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Perry
05-10-2008, 02:28 PM
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=864_1210390356 :D

yongrel
05-10-2008, 02:31 PM
George W Bush is many things, but he is not dumb. Not remotely. He may not be articulate, but that is not necessarily an indicator of intellect.

The man was a jet pilot. They do not let imbeciles fly around in $25 million of the taxpayers'.

pinkmandy
05-10-2008, 02:35 PM
He is not a stupid man. Find speeches by him 15 years ago- his Presidential bumblings are a new thing. The whole "dumb" personna is an invention to keep people laughing at him and assuming he's not bright enough to do what he has done. A true actor on the world stage.

Perry
05-10-2008, 02:35 PM
George W Bush is many things, but he is not dumb. Not remotely. He may not be articulate, but that is not necessarily an indicator of intellect.

The man was a jet pilot. They do not let imbeciles fly around in $25 million of the taxpayers'.

We are speaking comparatively. For a president of the United States the man is an imbecile. He is no scholar by any definition of the word.
By "normal" peoples standards he's probably fairly smart and has an in depth understanding of the law.

Knightskye
05-10-2008, 02:37 PM
57 states?

I don't know. I think he did that on purpose. Maybe he meant 47.

MelissaWV
05-10-2008, 02:37 PM
George W Bush is many things, but he is not dumb. Not remotely. He may not be articulate, but that is not necessarily an indicator of intellect.

The man was a jet pilot. They do not let imbeciles fly around in $25 million of the taxpayers'.

The imbeciles are the ones who approve someone to go up in a jet again after they've crashed a few ;) (ah McCain... maybe he'll only crash the first term of his nation-ending Presidency and we'll give him a do-over... my faith in the American people at large is *that* low)

yongrel
05-10-2008, 02:37 PM
We are speaking comparatively. For a president of the United States the man is an imbecile. He is no scholar by any definition of the word.
By "normal" peoples standards he's probably fairly smart and has an in depth understanding of the law.

I would go farther than that. I believe that Bush is pretty damn bright. He's wrong, but he's quite intelligent.

Perry
05-10-2008, 02:39 PM
he meant 47 lol, honest mistake.

47+2=49
There are 50 states.

pinkmandy
05-10-2008, 02:44 PM
47+2=49
There are 50 states.

47 + one more to go + can't visit Alaska and Hawaii = 50

MelissaWV
05-10-2008, 02:44 PM
47+2=49
There are 50 states.

There are 56 "contests" though.

50+DC+Samoa+Guam+Puerto Rico+US Virgin Islands+Northern Mariana Islands...

It's far more likely to me that this number was stuck in his head and there was just a mix-up somewhere. 56/57 isn't so far-fetched :) Maybe that last contest is the DNC ;) That'd put it at 57.

Just playing devil's advocate.

rpfan2008
05-10-2008, 02:46 PM
He is a cunning CROOK

yongrel
05-10-2008, 02:47 PM
He is a cunning CROOK

I wouldn't go that far either. I think he has engaged in cronyism to an extent, but I don't believe it is malicious or conspiratorial.

lucius
05-10-2008, 02:48 PM
He is not a stupid man. Find speeches by him 15 years ago- his Presidential bumblings are a new thing. The whole "dumb" personna is an invention to keep people laughing at him and assuming he's not bright enough to do what he has done. A true actor on the world stage.

Agree

Knightskye
05-10-2008, 02:49 PM
There are 56 "contests" though.

50+DC+Samoa+Guam+Puerto Rico+US Virgin Islands+Northern Mariana Islands...

It's far more likely to me that this number was stuck in his head and there was just a mix-up somewhere. 56/57 isn't so far-fetched :) Maybe that last contest is the DNC ;) That'd put it at 57.

Just playing devil's advocate.

That does make sense, but I don't think he visited Guam. I think he just advertised there.

"There've been fifty... seven contests?"

But yeah, sometimes he has trouble with words.

forsmant
05-10-2008, 02:50 PM
He is not a stupid man. Find speeches by him 15 years ago- his Presidential bumblings are a new thing. The whole "dumb" personna is an invention to keep people laughing at him and assuming he's not bright enough to do what he has done. A true actor on the world stage.

+1

LibertyOfOne
05-10-2008, 04:56 PM
It sounds like he said 57 states.