# Shit, did I miss the "Bring 'em on" thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143 "2003-07-03T23:30:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/1 "2003-07-03T23:30:27Z")
“Bring 'em on”? Bring 'em on"?!? What the fuck? Beyond the absurdity of apparently deriving foreign policy from [cheerleader movies](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0204946), in what universe does one invite people to commit attacks on one’s citizens? Isn’t this whole shitstorm in Iraq supposed to be about preventing attacks on Americans? And now Bush pops off with “bring 'em on”?!? Does Karl Rove have pictures of every journalist and every Democrat in the country fucking sheep? If Bill Clinton had said anything remotely like this, every Republican and every newspaper in the country would be howling for his head on a plate. Can we please send this dumb fuck back to Texas next year and have some adult time again? ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/2 "2003-07-03T23:40:03Z")
It’s just Bush’s master plan to have sex with Jesse Bradford now that he legally can in his own state! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/3 "2003-07-03T23:40:16Z")
Hyperbole aside … I agree. I think the man is unhinged. “Bring 'em on” … fist pumping … $25 million and $15 million bounties … “you’re either with us or against us” … jump suits … “I flew a plane on the way to the aircraft carrier” … etc. I think he thinks he’s John Wayne and life is a movie. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/4 "2003-07-03T23:42:23Z")
[Bleat. Bleatbleatbleat. BlEEEEEEEEt.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=195100) ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/5 "2003-07-03T23:44:33Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=195100](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=195100) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/6 "2003-07-04T00:40:38Z")
[For the kind of Money we’re spending](http://www.costofwar.com/) Bush had better hope his troops can kill a lot more terrorists. -Meanwhile, the remains of American credibility [washes up on a foreign shore.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3041884.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/7 "2003-07-04T00:49:07Z")
I don’t know what a dead 15 foot octopus has to do with American credibility (maybe I’m missing an analogy), but … damn! That’s pretty cool! ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/8 "2003-07-04T01:26:40Z")
What appears to be a dead octopus is actually Saddam Hussein in a very clever disguise. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/9 "2003-07-04T02:34:05Z")
Know what’s really pathetic? Klinton-the-Anti-Christ was a centrist who dared to piss off most of the Dem hardliners. The battle cry from the Pubbies’ was, “He’s stealing our ideas!” Same w/ Reagan The Icon who specialized in bluster but was much tamer in reality. So much for responsible governance. I’d just be pathetically grateful for any pol who could shed the cant and serious-money obligations and lead for a change. Yeah, right. Sigh. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/10 "2003-07-04T02:50:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*Can we please send this dumb fuck back to Texas \*\* NOOOOOO!!! :eek: This is a Dallas Doper opinion, and does not represent the mindset of all Texans. No offense is intended against GWB, other than…he can’t open his mouth without making a stupid comment!! Stick to the script, George. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/11 "2003-07-04T03:02:03Z")
I wonder when the Anti-Bushies are gonna get tired of desperately trying to find something substantial to attack the man with. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/12 "2003-07-04T03:06:18Z")
Yeah, like maybe he’ll get a blow job or something. Then we’ll really nail him to the wall. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/13 "2003-07-04T04:32:06Z")
Here’s what I don’t get. Anyone with one whiff of common sense would do this after fighting a massively-questioned, not-exactly-widely-supported military campaign: convince people it was the right thing to do. You know, focus on things like “we DID remove an evil regime, we’re doing this this and this to help the citizens, and you know what, we’ll get to the bottom of this WMD thing even if we screwed up ourselves.” NOT go out and say shiat like this. Christ, cue Travis farking Bickle. “You talkin’ to ME?” And can we please stop pretending people who can’t stand everyting Bush does (with or without evidence or logic) are a new breed? Like we didn’t have any of that during the Clinton administration. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/14 "2003-07-04T06:02:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, like maybe he’ll get a blow job or something. Then we’ll really nail him to the wall. Typical tu quoque debating fallacy. Pitiful. Next time, try using it against someone that actually gave a damn about that issue, and you might not look like a slobbering nitwit. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/15 "2003-07-04T06:32:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > Typical tu quoque debating fallacy. Pitiful. > \*\* This _is_ The Pit. It’s okay to engage in illogical flaming here. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/16 "2003-07-04T06:33:23Z")
“Bring 'em on” will make a nice tagline for T-shirts sporting [images of the president.](http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/eur/images/bush-cemetery-150.jpg) -I suppose some folks would consider that tacky, but it’s not like he’s dancing on them or anything ! ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/17 "2003-07-04T06:36:10Z")
I think that the tu quoque fallacy is when someone is accused of doing something wrong and the only response is well you did something wrong too. I’m not sure that **Jack Batty** was saying it was okay for Willie to get his West Wing wanker waxing because GWB says less than tactful things. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/18 "2003-07-04T07:29:06Z")
Jack was trying to reverse my accusation of the Anti-Bush side of the argument back on me, by bringing up Anti-Clinton tactics of a few years back. The problem with his tactic is that I never espoused a belief of nailing Clinton to the wall because of an errant dicksuck. In short, he’s grouped me in with the “Typical Republican”, generalizing my viewpoints and arguments with a group which I only partially side with. I take umbrage with that… it means he’s not listening to what **I** say. And if you’re not gonna listen to what another poster says, why even bother posting? ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/19 "2003-07-04T07:35:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > And if you’re not gonna listen to what another poster says, why even bother posting? > \*\* I’ve no affection for being pigeonholed myself. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143/20 "2003-07-04T11:20:39Z")
Go fuck yourself Spoofe. Where’s the WMD? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shit-did-i-miss-the-bring-em-on-thread/186143.md?page=2)