krs
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posted on February 19, 2001 08:03:12 AM new
There is a big problem, a 'Failure to Communicate", in the White House staff offices because no one knows what their name is, or what the names of others in the staff are.
Bush has created a confusion so that he'll feel more at home?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/weekinreview/18MCCA.html
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december3
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posted on February 19, 2001 09:12:45 AM new
I guess he's getting back at everyone for the Dubya thing. 
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Shoshanah
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posted on February 19, 2001 10:36:17 AM new
KEN...HELP! SOS! Please, PLEASE tell me this is "tongue-in-cheek"....! I feel rather stupid this morning, and might not be able to read between the lines....
If REAL, then, I am wondering what kind of names cokehead will be bestowing upon:
1 ) The Queen of England: Betty Boop
2) A Turkish Ambassador: Turban Head
3) A Kuwaity Shiek: Oil Slick (or sleek)
4) Miteran, of France: Frog Leg
5) Italian Political Advisor: Spaghetti'O
Well, I have two favorite SONG titles which will describe my feelings about cokehead:
"Your cheating heart...." and
"What kind of fool am I..."
Edited cuz there is no H in Queen...
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[ edited by Shoshanah on Feb 19, 2001 10:56 AM ]
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krs
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posted on February 19, 2001 10:53:08 AM new
You'd have to get ahold of the New York Times for your answer, Shosh. There's nothing in the article to indicate that it's a spoof.
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Shoshanah
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posted on February 19, 2001 11:04:28 AM new
Heaven forbid that "shrub" should start giving cutsy names for the different color PHONES in the white house...Oh! My G-d!!!!!!
Just imagine him telling cheney: connect me to "corky", meaning ashcroft...but cheney gets confused and thinks corky is THE RED phone.
It could be the end of this world as we know it.... (Not REALLY laughing...)
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gravid
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posted on February 19, 2001 03:55:31 PM new
It would not surprise me if it is for real. I have an Uncle who was a very intelligent man who had a very responsible position in ARAMCO and I never heard the man call anyone by their proper name. He did the same thing to heads of state and ministers of countries.
Part of it was that he remembered things so well he expected people around him to remember what name he had used for someone even if it was in casual conversation a couple years ago. He was the sort that near the end of a card game could tell you every card that had been laid down and by whom, and the order of play, with commentary on what else must be in their hand by analysis of what they did show.
His boss was very embarrassed when he was introduced to the Oil Minister for Saudi Arabia and after being told the man's name which was about 24 words long said " I'm never going to say that right so I'm going to call you George." While his boss was trying to sink into the pavement and disappear the Oil Minister was having a good laugh about it. When nobody could get the man to come to the phone my Uncle could call his secretary and say "Hey, It's Scott here - let me talk to George." and the call would go right through. Yes - very strange.
Some of his names-
His wife - A-B
Me - Will
My Dad - Cake
My Mom - Crump
His Sister - Tootes
Her husband - Buck
His Boss - Hambone
The mechanic at the garage - Ritz
One of his friends who played for the Cleveland Indians - Twip
One of his coworkers - Horsesaw
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barbarake
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posted on February 19, 2001 05:59:25 PM new
I read this and thought 'This has got to be a joke'. Well, I went to the NY Times main web page, went to 'Week In Review' and ... there it was. Unbelievable.
But this has *got* to be a joke, right? Someone please tell me it's a joke. Please??
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Shoshanah
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posted on February 19, 2001 06:40:32 PM new
If anyone had any doubt that the man is a buffoon, THIS should speak for itself! I am too embarrassed for words!
Someone stop him before he hurts himself...and millions of others!!!!That coke really did serioous damage!
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bobbysoxer
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posted on February 19, 2001 06:57:13 PM new
I had to check it out myself as well because it sounded like a "joke" but apparently it isn't according to NY Times.
Sounds like he may have become cocky and is becoming "cute." I can "understand" cutesy nicknames for his staff but his wife? If the story is true it is odd behavior in my opinion.
Maybe he has mad cow disease....joking....
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chum
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posted on February 19, 2001 07:18:28 PM new
Can a president be impeached for stupidness?
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barbarake
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posted on February 19, 2001 07:58:00 PM new
I'm still in denial. Granted, I'm about as anti-Bush as you can get but even I have a hard time believing this.
For better or worse, he *is* our President. I can't believe that *The President Of The United States* could be acting like this??!!?!
This has got to be a joke. If it's a hack, it's one of the best I've seen because it looks completely authentic.
I just can't believe it true. Someone please show that this is a hoax...
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Antiquary
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posted on February 19, 2001 08:16:24 PM new
Hardly a surprise considering that the man has yet to conqueror the complexities of pronouncing simple monosyllabic words or the intricate arts of short simple sentence structures.
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bobbysoxer
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posted on February 19, 2001 08:18:14 PM new
Exactly. I am a Gore voter....so the NY Times story may be inaccurate but previous presidents **notice the plural -including all parties** did "dumb" things.
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wbbell
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posted on February 19, 2001 08:25:16 PM new
Suggestions for Meg's nickname?
My brain's not working, nothing good's coming to me.
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krs
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posted on February 19, 2001 09:00:29 PM new
I agree.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on February 19, 2001 09:03:42 PM new
clever
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bobbysoxer
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posted on February 19, 2001 10:07:06 PM new
Around the time Bush had the band-aid on his face I saw on tv where he was talking with the reporters and he had this pup -dog- and Bush was in my opinion acting pretty cocking *trying* to be "funny" or "cute" (I still haven't come up with the word to discribe what I am trying to convery -but I will find it in 4 years) with the dog.
Finally he yelled at someone to take care of the pup...haven't seen it since.
BTW is it just me or does Bush try to be funny but it goes over like a lead ballon? Maybe I don't have the same humor?
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Shoshanah
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posted on February 20, 2001 02:02:00 PM new
bobbysoxer...Thank G-d... Count your blessings....You are NOT the odd-ball...The dude is a buffoon of alarmingly gigantic proportions...
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[ edited by Shoshanah on Feb 20, 2001 02:02 PM ]
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gravid
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posted on February 20, 2001 07:01:27 PM new
I was serious - I do have a relative that does the same thing. I thought he was unique but I guess not. My mother in law tries to be cute and it does not make any sense but she has Alzhiemer's.
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posted on February 20, 2001 07:09:17 PM new
I hate to admit this but I have a brother...yes...a blood relative...that cannot understand why I think Bush is an moron.
Milkman?
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posted on February 20, 2001 11:03:10 PM new
"By golly, ain't no way I would have voted fer that thar stupeed Bush, yuk-yuk!"
Al Gore, quoted
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history, I mean in this century's history. "But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."
"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"
"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe."
"I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat."
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
"Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
"Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts."
"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water that means there is oxygen. If there is oxygen, that means we can breathe."
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have tremendous impact on history."
"When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
"Bill and Hillary have provided the special prosecutor with every shred of [Whitewater] evidence they have."
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jamesoblivion
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posted on February 20, 2001 11:15:37 PM new
#4 is a well-known Dan Quayle quote. That puts all the other quotes authenticity into question.
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jamesoblivion
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posted on February 20, 2001 11:16:30 PM new
Come to think of it, 4th from the bottom is another famous Quayle quote. Maybe I should read them all...
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sgtmike
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posted on February 20, 2001 11:26:00 PM new
Al Gore invented Dan Quayle!
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jamesoblivion
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posted on February 20, 2001 11:27:55 PM new
Haha, if Dan Quayle didn't exist someone would have invented him.
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Shoshanah
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posted on February 21, 2001 09:45:47 AM new
james....very astute...
A quaile in the bush is better than a bush in the White House....
Just imagine...we could have been cursed (or blessed, a matter of taste), with BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER IN THE WHITE HOUSE AT THE SAME TIME! Oy!!!!
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mark090
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posted on February 21, 2001 01:32:25 PM new
sgtmike....
Most of those quotes that you are attributing to Al Gore, came directly from the mouth(and were well publicized as coming from there) of George W. Bush.
What are you trying to pull......
And in a further load of garbage, some of the words have been changed from Republican to Democrat. I thought only Rush Limbaugh would sink so low.....
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jtland
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posted on February 21, 2001 02:46:50 PM new
I believe those may ALL be Dan Quayle quotes.
http://www.xmission.com/~mwalker/DQ/quayle/qq/hall.of.fame.html
Here are many of them, with sources cited.
Some of the other Dan Quayle quotes are listed on other pages of this site.
Lisa
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jtland
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posted on February 21, 2001 02:55:18 PM new
I especially like the change of "Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts." to "Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts."
Sheeesh.
Lisa
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barbarake
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posted on February 21, 2001 07:42:47 PM new
jtland is right. I checked about half of them and they were Dan Quayle quotes. And she's also right that the poster switched some names and parties (from Republican to Democrat or vice-versa) in a (feeble) attempt to make it look like the 'quote' came from a Democrat instead of a Republican.
Pretty sad.
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