# Nobody Jumping on latest Bush fumble? What's wrong with you guys? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624 "2004-08-06T14:46:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/21 "2004-08-06T18:03:04Z")
> [@SentientMeat](#): > > Perhaps the Democratic Party would be better fielding a cute toddler as a candidate. Is the US becoming a genuine _idiocracy_? I’d prefer a kitten and an ice cream cone. God, I love the Daily Show. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/22 "2004-08-06T18:03:48Z")
I too have noticed the relative lack of talk about this versus what I expected would happen. It may be karmic vengeance for the relative lack of comment about Bill Clinton’s promise to “Make America’s neighborhoods more liberal…errr, LIVABLE!” in the state of the union address not once, but **twice**! I think that was much more funny since the gaffe was repeated and Clinton is usually such a glib speaker. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/23 "2004-08-06T19:13:57Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > **Nobody Jumping on latest Bush fumble? What’s wrong with you guys?** Well, I’m too busy chuckling over Alan Keyes, the swift boat debacle, and June’s job creation figures to pay much attention to Bush’s latest verbal stumble. We’ve been there, and done that soooo many times before. I wonder how Bush will change his definition of corner to fit this _latest_ nasty turn of economic events? Maybe he’ll start talking about tesseracts or Klein bottles tiled with pentagons? “ **Our economy has passed through the hole that isn’t there!** ” ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/24 "2004-08-06T19:18:41Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Well, I’m too busy chuckling over Alan Keyes, the swift boat debacle, and June’s job creation figures to pay much attention to Bush’s latest verbal stumble. We’ve been there, and done that soooo many times before. > I wonder how Bush will change his definition of corner to fit this _latest_ nasty turn of economic events? Maybe he’ll start talking about tesseracts or Klein bottles tiled with pentagons? “ **Our economy has passed through the hole that isn’t there!** ” Tell me about it. I used to play around with a little forex, and let me tell you, the dollar sank like a rock this morning. I would have made a killing. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/25 "2004-08-06T19:20:25Z")
> [@SentientMeat](#): > > The [BBC article](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3541706.stm) makes much of the idea that these gaffes _endear_ him to the US electorate. > > Perhaps the Democratic Party would be better fielding a cute toddler as a candidate. Is the US becoming a genuine _idiocracy_? Please do not lump the stupid American voters with the smart American voters. _Some_ of us prefer a candidate who actually reads the newspapers and can think on his own two feet. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/26 "2004-08-06T19:31:51Z")
> [@Desmostylus](#): > > [FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Aug. 3-4, 2004](http://www.pollingreport.com/wh04gen.htm). Basically as follows: > > Kerry 48% > Bush 43% > > or > > Kerry 47% > Bush 43% > Nader 2% You do realize that the difference here is within the margin of error for the poll, making it a statistical tie, don’t you? Frankly, I am flabrergasted that Kerry didn’t get a nice bump in his poll numbvers from the DNC. That does not bode well for November. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/27 "2004-08-06T19:39:35Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Frankly, I am flabrergasted that Kerry didn’t get a nice bump in his poll numbvers from the DNC. That does not bode well for November. So am I. ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/28 "2004-08-06T19:49:24Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > Frankly, I am flabrergasted that Kerry didn’t get a nice bump in his poll numbvers from the DNC. Why? More than 80% of the voters have made up their minds - there aren’t that many people to get a bump _from_. From here on out, I think the issue will be who gets bumps among voters in Ohio and Florida and a few other places - probably nothing even resembling a 5 or 10% bump after a convention. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/29 "2004-08-06T20:02:24Z")
Funny you should mention that. **World Eater** , since if you take your member name from Warhammer 40K, you might want to know that that just raised the price of the stuff I was going to get direct from GW UK by about $10… (if you didnt take your name from that, then you’ll have no clue what that was about…) ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/30 "2004-08-06T20:11:20Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Funny you should mention that. **World Eater** , since if you take your member name from Warhammer 40K, you might want to know that that just raised the price of the stuff I was going to get direct from GW UK by about $10… > > (if you didnt take your name from that, then you’ll have no clue what that was about…) I’m a huge Bolt Thrower fan, which led me to GW stuff. I don’t play, but I’m a big fan of the art, and the story behind it. I probably know more about the 40k universe then a lot of players though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/31 "2004-08-06T20:30:05Z")
My memory is hazy. Were there this many threads about Clinton when he was the Tyrant in Chief? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/32 "2004-08-06T21:39:01Z")
Sure were and, as I recall, you started the ones **december** didn’t start. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624/33 "2004-08-06T23:22:58Z")
When I heard it, my first thought was that His Lamest Ducksterity was joking, that that was another lame example of his idea of a joke to loosen up the crowd. (He likes to clown around, you know.) Like, “look at me! muha-ha-ha, the mighty dictator, plotting evil - and half you guys are _still_ behind me.” Then again, I heard the line out of its context. But he said it so very deliberately that to me it seemed like he said it on purpose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nobody-jumping-on-latest-bush-fumble-whats-wrong-with-you-guys/258624.md?page=1)