Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 09, 2010

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    pouncingtiger  over 14 years ago

    They left up a Bushism in panel 5.

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    Kosher71  over 14 years ago

    Heheh . Corpse-man .

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    ksoskins  over 14 years ago

    Yeah, the comedians all miss the ready-made Bush punchlines, but 8 years of stupidity and malfeasance are no laughing matter.

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    AKHenderson Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Here’s one:

    “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian”

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=asgB92NGuflI&refer=home

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    esmeyny  over 14 years ago

    “I don’t know what the term is in Austrian”

    In the link it is “There’s a lot of – I don’t know what the term is in Austrian – wheeling and dealing,”

    and yes, we do have special Austrian terms for wheeling and dealing.

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    brewwitch  over 14 years ago

    Sheik Yerbouti said

    “Yeah, the comedians all miss the ready-made Bush punchlines, but 8 years of stupidity and malfeasance are no laughing matter.”

    I think it was Jon Stewart who lamented this right after the presidential election: “We have had 16 yeas of wonderful material, and now…”

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    SuperGriz  over 14 years ago

    I’m sure the impending crash of empire will have its amusing moments.

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    babka Premium Member over 14 years ago

    child of divorce - self-corrector. My letters home from camp came back with the spelling & grammar errors circled in red. Now I do it to myself. No ebonics allowed our F.B.P.

    with no clown/cheerleader/drydrunk, you get the unadulterated essence of our times.

    they say if we all cut our hair and contribute it to the oil spill cleanup forces, we could absorb a great deal of it. Hairdressers in my nabe are collecting cuttings and sending it to the Gulf.

    this btw is the Real Gulf war. the one between the life of planet earth and the enemy who is US.

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member over 14 years ago

    Boy, Garry, you didn’t look very hard, did you?

    Super Griz - the really funny thing is, the crash of the empire has begun in, of all places, Greece! Who woulda thunk it, eh?

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    corzak  over 14 years ago

    sorry jrmerm. Obama’s got a long, LONG way to go to catch up with the Cutesy Bumbler.

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    attyush  over 14 years ago

    The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

    UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.

    The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system.

    I didn’t want to get into a Nancy Reagan thing about doing any seances.

    How’s it going, Sunshine? –campaigning in Sunrise, Florida

    On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes – and I see many of them in the audience here today – our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.

    In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died – an entire town destroyed. –on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people

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    Alabama Al  over 14 years ago

    As I said during the Bush 43 administration concerning Bush’s malapropisms: Even the most articulate speaker occasionally stumbles on a word or phrase. It’s simply a given in public speaking, and the more you speak the more examples there will be. It would be very strange(and very disturbing) to NOT be able to find any rhetorical slip-ups from Obama.

    However, in Bush’s case the sheer volume of missteps from his speeches indicates he is not a man who has great suppleness of thought. As a critic once commented on the Bush clan: “These [in a corporation] are the guys you may want as your division heads, but not as the CEO.”

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    dougdash  over 14 years ago

    “Um…er…uh…um…er” Obama without a teleprompter.

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    Kylop  over 14 years ago

    “ANandy said, about 5 hours ago

    Trudeau has gone lazy.”

    Pot, Kettle. Kettle, Pot.

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    notinksanymore  over 14 years ago

    All of Obama’s verbal mishaps seem just like the kind of things I say when I’m tired and stumbling over my words and grammar. Even the 57 states thing doesn’t surprise me. Bush’s malapropisms seemed to go far beyond the stumbles of a fatigued man and into the absurd ramblings of a man of (at best) average intelligence trying to make himself sound insightful and intellectual.

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    poohbear8192  over 14 years ago

    I remember once, and I just can’t remember when or where or why, I heard Bush say something incredibly intelligent sensitive and thoughtful.

    For a short time afterword my entire world-view was shattered and I had no idea what to do with myself.

    Fortunately Bush came through with sufficient subsequent idiocy that I soon returned to my former self.

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    Colbert  over 14 years ago

    Read the link. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/57states.asp 57 states is half of an urban legend, of the 50 state campaign strategy. He meant 47 states, he wasn’t going to campaign in states 48, 49 and 50. Listen to the video. He meant to to say 50 states- except for 3 states- 2 being Alaska and Hawaii. He mistakenly said 50……..7 states. (note the pause…….). He was never asked how many states there are. He was to campaign in 47 states. A simple gaffe. He should of said 50-3 equalls 47. He instead said “………7”

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    OldTracy  over 14 years ago

    Obama’s simple slip of the tongue is NOTHING compared to the inherent grammatical stupidity from some of Bush’s statements like “is our children learning?” and “childrens do learn”.

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    blueprairie  over 14 years ago

    Isn’t it funny how the wingnut right went from “He’s a slick, fast-talking Chicago shyster” prior to the election, to “He can’t speak without a teleprompter” after?

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    puddleglum1066  over 14 years ago

    Dougdash:

    Actually, Obama’s done any number of off-the-cuff, unscripted, interactive appearances (remember the Obama-vs-the-entire-Republican-Senate-Caucus thing?), and generally he’s quick on his feet, articulate, and gets the better of his opponents.

    You were probably thinking of the sound made by Sarah Palin when she forgets to take her gloves off.

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    vhammon  over 14 years ago

    …from a mother, grandmother, early childhood educator…

    It’s common in children, and in adults with undeveloped emotional maturity, to return a criticism with the same criticism…instead of listening and responding to the actual cricism..

    I’m not a —-!, YOU are a —!

    This same emotional immaturity is really the only way one can explain the oft repeated comments about Obama and the teleprompter. Teleprompters are commonly used by most public speakers, so their use is nonpartisan. Bush II certainly used one as often as Obama.

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    Nebulous Premium Member over 14 years ago

    At least when Obama ignores the teleprompter it’s his opponents that worry about what he’s going to say, not his supporters.

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    attyush  over 14 years ago

    @vhammon:

    How would you categorize the op-eds about Sarah Palin’s hand notes?

    Just for the record, I don’t think Sarah is the brightest tool in the shed but I guess you are right - emotional immaturity is the only way all political attacks can be characterized.

    Happy Cinco de Nueve everyone.

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    jeanne1212  over 14 years ago

    teleprompters? scheeesh! Big Deal.

    Your parents probably complained when Johnny Carson started using one instead of black crayon on poster board.

    Me, I have trouble reading against the glare on the bitty screens at ATM sites.

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    SuperGriz  over 14 years ago

    Ron,

    Greece has crashed so many times, I’ve lost count.

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    SuperGriz  over 14 years ago

    stebon,

    Thank you for being the emotional immaturity poster boy.

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    cdhaley  over 14 years ago

    Those who criticize Obama for using a teleprompter seem to think he relies on it, as does a PalinBush, to remind him what to say. In fact, he uses it to keep his very active mind on task. When PalinBush misspeaks, we’re embarassed because we can tell that s/he has failed to comprehend some idea. By contrast, Obama’s misspeakings are likely to come from his conflating too many ideas.

    For example, during the primary campaign when he spoke of 57 or 58 “states,” he may have been thinking of all the (57? 58?) electoral districts–several of which (such as American Samoa and Guam) neither he nor Hillary were ever likely to visit, though both went to Puerto Rico. Obama misspoke in referring to all of them as “states,” but at least he, unlike most of his “telepromtper” critics, is aware of their existence.

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    saw4fire  over 14 years ago

    http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/15/video-baseball-loving-president-nostalgic-for-um-cominskey-field/

    Here, we have a politician, who clearly knows nothing of baseball trying to fake it.

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    attyush  over 14 years ago

    @palin drome:

    50 states + DC + 6 territories

    All mistakes can always be explained. Fatigue, speaking too much, teleprompter malfunction, insufficient grasp of language - whatever. Obama delivers very well with a prepared speech and is not so great while speaking extemporaneously. And if he stays long enough, he will make his fair share of mistakes. Nothing to be ashamed there.

    If only he and all his followers would admit this, the issue would go away.

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    pschearer Premium Member over 14 years ago

    The funniest thing from Obama’s mouth is anything beginning with “Not that I’m…”, after which he goes on to say, be, do, or attempt whatever he has started out denying.

    My favorite is still “Not that I’m in favor of big government,….”

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    wiserd  over 14 years ago

    Finding himself talking to the controversial rock star Courtney Love at a Hollywood party, Mr. Gore attempted to charm her by telling her he was a fan. Rather than just accepting the easy compliment, Love cross-examined him. “He goes ‘I’m a really big fan’,” said Love. “And I was like ‘Yeah, right. Name a song, Al’.” The answer came limply back: “I can’t name a song, I’m just a really big fan.”

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    RinaFarina  over 14 years ago

    Sorry, I’m speechless. That seems to be the safest thing.

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    blkburn  over 14 years ago

    http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/12/obamateurism-of-the-day-269/

    There are plenty more, if one looks. The key is to look.

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