# Bush video **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 23, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281 "2004-12-23T03:47:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/21 "2004-12-23T04:37:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I can’t imagine who that could be. Do I get to keep the fifty cents? Of course. Pinch every penny. By the time Bush is done you are going to need it. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/22 "2004-12-23T04:43:12Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Unless his notes are written on his tie…he wasn’t looking at notes. OK you’re right, he was looking at/talking to his tie. I imagine you have a point there somewhere, so let’s hear it. Mocking usernames, while perhaps allowed in the Pit, is lame, rude, and dumb. Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years to you and yours. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/23 "2004-12-23T04:46:48Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > OK you’re right, he was looking at/talking to his tie. I imagine you have a point there somewhere, so let’s hear it. > > Mocking usernames, while perhaps allowed in the Pit, is lame, rude, and dumb. > > Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years to you and yours. Agreed…I will stop mocking your name. We do have our differences but that’s what makes America great. May you and and yours have a safe and happy holiday season. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/24 "2004-12-23T04:59:00Z")
I agree its quite strange what W does in the linked clip. Nonetheless, I brand this the lamest pit thread I have seen since that one the other day about the bag of baby carrots. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/25 "2004-12-23T05:00:45Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > May you and and yours have a safe and happy holiday season. Aww, Christ, Reeder, why’d you have to go and say that? Now **owlstretchingtime** is gonna come into this thread and read us all the riot act. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/26 "2004-12-23T05:01:07Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Agreed…I will stop mocking your name. > > We do have our differences but that’s what makes America great. > > May you and and yours have a safe and happy holiday season. Thank you, I appreciate the good wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/27 "2004-12-23T05:04:36Z")
> [@buns3000](#): > > I agree its quite strange what W does in the linked clip. Nonetheless, I brand this the lamest pit thread I have seen since that one the other day about the bag of baby carrots. I really wasn’t pitting Bush this time. But I did want people who responded to not have to hold back. Understand? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/28 "2004-12-23T05:14:17Z")
You realize we have killed this thread don’t you. People read it and are to stunned to reply. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/29 "2004-12-23T05:20:29Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > I really wasn’t pitting Bush this time. But I did want people who responded to not have to hold back. > > Understand? No. How is a pit thread with ‘Bush’ in the title and the OP entirely about something Bush did not pitting Bush? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/30 "2004-12-23T05:24:22Z")
It seems obvious to me. He’s glancing at his notes. I’ve done the same thing myself during speeches. Is anyone really suprised that he’s a poor public speaker? ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/31 "2004-12-23T05:29:09Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > It seems obvious to me. > > He’s glancing at his notes. I’ve done the same thing myself during speeches. > > Is anyone really suprised that he’s a poor public speaker? To look at notes on a podium all you need to do is cast your eyes down. He was looking at his toes. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/32 "2004-12-23T05:44:38Z")
No, he’s definitely saying _something_. And I don’t think it really matters so much, in these times that try mens souls, and all. But still, I’d like to figure it out because I like to figure stuff out. When I assume it will make him look like a clueless doofus, I’m just playing the odds. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/33 "2004-12-23T05:52:43Z")
It looked to me like he burped. Haj ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/34 "2004-12-23T06:00:11Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > To look at notes on a podium all you need to do is cast your eyes down. He was looking at his toes. It looked to me like he was looking at the podium. Using his whole head and not just his eyes doesn’t change that. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/35 "2004-12-23T06:08:59Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Unless his notes are written on his tie…he wasn’t looking at notes. > [@Reeder](#): > > To look at notes on a podium all you need to do is cast your eyes down. He was looking at his toes. Why would he wear a tie on his shoes? Does he also drink water with his finger? ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/36 "2004-12-23T06:22:48Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Seriously, there’s not enough rolleyes for this one. [You take that back!](http://img156.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img156&image=rolleyesbarf5ng3tn.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/37 "2004-12-23T06:25:25Z")
> [@Necro Romancer](#): > > [You take that back!](http://img156.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img156&image=rolleyesbarf5ng3tn.gif) Reminds me of Sinistar, for some odd reason… ---
**Author:** ![TonyF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@TonyF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonyF)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/38 "2004-12-23T07:29:51Z")
He was doing the Kevin Nealon thing. You know - the subliminal thing. Just look. He mentions Saddam, then - BAM! he mutters “needle dick” under his breath. He just doesn’t have the timing correct. Or maybe **hajario** was right - he was about to vomit. My jury is out on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/39 "2004-12-23T08:43:49Z")
It’s official. Reeder’s sanity just swerved to avoid hitting a small, Bushy-tailed rabbit, crashed through a barrier, and went sailing briefly through the night before being impaled on the sharp rocks below. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281/40 "2004-12-23T11:25:38Z")
Looking at notes. Has to keep the speaking points fresh in his mind ya know. So he’s not a great public speaker. Is anyone surprised by this anymore? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-video/281281.md?page=3)