# Funny Bush Mis-speak **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493 "2004-08-05T18:44:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmason32](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@cmason32](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmason32)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/1 "2004-08-05T18:44:13Z")
[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&u=/nm/20040805/ts\_nm/bush\_misspeak\_dc\_2&printer=1](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&u=/nm/20040805/ts_nm/bush_misspeak_dc_2&printer=1) > [@President Bush](#): > > Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/2 "2004-08-05T18:52:39Z")
“Excuse me, sir. I think your Freudian slip is showing.” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/3 "2004-08-05T19:01:12Z")
Mis-speak is a misnomer. He is just expressing his twisted mind. Add: Please vote in November, for the sake of Peace and all that is good! Vote with conscience against the unconscionable. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/4 "2004-08-05T19:09:27Z")
Yeah, I heard that on the radio this morning. I’m glad someone else caught it too. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/5 "2004-08-05T19:11:21Z")
> [@shrub](#): > > They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. So, what was he _trying_ to say? We never stop thinking about new ways to harm **their** country and **their** people? That’s just sick. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/6 "2004-08-05T19:24:38Z")
He was probably trying to say that we never stop thinking about the fact that “They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people”. Which is true. We never do stop thinking about that, but the “they” in question is the bush administration. ---
**Author:** ![Taran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Taran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taran)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/7 "2004-08-05T19:24:41Z")
> [@Jpeg Jones](#): > > So, what was he _trying_ to say? We never stop thinking about new ways to harm **their** country and **their** people? > > That’s just sick. I think he was aiming for "We never stop thinking about ways that their country and their people could hurt our country and our people. I admit though, it gave me a giggle when I first read it. ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/8 "2004-08-05T19:27:05Z")
lol bush is evil and dum lol ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/9 "2004-08-05T19:27:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Jpeg Jones** > So, what was he _trying_ to say? We never stop thinking about new ways to harm **their** country and **their** people? I think it’s pretty clear that he intended to convey that his administration is duly diligent with regard to anticipating and countering new threats to national security. Beautiful sound bite, though. :preview: Hmmm. Eerie. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/10 "2004-08-05T20:13:33Z")
Gahd… that’s bad. It replaces my [previous favorite](http://www.cafeshops.com/sickidiots.9519722), of about a year now: “Gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.” --Arnold Schwarzenegger, candidate for Governor of California ---
**Author:** ![Elenfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cc9497/32.png) [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/11 "2004-08-05T20:58:44Z")
Aaaand… the Shrub Mis-speak Clean Up Crew Steps up to the plate: > [@](#): > > White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush’s misstatement “just shows even the most straightforward and plain-spoken people misspeak.” Ya know, Scott, sometimes a chimp in a suit is just, well, a chimp in a suit. :smack: :wally 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/12 "2004-08-05T21:03:55Z")
> [@Larry Mudd](#): > > I think it’s pretty clear that he intended to convey that his administration is duly diligent with regard to anticipating and countering new threats to national security. That’s how I took it. His tang just got a little tungled up. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/13 "2004-08-05T21:31:30Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > lol bush is evil and dum lol As soon as Bush turns down the replay rate on “I voted for the bill before I voted against it”, we’ll cut him some slack on his own speaking mistakes. -lv ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/14 "2004-08-05T21:48:31Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > That’s how I took it. His tang just got a little tungled up. Tnagled round too many presidential pretzels again? 🙂 > [@](#): > > … > Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong yiddle i po, > Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong yiddle i po > … [http://www.scbd.connectfree.co.uk/flops/ying-tong.html](http://www.scbd.connectfree.co.uk/flops/ying-tong.html) OK, the last bit has no real relevance, other, perhaps, than serving as an example of well-crafted language with no tinging of tangs. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/15 "2004-08-05T21:51:24Z")
Oops re. " **tnagled**. Just a bit of Gaudere’s Law. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/16 "2004-08-06T04:27:20Z")
Uh huh. And Jimmy Carter called Hubert Humphrey “Hubert Horatio Hornblower.” And Al Gore didn’t recognize Thomas Jefferson’s bust at the Jefferson Memorial. And what it all proves is… nothing, except that when you’re in a high office, and have media around you constantly, every dumb thing you say or do (and we ALL say and do dumb things) is reported to millions of people. If John Kerry is elected, bet your bottom dollar that Rush & O’Reilly & Co. will have a field day replaying similarly idiotic things he’ll say. Not because Kerry’s an idiot, but because it’s inevitable that he’ll misspeak on a regular basis, and his errors will all be recorded (unlike yours and mine, which only a few people will ever know about). Of course, when Rush & O’Reilly do that, Al Franken will insist that’s just “mean-spirited.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/17 "2004-08-06T04:36:00Z")
> [@](#): > > White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush’s misstatement “just shows even the most straightforward and plain-spoken people misspeak.” …Constantly. And embarrassingly. Hmm. Maybe by “straightforward and plain-spoken” he meant ‘stupid?’ :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/18 "2004-08-06T04:56:29Z")
That **is** newsworthy. Bush actually spoke the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/19 "2004-08-06T04:57:25Z")
Bush the Elder had a problem also, but not as severe as the current President. He has the worst language skills I’ve ever seen in a President, and yet he gives the fewest press conferences. I don’t expect all leaders to be great orators, but he should have mastered the basic skills that he requires of students in public schools. He has not come close. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493/20 "2004-08-06T05:01:25Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > lol bush is evil and dum lol It’s not funny, dude, why are you laughing. I lov the way all the Bush defenders rush in here to explain that he really meant something else. Well, duh, of _course_ he meant something else. We’re just lauging at how it came out. We _know_ he didn’t \*actually[/i[ mean to say that we think about ways to harm our own country. There is no reason to point out the obvious. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-bush-mis-speak/258493.md?page=2)