Tom Ridge calls McCain ‘John Bush.’
By on Sep 5th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Tom Ridge calls McCain ‘John Bush.’
Speaking with NBC reporters last night, former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge tried to say that voters would not confuse John McCain’s policies with President Bush’s. Unfortunately, Ridge himself confused the two, calling McCain “John Bush.” Watch it:
(HT: TPM)
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That was actually a pretty honest statement. A rarity in Republican politics lately….
September 5th, 2008 at 1:24 pmIt was predictable. What amazed me was that not one GOP speaker “accidentally” or otherwise called Obama, “Osama.”
Btw, notice how Chris Matthews prefers calling him Barack, and not Obama. Matthews’ synapses get verklempt and he’s come close to calling Barack, “Osama.”
September 5th, 2008 at 1:25 pma bit off topic, but this is the funniest McCain speech story I’ve seen:
September 5th, 2008 at 1:25 pmhttp://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/213806.php
Make than John McBush, please…
September 5th, 2008 at 1:26 pmWhat would George W. McCain do?
September 5th, 2008 at 1:28 pmJohn Bush! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!! Hee hee.
Just saying . . .
September 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pmWell, that goes hand in hand with “Sarah Pawlenty”.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pmWhat a team — John Bush and Sarah Pawlenty.
Just saying . . .
September 5th, 2008 at 1:33 pmDarn — u beat me to molly. N1.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:35 pmThat’s so funny. John Bush, George McCain, same difference. It’s an understandable slip, but too bad (for him) it came at that time. I laughed out loud a few times last night. I couldn’t help it with the canned applause that wasn’t always timed right and the whole idea of change coming from the status quo.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:37 pmA follow up to Miatch’s off topic contribution:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/ 2008/ 09/ mccains_speech_backdrop_was_us.php
If the McCain camp purposefully used this building, we have entered a Brave New World.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:40 pmWhen Jimmy Carter said “Hubert Horatio Hornblower” during the 1980 convention, I laughed. But this one is far funnier because it’s Freudian. And the fact that Ridge made the slip while he was talking about not confusing the two is just icing on the cake.
You can’t make this stuff up…
September 5th, 2008 at 1:45 pmit’s like ridge let go a little truth fart: embarrassing, and everybody can smell it.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pmSlightly off thread, but did anyone notice what was absent during McCain’s speech (along with substance, vision, character and integrity of course)?
HE WASN’T WEARING A LAPEL FLAG PIN!
AHHHHHH!
And that finger pointing… is that his version of a terrorist fist jab?
AHHHHHH!
September 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmHeheheheheh! Got Freudian slip? ;o)
September 5th, 2008 at 2:15 pm.
McBush/Falin’08
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September 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pmOh what a rerun, laughable, uninformed, unbelievable, dangerous, lying, racist month…I mean 4 days.
I’m horse with pleasure.
ridge is right at home, in the swamp. (I can’t play youtube vids anymore…???)
they can’t get their stories straight (they used old, old file footage from WWI (if it weren’t for digital technology the people would be walking like charlie chaplin.) the repugs mushed in my face bs (pow, chimpy’s sept disaters (CSDs) (no year given and 1980s words for white moms to no end. their “bad guys” and their good-bad guys, what a tired out-dated shame they are and have been.
I see something very wrong with a vp who has on her vp resume , pta mother. pta doesn’t go with wmd.
repugs clapped like suicidal idiots.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pmTom, Tom, you got something right, finally.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:28 pmCongratulations, you can now retire back into the oblivion you deserve.
GOL, there was a blurb this morning about one part of the McIIIrd video, where they used actors for soldiers in the video. Wait till this gets some teeth. More hypocrisy and BS from the ReBumblicans.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:29 pmHey Tom, your Freudian slip is showing.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pmDr. Freud. Paging Dr. Freud.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:43 pmone more…
What’s the definition of a Freudian slip?
When you say one thing but mean your mother.
:)
September 5th, 2008 at 2:44 pmI always regarded Tom Ridge as being a straight shooter. He would have been a much better choice for VP than Sarah. too bad the far right do not approve of him becuase of being pro-choice.
September 5th, 2008 at 2:47 pmaarrgghh Says:
it’s like ridge let go a little truth fart: embarrassing, and everybody can smell it.
September 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
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How is it that I’ve never heard nor used this term before? It’s brilliant! Truth fart!
September 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pmPayback for being passed over for a bimbo
September 5th, 2008 at 5:58 pmThat’s probably the most hilarious Freudian slip ever.
September 5th, 2008 at 8:15 pmRidge must have read some of my recent comments.
(Well, I said it first, and it is obvious Ridge is also having a difficult time telling Bush and McCain apart):
George W. McCain and John Bush.
Er, George McCain and John W. Bush.
Rats, I have a hard time telling these two Republicans apart.
(…just like Ridge, and no doubt a whole lot of other people, I now learn).
September 5th, 2008 at 9:51 pmHell, that was Freudian panties…
September 6th, 2008 at 2:22 am