New ones since the famous "Fool Me" quote: "I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will."—Speaking about Saddam Hussein, Manchester, N.H., Oct. 5, 2002 (Thanks to George Dupper.) "You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the administrative branch."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002 "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."—Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002 "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002 "I'm plowed of the leadership of Chuck Grassley and Greg Ganske and Jim Leach."—Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 16, 2002
You know...this has gotten so damned old. Most of the quotes are grossly taken out of context. Besides...I can recall Al Gore tripping over his words a few times. I didn't see anybody harping on that. I'm glad you put your time to such good use.
Ok, quotes # 1 & 4 ,5 I can see what he meant even if they sound silly, but #2 is just moronic. How can you be the head of the executive branch & think it's called the administrative branch? Quote #3 is just sad. He probably intended to say "conservation" but that old West Texas oil boy had a little Freudian Slip there didn't he?
Old my ass, it get funnier all the time. Imagine if they let him write his own speeches. Whoo, talk about comedy gold.
Does anyone else note the irony of a person pointing out language errors while misspelling an extremely common word in his own post? I really hope that was done intentionally.
Awww, don't get upset Kag....err, I mean Refman. I remember people giving Gore a hard time too, but it's seems so natural for Bush to do so.
If only GW had the luxury of sitting, contemplating an typing his every communication to the world....
He's smart enough to be the boss of all of us. I guess that is where the biterness of everybody here comes from. Well... ****ING DEAL WITH IT! WHOO! BUSH! WHOO!
Terrible post, Nomar, but that's beside the point. I find it humorous that G.W., a C student at Yale, is decried as some sort of idiot, while Al Gore, by all accounts a C student at Harvard (he refused to release his transcript during the campaign), is portrayed as a beacon of intelligence. I do, however, find Bush's malaprops and general mangling of the spoken word to be quite entertaining. Bush makes light of it himself so I really don't see how it's a big deal for the rest of us to do the same.
I find it humorous that G.W., a C student at Yale, is decried as some sort of idiot, while Al Gore, by all accounts a C student at Harvard (he refused to release his transcript during the campaign), is portrayed as a beacon of intelligence. I don't think it stems at all from their college transcripts, but instead from what they've portrayed over the many years since. Bush being rejected from UT Law didn't help, though. Keep in mind that even Bush's own people recognized this issue during the campaign (things like the election debates). I think the core of it stems from the personality they play - Gore is the intellectual who talks about esoteric subjects, making him look smart. Bush plays the exact opposite role of a more everyday guy.
Gore was one of the worst students in the history of the divinity school at Harvard. He failed several courses. How does that make him a beacon of intelligence. Is he better at speaking than Bush? Clearly. But a slick speaker does not an effective leader make.
Well, this is one of the first Nomar posts in days that did not include the word poop, so my hat's off to him. As for this intelligence thing, once again the English language fails us just a bit. We need about eight different words for different types of intelligence. Neither of these guys would have made it as brain surgeons. Clearly, Bush is not that quick witted, but he obviously possesses some sort of "social intellect" in dealing with people, an aspect that Gore appears to lack.
He did. But he boasts having attended the Harvard School of Divinity. He conveniently neglects to mention his academic record from that attendance.
I never said he graduated. He attended and dropped out after a lackluster academic performance. The point here is that while Bush is not the world's smartest guy...Gore is not the Great Thinker either. These guys are both human...and thus imperfect.
