It cracks me up when RWWJs disparage Obama’s lack of impromptu speaking ability. Their darling, George Bush, was, by far, the worst unscripted speaker we have had for president in my lifetime. JFK and Reagan were good. LBJ, Ford, GHWB and Carter were poor. Obama is fair and GWB was simply a pathetic embarrassment.

The only possible reason the RWWjs could have for such silly conclusions it that the idea has been repeatedly force fed to them by the conservative media. Clearly independent thinking escapes many who simply parrot what the talking heads tell them.

The sad truth is that gwb actually had notes on 3X5 cards during his speeches, and he still screwed them up. Every president since LBJ has used teleprompters, as has every gop candidate. Except Cain.... and that speaks for itself.

Maybe someone here could explain his/her support of the "beer summit"......or have you forgotten? Right out of the box, Mr. "Oh, man!", jumps into a cop/friend fray as negotiator with a beer. How very Mr. President of him.
Of course we shall forget the Chicago stumping as an Olympic site as well, shall we? That fell way short of the mark, I believe.
I seem to recall a "present" for the Queen that was quite Presidential, as well.

What is ridiculous is the apparent undying dedication exhibited by the noisiest on the Left that not only can't stomach hearing anything negative about Mr. Not-so Presidential, they likewise can't mouth the truth when it's put right in front of them.

What I posted on the opening of this thread was received by me in an e-mail. Einstein is one of my favorite historical figures. The "quote" was not generated by me, but I thought the concept was hilarious. Some saw the humor.....others tried to make a huge issue out of the "sacrilege" of making fun of the President, so the Third grade name-calling began.......and now here we are.

Aren't we the proud examples of acceptance, tolerance, and diversity?
I think it would be a good thing to just lighten up a little.....especially since what you and I say and do here has about as much chance of making a difference as stealing a bucket of sand from the beach.

what's that bumper sticker say......"Wag more, Bark less"..... we don't have to be enemies.

I really don't hear much talk about what a good job Obama is doing. All I hear is that Bush was worse.

"what's that bumper sticker say."....."Wag more, Bark less".....

I saw one yesterday that said, "Vote Republican, it's much easier than thinking".

That IS interesting......because if you do think about it, it says exactly the same thing about Democrats. aka, it's saying vote straight Dem....how much "thinking" is involved with that?

Agreed!

So called "free-thinkers" elected the current POS. Those that "think" they're enlightened...those that "think" they're socially conscious....those that "think" killing an unborn baby is ok....those that "think" phvcking someone of the same sex is deserving of special rights....those that "think" their war is better than the other guys' war......on and on ad nauseum.

You're using incorrect prepositions.

I certainly do not think Obama is doing a good job. But yes, Bush was much worse.
This seems particularly relevant when Rs criticize Obama’s speaking ability after giving us the worst public speaker in modern times.

I'm not surprised.

RvW "thinks" he isn't a dumbass.

Hank---"Bushs' strategery to make you think he was dumber than a box of rocks... "


He did an absolutely astounding job of sounding like a box of rocks!

"Mission accomplished" ring a bell?


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For those with no recollection of just how stupid our last President really was, here's a quick recap.

50. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even
though I wasn't here." -at the President's Economic Forum in Waco,
Texas, Aug. 13, 2002


49. "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa
is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." -Gothenburg,
Sweden, June 14, 2001


48. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a
literacy test.'' -Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001


47. "We both use Colgate toothpaste." -after a reporter asked what he
had in common with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Camp David, Md.,
Feb. 23, 2001


46. "Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a -
you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign
entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government
and tribes is one between sovereign entities." -Washington, D.C., Aug.
6, 2004


45. "I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's
moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are
probably read the news themselves." -Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003


44. "I'm the commander - see, I don't need to explain - I do not need
to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being
president." -as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War


43. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket
counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport."
-Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001


42. "The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature
of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness
to terrorize himself." -Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003


41. "I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was
better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the
people see a better future." -Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004


40. "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." -discussing the
Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by
Robertson


39. "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a
draft." -presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004


38. "Haven't we already given money to rich people? Why are we going
to do it again?" -to economic advisers discussing a second round of
tax cuts, as quoted by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil,
Washington, D.C., Nov. 26, 2002


37. "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." -Trenton,
N.J., Sept. 23, 2002


36. "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very
plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week - we
will have an all-volunteer army!" -Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004


35. "Do you have blacks, too?" -to Brazilian President Fernando
Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001


34. "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." -as quoted by
the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002


33. "I got to know Ken Lay when he was head of the - what they call
the Governor's Business Council in Texas. He was a supporter of Ann
Richards in my run in 1994. And she had named him the head of the
Governor's Business Council. And I decided to leave him in place, just
for the sake of continuity. And that's when I first got to know Ken
and worked with Ken." -attempting to distance himself from his biggest
political patron, Enron Chairman Ken Lay, whom he nicknamed "Kenny
Boy," Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2002


32. "It is white." -after being asked by a child in Britain what the
White House was like, July 19, 2001


31. "I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding
the joy of Hanukkah." -at a White House menorah lighting ceremony,
Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001


30. "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal
shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just
unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."
-Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001

39. "I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral
one. They don't have an army." -during a Dec. 2002 Oval Office meeting
with Rep. Tom Lantos, as reported by the New York Times


28. "You forgot Poland." -to Sen. John Kerry during the first
presidential debate, after Kerry failed to mention Poland's
contributions to the Iraq war coalition, Miami, Fla., Sept. 30, 2004


27. "I'm the master of low expectations." -aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003


26. "I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of
time thinking about myself, about why I do things." -aboard Air Force
One, June 4, 2003


25. "I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I
believe and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right."
-Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001


24. "We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having
individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates."
-Washington, D.C. Oct. 4, 2001


23. "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I
fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a
shut-in's house and say I love you." -Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002


22. "I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so
I could plan for it. I'm sure something will pop into my head here in
the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to
come up with answer, but it hadn't yet. I don't want to sound like I
have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't - you just
put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I
should be in coming up with one." -President George W. Bush, after
being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C.,
April 3, 2004


21. "The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway."
-explaining why high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy,
Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004


20. "My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact,
that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire."
-radio address, Feb. 24, 2001


19. "You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter
said, 'Would you ever have a deficit?' I said, 'I can't imagine it,
but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a
recession.' Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta." -Houston, Texas,
June 14, 2002


18. "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack
each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
-Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003


17. "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently
sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." -State of the
Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003, making a claim that administration
officials knew at the time to be false


16. "In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's
incredibly hard." -repeating the phrases "hard work," "working hard,"
"hard choices," and other "hard"-based verbiage 22 times in his first
debate with Sen. John Kerry


15. "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is
our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
-Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001


14. "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't
care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." -Washington,
D.C., March 13, 2002


13. "But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me."
-summing up his first year in office, three months after the 9/11
attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001


12. "I try to go for longer runs, but it's tough around here at the
White House on the outdoor track. It's sad that I can't run longer.
It's one of the saddest things about the presidency." -interview with
"Runners World," Aug. 2002


11. "Can we win? I don't think you can win it." -after being asked
whether the war on terror was winnable, "Today" show interview, Aug.
30, 2004


10. "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're
really talking about peace." -Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002


9. "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my
job." -to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004


8. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq,
the United States and our allies have prevailed." -speaking underneath
a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1,
2003


7. "We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological
laboratories And we'll find more weapons as time goes on. But for
those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or
banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them." -Washington, D.C., May
30, 2003


6. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!"
-President George W. Bush, as he narrated a comic slideshow during the
Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March
24, 2004


5. "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just
so long as I'm the dictator." -Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000


4. "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas,
probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on
you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." -Nashville, Tenn., Sept.
17, 2002


3. "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many
OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this
country." -Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004


2. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They
never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." -Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004


1. "My answer is bring them on." -on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S.
forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003

Yeah, but at least he didn't use a teleprompter.

You missed " Mission Accomplished" aboard the aircraft carrier, that right there is a classic.


Fishy

During his press conference in Hawaii, President Obama referenced being "here in Asia." As Americans know, Hawaii is the 50th state, admitted to the Union on Aug. 21, 1959. Mr. Obama also lists Hawaii as his birthplace, which makes his reference even more curious. So, is Hawaii part of Asia?

Well it's not part of North America either. It must be its own continent.

No its horrific that we first put the guy in charge of the largest corporation on the planet (The United State of America) that had a string of 7 bankruptcy's. The only business Bush was involved in that did not go bankrupt was the Texas Rangers and he was only let in because of his daddy and was a minor investor at best.
We put a chronic loser in charge and will deal with his losing legacy for years.

What would be hilarious, were not so tragic is that the people who put Bush in office fail to recognize just how disastrous he was.

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