Bush's Brain

Laura Bush bought her husband a parrot for his birthday.



She told Dick Cheney, "The bird is so smart! George has already taught it to pronounce over 200 words!"



"Wow, that's pretty impressive", Cheney said, "but you realize that he just says the words. He doesn't really understand what they mean."



"That's OK", Laura replied. "Neither does the parrot."

Chaps

If he is thick then what do you think of the people who voted him in ?

Regards

Mick

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Chaps

If he is thick then what do you think of the people who voted him in ?

Regards

Mick

Misinformed and manipulated at best (they were lied to)at worst they are as stupid as he is. Also dont forget the elections were fraudulent (the evidence for this is overwhelming). I hope the murdering warmongering little moron gets impeached and locked up asap and Blair too.

Bush may be inarticulate but he is not an idiot.

... and he is really proud to be a merkin.

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Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:
Bush may be inarticulate but he is not an idiot.

'Fraid he is Bruce. He gives the U.S. electorate the reassuring impression that anyone can become president. In truth, of course, Bush is far from an 'ordinary guy'. He is part of a powerful, oil financed, political dynasty. He is an obvious moron, leaving shady figures like Wolfowitz and the neo-cons to run things behind the scenes.

Bush has got a brain now there is news!!!!
The man is a classic heid tha ba.

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Chaps

If he is thick then what do you think of the people who voted him in ?

Regards

Mick

They seem to have seen the error of their ways.

The USA is very much a game of two halves.Most of the bright folks seem to live on the east and west (with a few in the middle!).

And I agree with acad (what is it with that moniker?) - the elections in 2000 and 2004 were rigged.

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Originally posted by ewemon:
a classic heid tha ba.

Haven't heard that one for quite some time.

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Originally posted by Malky:

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Originally posted by ewemon:
a classic heid tha ba.

Haven't heard that one for quite some time.

I've never heard of it. What does it mean?

Edit - ok I googled it: Heid-the-ba The person in charge.

'If you need a refund you must consult heid-the-ba, he is in charge. He is a bit of a numpty but who in management isnt?'

So says The Scottish Slang Dictionary

Putting aside the President's IQ , I think there are a number of reasons he is as popular as he is with some voters.

First of all, here in the West, people have a very definite view of politics and the world in general, that view is simplistic, homespun, and very firm. Most of Bush's support has come from the Western Plains and the South. There has always been a huge gap in America between the rich and poor, during the 40's 50' and 60's that gap narrowed and we had a large fairly affluent middle class. This was the era of Liberalism at it's height. Now, with a large disenfranchised lower class and a struggling middle income group (whose ranks are thinning) people do not have the leisure time they once did, time that could be used to better inform oneself about the world at large.


Union membership is way down, your average US citizen today gets it's guidance from the electronic media, a media that has become increasingly focused on corporate priorities and on which the firm simplicity of the Conservative message comes across quite effectively.

I should mention that being born in the South, having lived there and in the Western states for a vast portion of my life, I can well understand the appeal of Conservatism. But the truth is the last frontier disappeared almost 150 years ago, and the primitive 'go it your own' philosophy of the West, is no longer relevant. That does not however, make it any less appealing to those who long for a simpler time, and a world where everything is black and white.

In my district, here in NM, Republican support in the last election was about 70%. Bush support at my place of work runs about 90 %. Some of these are very nice people. One guy who is an avid Rush Limbaugh listener and has a limited education, does not believe the moon landing ever happened, and has some other curious ideas about the world at large. He's a good bloke, I always look foreword to seeing him and we have a good laugh, but I would not dream of attempting to impose any of my political beliefs on him or anyone else. If someone asks I'll tell them I'm a Democrat, and leave it there.

I don't know what the solution to all this is, when Bush leaves office he will either be replaced with someone who is as bad or worse, or a Democrat compromise type candidate, who will be ineffective and basically useless. I do agree on some level that our leaders can only be as good as the people they lead, over time, and as always, only in a 'democratic' society.



BB

Wow Big Brother! Well said.

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Originally posted by thirty three and a third:
Wow Big Brother! Well said.

Thanks thirty three, I do still have a talent for stopping threads cold.

BB