Billmon on a politician accidentally telling the truth.
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August 5, 2004
Billmon: Freudian Slip
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I posted this earlier on the off-topic post.
Billmon, join the gang here at Moon of Alabama!
Meanwhile, Billmon, with far more skills than me says
“Bush, on other hand, being both dyslexic and stupid to the point of brain death, naturally didn’t notice his own blunder.They say the definition of a gaffe is a politician accidentally telling the truth. And there you have it.”
Posted by: Cloned Poster | Aug 5 2004 20:04 utc | 1
I wonder how many other people will notice?
What a kick, eh? LOL.
Posted by: Kate_Storm | Aug 5 2004 20:16 utc | 2
Oh, people noticed. Big time.
CBS,ABC, NBC, AP, CNN … This remark is all over the place.
I think the press is finally realizing that they may have a Kerry administration to cuddle up to for a few years and they’d better start doing some reporting if they want access.
There’s no other explanation as to why Bush’s idiocies are suddenly big news everywhere.
Posted by: SusanG | Aug 5 2004 20:27 utc | 4
There is currently a typo in Billmons link at the Whiskey Bar – try this one for teh full text Remarks by the President at the Signing of H.R. 4613
(I wonder when they will change the transcript)
Posted by: b | Aug 5 2004 20:39 utc | 5
@SusanG, yes anybody but Bush…………..
Meanwhile Kerry is the same in terms of what Europeans are reading.
Posted by: Cloned Poster | Aug 5 2004 20:43 utc | 6
Concerned not about Bushs freudian but about what followed:
No one in Bush’s audience of military brass or Pentagon chiefs reacted.
Bush misspeaks during signing ceremony
Posted by: b | Aug 5 2004 20:54 utc | 7
One of the most striking things about Bush’s speeches so far has been the absolute identity of his phrases. (The three or four talking points he inevitably mentions every time.) As Billmon suspects, this could be a sign of his mental stress. “He had only one idea, and that was wrong.”
Posted by: teuton | Aug 5 2004 21:01 utc | 8
when I saw the new thread, I immediately thought the politician was going to be John Kerry in his acceptance speech where he said “We will double our special forces to conduct terrorist operations…”
Posted by: b real | Aug 5 2004 21:21 utc | 10
Cloned Poster,
No, the people that don’t notice such things, and more blatant give-aways live in the dark. Some of us live where the light shines brightly on the lying parasites.
Posted by: Kate_Storm | Aug 5 2004 21:33 utc | 11
I’m probably projecting, but I think Rumsfeld noticed when Bush made that gaffe, and for the next few seconds it looks like he’s trying not to crack up.
“He had only one idea, and that was wrong.”
A one trick pony staggering about with three bad legs.
Posted by: koreyel | Aug 6 2004 0:10 utc | 13
I get the feeling that this is not a Bush mistake and that he probably read his remarks the way they were prepared. Not that he would notice, but isn’t it possible that his staff, particularly those in charge of detail, are demoralized/tired and would write, transcribe or proof this level of nonsense.
Posted by: YY | Aug 6 2004 2:28 utc | 14
Billmon has a new post. About the new Fox pole and how Fox is trying to spin their own pole. Shameless. I’ve been saying for a while now, I just don’t know who these people are poling. Bushie is look down on far and wide. He is un-elected in the first place and many still have that in their minds. I think even many fundies have turned on him. That boy is toast.
As far as Bushies gaffs, well thats been taking place for a while. He never has been able to put together a whole sentence. The man is a total moron and a puppet. He doesn’t have enough brains to put together a policy by himself. I will have to look closer, but i bet when he gives a good speach he has an earpiece and is being told what to say. Thats why he pauses so much, and then leans over the lecturn, then starts again in his ever muttering ways.
If it wasn’t for Dr. Evil Cheney and Darth Vader Rove, that boy wouldn’t have clue. It is hard for me to even believe he believes what he’s saying. Now that is being full of shit.
Posted by: jdp | Aug 6 2004 3:24 utc | 15
billmon’s new post brings me so much joy.
joy joy joy joy joy joy joy joy joy joy joy joy
Posted by: annie | Aug 6 2004 3:46 utc | 16
From the Independent:
Tongue-twisted Bush is bent on self-harm
Posted by: Fran | Aug 6 2004 4:11 utc | 17
I think that a few people may have noticed the gaffe when Jay Leno showed the video clip unedited. He didn’t make much of an extra joke about it, just let it speak for itself.
Based on the trends in Jay’s monologues over the past couple years (observed at statistically-random intervals averaging about once a week), Bush is toast.
Posted by: Duncan Idaho | Aug 6 2004 5:11 utc | 18
Fox is trying to spin their own pole. Shameless. I’ve been saying for a while now, I just don’t know who these people are poling.
ahem, although I think your sentiments are exactly right, I think you also mean polling. Unless, of course, you are referring to Fox personalities and their private lives.
Posted by: fauxreal | Aug 6 2004 5:37 utc | 19
hey Faux, I think he had it right, as in Fox News is currently poling the public. Poling in this case would be defined as 1.) ramming, shoving, pushing, jamming, or thrusting inaccurate, skewed, twisted soundbites off as news. 2.) The rape of the public consciousness with willfully twisted information.
Posted by: sukabi | Aug 6 2004 6:18 utc | 20
Yep: “A one-track mind — and narrow guage, at that.”
Posted by: prof fate | Aug 6 2004 6:32 utc | 21
yeah, sukabi – that was my idea too – a Freudian typo if you will. And what’s with this Peter Chernin of News Corp being on board with Kerry/Edwards? Will that trickle down to the on-air talent or at least give us some shred of objectivity in reportage? (naah, didn’t think so …)
Posted by: francoise | Aug 6 2004 14:28 utc | 23