I felt sorry for Bush last night.

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I felt sorry for Bush last night.

#1 Post by nitrah55 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:02 am

Honest, I did.

President for 8 years, delivering his swan song at his party's convention, and what does he get to do?

A stump speech for a guy who, by all accounts, he can't stand.

At the end of the speech, the guy working the JumboTron at the convention couldn't fade him out fast enough.

I suspect he was not in good humor the rest of the night.

Oh, almost forgot: I consider this a game show post because W. was on DoND once.
I am about 25% sure of this.

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#2 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:09 am

My people say he was really mad that he couldn't speak Monday night.
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#3 Post by Rexer25 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:09 am

Bob Juch wrote:My people say he was really mad that he couldn't speak Monday night.
Are your people your relatives, or all your former neighbors.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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#4 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:13 am

Rexer25 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:My people say he was really mad that he couldn't speak Monday night.
Are your people your relatives, or all your former neighbors.
Former neighbors from Boise who are in Minneapolis right now. Some are probably related to me too.
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#5 Post by minimetoo26 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:16 am

Rexer25 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:My people say he was really mad that he couldn't speak Monday night.
Are your people your relatives, or all your former neighbors.
Are they the same ones who said McCain was picking Lieberman? I'd ignore them...

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Re: I felt sorry for Bush last night.

#6 Post by jarnon » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:23 am

I saw him on NBC.

When he paused for applause, you couldn't hear it, so he looked like he was doing nothing.

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#7 Post by MarleysGh0st » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:25 am

nitrah55 wrote:Oh, almost forgot: I consider this a game show post because W. was on DoND once.
I don't think a taped message of encouragement to a contestant in uniform really counts.

Now, if he had told the contestant that national intelligence sources firmly identify the $1 million to be in case #X, that'd be a different story! :P

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#8 Post by silverscreenselect » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:27 am

The Republicans deliberately scheduled Bush's speech before the network telecasts were to begin at 10:00 hoping that he wouldn't be televised. The networks wouldn't let them get away with it.

I have to say they have played the weather card very well by using it as justification to cut off a litany of speakers that most people don't want to hear. The only coverage of the convention Monday night was of Laura Bush and Cindy McCain trying to raise funds for hurricane relief, which played a whole lot better than the originally scheduled programming of Bush and Cheney.

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#9 Post by Rexer25 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:28 am

MarleysGh0st wrote:
nitrah55 wrote:Oh, almost forgot: I consider this a game show post because W. was on DoND once.
I don't think a taped message of encouragement to a contestant in uniform really counts.

Now, if he had told the contestant that national intelligence sources firmly identify the $1 million to be in case #X, that'd be a different story! :P
Yeah, especially if those were the same sources that located the WMD in Iraq.
Enough already. It's my fault! Get over it!

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#10 Post by JBillyGirl » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:59 am

jarnon wrote:I saw him on NBC.

When he paused for applause, you couldn't hear it, so he looked like he was doing nothing.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this. It was a bit surreal -- and unintentionally quite hilarious. If the Daily Show lets this go unnoticed, they are not doing their job properly.

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#11 Post by Appa23 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:37 am

JBillyGirl wrote:
jarnon wrote:I saw him on NBC.

When he paused for applause, you couldn't hear it, so he looked like he was doing nothing.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who saw this. It was a bit surreal -- and unintentionally quite hilarious. If the Daily Show lets this go unnoticed, they are not doing their job properly.
I guess that you needed to watch on CNN, FoxNews, or MSNBC. When he paused for applause, there was applause essentially until he started speaking again (somewhat between polite applause and loud applause).

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