Looks like Chimpy's speech last week was a bust

[CatWoman]

Maybe W. should have stayed on the base

By George McEvoy

Palm Beach Post Columnist

Saturday, December 10, 2005

President Bush finally spoke to a gathering of civilians last Wednesday, and the experience seemed to leave him all shook up.

Usually, he likes to deliver his tough-guy, hawkish messages to an audience of soldiers, sailors or Marines. That way, he can come on stage with his "Mission Accomplished" strut, and he can be assured the troops will applaud and shout "Hoo-Rah!" at all the right moments. But with civilians, you never can be sure...

Actually, he didn't have too much to fear from Wednesday's group. They all were members of the Council on Foreign Relations, former ambassadors, foreign-policy experts and the like. They might disagree with George W.'s views — and many of them apparently do — but they aren't the types who would boo or loudly argue with him. They are, after all, people steeped in diplomacy.

Still, the sight of all those middle-aged guys in suits and ties must have scared the bejabbers out of George W. He began his Pearl Harbor Day talk by saying the date was Sept. 7, but quickly corrected himself to Dec. 7.

After that, he tripped over his tongue several more times — having the most trouble with the word disposal for some reason — and appeared tense and nervous.

Being that it was Dec. 7, the president tried to compare the nation's reaction then to the divided views today.

I know that I was critical of George W. for only speaking to military audiences on military bases. But now I'm not so sure that wasn't the best choice for his tiresome "stay the course" blather.

Hoo-Rah!

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2005/12/10/m13a_mcevoy_1210.html

[deutsey]

1. But, but...His ratings are "soaring", according to the NYT

I mean, they're the "paper of record" and, like, everything.

:eyes:


Hi, Catwoman. :loveya:

[CatWoman]

2. LOL

Deuts!!!

:hi:

Funny, my local paper ran the headline, "Bush approval ratings rebounds slightly".

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/US_President_And_White_House_Advisers/Bush_AP_Poll.html

[melody]

3. If NYT calls that little hiccup "soaring", I hope none of them are pilots

[Canuckistanian]

4. LOL n/t

[napi21]

5. Yep. I heard that speech. One of the few times I ever listen to him.

When he started out with the Sept...er...December goofup, I figured it might be worth leaving the TV chanel alone and see just how much worse things got.

They did and he did. I don't know why he had so much trouble with disposal, or disposable, or whatever word he was trying for, but it took him about five etimes before he just gave up!

Gee, I wonder what his speech would be like if it was in front of a purely civilian group that wasn't hand picked to all be Pubs????

[texpatriot2004]

6. "blather" is right nm

[Zen Democrat]

7. I remember when GHWB was president .. he made the same goof.

But his went further. It was September 7th and he actually made a comment about how surprised he was that there was no coverage of Pearl Harbor Day.

But in W's case, he's just so accustomed to saying "September" that every month must be September to him.

[CatWoman]

8. did you see today's "Doonesbury"?

[Captain Hilts]

9. His dad made the same Sept. 7th mistake twice in the same speech. nt