# Bush admin NOT a failure **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 29, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002 "2006-12-29T17:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/21 "2006-12-29T22:18:50Z")
> [@](#): > > it’s a success that hasn’t occurred yet. By an amazing coincidence, I’m defining the end of the Bush administration with these exact words. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/22 "2006-12-29T22:21:16Z")
If only Bush the Elder & Mrs Bush the Elde had had a conception that hadn’t happened yet…it would still be a success. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/23 "2006-12-29T23:13:47Z")
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE: We have a Presidential ticket which will sweep the US in 2008! REALITY: Your ticket hasn’t begun to fail yet. 😉 Offer something good, and you might get my vote-nothing good has been offered, to date. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/24 "2006-12-29T23:30:01Z")
Compared to what? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/25 "2006-12-29T23:41:21Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE: We have a Presidential ticket which will sweep the US in 2008! REALITY: Your ticket hasn’t begun to fail yet. 😉 Offer something good, and you might get my vote-nothing good has been offered, to date. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Dubya] Who cares what you think! [/QUOTE] I have the theory this administration is afraid of being tagged for posterity with a line like “read my lips” was applied to Bush I. The efforts of Bush the lesser and his administration are geared to launch as many whoppers as possible so historians or the people will not be able to choose. 🙂 Personally, I would go for: [QUOTE=Dubya] Nothing! [/QUOTE] An answer that occurred when, after he once again weaseled Iraq and 9/11 in a phrase, a reporter asked what Iraq had to do with 9/11. Perfect when you consider the in-effective non-character person that we have as president. And that this decade is called the Oughts or the Naughts. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/26 "2006-12-30T00:26:50Z")
Damn. The bastards have gone ahead and given a contract to Mohammed S. “Baghdad Bob” al-Sahaf to give training seminars on communications to the members of the administration… I’m telling you, soon enough those internet-offer pills will start working, and my enhanced manhood will gain me Tyra Banks’ favours. It just hasn’t happened yet… ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/27 "2006-12-30T00:37:10Z")
[QUOTE=threemae] This sounds like something my mom would say. She’s all into, “creating your own reality,” _a la_ _What the %&@$! Do We Know?_. [/QUOTE] “My friend Sharon is very into all this new-agey stuff. The other day she told me, ‘You know, Bob, we create our own reality.’ No, Sharon. _Psychotics_ create their own reality. That’s a very important distinction. Let’s not lose that.” - Bob Smith ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/28 "2006-12-30T03:09:57Z")
Methinks that Jon Stewart creamed his Froot of the Looms the moment he heard this gem (especially if its on tape). ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/29 "2006-12-30T04:04:59Z")
[QUOTE=JRDelirious] Damn. The bastards have gone ahead and given a contract to Mohammed S. “Baghdad Bob” al-Sahaf to give training seminars on communications to the members of the administration… [/QUOTE] Whatever happened to that guy, anyway? Lately I find myself wondering. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/30 "2006-12-30T04:15:06Z")
Wiki sez > [@](#): > > Although questioned by American authorities, al-Sahaf was released, and there has been no suggestion of charging or detaining him for his role in the Saddam Hussein government. He is now living in the United Arab Emirates with his family. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/31 "2006-12-30T16:43:25Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE: We have a Presidential ticket which will sweep the US in 2008! REALITY: Your ticket hasn’t begun to fail yet. 😉 Offer something good, and you might get my vote-nothing good has been offered, to date. [/QUOTE] Well, if only we could dare hope to find a candidate that could wrest the vote of **danceswithcats** away from the likes of George W. Bush! Shall we dare to dream that we could ever fill that bill? Perhaps a more conservative, more Bush supporting Lieberman? Perhaps it’s best to just continue as in the last election, and the vote of **danceswithcats** will become increasingly irrelevant. I bet he even voted for Rick Santorum! Instead of a Democratic candidate that you’d be happy with, we shall offer you a pat on the head and a guiding hand toward the door. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/32 "2006-12-30T16:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] Wiki sez > [@](#): > > Although questioned by American authorities, al-Sahaf was released, and there has been no suggestion of charging or detaining him for his role in the Saddam Hussein government. He is now living in the United Arab Emirates with his family. [/QUOTE] You know, I bet if he were to get a job with [Al Jazeera English](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English), they’d be able to get cable networks to pick them up. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/33 "2006-12-30T18:21:05Z")
Please tell me that the interviewer had the sense to follow-up with: “You realize, of course, that that is nonsensical doubletalk.” I’d expect no less given the pervasive liberal media bias… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/34 "2006-12-30T18:46:07Z")
Anger, denial, acceptance. It’s the mantra of this administration. If a lie is said often enough, it will soon be repeated as truth, despite the outrageousness of the lie and proof to the contrary. If the facts don’t fit, change the story to meet the agenda. Our country is in serious trouble and nearly everyone seems to know it but us. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/35 "2006-12-30T21:16:47Z")
“That’s not rain, that’s just potential snow” ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/36 "2006-12-30T21:30:41Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] “That’s not rain, that’s just potential snow” [/QUOTE] not an inconsistant position from the ‘culture of life’ folks. well, at least **some** life. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/37 "2006-12-30T21:48:15Z")
Iraq, a mission that hasn’t been accomplished yet … Oh, they’ve already screwed the pooch on that one … ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/38 "2006-12-31T00:13:00Z")
It’s not impotence; it’s an orgasm that hasn’t happened yet. Can you feel me, baby? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/39 "2006-12-31T05:03:31Z")
This reminds me of the famous line from The Simpsons’ musical version of a Streetcar Named Desire: “A stranger’s just a friend you haven’t met.” ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2006, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002/40 "2006-12-31T06:20:14Z")
Oh for crying out loud! C’mon people! The proper term is no longer “failure”. Get with the times! The correct term is “differently-resulted”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-admin-not-a-failure/386002.md?page=3)