow job
But Bush blew the job
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:45 pmrogers Says:
I guess its all a bit of a joke…no one is really questioning the intelect of a yale-educated man, who like plenty of others had substance abuse issues.
But adjusted for inflation, Bush’s substance abuse problem was well above the nation’s median- one might even say he was “rolling in Coke”
And you are correct that nobody is really questioning Bush’s intelligence, he has demonstrated his lack of intelligence too many times for there to be any question anymore…
For a long time it could be argued that there was only cotton in the ears of our CIC… but with benefit of hindsight I can now confidently say that the cotton isn’t in Bush’s ears- it’s between them- even 13 year-olds are cottoning to this embarrasing truth…
(maybe after all that ‘nose candy’ it’s really ‘cotton candy between his ears?)
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:56 pmZooey Says:
Bush is no stupid — he’s unbalanced.
I disagree Zooey, IMHO on balance Bush is so stupid.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:58 pmQuite a sad commentary that kids can see this POS for what he is, while the MSM continue to give him a pass on destroying our country.
June 2nd, 2008 at 12:59 pmIf middle school kids get this, then he’ll be the last Republican in the White House for a very long time!
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 pmCaption Contest:
“Hey Bluey, see I call you Bluey ’cause you wear a blue shirt, so Bluey did you know that glue is good for sniffin’ too? See the kids, their learnin’ and I’m the “teachin’ guy”. Did I tell you allready that I like torturin’ brown people? Yup, when your the Torturer you don’t have to spell so good. Can you spell “Constitution”? No need to, it’s just a god damned piece of paper, heh heh. Hey Bluey, did you ever read “My Pet Goat”? Good stuff. I like you Bluey, I can talk to you. Not like Dick Cheney, he’s always callin’ me b1tch and bossin’ me around and stuff. Hey Bluey, you know where a fella can score some blow around here?”
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pmThis isn’t fair at all. I mean these kids are really smart.
I believe I’m reading that rogers here is admitting Bush’s dance with the powder.
June 2nd, 2008 at 1:18 pmWOW!! Even kids don’t like this guy!
Kids can tell when someones a jerk
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:12 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imHK5-JhxXg
Skip to 0:28.
You say potatoe, I say potato.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 pmOh man, how embarrassing is it when a bunch of schoolkids are smarter than the preznit…??
Pass me my Unknown American bag, please.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:34 pmunbelievable Says:
If middle school kids get this, then he’ll be the last Republican in the White House for a very long time!
Unfortunately, about 20% of the adults in this country are apparently just as stooopid as Bush, and another 30%, who sometimes seem to know better, keep getting fooled every election day. We can only hope this next generation has evolved enough to weed out most of the moronic authoritarian drones, as well as most of their gullible enablers.
If so, the Republican party will cease to exist.
June 2nd, 2008 at 2:38 pmI think bandwagon and bush rode the same short bus to school every day
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 pmLets be fair here. I, for one, can’t wait for Bush to leave office. That said, what a horrible bunch of loaded questions. “can Bush spell constitutional”? – you might as well ask, “is bush more of a Man-Chimp or a Buffoon?”
This is the sort of thing I’d expect from Fox Skews. We should be better.
Also, Bush is many, many things, but he is not dumb in the classical sense. To dismiss him as unintelligent and the current state of affairs as the result of incompetence is to ignore the facts that this war, the deficit, shrinking government programs and a myriad of other things are the result of deliberate planning by him and his administration to suit their interests and worldview.
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:17 pmI have no high opinion of Mr. Bush; however, I cannot see why the Examiner would involve youngsters in disrespecting the president. That is stooping very low and is a real “embarrassment” to whoever prompted the children to do this.
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:48 pmWe all know smart people who, no matter what they do, have a mental block regarding spelling — what we see in Bush is a man who is proud of his illiteracy, dismisses the fact that he comprehends so little about our language, and expresses himself (and therefore represents the US) around the world as being led by an ignoramus of the highest order. Even children recognize this. I acknowledge that encouraging children to disrespect the president may not be appropriate, because we are supposed to respect the “office” if not the man. I was rightly corrected years ago when I stated that I thought Reagan was incompetent. However, Bush has changed the rules regarding the presidency — from rewriting legislation with his signing statements, to ignoring the Constitution, and committing what amounts to war crimes, so I don’t think that educated children need to be particularly respectful in his case.
June 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pmCaption:
Whelp, I didn’t find any WMDs under this desk either . . heh, heh.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:12 pmHey neighbor . . I’m gettin’ kinda bored and the teacher’s startin’ to look at me all the time, can I have some of your stuff to play with ?
These kids may know how to spell, but can they pick their noses and flick boogers on other people?
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 pmCan thry spell “WAR CRIMINALS”?
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:34 pmOOOPS! I meant: Can they spell “War Criminals”? just misstyped…
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:35 pmAnnie B says.
“disrespecting the president”??!!
Respect must be earned.
This “President” has disrespected the American people, the Iraqi people, the US Constitution, the rule of law etc. etc. etc.ad naseum.
When I think about how this a-hole trumped up the Iraqi “threat” and used propaganda to goad this country into war and how many people lost their lives, limbs, sight, hearing lost their mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, children, homes, businesses etc.
I can’t imagine how any thinking person with any sense of right and wrong could still have respect for the lying sociopath who occupies the White House.
Besides all the death in Iraq, 4 million people have been displaced from their homes.
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:13 pmWhy aren’t you concerned about their being disrespected?
rogers Says:
I guess its all a bit of a joke…no one is really questioning the intelect of a yale-educated man, who like plenty of others had substance abuse issues.
You can’t possibly believe that if you’ve ever heard Bush try to construct sentences without a script.
It’s obvious there is something wrong with the man.
Kids are very perceptive when it comes to defects and shortcomings and they don’t yet have “the Emperor’s New Clothes syndrome” that prevents them from acknowledging it.
It’s also obvious that the “Yale education” is due to his being a member of his base; the “haves and have-mores” as Bush himself puts it, rather than his intellect.
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 pmYour picture game me an idea for a children’s book: “Teacher, Three Kids, and an Idiot.”
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 pm