# Tell me he didn't fucking say that (Bush) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 8, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101 "2004-07-08T13:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/21 "2004-07-08T17:24:06Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > It’s politics. _You vant him should play nice?_ Point taken, and yet you remind me of another disingenous aspect of this turkey. One thing I’ve always given Bush semi-points for is his simple Southern cordialness. Witness his congratulatory phone call to John Kerry after the latter’s primaries sweep (I’m sure this may be political tradition- it’s still just _nice_) or his unexpectedly gracious introduction for Clinton at Clinton’s portrait-unveiling at the White House. No matter how many things about the guy make me puke, I’ve never denied he at least shows some measure of class with this type of stuff. (He even mentioned asking Cheney to give Edwards a congratulatory phone call.) But when he makes a snide, schoolboy comeback like “Dick Cheney can be president”? It just completely mitigates any of that and reveals him the true rich boy snot that he is. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/22 "2004-07-08T18:05:30Z")
I forget the exact quote, but didn’t Kerry say, during the primaries, that Edwards was not fit (or something to that effect) to be the president? I mean, come on… what do you want Bush to say: “Yeah, Kerry and Edwards are a better team than Cheney and me”? Or, he could have pulled a Gore and said: “\*\*HOW DARE THEY \*\* nominate someone as inexperienced as Edwards.” It’s politics, guys. And it’s going to get a lot worse… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/23 "2004-07-08T18:10:30Z")
[Police Squad] He didn’t fucking say that. [/PS] Oh, come on! You were all thinking it! ---
**Author:** ![E72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@E72521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E72521)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/24 "2004-07-08T18:29:56Z")
“He can be President” was immediately followed by “Next question”, as if he actually wanted to be asked another question. I’m betting that question was anticipated and 'lil Georgie had to practice his answer in front of the mirror at least a thousand times before Cheney would let him out in front of reporters. BTW, since when are lying and cheating Southern values? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/25 "2004-07-08T18:30:09Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > But in reality, there are actually a large number of people that would like to see Cheney president. The majority of them Democrats. Huh? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/26 "2004-07-08T18:37:24Z")
I assume **NurseCarmen** means they wouldn’t mind seeing Bush die. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/27 "2004-07-08T18:44:30Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Am I the only one who gets the giggles every time George W. Bush denounces John Edwards as being “inexperienced” and “unfit” to be POTUS? Sheesh, George, _you’re_ one to talk! :wally Someone should give Edwards the quiz on world leaders they gave Bush four years ago - remember, the one he flunked? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/28 "2004-07-08T18:58:35Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I assume **NurseCarmen** means they wouldn’t mind seeing Bush die. Odd. _I_ assumed he meant they wouldn’t mind seeing Bush removed from office by impeachment. Not that it would make any difference. As Senator Kerry implied, the POTUS is merely a Charlie McCarthy. The only real question is whether Bergen is Cheney or Rove. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/29 "2004-07-08T20:01:54Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > Just what we need. A president that would tell foreign leaders to go fuck themselves. This is _EXACTLY_ what we need! Maybe I’ll make it my entire platform in 2016. Can I count on your support? ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/30 "2004-07-08T20:09:32Z")
I thought that little nugget would have received a “huh?” much sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/31 "2004-07-08T20:14:03Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Get used to it. > > It seems like that will be the republican strategy. . .to say that Edwards would be unfit for the presidency. > > I think that Kerry said the same things when they were running against each other, so the GOP is going to hammer it. > > It’s a silly attack, but this certainly ain’t the first election that’s ever been used as an attack either. Got that right. Remember the totally vicious attacks unleashed by the left against Quayle? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/32 "2004-07-08T20:14:59Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I thought that little nugget would have received a “huh?” much sooner. Do I win a prize of somesort? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/33 "2004-07-08T20:17:25Z")
**NurseCarmen** (re: the possibility of Cheney): > [@](#): > > Just what we need. A president that would tell foreign leaders to go fuck themselves. This would be different from the status quo? ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/34 "2004-07-09T01:09:37Z")
My first reaction seeing that news clip is that Bush would do well to live by the saying people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. ---
**Author:** ![Brandus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Brandus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/35 "2004-07-09T01:36:48Z")
Actually, no, Cheney can NOT be president. Isn’t his approval rating like 30%? How is it possible for the average american to LIKE Dick Cheney? He’s speeches are almost worse than Bush’s, his visage reminds me of the Penguin from Batman, and his demeanour seems stultifying. The President is supposed to be the face of america. How can we possibly send Cheney overseas to banter with foreign leaders? He would probably end up sealing them in the Cask of Amontillado if they disagree with him. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/36 "2004-07-09T02:15:30Z")
[nitpick] The Cask of Amontillado - Amontillado is a liquor (Spanish sherry, actually). No one was sealed in the cask of amontilado! The character Fortunato was lured into the catacombs by the promise of a drink, and it is in there that he was sealed up and left to die.[/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/37 "2004-07-09T05:20:22Z")
For the love of God, Montresor! Maybe I’m prejudiced, but I’ve always seen something petty and childish in Bush. For one thing, I don’t think he’s big enough to really take a joke; remember when he tried to get [www.gwbush.com](http://www.gwbush.com) shut down because they made fun of him? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/38 "2004-07-09T05:28:25Z")
You guys mean the Roger Corman version, right? Vincent Price? ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/39 "2004-07-09T05:37:24Z")
I suppose a junior senator is not the most-qualified person to be president. On the other hand, he is more qualified than the vast majority of people. It is the content of a person’s character that makes a person suitable (or unsuitable) leader. Compare the unqualified Truman to the very qualified Nixon. Of course, I know nothing of Edwards’ character, and quite a bit about Cheney’s. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101/40 "2004-07-09T06:11:34Z")
A fair Presidential debate match-up would pit Kerry against Cheney, and Bush against Edwards. Kids at the kids table, and all that. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-he-didnt-fucking-say-that-bush/254101.md?page=3)