Bush Is Not _____
President Bush may not know how to do his job well, but at least he knows what his job isn’t. (via Waxy.org)
The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, May 2004.The President of the United States is not a fact-checker.
I?m not a statistician.
I?m not a numbers-cruncher.
I?m not one of these bean counters.
I?m not very analytical.
I?m not a precision guy.
The President is not a micromanager.
I?m not a member of the legislative branch.
The President is not a rubber stamp for the Congress.
I?m not a censor-guy.
I?m not a lawyer.
I?m not a doctor.
The President is not an economist.
I?m not a stockbroker or a stock-picker.
I?m not a forecaster.
I?m not a predictor.
I?m not a pollster, a poll-reader guy.
I?m not a very good prognosticator of elections.
I?m not a committee chairman.
I?m not of the Washington scene.
I?m not a lonely person.
I?m not a poet.
I?m not a very good novelist.
I?m not a textbook player.
I?m not an emailer.
I?m not a very long-winded person.
I?m not a very formal guy.
I am not a revengeful person.
I?m not an Iraqi citizen.
I?m not a divider.
I am not a unilateralist.
I?m not a tree, I?m a Bush.
I would add “The President is not the winner of the 2000 election.”
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DAMMIT, JIM!
The Talent Show handily provides a list of all the things the President has said… well… that he’s not. Please note: likely not complete….
Trackback by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com — July 16, 2004 @ 3:15 pm
“I am not here to sound out the big words…”
Comment by Carla — July 16, 2004 @ 10:16 pm
Better headline: “Dammit Jim, I’m the President, not a ____”
Just my two cents :)
Comment by JoeF — July 16, 2004 @ 11:04 pm
Nothing to See Here – Philadelphia [CENSORED] edition
* Very thought-provoking post at Six Apart about the “past and future of blogging”:http://www.sixapart.com/corner/archives/2004/07/blogs_bandwidth.shtml * MacNewsWorld has proof – sort of – that Mac users are “smarter than everyone else”:http://www.mac…
Trackback by Stumax.com — July 17, 2004 @ 11:07 pm
Bush is not ___
- Fighting Terrorists
- Making us safer
- Getting my vote
- Smart enough to ever figure out why
Comment by thehim — July 18, 2004 @ 4:36 pm
What Bush Isn’t
It’s hard to pin down exactly what GWB is, but he and his spokesmen are pretty specific about what he…
Trackback by BunkoSquad — July 19, 2004 @ 8:18 am
What is the president?
Seth thinks maybe we should be wondering what the president is not.The President of the United States is not a…
Trackback by debgpi — July 19, 2004 @ 8:54 am
not sure how i got here but nice spot. here is a bit more on this one….
VIA http://www.dirtgrain.com/weblog/archives/00000130.htm
Bush: “Dammit, Jim (AKA Karl Rove), I’m a moron, not a president.”
Bush: “Scotty, we need warp drive for the economy reactor.”
Scotty (AKA Secretary of Treasury, John Snow): “I’m giving her all I can. We’re out of dilithium crystals. We’ll have to throw some more poor kids on the fire to keep the economy burning. At your current rate of cutting taxes and spending money, it’ll take ten years to turn it around.”
Bush: “You have eight months.”
Scotty: “We’ll have to coax the fire with the elderly, then.”
Speaking of what Bush can’t do: “Many Americans Can Read but Can’t Comprehend.” I’ve seen his lips moving when he reads a memo, but I think he has a hard time with comprehension. Higher level thinking and abstract thought? Not a chance.
VIA http://www.harpers.org/NegativeCapability.html
This is Negative Capability, a reading, originally from May 2004, published Thursday, July 15, 2004. It is part of Governance, which is part of Readings, which is part of Harpers.org.
Comment by heather — July 19, 2004 @ 3:38 pm
not sure how i got here but nice spot. here is a bit more on this one….
VIA http://www.dirtgrain.com/weblog/archives/00000130.htm
Bush: “Dammit, Jim (AKA Karl Rove), I’m a moron, not a president.”
Bush: “Scotty, we need warp drive for the economy reactor.”
Scotty (AKA Secretary of Treasury, John Snow): “I’m giving her all I can. We’re out of dilithium crystals. We’ll have to throw some more poor kids on the fire to keep the economy burning. At your current rate of cutting taxes and spending money, it’ll take ten years to turn it around.”
Bush: “You have eight months.”
Scotty: “We’ll have to coax the fire with the elderly, then.”
Speaking of what Bush can’t do: “Many Americans Can Read but Can’t Comprehend.” I’ve seen his lips moving when he reads a memo, but I think he has a hard time with comprehension. Higher level thinking and abstract thought? Not a chance.
VIA http://www.harpers.org/NegativeCapability.html
This is Negative Capability, a reading, originally from May 2004, published Thursday, July 15, 2004. It is part of Governance, which is part of Readings, which is part of Harpers.org.
Comment by heather — July 19, 2004 @ 3:39 pm
The Christianity obsession and possession in an improper form (not of Christ’s theories) hampered the Roman Empire.
Comment by Josh — July 19, 2004 @ 11:07 pm
What Bush Is Not
(via The Talent Show) Negative Capability (Harpers.org): The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, May 2004. The President of the Uni…
Trackback by Yet Another Web Site — July 20, 2004 @ 5:18 am
Come lay your bones on the alabaster stones.
He is not a doctor, not a lawyer, and not a poet either. Now you know. Apparently Rock, Paper, Saddam is old hat by now, but I like old hats. Hee hee. Tiger claw! Raaaar! Rar. It appears that my readers have more to say about democracy and taxes than t…
Trackback by Ipecac Aperitif — July 21, 2004 @ 4:09 pm