Stephen Colbert rips the piss out of Bush right in front of him

[Yossarian]

Yep - it's just a shame that so many people got fooled by a Harvard-educated son of a wealthy and aristocratic East Coast family putting on a phony "folksy charm" act!

 

[ZAMB]

Do they really want a President who would rather be fishing, though? The best moment of his presidency was, by his own admission............

Would Bush Rather Be Fishing?
" The best moment was -- you know, I've had a lot of great moments. I don't know, it's hard to characterize the great moments. They've all been busy moments, by the way. I would say the best moment was when I caught a seven-and-a-half pound large mouth bass on my lake. (Laughter.) "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/05/08/BL2006050800788_2.html?referrer=email

If catching fish is how he defines 'busy' - what is he doing when he's making world-altering decisions - cutting his toe-nails, perhaps??

 

[nino_savatte]

Do they really want a President who would rather be fishing, though? The best moment of his presidency was, by his own admission............



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/05/08/BL2006050800788_2.html?referrer=email

If catching fish is how he defines 'busy' - what is he doing when he's making world-altering decisions - cutting his toe-nails, perhaps??

Well, he certainly doesn't fit into the mould of many past US presidents, many of whom were chosen for the hard, macho images they projected of themselves.

Oddly enough, Reagan was fond of his holidays too.

Bush is Reagan Lite and while neither of them are towering intellects, Bush lacks one thing that Reagan had in spades: the ability to communicate effectively.

 

[8ball]

I actually prefer it when Bush isn't doing anything.

 

[nino_savatte]

I actually prefer it when Bush isn't doing anything.

But if Bush isn't doin anything that means Cheney is up to something surely...being the real president and all that.

 

[Jo/Joe]

Mears, I don't know why you persist in defending Bush. Why not right him off as a bad choice? Most Americans are now.

 

[8ball]

But if Bush isn't doin anything that means Cheney is up to something surely...being the real president and all that.

Aw, feck.

It's true . . .

 

[mears]

Everyone's done stupid things, but most people don't do stupid things consistently up until their 40th birthdays and then write off decades of idiocy as 'irresponsible youth' after a conversion by Billy fucking Graham.

Deciding to stop drinking without a committee of supporting people?

I would say thats impressive.