President Obama — in a departure from President Bush — has made a point during his G20 visit to emphasize that the economic crisis demands a collective global response. Indeed, in a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last October about the financial collapse, Rudd told Bush that the best response should involve the broader G20, including China — while Bush wanted response to be handled within the G7. Bush, however, reportedly didn’t have a clue what the G20 was:
Informed sources have confirmed the discussion took place on a speaker telephone with a Rudd staffer taking notes.
After the President explained the pressure from Europe for a G7-brokered action on supporting the credit sector and reforming regulation, Rudd immediately insisted the G20 was the solution.Rudd was then stunned to hear Bush say: “What’s the G20?”
Flashback: In his last year in office, Bush still didn’t know what the G20 was.
– - Dubya: “Sure I do…it’s that new Infiniti sport coupe, ain’t it?
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pmKing George the Lesser is gone!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pmHell – he was the “decider” – don’t ya know? Why should he worry about what anyone else might say
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pmoh god,
even more material for will ferrell.
-_-
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:19 pmMy god, the man’s stupidity STILL never ceases to amaze me.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:20 pmG20? BINGO!!
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:20 pmAs time goes on, I am reminded of the depth and breadth of his stupidity and of his incuriosity.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:21 pmAnyone who voted for him the first time should be embarrassed; anyone who voted for him the second time should be shunned.
That’s what usually happens when there’s been a coup d’ etat abetted by the Supreme Court.
I’m surprised the voices he heard didn’t tell him what the G20 was????
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April 2nd, 2009 at 2:23 pmHey Patrioticliberal that was a good one thanks for the laugh.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:27 pmThankfully Bush is gone he was such an embarressment to our country.
Bush thought it was water until someone clued him in that water is H2O, not G20.
Georgie is aspiring to outthink a bag of rocks by next year.
PEACE
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:28 pmW = All hat & no horse
Look at what President Obama has done with the G20 in two days…
He’s basically got the stubborn Euros to agree with economic reform & stricter regulatory considerations.
He tacitly agreed with Russia’s President to reduce nuclear arms.
Even the protesters were supportive; they were out for ‘The Banksters’ heads. (They burned Bush in effigy last time.)
Britain hasn’t been this excited about a U.S. President’s arrival since JFK.
Oh, and he happens to know what the G20 IS!
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:29 pmI’m surprised that Bush didn’t know what “G20″ referred to, unless he referred to the “Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors” by a different name (like that one).
After all, this group has been in existence since 1999, and as POTUS, he surely would have attended their annual meeting each year during his presidency.
He couldn’t have slept through ALL of them — could he? Or maybe he really was just a wind-up doll — told to go attend a meeting here, a conference there — without really understanding who he was meeting with or what they were doing.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:29 pmThe list of things he didn’t know while in office is way too long, but what do you expect of the least inquisitive prez ever?
The eternally good news is that he’s no longer in office.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:30 pmWhat’s G20?
You know – usedta be Gatorade.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pmBetcha the stooopid Bubble didn’t even know what the BUSH DOCTRINE was either??
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
S-A-R-A-H-S-A-R-A-H
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:34 pmS-A-R-A-H-S-A-R-A-H
S-A-R-A-H-S-A-R-A-H
S-A-R-A-H-S-A-R-A-H
An American president whose words will live on in poopertuity.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:42 pmHow ironic to be reading this post and comments just as Obama is wrapping up his post-G20 press conference.
In comparison this most recent example of GDumbya’s arrogant ignorance, Obama’s stellar performance is even more remarkable. It does appear that he has been quickly able to overcome the negative attitudes of other G20 members toward to U.S. and achieve even more cooperation from them than was expected.
Thank goodness, he is our President!
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 pmG7 he could kinda figure out with his fingers, G20 he would
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pmhave to take off his phony cowboy boots
That is not news… everyone knows how ignorant W.C. Bush was as unelected president and how ignorant he still is!
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 pmObama, time to appoint a SPECIAL PROSECUTOR is overdue!!!! Obama is running out of time before he will own Bush’s crimes!
oh dogwash, you’re funny.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:46 pmCompletely OT, but here’s a shocker!
Ex-AIG boss: This mess is not my fault
The picture shows him chuckling with his attorney at the congressional hearing.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:48 pmHe’s obviously joking about his I’mNotAccountableI’mARepublican card in his wallet.
…i’m thinkin’ you’re going to get flagged for spammin’ there, dogwash…
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 pmOn a related note, NBA Commissioner David Stern recently asked, “What’s a LeBron?”
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:49 pmSuggesting that george bush was even making an effort to act as president is going down the wrong road.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:51 pmThey had their intentions before he was installed, and they had nothing to do with working for the people.
watchdog Says:
In June 2008, Obama Misstated The Name Of Brownsville, TX:
Obama: “So if you’ve got a wall that’s cutting the campus of the University of Texas in Brownville in half…” (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At The NALEO Conference, Washington, DC, 6/28/08)
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:43 pm
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Yeah, wow. That’s every bit as bad as letting a major city drown after a hurricane, destroying the rule of law and right to privacy, authorizing torture, allowing the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history, and invading a country for no reason.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:52 pmKeepem kummin watchyourpuppypuke.
All of those gaffes taken together don’t compare to a seven years in office president who doesn’t know what the G-20 is.
Sorry, you lose(r).
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 pmPatrioticLiberalChristianMantisReligiosa Says:
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G20? BINGO!!
ROTFLMAO – good one Patriot
Btw – watchdog – go “cheney” yourself
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:54 pmObama posited — incorrectly — that Arabic translators deployed in Iraq are needed in Afghanistan — forgetting, momentarily, that Afghans don’t speak Arabic. ‘We only have a certain number of them and if they are all in Iraq, then its harder for us to use them in Afghanistan,’ Obama said. The vast majority of military translators in both war zones are drawn from the local population. Naturally they speak the local language. In Iraq, that’s Arabic or Kurdish. In Afghanistan, it’s any of a half dozen other languages — including Pashtu, Dari, and Farsi.” (David Wright and Sunlen Miller, “Obama Gaffes On Iraq And Afghanistan,” ABC News, 5/13/08
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The fact that you think this was a gaffe is certifiable proof of your idiocy.
The lingua franca of al-Qa’ida – the people who attacked us on 9/11 and who are the reason we’re in Afghanistan in the first place – is ARABIC. Not Pashto, not Dari, not Urdu – Classical Arabic.
So, yes, those Arabic translators being wasted in Iraq would indeed be very useful in finding al-Qa’ida members in Afghanistan.
Moron.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:57 pmwatchdog,
Yeah, Obama is SOOOOO stupid… Good luck w/ that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:04 pmBush is gone, Reagan is dead. Don’t worry Sarah Palin will be here soon. This country needs honesty. Not a jr. senator hack that thinks he can be president. Nobama blows.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pmwatchdog Says:
RUCeriousDragonfly Says:
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Keepem kummin watchyourpuppypuke.
All of those gaffes taken together don’t compare to a seven years in office president who doesn’t know what the G-20 is.
Sorry, you lose(r).
I guess not knowing how many states we have in the USA isn’t really that bad.
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guess not.
:)
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:07 pmI had a watchdog.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:09 pmHis name was Bingo.
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.
This moron can’t wait to get somebody as stupid as W back in the White House. How stupid do you have to be to respect Palin’s intellect?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:11 pmIs it any wonder we are in this mess..
Bush is an idiot, Rove is a criminal and the republicans present a budget….a budget in a blue folder but with nothing in it video here (again)
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:13 pmmikehunt Says:
This country needs honesty. Not a jr. senator hack that thinks he can be president.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:06 pm
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Bobby Jindal is a GOVERNOR, moron!
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:13 pmmikehunt, what excites you more Einstein Sarah as President or Todd as “first dude”?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:15 pmSorry, PLCMR, I wouldn’t want a dog that dumb watching my stuff. He’s probably lick the burglars hand… or balls.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:15 pmHyuck! Palin can see Putin raisin his head over the Bearing Cee! How kool is that!
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:16 pmBush’s eight years in office was the worst terrorist attack ever committed against the United States of America.
Bush picked up where Reagan left off. Reagan’s tax cuts for the rich put America $6 trillion in debt. Bush’s tax cuts for the rich will probably end up putting America $30 – $40 trillion in debt.
What comes after trillions? Is it zillions?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 pmOur trolls show their stoopidity with every post. I can just imagine the gloss over their eyes when Sarah’s name is brought up. Or how about Joe the NotPlumber? The last 8 years under Bushco has driven their sanity right out of their minds. Do they think the US will get better, with dumb-shite folksy’s in the WH? We may be better off with a smart guy for a change. Let’s give Obama a chance. He deserves that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:20 pmIt seems that really stupid people have great admiration and respect for their fellow dumbasses. I guess they just don’t feel comfortable around smart people.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pmHeh. Watchdog has no clue about what language the Al-Qaeda members use.
Sucks to be him, I guess.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:22 pmWatchdog this one’s for you: “Of course, there are corollaries to this. One must certainly touch the Queen if the monarch offers her hand (though you should return this not with a firm handshake but just a touch). On Wednesday, Michelle Obama put her hand on the Queen only after the Queen had placed her own hand on the First Lady’s back as part of their conversation. So there is room for theological argument as to whether the American reciprocity of touch was allowable given the social dynamics of the situation. (Less explicable was when President George W. Bush winked at the Queen.)”
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pmhttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1888962,00.html
Luis, spose he thinks they speak in tongues like the folks at his religious services do?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pmwatchdog Says:
I guess not knowing how many states we have in the USA isn’t really that bad.
April 2nd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
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Not knowing how many states we have in the USA would be pretty bad, and President Obama has given us no reason to believe that he is not aware that there are fifty of them, plus the District of Columbia and six insular areas (totaling 57, by the way). All his “gaffe” showed is that a tired candidate is capable of making a slip of the tongue now and then.
There is a wide gulf between a minor slip of the tongue, and telling a major world leader that you don’t know what the G-20 is.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:26 pmDid Mrs. Obama give the queen an uninvited backrub>?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:27 pmmikehunt Says:
Bush is gone, Reagan is dead. Don’t worry Sarah Palin will be here soon.
I hope Palin does come back… this would put the final touches on the death of the gopper party.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:28 pmIt’s bad enough to be ignorant, but these bushites and their cheerleaders are actually proud of their ignorance. It’s a wonder they don’t condemn the ‘magic candles’ or ‘picture-sound boxes’.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 pmStill it’s hard for Americans to admit the set up done by the Republican Party for 8 years. Bush was put in office for others to do exactly what we see happen a Recession. The illegal invasion was for oil and had nothing to do with Saddam or Al Qeada but used to start War Profiteering. History will show the United States was invaded from within with the help of the Media and the White House Propaganda Department. We are paying for the mistake of letting this happen right under our noses. Bush was stupid and is stupid and the World knew it but our Media called it Bushisms and we laughed as the continued to steal. The winner is Bush, Cheney, Wall Street, War Profiteers, Banks and the GOP as now the American people have to paid the 11 Trillion dollar debt Bush caused. Many are attacking Obama for his recovery as the GOP thinks Americans are still easy targets and stupid enough to follow them again. We’ll see if their right.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 pmmikehunt Says:
Bush is gone, Reagan is dead. Don’t worry Sarah Palin will be here soon. This country needs honesty. Not a jr. senator hack that thinks he can be president. Nobama blows.
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you don’t know sarah:
Congressional Republicans decided Tuesday to ditch the former GOP vice presidential nominee in favor of the former House speaker for the critical House-Senate fundraising dinner in June 8 in Washington. It’s the marquee Republican event to raise money for GOP House and Senate candidates.
Just weeks ago, the House and Senate Republican campaign committees were giddy at securing the telegenic Palin for the dinner. But then things grew murky. At the time, the Alaska governor’s office told FOX News that Palin was still considering the invitation and had not yet made a decision. Meantime, spokespersons for the committees insisted that Palin was scheduled and it was just a misunderstanding between the Alaska governor’s office and Palin’s political action committee, SarahPAC, that accepted the invite.
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April 2nd, 2009 at 3:30 pmHumm, you state hearsay,, while Mrs. Obama touched the queen, we all saw that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:31 pmmikehunt Says:
Bush is gone, Reagan is dead. Don’t worry Sarah Palin will be here soon.
But will she really show up? She seems to have a bit of a problem with accountability, much like you.
btw, did you really marry Amanda Blow?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:33 pmRUCeriousDragonfly Says:
Did Mrs. Obama give the queen an uninvited backrub>?
just returnin’ the favor.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:34 pmPatty, so now I suppose she owes one to Ms Merkel?
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:36 pmwatchdog Says a bunch of irrelevant stuff (mostly cut and paste) at #18 and #23:
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Seriously, is this all you have?
Yes, Michelle Obama put her hand gently on the upper back of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. And Her Majesty put her arm around Mrs. Obama’s waist. In fact, several witnesses claimed the Queen placed her hand first.
And yes, President Obama gifted Her Majesty with an iPod. A video iPod, which Her Majesty had requested. True, she already had an audio iPod (which she got at the suggestion of her son, Prince Andrew). The iPod given to her by Obama was pre-loaded with Richard Rodgers songs and other showtunes (Rodgers being a favorite with the Queen), and video footage of her 2007 visit to the U.S. Obama also gave her a rare songbook signed by Richard Rodgers. The Queen’s favorite musical is “Oklahoma”, and she and Prince Philip even think of “People Will Say We’re In Love” as “their song” — dating back to the days when they chose to keep their engagement a secret because her father didn’t want to announce it until Elizabeth turned 21. The Queen was pleased with these gifts.
Most of the other crap you posted have to do with simple misspeaks (Obama meant to say “47 states”, not 57, for example — nobody truly thinks Obama believed that seven states mysteriously joined the union during his campaign).
Obama may mispronounce a city accidentally, but he knows what G20 is. More than we can say for your guy (not only does he question what “G20″ is, but his Bushisms have already filled several books).
But keep trying — it’s kind of fun to watch trolls flail wildly.
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 pmmissmolly
Or maybe he really was just a wind-up doll — told to go attend a meeting here, a conference there — without really understanding who he was meeting with or what they were doing.
The perpetual frat boy, the party go-to guy, the one who went to school on a legacy admission, who knew he would not flunk out because of family influence — that’s the one that became president. He didn’t/doesn’t understand history, geography, or what the president’s office entails. He, indeed, was the Potemkin president – the facade erected on the world stage, while the real operators of his white house were scheming behind him — he knew his job was to keep the party going, crack jokes, do a soft-shoe, poke fun at people and give them shoulder rubs.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:00 pmWho’s tsk-tsking that Michelle “touched” the Queen?
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 pmDon’t you know, the Queen first put her arm around Michelle’s waist, and then Michell put her arm around her.
Can you walk comfortably along side someone whose arm is around your waist and keep your arms at your side?
Or are you not accustomed to anyone putting their arm around your waist?
He probably just mis-spoke… everyone does that.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pmThis would be pretty embarrassing. If it were true. But it’s not.
Read it and weep.
Maybe the twits who edit ThinkProgress should like you know…THINK before flinging shit like this.
Idiots.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pmaycaruso Says:
This would be pretty embarrassing. If it were true. But it’s not.
Read it and weep.
Maybe the twits who edit ThinkProgress should like you know…THINK before flinging shit like this.
Idiots.
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maybe you should read it yourself.
it just says that a bunch of
conservatives are pissed about the
australian p.m. rudd telling an embarrassing anecdote
about bush’s well deserved reputation for ignorance.
the last two paragraphs about rudd are interesting though:
Rudd, a Mandarin-speaking former diplomat with close China ties, has enjoyed record approval since his election a year ago, and has used his international experience to underpin his government’s handling of the global financial upheaval.
A closely watched Newspoll in The Australian on Tuesday said the bookish leader’s approval rating was at a near-record 65 percent.
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April 2nd, 2009 at 4:24 pmIt should be a capital offense to raise a kid to be that stupid.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:27 pmThe G20? That would be the Greedy 20 biggest countries. Never mind the other 172 countries…
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:35 pmhahaha, jaycaruso, that link confirmed NOTHING of the sort. it confirmed an accusation made by a conservative Australian lawyer.
try some reading comprehension brosef!
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:39 pmhey watchdog, those are the weakest “links” you’ve posted in a long time.
you stink at defending the “genius” of Bush by pointing out understandable speaking errors made by Obama!
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:40 pmThe only foolios more idiotic than Bush are jaycaruso and watchdog – two of his biggest fans!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:41 pmI remember the Reagan years. Reagan was not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but compared to George W. B*sh, he was a friggin’ genius.
Dubya was a smirking, drooling simpleton, but Sarah Palin makes him look like an knowledgeable statesman.
This is the Republican strategy: keep lowering the bar on the stupidity of their leaders, so that the previous ones take on intellectual stature by comparison.
It’s identity politics. Morons and imbeciles demand to be represented in government, and there are enough of them to control one of the major political parties. They always vote for one of their own.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:42 pmjaycaruso Says
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
This would be pretty embarrassing. If it were true. But it’s not.
Read it and weep.
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Um…I read it, but all I can see is that Rudd is being criticized for spreading the story. There’s nothing in there that says Rudd (or anybody else) was lying about the conversation.
Not that it really matters. Bush is history at this point.
But let’s pretend for a moment that this whole story is a product of Rudd’s imagination. Bush has demonstrated his dimness to the point where people would readily believe this is true, and that’s somewhat telling. Nobody would believe this story if it was about Obama. Or Clinton. Or Reagan. Or even Daddy Bush. In fact, the last person in the White House who people would believe capable of making this kind of blunder was Dan Quayle — a guy whose wattage is so low that when a late night comedian joked that Quayle was reluctant to visit Latin America because he never learned Latin, people believed that was a direct quote from Quayle for years.
April 2nd, 2009 at 4:52 pmtweedster,
at the march 12, 2007 gop presidential candidate’s
debate george w. bush’s name was mentioned only once
by one of the nine men who participated.
trolls may want to be linked to the idiocy that is george w. bush
but candidates who want to be elected president do not.
it’s just a fact of life.
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April 2nd, 2009 at 4:53 pmI recall a when this happened, Rudd’s opposition made a big deal out of this, because his staff leaked an embarrassing quote by an American prezz. Never mind that after 7.5 years as a world leader he was still as ignorant as a 4th grader.
One would think he would at least have turned off the phone, turned to Karl, and said :pssssst what the hell’s a G-20 ?
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 pmjaycaruso;
Take it from someone who lives here, none of us Aussies doubt the authenticity of this bit of trivia.
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:34 pmThe Connecticut Cowboy, what a dufus.
April 2nd, 2009 at 6:22 pmwatchdog Says:
I guess not knowing how many states we have in the USA isn’t really that bad.
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That is stupid and YOU are a brainwashed moron. Read snopes before you embarass yourself further you braindead moron. You cant seriously be arguing that a slip of the tongue is the same as not knowing what the G20 is
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:38 pmmikepunk
You are disgustingly stupid. I think you are JK reincarnated since you got banned for overall stupidity or just stopped using the old name since it had less credibility than Baghdad Bob. What an ignorant piece of garbage you are. Go kill yourself. It is a gift you can give yourself. It would be better than you constantly humiliating yourself and being too stupid to even get how pathetic
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:41 pmtinkerthinker Says:
Humm, you state hearsay,, while Mrs. Obama touched the queen, we all saw that.
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So WHAT? Did you think the Queen was God or something? The Queen FIRST put her arm around Michelle Obama and Michelle reciprocated. Exactly what is your point?
April 2nd, 2009 at 9:43 pmWang111
April 2nd, 2009 at 11:38 pmWhy do any of us give a shit about your resume?
Flashback: In his last year in office, Bush still didn’t know what the G20 was.
The MSM will spin this as “Bush is/was comfortable with himself”. In other words, Bush was comfortable with the fact that he was willfully ignorant.
Thank goodness we have a president who is immensely intelligent, thoughtful, and diplomatic. It’s like going from Ed Wood to Stanley Kubrick, except Ed Wood was funnier than Bush (Ed only tortured us with his films).
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:46 amBush never did get the hang of being President. Even after 8 years. He left office still clueless and looking like a deer caught in the headlights. It still galls me that the American people narrowly voted for him in 2004 with the ample evidence that he was not up to the job.
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 amAll hat and NO cattle
Lights are on but NO body home
And DallasNE, read up on Ohio’s sec of state during the 2004 election before you attribute w & dick legitimately winning the election. It is a book titled ‘What Happened in Ohio’
April 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pmNot surprising at all. What was really surprising is the fact that he got re-elected.
April 4th, 2009 at 12:30 amrepublics deserve their politicans.
until we fess up to that reality americans are not ready to change.
it is mirror time in america.
April 4th, 2009 at 1:47 amJust think… If PA, OH, and NC had gone to the ‘dark’ side we’d have already hit Iran and Caribou Barbie and the clan would have been tearing up Buckingham Palace this week….
Where IS that bottle of ‘Jack’? Time for another celebratory sip!
April 4th, 2009 at 2:39 pm#79 & #81
Blame it on the Times.
With Palin calling for a ‘do over’ in AK cuz the Bush DOJ didn’t crew up bad enough DURING the trial for the judge to call a mis-trial (what i contend they we’re TRYING to do, to HELP Stevens, and they even fu*ked that up) it’s apropos to remind everyone that the TIMES (SEP-OCT 04) sat on the ILLEGAL WIRETAPPING story at the request of the Bush/Cheney rethugs… there went Ohio and the election.
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