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[yendi]

George Bush: "I thought when it was all said and done, the American people would understand the importance of taxes and the importance of security."

Peter David: I agree with Jon Stewart's assessment. I don't think Bush is dumb; I think he talks to *us* like he thinks *we're* dumb.

I came across the David quote (and am using it instead of the Stewart original since it appears to be a paraphrase) first, and only minutes later, saw that primo example of it above.

Comments

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

Oh, I saw that Bush press conference live yesterday, and boy, was it fun to see the deer-in-the-headlights look on his face right after he said that, the realization slowly coming over his face that he just called the American people a bunch of idiots. He actually looked quite befuddled the entire time; you could almost see the thought balloon over his head: "But... but Karl said we were gonna win!!"

PAD (and Stewart, by quotation) is right on the money there.

[kizlj.livejournal.com]

I liked the Colbert quote about how apparently America has tired of freedom.

[litch.livejournal.com]

I disagree, he really is a dumbshit.

Of course he talks to us like we were even more stupid than he is, the thing is, for most of the country, he's right.

[jerel.livejournal.com]

A lot of people seem to think Bush is Satan, that he is deliberately evil. I disagree. I think, like you said, he's just dumb. He really has no freakin' clue.

[adrian76.livejournal.com]

William MacLeod: "I would think that a President would realize the importance of personal freedom and liberty for the citizens of his nation and not sacrifice that freedom and liberty for the false veil of insured security."

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

I saw Peter's statement first and then saw the second later in the day. My brain made the same connection.

[brak55.livejournal.com]

I've been saying that right along. I don't think Bush is stupid at all. I think he a very crafty, dishonest man who thinks everyone is dumber than him and that he can get away with things by just telling people what they want to hear.

[amokk]

Yes, GW, some of us understand the importance of taxes, but unfortunately you politicians see a vote for you as a "yes" for everything you believe in, and it's not. Just because I voted for you in 2000 doesn't mean I actually wanted your religious bullshit clogging up the presidency, it means I wanted lower taxes and anyone but Gore in office, and that I thought your religious pandering was bullshit political hype like every other politician. This is why I voted my conscience in 2004.

We understand security, but we also understand liberty just a tad bit better.

Unfortunately, the same ignorance about what voting for you means, the Democrats will take it and run with it. I was hoping for Republican senate so we'd have pure gridlock as Congress is supposed to be, but hopefully this will work out similarly.