Bush tells Ahmadinejad:

[Timex]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/21/60minutes/main3286706_page3.shtml

"you've made terrible choices for your people. You've isolated your nation. You've taken a nation of proud and honorable people and made your country the pariah of the world."


Does anyone else feel like he may have been staring at the mirror while speaking those words?

[gateley]

1. My God! My thoughts exactly as I was reading this! nt

[emilyg]

5. Mine, too.

[blonndee]

2. I heard that in that godawful interview tonight and I expected Ahmadinejad

to point out that Bush is, once again, projecting upon others his very own worst qualities.

[EFerrari]

3. Signature Bush projection. Or, his writers' projections.

I'm glad someone else noticed this because it's just too disturbing to hand onto alone.

[lpbk2713]

4. Pelley is one step lower than Shit-for-Brains Boosh ....

.. for being his messenger boy.

[intheozone]

6. Screams of projection, doesn't it? nt

[rwenos]

12. Projection is a Right Wing Vice

I'm continually impressed with the power of projection in right wingnut discourse. THEY want power at all costs, so they say Dem's want power at all costs. THEY want a one-party state, so they say Dem's want a one-party state.

In the words of General Jack D. Ripper, "It's incredibly obvious, isn't it Mandrake?"

[hisownpetard]

7. The fact that Bush could address those words to someone else and say it with

a straight face proves that he is not just stooopid, but certifiably insane.


edit:typo

[Kelly Rupert]

8. All very true, for both of them n/t

[Swamp Rat]

9. LOL!

[alittlelark]

10. It's called 'projection'

and it is embarrassingly blatant....


WHY Repub's in the Congress don't call him on it (along w/ it's sisters - Denial and Contempt)... I dunno....:crazy: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[krispos42]

11. What I would have said back...

...if I was Ahmadinejad:

"Are you talking to me, or yourself?"

[Timex]

29. I expected him to say that..

But I guess he was trying to avoid nasty remarks?

[cui bono]

13. I've noticed that before about him. Everything he says about others that's

meant to be a criticism of them is applicable to himself.

[The Doctor.]

14. Classic projection... the Hallmark of today's GOP.

I'm otherwise speechless.

[Disturbed]

15. Did Busholini also say that Iran is part of The Axis of Evil?

Did he mention that the Pres. of Iran sponsors "killer that kill"? I could go on about the totally stupid things Busholini has spouted but in mercy I will stop now.

[The Doctor.]

21. Your mercy is appreciated.

I have absorbed a more noxious, erratic, diamond-tipped fingernails-on-blackboard, lemon-coated wheezing, styrofoam-rubbing inharmonious, twisted, moronic cacaphony of phony verbal detritus in these last several years and from merely one man than I could have ever imagined, period.

I'm really too clumsy with English to do justice to the feelings I have about this executive. It would take me a while just to begin... we all have outrage fatigue, I guess.

[Stand and Fight]

16. Textbook case of projection.

'Nuff said.

[Pachamama]

17. I immediately thought that Ahmadinejad should have said "Was Mr. Bush speaking of himself?"

That would have been priceless to hear him say that...or something to that effect that the whole world would probably think that George W. Bush was describing himself....

[Control-Z]

18. He's a narcissist

'A narcissist is someone who is overtly or subtly arrogant, exhibitionistic, vain, manipulative, and greedy for admiration. Ref Narcissistic rage, character assassination and projection are some of the overt ways in which the narcissist expresses himself.'

[GuvWurld]

19. Collection of these "projection" statements

I agree that projection is a fair term to use here. I also refer to such statements as black kettles, statements that would be more true if the speaker were referring to himself. The GuvWurld News Archive has some 5000+ articles in many different categories, of which Black Kettles is one.

[ClayZ]

20. He has three fingers pointing at himself,

while he points at Ahmadinejad.

[piesRsquare]

22. Wow, that guy really likes to ramble!

I just read the entire transcript of the interview (at the link in the OP) and boy, does Ahmadinejad carry on!

Interesting guy. As in "case study" interesting.

[Rex]

23. Yep

[Riktor]

24. Not really

As Ahmadinejad holds little to no executive authority in Iran, the point is moot. The man's a figurehead serving no other purpose than to give the Iranian government the appearance of democracy. In the end, this serves Bush's agenda quite nicely. He's made numerous demands of Ahmadinejad, knowing full well the "president" can't do anything without Ayatollah Khamenei's go-ahead. I'd venture a guess that the bulk of Bush's base isn't privy to such knowledge, so they rally behind a man who they think is standing up to a powerful terrorist, who in reality is a fairly powerless schmuck.

[CGowen]

25. Just like Bush is not the real decider and both like the UT Horns

[Hippo_Tron]

31. True, but Khatami wasn't a puppet for Khamenei

And even though he was limited in his actual power, he did give us a means to better negotiate with Iran. If only we hadn't been stupid enough to stick them on the Axis of Evil.

[Riktor]

32. That's Debateable

Khamenei conceded to allow Khatami to put his name on the ballot because he either felt a real danger due to civil unrest or simply because he wanted to to discredit the reformers.

Khatami has a trumped up reputation amongst progressive Americans, when in reality is he didn't accomplish much as President of Iran. He had to fight tooth and nail with the Guardian Council over his reforms, only to wind up losing the sweeping majority of the time. The mullahs further hamstrung Khatami in the 2004 Majlis Elections, when they banned thousands of progressive candidates from taking the ballot. While Khatami was too popular to be excluded from reelection, the Ayatollahs made damn sure he could not accomplish any of his reforms through legal avenues.

So, was he a puppet? I'd have to say no. At the same time, he was practically powerless amidst a hulking conservative behemoth of a government. Sure, we could have talked to Khatami, but Khamenei hated him with such an intense passion it is unlikely those talks would have produced results.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. i did.

[bdamomma]

27. is * talking about our nation.

sure sounds like it.

[leftchick]

28. it s called PROJECTION

and repuke fundamentalists do it to a mind boggling degree.

[Gregorian]

30. Bush and Cheney are a menace to planet earth!

Just had to say that. :)

[PDenton]

33. "I know you are, but what am I?"

[Hydra]

34. You know, it used to make me crazy trying to translate Bush's speeches

Then I figured out the grand Rosetta Stone:

Anything Bush says is the complete opposite of the truth, but when referring to a person or group, what he accuses them of he is doing himself.

It's so easy now, and the translation is a snap.

"The Democratic congress is impeding the business of Government"

Translation:

"Those stupid people from the other party refuse to cave in and give me what I want, so I'll use my veto to impede the business of government"

and

"Refusing to approve my supplemental funding request for the Iraq War is refusing to support our brave troops!"

Translation:

"I've taken all the support services from the troops and put that money in my pocket, and my friends need more!"

See? Simple, efficient, and his announcements simply tell me what he's doing wrong today.