Bush invents new words and mangles old ones and generally gives the impression that he has great difficulty articulating intelligible statements of more than four words.
And let's not forget our hero Reagan who said that "bombing of the Soviet Union begins in 5 minutes" and that "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk". Although Reagan rarely would trip over his tounge like our current President, the Great Communicator was also infamous for making up facts ("in the Russian language there isn't even a word for freedom"), inventing quotes by historical figures, and on more than one occasion, confusing movie plots with real events. He rewrote the history of the Vietnam War; during a 1983 meeting with Israeli leaders he claimed that he was there when the concentration camps were liberated (he never left Hollywood).
And how about FR poster boy, Fred Thompson? He couldn't even remember who had a majority in congress. In Iowa he said that the Dems controlled congress when John Roberts went through his confirmation hearings for Chief Justice.The Republicans still controlled the Senate and the Judiciary Committee of course, and Fred was designated to make the rounds on Capitol Hill at the time as Roberts’ shepherd.
Here’s what he said:
“The president called me up and asked me to help shepherd judge John Roberts’ nomination through the Senate confirmation process. I was honored that I got that call. I was honored that he thought I had enough friends on the Democratic side that they wouldn't run me out of town!
“We fought hard against each other, but I always thought that we had mutual respect. And that's what it takes. “Even though the other party controlled the Judiciary committee, we got some votes there. For a good, sound, what I would call conservative justice.”
Dumbass.
Do I need to post more?
Huckerbee made a gaffe but he's not alone in that department.
#35, if you’re interested.
The Huckster often looks like a dumbass. He completes the picture by opening his mouth and confirming it from time to time.
Last night was one of those times.
With every utterance on his part, I am more convinced that The Huckster is the truly the biggest fool in the race on either side...
I didn't bash him for trying to support the president, I bashed him for keeping up with the Jordan comment. You make several examples of misspeak or jokes. A single misspeak or joke like Reagans "5 mins to bombing" has nothing to do with my point of his REPEATING the remark.
He kept up with the Jordan comments AFTER the debate on the interview linked at the top. This was not "inventing new words" or "mangling old ones" or simply misspeaking. This was a man who seemed pretty clueless on the issue.
For those making a stretch and saying maybe he meant the Jordan bombing thing....keep in mind that even the article linked in #35 clearly states that material came from SYRIA.
Had he said Syria instead of Jordan, or corrected himself in the later interview, or had his spokesperson say he was mistaken (which he didn't that night-he defended the Jordan comment) I would not have made this post.
You’re right of course. Thank goodness for primaries....
Whatever he was "trying" to do, what he did do was cast an aura of absurdity on the entire notion that Saddam slipped his WMDs out of the country.
If that's what Saddam did do, and evidence turns up, the chances of getting anybody to believe that evidence have been damaged by Huckster's ineptitude.