# What shall we call the latest Bush scandal? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 14, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751 "2003-06-14T04:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/101 "2003-06-15T16:25:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Great Unwashed \* > \*\*Maybe the biggest scandal is that the American public cannot get all excited about a scandal that doesn’t involve cock-sucking. \*\* Or that a lot of us are incredibly stupid: [War poll uncovers fact gap](http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/front/6085261.htm) “WASHINGTON - A third of the American public believes U.S. forces have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, according to a recent poll. Twenty-two percent said Iraq actually used chemical or biological weapons.” ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/102 "2003-06-15T16:31:19Z")
AAAAAAAAAAAUGH! Truly, we have always been at war with Oceania. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/103 "2003-06-15T16:33:39Z")
That is the most utterly terrifying thing I have read in a long time. Jesus H., we are truly stupid. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/104 "2003-06-15T16:58:51Z")
70% of Americans believe in angels too. Most Americans are morons. Have you ever seen that Jay Leno bit where goes on the street and askes people simple simple questions like “Who is the vice-president?” or “What continent is Iraq in?” It’s scary, and what’s more, I think the power elite depends on that stupidity for its own survival. The Bushies know that their core supporters are idiots who don’t read newspapers, can’t follow even televison news if it isn’t about the latest kidnapping or murder, and get most of their “information” fom talk radio, their idiot friends, and the occasional local news teaser during “Joe Millionaire.” We are a nation in decline, my friends. We are like Rome and Shrub is like Nero…except without the intelligence or personal charisma. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/105 "2003-06-15T17:00:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Most Americans are morons. Have you ever seen that Jay Leno bit where goes on the street and askes people simple simple questions… Gaudere strikes again… ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/106 "2003-06-15T17:26:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elucidator \* > \*\*That is the most utterly terrifying thing I have read in a long time. Jesus H., we are truly stupid. \*\* I think that just shows what Bush is good at. Bush is bad at many things, but he is good at telling what is technically the truth in order to make people believe lies. This only works as long as democrats remain spineless and never challenge Bush on anything. I’ve always thought of Bush as one of the best things to ever happen to the Democratic party. For the first time in a while Republicans have been responsible for everything that happened in the past few years and Clinton is seen as responsible for the years before that. Though it is possible that most democrats could mess things up for themselves by imitating Blair. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751/107 "2003-06-15T17:53:16Z")
From **Max Harvey** ’s link: > [@](#): > > “People supported the war for national-security reasons, and that shifted to humanitarian reasons when they saw evidence of Saddam’s atrocities,” Republican strategist Frank Luntz said. Surely, “that shifted to humanitarian reasons when they saw no evidence of a national-security threat”? In other news, the understatement of the year award goes to this guy: > [@](#): > > “maybe many Americans don’t know one Arab from another,” said Sam Popkin It is patently clear that many Americans don’t know their arse from their elbow. Go Bush! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-latest-bush-scandal/181751.md?page=5)