Originally Posted By Darkbeer During the announcement of the Supreme Court Nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama said, in regards to our Nation's History... "put to paper over 20 centuries ago..." Guess he is spending too much time with the Vice President
Originally Posted By DAR Slip of the tongue no big deal. Just like it shouldn't have been with Bush either.
Originally Posted By dlkozy You are right, DAR-it shouldn't have-but it was and Bush bashing was a regular thing here on WE.
Originally Posted By piperlynne I heard that this morning too and laughed. And thought to myself. . ok. . who's gonna post this one
Originally Posted By barboy ////Can you count SUCKERS?!?!......I say the future is ours if you can only count/// Cyrus
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <You are right, DAR-it shouldn't have-but it was and Bush bashing was a regular thing here on WE.> There was plenty of good reason to bash him, which is why most of us didn't bother with the tongue slips and concentrated on the more serious matters.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>You are right, DAR-it shouldn't have-but it was and Bush bashing was a regular thing here on WE.<< For the umpteenth time, it's not the same thing. Right now conservatives are whining that comedians and the media are nicer to Obama than they were Bush. Yes, everyone is just biased towards those poor, picked on conservatives. It can't possibly be that the two men are very different. Bush routinely mangled the English language, inventing words that didn't exist. He completely screwed up familiar sayings, and would struggle to find the right way to say things. Entire calendars and books were created with this stuff. And it wasn't just a simple slip of the tongue on a number here and there. It was often painful to watch the man try and spit out a sentence. Obama has misspoken a number...what...twice? This and on the campaign trail when he said he'd been to 57 states so far? Otherwise he's been an impressive speaker and has shown he can speak on the fly in dozens of press conferences and public Q&As. He's certainly not the most stirring orator-President we've had, but he outstrips Bush by miles. But by all means, keep reassuring yourselves that Bush was just like Obama. Good luck with that.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones No discussion of the first Hispanic woman to be nominated for the Supreme Court but plenty of analysis of a rare gaffe by Obama.
Originally Posted By DAR I care if my taxes are kept reasonable and that as a Nation we are protected. That's it. All that other stuff. He can't speak the english language. He ate a burger with dijon mustard. All that is just crap.
Originally Posted By ecdc First, Dabob2's correct. For those who portray WE's as a Bush bashing ground where we focused on his many gaffes, they need to go back and read the threads. I think they'll find very few actual topics on Bush's inability to speak clearly. What references there are to it, I suspect are there for 1) Jokes or humor (he made it so easy, after all), and 2) To make the larger point about his intelligence. Bush wasn't a bright guy. It's just that simple. His dimwittedness affected us as a country in very harmful ways, and ultimately led to a situation where DAR's taxes will most likely go up and where our country is less safe.
Originally Posted By DAR <<His dimwittedness affected us as a country in very harmful ways, and ultimately led to a situation where DAR's taxes will most likely go up and where our country is less safe.>> True but just because he mispronunced a word, that doesn't mean it was the direct cause to the situation we're in now. Hell I misspeak all the time, and I'm a genius.
