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Where the hell was I when this (http://www.gkko.com/videos/2713/man-criticizes-bush) happened? I mean, after this I'd've expected to see it in a headline somewhere, anywhere... "Bush Confronted by Average Citizen on Televised Broadcast", or somesuch - I guess the big bad old media isn't out after El Presidente's blood to even one-tenth the extent the cheerleaders here'd have us all think.

Anybody?

I have seen it on Romanian tv a couple of days ago. Perhaps a week. In any case, the day that was aired over here was the day it happened, or the day just after it happened.

Wow, thiis guy got balls to say something like this. :eek:

Good job man, good job. :D

Really bad sound.....interesting.

I'm still rather taken aback that this exchange didn't seem to break the surface of the American media's deep Bush pool. Granted, this fellow might not have been as well-spoken as we all might have wished him to be, but the pressure of the cameras, let alone the studio audience, are difficult to surmount for most people.

Whoever that guy was, good on him.

Where the hell was I when this (http://www.gkko.com/videos/2713/man-criticizes-bush) happened? I mean, after this I'd've expected to see it in a headline somewhere, anywhere... "Bush Confronted by Average Citizen on Televised Broadcast", or somesuch - I guess the big bad old media isn't out after El Presidente's blood to even one-tenth the extent the cheerleaders here'd have us all think.

Anybody?
I clipped it outta my paper, last week, IIRC.
Good for him.

"I'm not your favorite guy." - George W. Bush. Loss for words.

What sucks is, i'm on my wife's compie now, so given the nature of this thread, my brevity shall be lacking. I'll suffice to say there is a plethora of excellent Bush quotes that would do here nicely.

there is a plethora of excellent Bush quotes that would do here nicely.
Oh go on and bend wifey's rules just a tad an give us one lil' bon mot. Please.

Photoshopped.

"I'm not your favorite guy." - George W. Bush. Loss for words.
I wish he'd be at a loss for more than just words, I don't mind telling you.

Photoshopped.
:confused:

Wouldn't it be Adobe After Effect-ed in this case?

I wish he'd be at a loss for more than just words, I don't mind telling you.
I meant myself. I'm at a loss for words.

Oh go on and bend wifey's rules just a tad an give us one lil' bon mot. Please.
Alright, i'll indulge you ...

"I'm occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term." --Washington, D.C., March 16, 2005

"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the mother in me." --Washington D.C., April 14, 2005

"I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible?" --in a note to to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a U.N. Security Council meeting, September 14, 2005

That last one was inspired by your response to mine. ;)

EDIT: It would be graceless of me not to include this one ...:

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda." --Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005

I meant myself. I'm at a loss for words.
No, no ... YOU're at a "loss for smilies". ;)

No, no ... YOU're at a "loss for smilies". ;)
Will... not... use... smilies... must... resist....

Wow, he has nerves of steel to stand up and say that. Good for him. Luckily Bush had the scripted answers ready.

It's funny how the privately owned US media acts like more of a government poodle than the government owned BBC does in the UK. In that case you have Blair having to defend himself on TV in the face of audience questions virtually on a fortnightly basis.

Wow, he has nerves of steel to stand up and say that. Good for him. Luckily Bush had the scripted answers ready.

It's funny how the privately owned US media acts like more of a government poodle than the government owned BBC does in the UK. In that case you have Blair having to defend himself on TV in the face of audience questions virtually on a fortnightly basis.
Kind of a surprise he didn't offer the guy a sale of some timber. ;)

People are getting more and more outspoken against the president and the media is paying attention. :o

People are getting more and more outspoken against the president and the media is paying attention. :o
You know someone's going to post something here anytime about how "liberal" the media "is" ... and then they'll proceed to try and argue about how we've been fed that attitude all along ... in direct contradiction to the nature of this post and many things in reality ... ;)

Yeah, but nobody cares about that whole liberal media bit. Doesn't really even warrant a listen.

It's nice to see things like this televised. For once.

Yeah, but nobody cares about that whole liberal media bit. Doesn't really even warrant a listen.

It's nice to see things like this televised. For once.
I'm surprised, actually, we've even made it into page two w/out Corneliu, Myrmidonisia, or Eutrusca popping their virtual heads in here and denouncing all of us "libruhls".

Will... not... use... smilies... must... resist....
How... how Shatnerian of you. When you feel the urge to smilie overcoming you, laugh knowingly in the face of adversity - and tear your shirt sleeve just so, down to one side of the collar.

I'm surprised, actually, we've even made it into page two w/out Corneliu, Myrmidonisia, or Eutrusca popping their virtual heads in here and denouncing all of us "libruhls".
I'm sure the usual suspects will tag the thread once the e-vil "libruhls" are all safely logged out and tucked away in their demonic beds for the night.

I think, if anything, this clearly indicates the pervasiveness of the influence of the political right-wing in American media - after all, it's not like this story really got the full airing it warrants.

Well, if that guy's phone wasn't getting tapped before, it is now.

I'm sure the usual suspects will tag the thread once the e-vil "libruhls" are all safely logged out and tucked away in their demonic beds for the night.

Bah! Bush handled him magnificently. That guy asking the questions was nervous and shifty looking anyway, he even needed our godly president's help to finish whatever it was he was saying. (In that fake piece of CNN photoshoppery).

In conclusion, you are all liberals, and Ted Turner works for the red chinese.

Bah! Bush handled him magnificently. That guy asking the questions was nervous and shifty looking anyway, he even needed our godly president's help to finish whatever it was he was saying. (In that fake piece of CNN photoshoppery).

In conclusion, you are all liberals, and Ted Turner works for the red chinese.

But how can Ted Turner work for the Chinese if he's building pyramids in Sarajevo?

But how can Ted Turner work for the Chinese if he's building pyramids in Sarajevo?

It's a secret kung-fu pyramid meant to bring the end of the shaolin order. Ted Turner is in league with the white eyebrow clan - better known as the Red Chinese.

Self explanatory really.

It's a secret kung-fu pyramid meant to bring the end of the shaolin order. Ted Turner is in league with the white eyebrow clan - better known as the Red Chinese.

Self explanatory really.

Ah, my mistake. Don't know how I overlooked that.

I'd like Hallmark to make a greeting card that plays an .mp3 of this guy berating Bush when you open it.

Well, if that guy's phone wasn't getting tapped before, it is now.
More likely....he is floating out to sea.....face down?

I'd like Hallmark to make a greeting card that plays an .mp3 of this guy berating Bush when you open it.

You should make it. You could use your kitty poem.

I'd buy it.

Well, if that guy's phone wasn't getting tapped before, it is now.

Nah. He's sleeping in Gitmo.

Nah. He's sleeping in Gitmo.

You assume he's allowed to sleep. Tired people talk, well rested people try to resist.

"OMG guys I just saw this video from CNN why isn't the media covering this?"
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:rolleyes:

I thought Georgie handled that well. He listened to what the man had to say, and responded. whoop-de-doo

very brave guy, confronting the prez like that. Kinda over the top if you ask me.

"you should be ashamed of yourself because I disagree with your policies".

:rolleyes:

:upyours:

"OMG guys I just saw this video from CNN why isn't the media covering this?"
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:rolleyes:

I thought Georgie handled that well. He listened to what the man had to say, and responded. whoop-de-doo

very brave guy, confronting the prez like that. Kinda over the top if you ask me.

"you should be ashamed of yourself because I disagree with your policies".
Bush responded to one point and then lied in his response... Good job, Bush!

How the hell could that be photoshopped? Looked far too realistic to me. Had the voices down pat and everything. Frankly, I don't think anyone short of Industrial Light and fjorking MAGIC could have faked that. And someone said it was on Romanian T.V. Unless the Romanians are idiots, that was real.

And I don't see why anyone should come in denouncing anyone who finds that both amusing and applause worthy as a "liberal." Hell, I'm just as conservative as Eut, Corny, or Myrm but you won't see me yelling at anyone.

...

Actually, by all normal logic I'm a full-blown liberal myself. Liberal on both social AND economic issues. It's only in the U.S. I'd be called conservative, and only because of my economic standpoint(along with a few things, like my stance on gun control) to boot.

That guy had the social skills of a gorilla. He made absolutely no point except that I disagree with you, and for that you should be ashamed. I'm not going on a political rant, but you can't honestly think that guy presented good logical points. The fact that Bush even thought that guy deserved an explanation of his policies was amazing.

you can't honestly think that guy presented good logical points
I think that no matter how well-organized one might be in their thoughts going in to a televised event complete with studio audience, once the cameras are trained on you, all bets are off. I think that for an average person operating without cue-cards, he acquitted himself well, overall.

That guy had the social skills of a gorilla. He made absolutely no point except that I disagree with you, and for that you should be ashamed. I'm not going on a political rant, but you can't honestly think that guy presented good logical points. The fact that Bush even thought that guy deserved an explanation of his policies was amazing.
You think ridicule and pulling monkeyfaces is a better example of 'logic'?

You assume he's allowed to sleep. Tired people talk, well rested people try to resist.

I stand corrected. May I sit down now.

I stand corrected. May I sit down now.
I'd hate to think you've been upright since 2:30 AM.

Actually, I think that the real story is why this is the first time Bush has bothered to face criticism. Most of the time, he pre-screens his crowds to keep riffraff like this guy out; why exactly was that allowed to happen when he's just as much my president as he is some millionaire businessman.

Actually, I think that the real story is why this is the first time Bush has bothered to face criticism. Most of the time, he pre-screens his crowds to keep riffraff like this guy out; why exactly was that allowed to happen when he's just as much my president as he is some millionaire businessman.

If by riffraff you mean people that don't agree with him, then yes. I had this same conversation with my stepdad last night, about how the crowds are usually screened beforehand, and why Bush and friends allowed this to happen.

I had this same conversation with my stepdad last night, about how the crowds are usually screened beforehand, and why Bush and friends allowed this to happen.
Do you have an insight to share? You've piqued my curiousity.

Do you have an insight to share? You've piqued my curiousity.

Oh, no real insight. Just wondering why this crowd was not screened as the crowds for his other press conferences are. Or at least not screened as thoroughly. It's not that I believe there's any particularly important reason behind it.

I just wish stuff like this would happen more often.

Oh, no real insight. Just wondering why this crowd was not screened as the crowds for his other press conferences are. Or at least not screened as thoroughly. It's not that I believe there's any particularly important reason behind it.

I just wish stuff like this would happen more often.

Words out about the pre-screening so nobody was taking he talks too seriously. They figured why not let him handle himself so they can see he is a leader.

Meh! is my response.

Though I have to admit the "I'm not your favorite guy; go ahead" comment made me chuckle.