"You know, it's hard work to try to love her as best as I can"

[Oilwellian]

This quote from Bush during the debate caused my jaw to hit the floor. He was attempting to show compassion for a woman who lost her husband in Iraq and he came across terribly, even shallow if you will. How is it "hard work" to show compassion for something that should come automatically?

[Mojambo]

1. How'd that play with the "security moms" I wonder? n/t

[ForrestGump]

2. Sometimes it's hard to be a doofus

Drinking all your booze with just one girl
But if you love her
Then you'll drink with her
'cos, otherwise, she'll run you down



He loved her the best he could...

[antonialee839]

3. It's been noted on

more than one occasion that this is the type of blunder Bush makes when trying to express phony compassion.

[calimary]

27. By the way, was it me or did he also say MOO-lahs, referring to

mullahs? Is THAT how it's pronounced? MOO-lahs? Or is that just his preferred object of worship?

[Demonaut]

4. dont forget the "we shared some laughs" comments

death is really funny chimpy!

[LibDemAlways]

5. That was cringe-inducing.

It was obvious the idiot has never given a moment's thought to the agony he puts military families through every day. I hope his fumbling, insincere response opened a few eyes.

[JoFerret]

23. Army Staff Sergeant Paul Johnson of Calumet

[progressivebydesign]

6. I had images of him trying to have sex with that poor widow..

.. he's just freakin' ODD. I'd be pissed if I were her.. to have been made a laughing stock like that.

[Dogmudgeon]

8. Like Pee-Wee Herman channeling Barry White

Or, more to the point, like George W. Bush channeling Barry White.

Poor Barry White!

Poor Missy Johnson!

--bkl

[July]

11. That's how it sounds, isn't it?

It's unbelievable that the guy had every advantage, went to excellent schools, and still is so inarticulate.

[eridani]

7. If you are a sociopath, empathy IS hard work n/t

[Disturbed]

10. Damn!

He was mumblin' with all of that and I missed it. This man has brain damage.

[ComerPerro]

9. Poor bastard

"being president is hard"

"protecting America is hard"

"showing compassion is hard"


I mean, what's next?

Some free advice for Bush: If you are going to smear a fellow Republican, lie your ass off, spend millions of dollars, and finally committ fraud in order to slime your way into the White House, don't expect any sympathy from us when you start bitching about what "hard work" being President is.

[TommyO]

22. This reminds me of the...

Barbie fiasco a number of years back, "Gee, math sure is hard". I can picture a chimpy action figure spouting those lines.

[Lisa]

28. he sounds like he's copying Will Ferrell's Bush impression

"presidentin' is HARD!"

[Jacobin]

12. His aversion to hard work has become even more obvious

I've never heard a president bitch and moan more about "hard work" ever.

WTF did he think the office of the president was, anyway? Fun and games?

[demigoddess]

31. people usually run for president because they want to work hard

like Clinton for instance. Only reagan and bush resented the actual job

[KlatooBNikto]

13. Just thinking is hard work for this guy.Reminds me of a haiku like

poem I have read:

When I sits, I just sits.
When I thinks, I falls asleep.

[leftchick]

14. mine was on the floor as well....

good lordy if that wasn't some real material for the pundits to talk about? He seriously has tTRY to be compassionate, it does not come naturally! Of course thay did not. There was another moment when he said something about leading the world? I thought, hello, you are not king of the world you are running for head of a country. The man is totally out of touch!

[tblue37]

15. Probably because he had to fight off

all those obstetricians that wanted to practice their love with her.

[DeepModem Mom]

16. OB-GYN reference dupe -- great minds!

[Vickers]

17. Could it be some kind of Fundy-speak?

I just can't figure the guy out...goes to Harvard and Yale, ends up speaking like a guy who failed 9th grade English.

[latebloomer]

18. Yeah, sounded like a wonderful encounter

She "came to see him"-- sure, just knocked on the door of the White House and he welcomed her with open arms-- they teared up a little, had a few laughs, and he gave her his love-- I'm sure she went away on top of the world.

What a shallow idiot-- he has no capacity to put himself in anyone else's shoes.

[elehhhhna]

19. GWB: Bringing smiles & laughs to war-widows everywhere. Moran.

[ProfessorGAC]

20. It IS Hard! For Li'l Georgie!

He doesn't care about anyone else, in any way. For him to show compassion for the wife of his cannon fodder is difficult! It's probably harder for him to do than anything in life. He is, quite simply, a punk.
The Professor

[Riptide]

21. My 13 year old daughter was watching with us, and when he said that..

she said, "Ewwww, that's just creepy!"

[jonnyblitz]

24. I was listening to this on the car radio and THAT comment

made me take pause also. I did a quick "huh"? and brushed it aside as I listened to his further babble. what a strange thing to say.

[noiretextatique]

25. oh, what a fool

:puke: * can even think about a woman without thinking of the "p" word.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

26. Yeah, for him, it IS hard.

Not just because he's been handed everything in life but look at the emotional disconnect he's had with his family growing up. That's one badly dysfunctional family.

[Jacobin]

29. Yes. Its hard for a sociopath to show empathy and have it believed

hard work hard work hard work

He's freaked out by all this hard work thing, isn't he. He acts like, surprised that life is hard work.

[buddhamama]

30. he failed, as usual

when taken in context it doesn't even make sense really. he didn't even know what he was saying, more incoherent babbling from the great Pretender.

edit: to clarify