posted on April 19, 2007 10:01:39 PM newBush muses on marriage, chicken-plucking
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer Thu Apr 19, 6:13 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Strange things sometimes come out of President Bush's mouth. "Polls just go poof." "Remember the rug?"
When Bush went to Ohio on Thursday to talk about terrorism, he ended up musing about marriage and chicken-plucking plants, the agony of death and his Oval Office rug, which resembles a sunburst.
About his legacy, Bush said historians are still assessing George Washington, the nation's first leader. "My attitude is, if they're still writing about (number) one, 43 doesn't need to worry about it."
On being married: "A good marriage is really good after serving together in Washington, D.C."
Maybe the president just felt like jabbering at the town hall-style event in Tipp City, Ohio. He began talking about terrorism and ended 90 minutes later after chattering about everything from life after the White House to Vietnam War and the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.
Some highlights:
_"Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved — not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, `I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'"
_"The best thing about my family is my wife. She is a great first lady. I know that sounds not very objective, but that's how I feel. And she's also patient. Putting up with me requires a lot of patience."
_"There are jobs Americans aren't doing. ... If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."
_"There are some similarities, of course" between Iraq and Vietnam. "Death is terrible."
_"I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times."
As he has before, Bush told the story about how his first presidential decision was to pick a rug for the Oval Office, a task he quickly cast to his wife. He told her to make sure the rug reflected optimism "because you can't make decisions unless you're optimistic that the decisions you make will lead to a better tomorrow."
Later, when he talked about his hope for succeeding in Iraq, Bush said, "Remember the rug?"
posted on April 20, 2007 08:36:56 AM new
You have to believe he is on some medication when he gives interviews like this.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on April 20, 2007 11:07:31 AM newIf you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."
Has Bush been reading Vendio threads again for news or has he been spending to much time in Arkansas looking for illegals with our resident illegal alien task force cop.
Absolute faith has been shown, consistently, to breed intolerance. And intolerance, history teaches us, again and again, begets violence.
---------------------------------- The duty of a patriot in this time and place is to ask questions, to demand answers, to understand where our nation is headed and why. If the answers you get do not suit you, or if they frighten you, or if they anger you, it is your duty as a patriot to dissent. Freedom does not begin with blind acceptance and with a flag. Freedom begins when you say 'No.'
posted on April 20, 2007 01:20:33 PM newIf you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call them, you know what I'm talking about."
So Bush is a Chicken Plucker. Klinton was a chicken _ucker.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?.
A: To get to the other side.
Q: Why did Klinton cross the road?
A: Because his unit was stuck in the chicken.
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If it's called common sense, why do so few Demomorons have it?
Are YOU a Bunghole?