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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    09/16/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    More books for people who don't read. Publishing, stop the madness!!!
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    I can HEAR Will Ferrell's GWB saying every word in that anecdote. Amazing.
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    Image of Mediahohoho Mediahohoho
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    I think I understand why America doesn't have a coherent energy policy now.
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    And when George W. Bush tells you you ain't smart...Baby, you've got a problem. It's like when Courtney Love does your intervention (see Wilson, O.)
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    Image of Paddington Paddington
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    I honestly think that if we gave Bush another 8 years, he would do OK. He really seemed to get the hang of it and start asserting himself at the end.
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    Hey Guam: Can you feel the love? Guam: Where America's presidential snark begins.
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    Image of flossy flossy
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    Moron game recognizes moron game, and more importantly, pampered brat recognizes snowbilly trash... and doesn't care for it one bit.
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    Image of homovegetarian homovegetarian
    09/15/09

    @flossy: yeah, i think he just realized she was beneath him, she was "trash" -- and thus the little guam joke.
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    I cannot wait to tell my mother this.

    This has made my day.
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    Image of wholenuther wholenuther
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Flavor Flav say you're cracked-out.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Kanye West say you're inconsiderate.
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    Image of katastic katastic
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Lady GaGa say you need to learn the art of subtlety.
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush say your dumb is like having Sarah Palin say your dumb on national TV except she now says she didn't, despite the video evidence to the contrary, so why can't you support the troops by not makin' stuff up?
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    09/15/09

    Having NotChoinski say "your dumb" is like a normal person saying "you're dumb".
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    Image of blix blix
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Jennifer Anniston think that you need to give the dating life a rest for awhile.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Clarence Thomas call you an Uncle Tom.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Jocelyn Wildenstein say you've had too much work done.
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is like having Andie MacDowell say you ruined a movie.
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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    09/15/09

    @wholenuther: Having Bush think you're dumb is not as bad as electing him, twice. America: You're dumb.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    All this proves is most human beings with even the slightest, ham-fisted ability to process rational thought believed Palin to be a disaster. I'm sure if you offered Bushie a shiny quarter after making that statement his attention would have shifted.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    09/15/09

    @Spirit Fingers: Hey, it always worked for Cheney.
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    Image of Fry_Bread_Power Fry_Bread_Power
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    Everyone in the room seemed to look at him in horror, their mouths agape. Governor Camacho of Guam, who was in the room at the time, asked quite audibly, "Seriously?"
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    09/15/09

    @Fry_Bread_Power: I imagined Liz Lemon playing the part of Governor Camacho.
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    Image of dado dado
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    I think I would like to be the Governor of Guam. How bad could it be?
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/15/09

    @dado: The pay is for shit, and there's no dental...
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    Moron game recognize moron game is basically my blogging mantra.
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    Image of LaniCrius LaniCrius
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    I have never believed W is stupid or even close to it. He is a terrible speaker and has a most difficult time addressing issues in a manner that elicits confidence. When he is in a spontaneous environment, such as; following 9-11, addressing the firefighters at ground zero, his resolve and compassion come through quite clearly. Bush, I believe, was a man who truly cared about the country but wasn't able to lead the country. History will be kinder to him than the impression of most Americans today.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    09/15/09

    @LaniCrius: If by "cared about the country" you mean cared about the upper tax bracket of this country then yes.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    09/15/09

    @LaniCrius: "following 9-11, addressing the firefighters at ground zero, his resolve and compassion come through quite clearly."

    Remember how he sat with a children's book in his hand in that classroom for an inappropriately long time? Or the time he circled around New Orleans in AF1 after Katrina? You mean that resolve and compasion in a "spontaneous environment"?
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    Image of Urbania Urbania
    09/15/09

    @LaniCrius: I second this. It's hard to do so without endorsing him. I don't agree with, endorse, or even like Bush. Anything. But he wasn't dumb. He was just a mediocre leader, organizer, and speaker. Which added up to a terrible presidency.
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    Image of katastic katastic
    09/15/09

    @LaniCrius: If by "resolve and compassion" you mean "complete willingness to ignore death and destruction, an inability to recognize or empathize with human suffering (let alone deal with it) and a zeal for sending soldiers to die needlessly", then YES, he certainly has those things. Thanks for the perspective!
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    09/15/09

    @bluebears: probably better stated as "cared about his idea of this country".
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    Image of katastic katastic
    09/15/09

    @Urbania: "cared about the rich Republican donors of this country."
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    Image of charliebabbles charliebabbles
    09/15/09

    @LaniCrius: Agreed. Bush is not dumb. He's illiterate and not curious, and he has no interest in ideas, but he's not dumb. And I'm not being sarcastic.
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    Image of Urbania Urbania
    09/15/09

    @katastic: exactly.
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    09/15/09

    In reply to Bush Speechwriter: Even Bush Recognized Sarah Palin's Dumbness
    If anyone would know about being unprepared and five spiral crashes, it's Dubya.
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