# Bush quote from The Daily Show-- where did it come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 15, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770 "2006-09-15T00:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/21 "2006-09-15T02:28:28Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] Could someone give more context on that part of the show? Was there a topic that the quote was used in? [/QUOTE] From what I remember, they showed a series of clips of Bush commenting on Bin Laden and how they changed over time, from the “dead or alive” rhetoric, to “I really don’t care.” It wasn’t a fake clip. TDS doesn’t do that. I’d bet money it was edited out of the transcript. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/22 "2006-09-15T02:32:59Z")
Oh, and if you can tell me what night you viewed that episode, **John** , I can hunt it down for you, and maybe post a short clip on YouTube. TDS is in its second week of reruns right now, but I have a video archive of almost every episode since early 2003. (There are a couple missing episodes from 2003, but nothing recent). ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/23 "2006-09-15T02:47:57Z")
**John** , I posted the link to the Daily Show video back in [the orginal Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7778311&postcount=51), not realizing you’d come here to ask the question. The clip that aired on 9/11/06 that that “word for word” quote supposedly came from, did _not_, in fact, contain that quote. Oh, and **John** , you really should watch TDS. Even though your politics differ from slightly to utterly, I still think you’d find it hilarious. And he does interview quite a few Republicans and is _always_ exceedingly cordial to them – even when he’s sticking them right between the eyes (seriously). Really, give it a try. After you watch the clip I linked to, come back and tell me if you didn’t laugh your ass off at the “Hannukah” phase of Bush’s grief. C’mon. I dare ya not to laugh! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/24 "2006-09-15T02:52:36Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] **John** , I posted the link to the Daily Show video back in [the orginal Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7778311&postcount=51), not realizing you’d come here to ask the question. The clip that aired on 9/11/06 that that “word for word” quote supposedly came from, did _not_, in fact, contain that quote. Oh, and **John** , you really should watch TDS. Even though your politics differ from slightly to utterly, I still think you’d find it hilarious. And he does interview quite a few Republicans and is _always_ exceedingly cordial to them – even when he’s sticking them right between the eyes (seriously). Really, give it a try. After you watch the clip I linked to, come back and tell me if you didn’t laugh your ass off at the “Hannukah” phase of Bush’s grief. C’mon. I dare ya not to laugh! 😉 [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that’s from a different show. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/25 "2006-09-15T03:01:21Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I’m pretty sure that’s from a different show. [/QUOTE] No. I’m sorry, but you’re just plain wrong. It was contended in that Pit thread that the quote **John** is asking about was part of a clip that aired on 9/11/06. The clip I linked to, “The President’s Phases of Grief,” (which is, in fact, the same one you alluded to, which begins with Bush’s “dead or alive” comment) aired on 9/11/06. And it does not say what is contended it said. Even **Giraffe** has come back and conceded the point and admitted his faulty memory. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/26 "2006-09-15T03:05:56Z")
No. I think it was a different show. I remember the “phases of grief” segment, but there was another show where they showed Bush changing his tune about Bin Laden. I don’t think it was aired on 9/11, though. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/27 "2006-09-15T03:14:44Z")
Come to think of it, while I remember some “it’s not a priority” clips, it may have just been the stuff already quoted from the 3/13/02 press conference and not those specfic words. Not that I see much substantive difference, but TDS definitely did once show something similar. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/28 "2006-09-15T03:19:25Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] No. I think it was a different show. I remember the “phases of grief” segment, but there was another show where they showed Bush changing his tune about Bin Laden. I don’t think it was aired on 9/11, though. [/QUOTE] No. Read the thread that prompted **John** to ask this here. [Post #10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7774262&postcount=10) **RedFury** puts up the “quote”. [Post #34](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7777623&postcount=34) **John Mace** contends that “quote” is made-up. [Post #35](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7777683&postcount=35) **Giraffe** disputes the ‘made-up’ claim, **citing his memory of an episode of The Daily Show that aired on 9/11/06**. The clip that both he and I have posted a link to in that other thread **is the one that aired on 9/11/06**. Not to mention, I think it’s fair to say we should be able to believe the person who says, in essence, “this is the show I was referring to, and oops, I remembered it wrong. Sorry.” ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/29 "2006-09-15T03:27:40Z")
Nevertheless… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/30 "2006-09-15T03:41:27Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Nevertheless… [/QUOTE] Nevertheless _what_? The quetion in the OP has been asked and answered. The quote that was supposedly shown in a video clip on The Daily Show on 9/11/06, did _not_ appear in that episode afterall, in spite of the claimant’s and several other posters’ faulty memories that it had. After revisiting the evidence for themselves, the original contention has been rescinded by the person who claimed it. Nevertheless. . . you seem to want to make some kind of point, but hell if I can figure out what, or why when the question has been fully resolved – it didn’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/31 "2006-09-15T04:05:44Z")
I’m not talking about the 9/11 show. That’s a different show. What happened on the 9/11 show has no relevance to anything I’m saying. What I’m saying is that on a DIFFERENT show, TDS showed a sequence of clips of Bush talking about OBL and that segment included the “it’s not a priority” stuff. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/32 "2006-09-15T04:13:41Z")
[QUOTE=neutron star] Oh, and if you can tell me what night you viewed that episode, **John** , I can hunt it down for you, and maybe post a short clip on YouTube. [/QUOTE] Sorry if I didn’t make it clear, but I didn’t see the show, so I don’t know what night it was. But thanks for all the help, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/33 "2006-09-15T07:24:53Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] I’m not talking about the 9/11 show. That’s a different show. What happened on the 9/11 show has no relevance to anything I’m saying. What I’m saying is that on a DIFFERENT show, TDS showed a sequence of clips of Bush talking about OBL and that segment included the “it’s not a priority” stuff. [/QUOTE] From what I can see on YouTube, the six stages of grief bit is attributed to the 12th, not the 11th. Would that make a difference at all? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/34 "2006-09-15T13:48:50Z")
As I posted on the other thread, check out Michael Moore’s F9/11. No matter what you think of Moore, the quote in question is in there, undeniably clear. The proof is as close as your local video store. I’d be happy to provide a chapter and tming if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/35 "2006-09-15T16:38:31Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > I’m not talking about the 9/11 show. That’s a different show. What happened on the 9/11 show has no relevance to anything I’m saying. What I’m saying is that on a DIFFERENT show, TDS showed a sequence of clips of Bush talking about OBL and that segment included the “it’s not a priority” stuff. Yet you _still_ have provided no evidence for the existence of this supposed video clip that The Daily Show purportedly aired on some _other_ date than the one specifically asked about in the OP. Unless or until you can do so, the question as to the validity of that “quote” remains answered; it’s fabricated. [QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] From what I can see on YouTube, the six stages of grief bit is attributed to the 12th, not the 11th. Would that make a difference at all? [/QUOTE] No. It’s wiser to rely on the originator of the material as to when it was broadcast, as opposed to an outside website not affiliated with Comedy Central. Go to the official site: [http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?lnk=v&ml\_video=75294](http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?lnk=v&ml_video=75294) Scroll down through the list of videos on the right side of the screen and notice that it says of this particular video, “President’s Stage of Grief”: > [@](#): > > Premiered: Mon, 9/11/2006 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/36 "2006-09-15T16:52:40Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] No. It’s wiser to rely on the originator of the material as to when it was broadcast, as opposed to an outside website not affiliated with Comedy Central. Go to the official site: [http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?lnk=v&ml\_video=75294](http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/?lnk=v&ml_video=75294) Scroll down through the list of videos on the right side of the screen and notice that it says of this particular video, “President’s Stage of Grief”: [/QUOTE] I agree it would be wiser, but I couldn’t find the date the video was shown on the website; and your link doesn’t seem to go to the right page. In the abscense of a transmission date I chose to assume the one given on YouTube (of which all the versions of that clip pretty uniformly gave the date as the 12th). I don’t think that that was unreasonable, so please don’t be snippy. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/37 "2006-09-15T16:54:02Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] As I posted on the other thread, check out Michael Moore’s F9/11. No matter what you think of Moore, the quote in question is in there, undeniably clear. The proof is as close as your local video store. I’d be happy to provide a chapter and tming if you’d like. [/QUOTE] But MM did use cut-and-paste editing in _F-9/11_, so I wouldn’t believe it even if I saw it in that movie. I think the wikipedia cite that \*\*Yojimbo \*\*gave back in the Pit thread is pretty convincing. It also notes that **RedFury** ’s first quote is probably a fabriaction, too, even if Bush probably said something like that or conveyed that message in a less concise form. If you don’t have a cite from a credible news source, then you got nothin’. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/38 "2006-09-15T16:58:12Z")
Michael Moore does not create false clips. He might be selective about the context he presents them in but he does not cut and paste or fabricate. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/39 "2006-09-15T17:25:05Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] Michael Moore does not create false clips. He might be selective about the context he presents them in but he does not cut and paste or fabricate. [/QUOTE] To be honest, in the clip Bush never said “bin Laden”, he just said “he.” I suppose he could be referring to his father, or Cheney, or Father Christmas. The actual quote, from a transcript: “Terror is bigger than one person. And he’s a person who’s now been marginalized. So I don’t know where he is. I just don’t spend that much time on him, to be honest with you.” ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770/40 "2006-09-15T17:29:19Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] I agree it would be wiser, but I couldn’t find the date the video was shown on the website; and your link doesn’t seem to go to the right page. [/quote] If you have pop-up blocker enabled on your browser, try holding the “ctrl” button when you launch the page. Or after the page loads, hold “ctrl” or otherwise disable pop-up blocking software and click near the center where it says, “Enter Now” under “System Status”. _Then_ scroll down the list of videos on the right-hand side. . . > [@](#): > > In the abscense of a transmission date I chose to assume the one given on YouTube (of which all the versions of that clip pretty uniformly gave the date as the 12th). I don’t think that that was unreasonable, so please don’t be snippy. My apologies for seeming snippy. After providing the evidence from the first-hand source several times, and still being met (in both threads) with ‘but, but, but. . .’ without any evidence to support the attempts to dispute it, it’s gotten a little frustrating to keep clarifying the record. I’ll endeavor to do better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-quote-from-the-daily-show-where-did-it-come-from/372770.md?page=3)