EXCLUSIVE : Bush’s Debate Notes
For someone who I’ve long suspected is illiterate, Bush seemed to be furiously taking notes yesterday. At times, the scribbling was so loud you could hear it over Kerry. Thanks to an undercover operative, The Talent Show is now able to present the notes that Bush took during last night’s debate. With this peek behind the scenes, we hope to provide a candid look at the commander in chief.
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Bush’s Notes From Last Night!
From The Talent Show:…
Trackback by ISOU — October 1, 2004 @ 9:59 am
What was Kerry scribbling?
Comment by monkey knife fight — October 1, 2004 @ 10:05 am
Daily Show had the scoop. I wrote “I am so CRUSHING him.”
Comment by John F. Kerry — October 1, 2004 @ 10:13 am
The Daily Show had a view of Kerry’s note, it read…
“I am SO crushing him”.
Comment by Arc — October 1, 2004 @ 10:14 am
Haha. I just flashed on the great Kids in the Hall character who’d line up people in the sights of his thumb and forefinger and say “I’m going to CRUSH your head”. *Sigh* The Kids were great.
Comment by Jim — October 1, 2004 @ 10:16 am
No way Bush can draw that well. Must’ve had his campaign do the artwork before the deabte.
Comment by HeavyJ — October 1, 2004 @ 10:22 am
I can’t read #4. What did he scratch out?
Comment by Nikki — October 1, 2004 @ 10:29 am
“I can’t read #4. What did he scratch out?”
using special x-ray technology, we’ve have deciphered the words scribbled out as “Do’nt menshun Osama” the president then seems to have been distracted by his love of ninjas.
Comment by tom — October 1, 2004 @ 10:34 am
Positively brilliant. Thank you.
Comment by Dave P — October 1, 2004 @ 10:36 am
In only 45 minutes I was able to reproduce those “notes” in Adobe Photoshop. This is clear proof that these “notes” were computer-generated and therefore are forgeries.
Dan Rather^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H greg must go!
Comment by Charles Johnson — October 1, 2004 @ 10:41 am
I did catch a glimpse or two of the paper. Looked like Chimpy had a few pages torn out of a spiral bound notebook?!?! Was it from his doodle pad where he writes down his homework?
Comment by TheOaf — October 1, 2004 @ 10:53 am
JFK and Arc:
Yep, that’s right, I remember now. Thanks for the mental jog.
Funny shit all the way around.
Comment by monkey knife fight — October 1, 2004 @ 10:59 am
Las notas de Bush durante el debate
?Qu? escrib?a Bush con tanta escrupulosidad durante el duelo con Kerry? ?Qu? pondr?an las anotaciones elaboradas cautelosamente? Greg, de The Talent Show, en un alarde de rigurosidad informativa y blogging de investigaci?n, nos desvela el secreto tan c…
Trackback by Pensamientos Radicalmente Ecl?cticos — October 1, 2004 @ 11:05 am
Hey, a Ninja Force is sort of a cooooool idea!
Watch out, Osama.
Comment by JR — October 1, 2004 @ 11:13 am
Bush Debate Notes
The Talent Show lets us know what Bush was scribbling on that notepaper during the debate last night:…
Trackback by schmeeve :: blog — October 1, 2004 @ 11:18 am
Bush’s Notes
This is seriously awesome. As a related note, Greg Saunder’s The Talent Show is really one of the best, most underappreciated blogs out there. If you’ve got room in your bookmarks or RSS reader for one more site, I can’t…
Trackback by Pandagon — October 1, 2004 @ 11:36 am
Bush’s Debate notes
The Talent Show: EXCLUSIVE: Bush’s Debate Notes both kerry and bush were writing a lot during the debate. now we…
Trackback by squishy — October 1, 2004 @ 12:01 pm
Metaphor?: Bush sipping from a empty cup
Comment by jim — October 1, 2004 @ 12:02 pm
Tax gap won’t cover DoHs plans? Brilliant!
Bush faux pas. He freudian slipped the FACT that his tax cuts are endangering America.
Remember the 9-10 cut of funding for areas of Government who fought terrorism?
Comment by Mr.Murder — October 1, 2004 @ 12:03 pm
HEY! I made the same joke and posted in in a DailyKos open thread last night!
Or link here.
I know, I know– it is a pretty obvious one to make.
Comment by Dobbin — October 1, 2004 @ 12:08 pm
The notes were already there
Laura ms. Bush is the artist…..
Can mr Bush do anything constructive?
Doubtful dummy-bush is……:/smirk..
Comment by Steve — October 1, 2004 @ 12:19 pm
Bush’s Debate Notes Pilfered And Posted On Web
A group calling itself The Talent Show went up on stage after the debate and managed to pilfer George W. Bush’s debate notes. Bush was seen scribbling through the debate and The Talent Show has provided an exclusive scanning of…
Trackback by Diggers Realm — October 1, 2004 @ 12:34 pm
EXCLUSIVE : Bush’s Debate Notes
http://www.thetalentshow.org/archives/001296.html
Trackback by Suckahs Daily Bookmarks — October 1, 2004 @ 12:50 pm
Is it wrong that I giggled when Bush said “duty” last night? I am so ashamed of myself.
Comment by 2KF — October 1, 2004 @ 1:02 pm
I was hoping somebody would do this… brilliant!
We have some snarky pay-by-play at newpatriot.org .
Comment by Chuck Olsen — October 1, 2004 @ 1:38 pm
I was hoping somebody would do this… brilliant!
We have some snarky play-by-play at newpatriot.org .
Comment by Chuck Olsen — October 1, 2004 @ 1:38 pm
Taking Notes
So last night the Daily Show got a close look at Kerry’s notes: I am SO crushing him. Today we bring you an exclusive look at Bush’s notes: (via Atrios & The Talent Show). These are not kid/work-computer friendly….
Trackback by Mere Sketches — October 1, 2004 @ 2:13 pm
Taking Notes
So last night the Daily Show got a close look at Kerry’s notes: I am SO crushing him. Today we bring you an exclusive look at Bush’s notes: (via Atrios & The Talent Show). These are not kid/work-computer friendly….
Trackback by Mere Sketches — October 1, 2004 @ 2:13 pm
“Daily Show had the scoop. I wrote “I am so CRUSHING him.”"
After he wrote that, he started jotting down PI to the 1,000th place.
Comment by Jon H — October 1, 2004 @ 3:41 pm
Bush’s Notes during the Debate
Posted by The Happy Tutor What was Bush writing during the debates? His notes here….
Trackback by Wealth Bondage — October 1, 2004 @ 3:50 pm
that doodle of pickles must be from when she was in her 20’s.
Comment by tim — October 1, 2004 @ 4:50 pm
just keep saying “I have a plan to get us out of this” I can always change mey mind if I actualy am elected
Comment by vp — October 1, 2004 @ 6:55 pm
Very nice, thank you. I think I sat next to an artist of the same school in 7th grade!
Comment by Richard — October 1, 2004 @ 7:49 pm
The Revealing Moment
After I heard the debate on the radio last night — no TV where I was — I was struck by this thought: Bush can’t tell the difference between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Here’s the MP3 proof. Courtesy of the brilliant and far more clever than I…
Trackback by Patridiot Watch — October 1, 2004 @ 7:50 pm
I can too say nuu… nuc… nuckaler.
Comment by Mona Lisa — October 1, 2004 @ 8:05 pm
Bush’s Sekrit Debate Notez
The Talent Show has ‘em. Via Bubba….
Trackback by Les Jones Blog — October 1, 2004 @ 9:24 pm
I think you have to look at the utensils being used.
John Kerry was writing in pencil, constantly erasing and changing his answers. This fits with his inconsistent messages. ***********************************
W was writing with a Sharpie. So whatever he wrote, that fucker wasn’t changing. Much like his policy, when it is written, it is always so. **********************************************
Ironic.
Comment by McD — October 1, 2004 @ 11:18 pm
For someone attempting to call the President illiterate, you would do well to learn some grammar yourself.
Your first sentence should start with “For someone whom,” genius.
Comment by Canuckster — October 2, 2004 @ 3:59 am
Funny, funny! Thanks! Bush (IQ of a radish) gets all news from TV–”I watch the TV screens” OR from synopses from staff (they know what he wants to hear).
Comment by elayne — October 2, 2004 @ 4:07 am
Reading right wing blogs is FUNdamentalestablishmentarianism
1445Z SAT 02OCT04 Wish I had time to link all the great stuff being posted last night and this AM re. the debates, but I’ve got to go watch Georgia Tech show Miami what’s worse than a Hurricane: A Golden
Trackback by Airborne Combat Engineer — October 2, 2004 @ 8:52 am
Man you people are weak, don’t you have something else to pick on him for than his occasional misuse of the English language?
hhmmmmm…..let’s make the guy that can’t make his mind up which side of the fence he wants to be on president, then we can attack countries and not attack them at the same time.
Comment by TheTruth — October 2, 2004 @ 9:29 am
We wouldn’t be in this stupid war, if we didn’t have such a stupid president in office. Everyone can argue about how it is being ‘waged’, but it wouldn’t matter if we weren’t there…so the idiot who wrote before me should either enlist or shut up…(PS - I’ve been there and done that..)
Comment by Rick — October 2, 2004 @ 10:28 am
#1- Bush only started writing notes half-way through- I believe because he saw Kerry doing so.
#2-”TheTruth”- you are sorely misinformed. It’s painful that half of the country supports someone so simplistic and inarticulate… It is possible to support a country and to want to support troops once they’re there, whilst understanding that Iraq is a country unrelated to Afghanistan and Osama, and a country we had no business or even supporting evidence to invade in the first place.
International politics IS complicated, and I would far rather have a president who understands that and thinks it through in its many layers than a president who not only seems to reduce everything down for the American populace, but seems to genuinely think in such a simplistic, repetitive, reactionary and BASIC way himself. Are we so stupid and unthinking of a people that most of us would prefer such a president? We need a better funded educational system!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by ?!? — October 2, 2004 @ 10:42 am
Brilliant! I’ll be sending this link to my Uber-Republican father. I’m sure he won’t see the humor in it, but then again, I don’t really give a shit.
Comment by cmj — October 2, 2004 @ 12:40 pm
“For someone attempting to call the President illiterate, you would do well to learn some grammar yourself.”
Actually, “For someone who I’ve long suspected is illiterate, Bush seemed to be furiously taking notes yesterday.” is absoloutely correct. Whom is alliterate?
Comment by moonman — October 2, 2004 @ 2:17 pm
The number of people who use “whom” and “who” wrongly is appalling. The problem is a difficult one and it is complicated by the importance of tone, or taste. Take the common expression, “Whom are you, anyways?” That is of course, strictly speaking, correct ? and yet how formal, how stilted! The usage to be preferred in ordinary speech and writing is “Who are you, anyways?” “Whom” should be used in the nominative case only when a note of dignity or austerity is desired. For example, if a writer is dealing with a meeting of, say, the British Cabinet, it would be better to have the Premier greet a new arrival, such as an under-secretary, with a “Whom are you, anyways?” rather than a “Who are you, anyways?” ? always granted that the Premier is sincerely unaware of the man’s identity. To address a person one knows by a “Whom are you?” is a mark either of incredible lapse of memory or inexcusable arrogance. “How are you?” is a much kindlier salutation.
– James Thurber
– Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Guide to Modern English Usage
Comment by gopher — October 2, 2004 @ 3:13 pm
Rule of thumb: if it could be replaced with “he” in the answer, use “who;” if it could be replaced with “him” in the answer, use “whom.”
“Who is that?”
- “He’s the President, apparently.”
“For whom are you voting?”
- “Not for him!”
Comment by Who vs. Whom — October 2, 2004 @ 3:27 pm
On the subject, I also found this recently..
Postcards From The Campaign Trail
http://rootwars.com/category/features/postcards-from-the-campaign-trail/
He seems to be doing new ones all the time. I hope he keeps it up.
Comment by Tom — October 2, 2004 @ 4:32 pm
WORST EVER case scenario:
W. re-elected 2004
Jeb elected 2008
Jeb re-elected 2012
Neil elected 2016
Neil re-elected 2020
Jenna/Barbara elected 2024 (first-ever female twin U.S. President’s)
Jenna/ Barbara re-elected 2028
Scary, isn’t….
Comment by bush trimmer — October 2, 2004 @ 4:57 pm
Was anyone else just a little bit puzzled by this Bush statement during the debate?
It bears repeating… You know, it’s hard work to try to love her as best as I can, and keep in mind, he’s not talking about Laura, whom he wishes could be here today.
Comment by Curious Monkey — October 2, 2004 @ 5:49 pm
BEST CASE SCENARIO!
W. re-elected 2004
Jeb elected 2008
Jeb re-elected 2012
Arnold elected 2016
Arnold re-elected 2020
Jenna/Barbara elected 2024 (first-ever female twin U.S. President’s)
Jenna/ Barbara re-elected 2028
Comment by jules — October 2, 2004 @ 6:20 pm
One good reason…
…(among many) to read The Talent Show every day…go see.
Trackback by Upper Left — October 2, 2004 @ 7:38 pm
Mostly great stuff here. Heard Chimp say yesterday “A leader makes a decision and stands by it.” Even if it’s wrong? Does he think he’s infallible?
Languages evolve and what was proper becomes unaccepted. I think that “whom” is on its way out.
Anybody for a general strike if the supreme court steps in again or there’s major monkey buisness with the count?
Comment by U.S. Const. Art. 1, Sect. 9, Parag. 7 — October 2, 2004 @ 10:14 pm
If Bush wasn’t such a piece of shit I would not feel the need to run adwords in swing states.
But he is, and so I do…
Comment by aaron wall — October 3, 2004 @ 1:14 am
My Conservative Bias…
Conservative Values: Fuck Everyone! (keep in mind that abortion is inherently evil…) Watch out…for September 11th Fox News is Garbage…again Bush: his hometown newspaper thinks he is a piece of shit (and they endorse Kerry) Kerry is the better man…
Trackback by Aaron Wall: Professor of Peanut Butter — October 3, 2004 @ 2:10 am
You are a bunch of fucktards if you think Kerry will do anything for this country if he gets in. You must remember one thing, if nothing else, One of the lessons we should have learned from Clinton, is it takes more than a slick politician who might “look” Presidential to be President.
Comment by Paradox — October 3, 2004 @ 6:56 am
“For someone who I’ve long suspected is illiterate . . .
“Who,” the subject of the verb “is” in this clause, is correct. Your grammar and your suspicion are correct.
Comment by Bill — October 3, 2004 @ 8:52 am
Pardox,
You are neglected the fact that if Bush loses next month, there’s going to be a wholesale scrub of some of the worst political appointees in this nations history… that alone is cause to celebrate a Kerry victory … bitch.
Steve
:-)
Comment by Steve in CO — October 3, 2004 @ 12:34 pm
Paradox:
“Fucktards?” Wow, you’ve got a lot of credibility left now LOL
As for Clinton, whatever problem you sex-obsessed righties might have had about his personal life, we were sure as hell a lot better off as a country after his presidency than we are now. Only a complete and utter idiot could think otherwise, given the state of the economy, foreign policy, etc., etc., etc.
Comment by MD — October 3, 2004 @ 1:00 pm
As for the “whom” vs. “who” debate.
Roger Daltrey had it correct;
“Who, who, who the fuck are you?”
So, you fucking ignorant Repubelikkkan asswipes, took some time off from taking it from Karl Goebbels Rove to come here and quibble about some eso-fucking-teric language shit? You fucking morons are fiddling while Rome burns. You will all hang like the treasonous mother-fuckers you are starting Nov 3. I want the Chimp’s head on a stick so I can shit on it and then use it to clean my toilet. And you little ROve wannabes will be next.
I CAN’T FUCKING WAIT TILL J.E. TAKES ON OL’E DICKIE. HIS HEAD IS GONNA EXPLODE. How many different shades of red do you think he will turn? I love watching Dick get flummoxed.
He is such a ….Dick.
Comment by Repubelikkkan FUCKER — October 3, 2004 @ 6:58 pm
Uninspiration
I’m feel very uninspired. I want to write but nothing’s coming. I wanted to tell you all about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, about my crazy weekend, about smirking George Bush…but it’s just blank. Though I will say that…
Trackback by b l o g b a n d i t — October 3, 2004 @ 10:01 pm
Like they say…
you know the country’s in trouble when the people in charge are a dick, a bush, and a john!
:-)
Comment by christianain'tconservative — October 4, 2004 @ 10:37 am
Did anyone else have the same flash I did over his apparent cluelessness?
W. going to Yale had to have been like a dog taking a math class.
Comment by J. Radon Loser — October 4, 2004 @ 10:40 am
“whom” as the object of a preposition has gone the way of “spoonsful” and “cupsful” (”spoonfuls” and “cupfuls”) as well as certain circumstances in which the conjugaton of “to be” must agree in number with the subject (most often in a prepositional phrase that comes between the subject and its verb and the object of the preposition is used to conjugate the verb.).
You may not like the fact that American English is evolving (and I don’t–I feel like I speak a totally different language anymore)!!
Can anyone diagram a sentence anymore!!??? LOL
Comment by cunning linguist — October 4, 2004 @ 11:43 am
I finally figured out why the Iraq thing bothers me so much - you can’t force people to embrace freedom and democracy. It has to come from within. Support them, encourage them, aid them, but you can’t do the dirty work. If the French had come marching into Boston in 1775 to say “Hey! you Americans! We’re going to free you from the English,” and then occupied New England, I’m pretty sure George W (and I don’t mean Bush) woulda been “insurgent” against the sheer arrogance of the French. Unfortunately George W (and I do mean Bush) has an arrogance that he thinks supercedes any nation, including his own.
Comment by FreedomByChoice — October 4, 2004 @ 12:02 pm
Bush’s notes
I was not going to add to the cyber-ink on the first presidential debate; personally, I can’t think of much that hasn’t been said. But I found the quintissential comment here on The Talent Show
Trackback by Crackpot Chronicles — October 4, 2004 @ 12:36 pm
Canuckster, the weblog is a conversational medium, thus, you type like you talk. You must be new at this.
Comment by Dave from the Lake Effect Zone — October 4, 2004 @ 12:43 pm
Bush’s debate notes
Man, how did I miss this? Via The Talent Show, an exclusive look at the notes Bush scribbled during the first debate. It explains a lot, really….
Trackback by Waveflux — October 4, 2004 @ 1:14 pm
The world is watching this election. Most people are on their knees every day praying to see George W Bush removed. The guy’s dangerous. Surely you know that. Don’t let the scare tactics of his corporate posse cloud your judgement. So Kerry ’s had second thoughts about some of the decisions he made. At least he has h?d thoughts. And the one making these decisions was John Kerry, not some sinister gang of horse whisperers lurking behind the oval office chair.
Comment by get rid of him while you still can — October 4, 2004 @ 1:36 pm
All the news that’s fit to type
Keeping America Scared Restore The Promise Freeway Free Speech Day - October 13 Bush’s Cheat Sheet (and his notes) - He still lost, even with the cheat sheet….
Trackback by Mostly Muppet Dot Com — October 4, 2004 @ 2:19 pm
I think there is one thing on which we can all agree. (Didja like how I avoided ending my sentence with a preposition? That’s one mistake up with which I will not put.)
Ninjas are indeed cool.
www.realultimatepower.net
Comment by Ben — October 4, 2004 @ 3:12 pm
Isn’t Condi Bush’s wife now?
Comment by Elaine Supkis — October 5, 2004 @ 2:14 am
this is an obvious forgery, it is my strong belief that if it were the real deal, it would most certainly be done in crayon. this looks like red pen, prolly the same one dick uses to correct chimpy’s homework.
Comment by ollie — October 5, 2004 @ 4:08 am
Actually ‘christianain’tconservative’, its a Bush, Dick and Colon running the show…remember everyone, the rest of the world IS watching, and, like hopefully the majority in the USA, are completely astonished that any country could elect such an inarticulate wanker!
Oh yeah, watch out for those lurking horse wisperers…ha
Comment by Scott — October 5, 2004 @ 6:04 am
They BOTH suck sewage through a garden hose. The line between conservative and liberal, Republican and Democrat has been so blurred they may as well call themselves conservo-liberal Rebublicrats. If the National Parties can’t give us a decent candidate, If they continue to give us the sloppy seconds from political orgies to choose from, vote for an underdog party like the libertarians.
Comment by Dissent — October 5, 2004 @ 9:07 am
Yes, there may be little difference between them idealogically but at least Kerry has a brain…
Comment by I.M. Tyred — October 5, 2004 @ 10:15 am
I don’t want to die for Allah
I dont want to die for Exxon
All I want to do is find a futon
to lie down and have sex on.
Comment by Flippy Pimpstein — October 5, 2004 @ 11:39 am
FreedomByChoice - flash you’re right!
And don’t forget the Revolutionaries were dissidents too!!!
Comment by ruralwannabe — October 5, 2004 @ 1:55 pm
Thnak God theres some ppl still thinkin well in America
most of the world’s(which in cludes everyone outside the US, George) peoples are laughin their heads off thinkin that the great sophisticated society of America was duped by some guy who couldn’t lead chimps
and btw, the world loved clinton, not cos’ he looked presidential, we dont care bout that, we cant vote there
Comment by foreign guy — October 5, 2004 @ 8:14 pm
Thnak God theres some ppl still thinkin well in America
most of the world’s(which in cludes everyone outside the US, George) peoples are laughin their heads off thinkin that the great sophisticated society of America was duped by some guy who couldn’t lead chimps
and btw, the world loved clinton, not cos’ he looked presidential, we dont care bout that, we cant vote there
Comment by foreign guy — October 5, 2004 @ 8:14 pm
it breaks my heart to think of the how the rest of the world must view us by now. some random dude in Norway is watchen his tv thinkin “geez, americans sure are dicks”….i’m real nice, and now cuz of some jackass from texas i’m a lieing, arrogant,violent, greedy, and heartless face in a hostile country. fuck that
Comment by ollie — October 6, 2004 @ 2:03 am
hahaha thats why all those americans coming to europe pretend they’re canadian
Comment by foreign — October 6, 2004 @ 5:28 am
Kerry may have a brain, Kerry may have an education, Kerry may even have popularity but Kerry ALSO has an agenda that is not in the countrys best interest. Why hell yes! Let’s just throw them borders open like a prostitutes legs and let every Paco, Achmed and Abdul invade ILLEGALLY and take our jobs locally while sending the rest overseas!! Hell YEAH! Damned fine idea. Vote fer them liberals!!!
Comment by Dissent — October 7, 2004 @ 1:27 pm
Hola, mi nama est Paco Y i whant chu jobs por 3 dollars pern hower SI! and mi has 25 coosins wit mi
Comment by Dissent — October 7, 2004 @ 1:30 pm
ees walmart hiring?
Comment by Dissent — October 7, 2004 @ 1:31 pm
Forgot President Bush debate doodling of “I wonder if Condoleeza Rice’s butt looks like this when she’s naked bending over in the bathtub?”
November 2004 Movie Sequel: They Saved Hitler’s Brain And Put It In President Bush.
Comment by Liber-teed-off — October 7, 2004 @ 8:22 pm
Major Policy Shotgun
This post represents a major policy shotgun, and therefore should be broadcast by all media. Extreme Pumpkins (Arts and Crafts: Seasonal) I only discovered this link after Halloween this year. This year I’m ready. Check out that lighter fluid pum…
Trackback by Aces Full of Links — October 8, 2004 @ 5:46 am
ROFL@ Liber-teed-off. Naw i don’t think bush is as much of a horndog as Clinton was. He gets his rocks off with his missiles not his flesh rocket. I’m of two minds about the whole Iraq thing. On the one hand anyone who thinks Saddamn Insane and Iraq should have been left alone is grotesquely wrong But I for one don’t appreciate our armed forces being used as U.N. attack dogs. So there’s the quandry. Do we take down a monster family like the Husseins? and when that’s done, when do we pull out? Do we rebuild all the shit we blew up? Or do we become pariahs among the great nations of the world by adopting a destroy and depart attitude? what I can’t understand is this: If the liberals who want to “save the world” by implementing socialized medicine (which is a terrible idea, ask the Canadians) and create a welfare state that will eventually bankrupt our country thereby turning the United States into another third world shithole won’t support action against Saddamn Insane and his Baath party, What DO they support? Bitching and moaning? Point your fingers and accuse Dubya of being a warmonger if you like, but it needed to be done. Now it’s time to come home.
Support our troops!
Comment by Dissent — October 8, 2004 @ 9:48 am
DISSENT, you are a racist SOB and probably a white supremist. Get a life; get a GED; get a better job so “the tired, the huddled masses” (that’s from a famous po-em; do you know what a po-em is?) don’t threaten your pathetic job sweeping up at Walmart. It’s frightening that such unenlightened boorishness and ignorance flourish under the rocks here in this country. Where did YOUR ancestors come from, and when? Quite obviously they weren’t Nobel Prize winners, unless you’re a case of “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations”. You make me really disgusted; and it is the people with mentalities like your sick, small-minded one that vote for people like W. Racist pig.
Comment by Nsoshisett — October 8, 2004 @ 9:56 am
Thank you for your heartfelt and enlightening comments Nsoshisett. It is always refreshing to know that the information superhighway made its way to yet another trailer park. Some of MY ancestors were in fact white slaves from the Barbary coast enslaved by muslims and eventually escaped bondage to return to Wales. Complain to me about slavery and I’ll give you a few journal entries from MY ancestors. I was also a serviceman in the Army for eight years during desert storm. I KNOW what it’s like over there and I for one don’t wish to see the country I bled for given away to a bunch of undeserving louts, even ones born here. ME A FASCIST?!? far from it…a patriot through and through. And my “boorish” comments about wally world et.al., did you happen to catch the article in Time magazine about the illegals up from Mexico? 1.4 million per year. That’s not immigration, that’s an invasion. Then corporate america uses their cheap labor (ref. Tyson and Wal-Mart)to undercut the AMERICAN workforce to save a few bucks to pad their already too fat asses. call me boorish? I say you need to do a little more research you liberal freak!
Comment by Dissent — October 8, 2004 @ 11:41 am
Oh and Nsoshisett is it? Parroting insults you have read in an AOHELL chatroom don’t qualify as intelligent statements. Come up with something original if you want to sit at the grown up table.
Comment by dissent — October 8, 2004 @ 12:35 pm
Ah, thanks to all those who have participated in the hate mail. So, for the record I shall spell it out for all to see that you may put your minds to rest. I have been called a bigot, fascist, white supremist and vilified in numerous other ways. Here then is the straight of it (not that i have any REASON to justify myself to anyone). I have a few dozen mexican friends, acquiaintances and co-workers. Most of them speak english which I appreciate because my spanish is horrible. They are all here LEGALLY and have CITIZENSHIP because they did the thing right. They also have higher wages because of this fact. When you work in close proximity to imminent death or destruction like I have you learn to appreciate the MAN HIMSELF regardless of the color of his skin. I have no sympathy for those who would bilk the system or cheat and cheapen my country with their dishonesty and lies (just like Bush AND Kerry AND the 1.4 million illegals per year). So go ahead and vilify me if it makes you feel oh so superior. I’ve done the research, I’ve crunched the numbers and I know what’s coming.
Comment by Dissent — October 8, 2004 @ 1:46 pm
Are you guys really sending this guy hate mail? Why waste your energy on some troll when we’ve got bigger fish to fry?
Comment by greg — October 8, 2004 @ 2:03 pm
Bush has my vote.
Kerry should listen to his wife and shove it.
Comment by jess — October 8, 2004 @ 7:54 pm
Bush = bastard
Comment by Elko — October 10, 2004 @ 6:49 am
you guys are a bunch of flaming liberals, kerry was writing notes as well, probably about him and edwards and their love they made last night.
Comment by brandon — October 11, 2004 @ 3:14 pm
you guys are a bunch of flaming liberals, kerry was writing notes as well, probably about him and edwards and their love they made last night.
Comment by brandon — October 11, 2004 @ 3:14 pm
I think kerry is a libral commy and Bush is a right wing nut
Comment by hogwash — October 11, 2004 @ 8:22 pm
ABSTINENCE IN 2004
NO BUSH. NO DICK.
Comment by bushsucks — October 13, 2004 @ 12:32 am
Dissent: you are the type of American we fear. I am sure your Spanish is horrible, you need to travel a little to understand other cultures and over all, your own.
Good luck to everyone. Here in Spain we are sure you’ll get rid of the garbage.
Comment by NoMoreFreaks — October 13, 2004 @ 2:28 am
Is any person in here actually IN politics? Maybe if you think you know what’s best for the nation as a whole, YOU should run for office instead of sitting at your comfy seat in front of your screen instead of destroying two guys that are doing something other than resting on thier laurels.
By the way, has anyone actually thanked dissent for his time in service?, I do.
I think it’s unfortunate when the only people who appreciate the servicemembers are the other servicemambers.
Thanks to ALL men and women in OUR Armed Forces.
Comment by Rob — October 13, 2004 @ 2:03 pm
Bush so didnt/wouldnt ever do that, and its pretty lame that you guys do this for ‘fun’ what a complete waste of time, i’d like to see what kerry draws on his paper, but wait no repubican would be that sad, adn have so much useless time to do something like this… wow!
Comment by BushVoter — October 13, 2004 @ 6:47 pm
Hey you shouldnt write that kind of stuff about Bush when you know its not true.
Hahaha just kidding…im not that stupid. Although maybe if i were a little stupider i could be elected president like GW.
Comment by alex — October 14, 2004 @ 1:46 am
LOL. I can tell most of you vote based on your ability to joke about a candidate. How fun! :)
However, unlike you, I am an independent voter who actually looks at (gasp) the candidates voting records and congressional reports, not Hollywood actors or even most of the newspapers. But I assess that most of you are juvenile. I do hope that someday when you get older, you will figure out that Hollywood actors and newspapers are far from accurate with information and that your parents are probably tied to a particular party (and maybe you too) because your family has ALWAYS been affiliated with that party. So, until you mature and take on the responsibility to review voting records of each candidate, I can only pray that your blind affection for Kerry will only open your eyes when he taxes every cent of your hard earned money to the point that you have to live with your parents….oh yeah, maybe you already do.
Comment by IndieByChoice — October 15, 2004 @ 4:42 pm
Bush’s notes from debate numero uno
I laughed my butt off when I saw this….
Trackback by Adam's Online Journal — October 17, 2004 @ 9:22 am
Some people here really need to get a sense of humor.
It’s a sad world, when people can not laugh.
Comment by Anthony — October 18, 2004 @ 1:43 am
Dissent,
I respect you for standing up for America in the armed forces and do understand your concern about illegal immigration. Legal immigration is one of our country’s strongest points however. It just seems that the immigration quotas are arbitrary and/or agenda-driven.
If you think that Bush and the Republican Party are protecting American jobs, though, you are sadly mistaken. They say that outsourcing jobs is good for American business. It may be good for each business but the cost saving is never passed on to the American consumer. And meanwhile Americans lose jobs and have more trouble affording to buy American products.
John Kerry and the Democrats oppose outsourcing American jobs and have introduced legislation to protect them.
Comment by UnionMaid — October 19, 2004 @ 8:46 am
Well, all I know is this: I’m just gonna vote 4 the lesser of the 2 evils & that’s that.
Peace, y’all.
Comment by Dana — October 21, 2004 @ 2:23 pm
Bush’s debate notes
WARNING: Partisan humor Bush’s debate notes via Screenhead UP
Trackback by Joi Ito's Web — October 22, 2004 @ 9:36 pm
Dear Mr. Nader supporters,
I listened carefully to your 80 minute speech on C- Span. I?ve known since age 10 that you were right in everything you said. I believe most Americans would be happy to have you as President; it would make me scream with joy.
Please be right in everything you do. Consider the following:
1) You didn?t emphasize the most needed election reform:
a two round runoff election which ensures that no one will fear voting their conscience.
This would protect the voter from choosing his least desired candidate by default. If we were guaranteed a runoff election, then our conscience would tell us to vote for you.
Under these dicey circumstances, everyone?s conscience, (including yours we hope) is telling us to do the right thing: to vote against Bush effectively.
2) You stated that you will never abandon your adherents. Yet you are abandoning the ?frightened liberals,? the enlightened Republicans, and even your supporters.
Standing on principle in the face of reality will set the independent movement back. There is no need to do that.
Getting off the horse on November 2nd does not mean surrender. Getting back on November 3rd will find us back together again, continuing to educate the 95 million non-voters.
3) You used a political explanation to excuse non-voters. You say they don?t vote because it doesn?t make a difference in their lives. The truth is they?ll choose not to vote, even for you. Unfortunately, you were unable to get to them.
We all hope that the consequences of your actions relating to the last election will convince you to pull out of the race. This would provide you with a wider media forum for your ideas.
You share the consequences for the war in Iraq and other horrors. You could not have known what your decisions in the last election would bring.
But now you do.
Turn, turn, turn, there is a season.
Your next season starts November 3rd.
Thanks for fighting for the ?Grand Tradition.? I hope you?ll ?vote your conscience? to save the good name we?ve made in the independent parties movement. It?s the ?only way to go.?
Democracy cannot take a vacation, but you should take a day off.
Neal R. Monda
Morristown, NJ
Comment by neal r monda — October 29, 2004 @ 8:56 pm