"He'll be sort of missed." -GWB

[DrewR]

"He'll be sort of missed." -George W. Bush on the death of Ronald Reagan.

Heard it today on NBC Nightly News.

[Tatiana]

1. You've GOT to be KIDDING! n/t

[Stephanie]

2. Are you sure it wasn't "sorely missed"?

That's the stock phrase.

[DrewR]

5. Hmmm

I heard "sort of missed." Did anyone else watch it?

[radfringe]

19. could have been either

also heard bush* say "He was errrr, ummmm, errr (phonetic spelling of bush*'s mis-speak) CARE-IS-MATIC....errrr, ummm....."

[H2O Man]

18. Of course he said "sorely missed"......

....while I will not miss Reagan, and while I do not like bush in any way, we should try to stick to the truth. He said "sorely missed." It is silly -- at best -- to pretend otherwise.

[DrewR]

21. Transcript

Does NBC nightly news provide transripts for their broadcasts?

[DrewR]

22. Correction

According to the transcript Bush said 'He'll be sorely missed.'

[Renew Deal]

3. lol. He's a complete fucking idiot.

Yep, sorta kinda. When I think I have heard it all out of the dim bulb...

[bluestateguy]

4. If Clinton said that

Hate Radio would have a week's worth of material. Instead, we're just supposed to say "aw shucks" and know what Bush REALLY meant.

[pinto]

6. dig this, watched the live Poppy appearance from Kennebunkport last night.

Poppy and Babs did the interview thing outside their house on the Maine coast, and at the end GWHB says to the media, OK you can turn off the cameras now, I see that the bass are coming in.....

Busboy learned it from someone.

[Renew Deal]

9. lol

I wonder if he caught anything. I bet he's pissed that he is going to have to miss more fishing for the funeral.

[pinto]

12. Yeah. I was going, waaa? Then remembered they (Bushes) are landed gentry.

And don't you forget it.

[LittleApple81]

14. are you serious? That would be one for a video clip!!!!!! n/t

[SayitAintSo]

17. He also compared his idiot son to Reagan ... it's started...

did anybody else catch that ? It was sickening. Those Bushits will ride this for all it's worth. Pretended to have some kind of important relationship with the Reagans. I'll say ... been over 10 years since they contacted them ? Nancy was right to despise them ... they have NO class.

[RedSock]

24. comparing * to reagan

they both have the same brain power right now.

[fortyfeetunder]

7. Wonder what Ronnie did to him?

Let's see when Ronnie was president, Dubya was towards the end of his drunken days...Makes me wonder what their relationship was really like, eh?

[Carolina]

15. well Nancy hated Babs

she must have known the real Barbara. No telling how the men felt about each other, nut I don't think there was any love lost there either.

[slinkerwink]

8. that's absolutely galling

[cyclezealot]

10. Never thought I could hate anyone more than Reagan.

About the "Sorta" missed..Bush misread the Teleprompter again.
As to Reagan. After Nixon,I thought Reagan was the most hated president. A dottling old fool surounded by evil people..
Now, Bush II...He gets the title of most hated, but Bush II is evil surrounded by evil aides.
Reagan started the decline of the republic and reinforced the "Empire" but he really suffered from Alzheimers ever since "Bedtime for Bonzo" Less lines to remember as Prez. than full time acting...In DC you act basically for the camera, and let others do the bad stuff.

[BeFree]

13. Another RR whitewash, eh?

Sorry, can't let it slide. RR was an avowed enemy of Liberals. He didn't care one wit for the masses of Americans, only for him and his friends. Whether he was sick in his term makes no difference. Either he knew, or he should have stepped down, for the good of the country. But the good of the country never entered his mind, did it? Either way he was a total failure and deserves our rebukes. Let 'er Rip!

[Carolina]

16. exactly, and his evil

aides thrive in the current regime. No passes or letting it slide here either.

[King Coal]

11. That is a hoot.

[spanone]

20. Perfect.....the Chimp-in-Cheif never let's us down. Moran.

[mitchum]

23. Well, Bush family friend John Hinckley "sort of missed" him...

maybe that's what the chimp was thinking about

[Renew Deal]

26. lol

That's not right.

[Straight Shooter]

25. I'm surprised he didn't say "sordidly missed"

But I agree with the posters who indicate he said "sorely missed." Trite phrases and bush just go together like white bread and mayonaisse.

[banana republican]

27. he'll *not* be sort of missed.

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