George W Bush makes joke about lack of WMDs

[Jobber of the Week 0]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2004Mar25.html

 

Bush went on to poke at his own malapropisms before unveiling a slide show titled "White House Election Year Album" that had the crowd chuckling. Yes, there were a few jabs at the Democrats, including a couple of shots taken at Democratic challenger John Kerry. Bush described a picture of himself doing what looked like the shuffle in the Oval Office in front of Condoleezza Rice as "here I'm trying to explain John Kerry's foreign policy to Condi." He also faked a phone conversation between Kerry and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. "Hey, John," he said. "Kim Jong Il here. Just wanted to let you know, you're my guy."

 

Mostly, though, he put up dorky-looking pictures of himself. A recurring joke involved photos of the president in awkward positions -- bent over as if he's looking under a table, leaning to look out a window -- accompanied by remarks such as "Those weapons of mass destruction must be somewhere!" and "Nope, no weapons over there!" and "Maybe under here?"

 

The first one is a tad irresponsible but is mostly political, but the second is just offensive. I'm sure the parents of the people who've died in Iraq are just laughing their keisters off at this. Yeah, sure.

[Guest thebigjig]

Well at least he's consistent... he's just as bad of a comedian as he is a president

[Justice 0]

Well at least he's consistent... he's just as bad of a comedian as he is a president

You're like kkk only without the well-refined wit.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

Hell, I found the whole thing funny. And you thought the John Kerry bit was irresponsible? Damn, back in the '90s Clinton was brutal at selected public functions.

 

And you know what? Had Clinton done the following back in the late 1990s, I would have been a fan of his:

 

Picture it, a White House Correspondents dinner, or some other similar event. Bill approaches the podium and cracks a few jokes. Then as he leaves, a Monica look-a-like emerges from beneath the podium and walks away.

 

Now THAT would have been gold...

[Guest thebigjig]

Hell, I found the whole thing funny. And you thought the John Kerry bit was irresponsible? Damn, back in the '90s Clinton was brutal at selected public functions.

 

And you know what? Had Clinton done the following back in the late 1990s, I would have been a fan of his:

 

Picture it, a White House Correspondents dinner, or some other similar event. Bill approaches the podium and cracks a few jokes. Then as he leaves, a Monica look-a-like emerges from beneath the podium and walks away.

 

Now THAT would have been gold...

I agree with you there lol... that would have been beautiful

 

And I can be witty sometimes... but usually not while I'm at work. This place drains everything out of me... including color, which is why I'm so white that I'm almost completely clear

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Then as he leaves, a Monica look-a-like emerges from beneath the podium and walks away.

Alright, I laughed.

[tommytomlin 0]

Yeah, but a few hundred American troops didn't die looking for semen stains on Monica's dress.

[NoCalMike 0]

what is worse then the jokes themselves was Bush trying to deliver them. He looked like a stone up there.

 

Really though, I love the fact that it is somehow a joke that there have been no WMD's found, even though that was a big reason the country put their support behind his concocted war in the first place. I mean it is kind of ironic that it was the liberals laughing and joking a couple years ago when Bush was trying to justify a war based on WMD's, and it only took Bush 2 years to realize that his rationalizations were one big joke in the first place. So I guess Bush finally got the joke..........too bad it cost american lives.

[kkktookmybabyaway 0]

And I can be witty sometimes... but usually not while I'm at work. This place drains everything out of me... including color, which is why I'm so white that I'm almost completely clear

I know what you mean. When I post at work I can't copy and past articles because my piece-of-crap Mac can't do it for some reason...

[Guest MikeSC]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...-2004Mar25.html

 

Bush went on to poke at his own malapropisms before unveiling a slide show titled "White House Election Year Album" that had the crowd chuckling. Yes, there were a few jabs at the Democrats, including a couple of shots taken at Democratic challenger John Kerry. Bush described a picture of himself doing what looked like the shuffle in the Oval Office in front of Condoleezza Rice as "here I'm trying to explain John Kerry's foreign policy to Condi." He also faked a phone conversation between Kerry and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. "Hey, John," he said. "Kim Jong Il here. Just wanted to let you know, you're my guy."

 

Mostly, though, he put up dorky-looking pictures of himself. A recurring joke involved photos of the president in awkward positions -- bent over as if he's looking under a table, leaning to look out a window -- accompanied by remarks such as "Those weapons of mass destruction must be somewhere!" and "Nope, no weapons over there!" and "Maybe under here?"

 

The first one is a tad irresponsible but is mostly political, but the second is just offensive. I'm sure the parents of the people who've died in Iraq are just laughing their keisters off at this. Yeah, sure.

Damn that evil man for having a sense of humor at his own expense.

-=Mike

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

So.. nothing wrong with joking about the reason you gave for your war?

 

It's a stupid joke

[Justice 0]

You know, I'll agree that it was inappropriate. I personally don't think he should be making a joke like that right now since it only hurts his case more.

 

Will I still vote for him, though?

 

Of course. Sorry, but one joke really doesn't sour him enough for me to go towards Kerry.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Yeah, I see your point there.

[Astro101 0]

I like jokes. I'll vote for Bush!

[Guest MikeSC]

I found THIS intriguing:

 

Kerry Knocks Bush Over WMD Jokes

Thu Mar 25 2004 17:04:23 ET

 

The Following was issued by the Kerry For President campaign this evening:

 

######

 

"How Out of Touch Can This President Be?

 

"George Bush insulted me as a veteran and as a friend to many still serving in Iraq. This act lowers the dialogue about weapons of mass destruction. War is the single most serious event that a President or government can carry its people into. No weapons of mass destruction have been found and that is no joke - this is for real. This cheapens the sacrifice that American soldiers and their families are dealing with every single day." -- Brad Owens (Iraqi War Veteran, US Army Reserves)

 

Speaking at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington last night, President George W. Bush showed a stunningly cavalier attitude toward the failed search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the Administration's rush to war.

 

"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," Bush mimicked, as a slide of the President looking under furniture in the Oval Office appeared on the screen.

 

That's supposed to be funny?

 

If George Bush thinks his deceptive rationale for going to war is a laughing matter, then he's even more out of touch than we thought. Unfortunately for the President, this is not a joke.

 

585 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq in the last year, 3,354 have been wounded, and there's no end in sight. Bush Turned White House Credibility into a Joke George Bush sold us on going to war with Iraq based on the threat of weapons of mass destruction. But we still haven't found them, and now he thinks that's funny?

 

"George Bush didn't tell us the truth about the economy, about job loss, about the true cost of his deceptive prescription drug plan, or about the existence of weapons of mass destruction. There's nothing funny about that."

 

YET:

 

"Somebody told me the other day that the Secret Service has orders that if George Bush is shot, they're to shoot Quayle," Kerry joked in 1988.  The Massachusetts Democrat then said, "There isn't any press here, is there?"

-=Mike

...The right has said that a sense of humor died on the left many years ago. We are, as always, proven correct

[Vern Gagne 0]

So jokes about WMD's are off limits to only President Bush or everyone? If it's such a serious subject, certainly no one can make fun of them.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

I found THIS intriguing

 

What I find intriguing is that Drudge and World Net Daily are the only sources reporting this. And that includes Kerry's site!

 

http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Damn that evil man for having a sense of humor at his own expense.

-=Mike

I think these people aren't laughing.

[Guest MikeSC]

Damn that evil man for having a sense of humor at his own expense.

              -=Mike

I think these people aren't laughing.

If we hold a telethon and raise $5 --- will you buy a sense of humor?

-=Mike

[Jobber of the Week 0]

The Following was issued by the Kerry For President campaign this evening:

And I found myself agreeing with that 100%.

 

YET

 

Oh, hooray. Guess what? He's not dead. He hasn't risked his life for some cause. He's just a public servant and doesn't put himself in harms way.

 

We are, as always, proven correct

 

 

That was the best Republican joke ever.

[syxx2001 0]

Guys guys. Its only a bad joke cause Bush did it. He is the reason we went looking for the weapons remember? Of course you don't, he has twisted the reason so many times no one remembers the correct reason. If a teacher failed a student because she didn't like him and news got out that he did all of his work, who would find it funny if she said "Chris, sit down before I fail you like Larry". No one. Same thing here. Leno isn't the reason we went to war, he can make jokes. Chris Rock isn't the reason we went to war, he can make jokes. Bush is the reason, why should he laugh at something that killed all of those soldiers. It would be different if no one had died or if it was some other issue, but it was war. Nothing funny about war.

[Vern Gagne 0]

So basically making fun of himself means he's making fun the soldiers who were killed fighting a war? Of course many reasons including WMD's, Iraq's numerous violations, the human rights abuses. All which the President mentioned has reasons for going to war.

[Guest Retro Rob]

Damn that evil man for having a sense of humor at his own expense.

               -=Mike

I think these people aren't laughing.

If we hold a telethon and raise $5 --- will you buy a sense of humor?

-=Mike

Basically Bush sent thousands of troops to Iraq for no reason whatsoever, leading to a great deal of casualities (especially considering there was NO POINT), and now he makes jokes about it. I really don't see how that couldn't offend someone. The man sent people to their deaths and now kids about the cause that they all died for. Fuck George Bush.

[syxx2001 0]

Human rights are abused everywhere. No one is being attacked.

 

And what about 9/11, the real reason for going to war.

 

And yes, he is making fun of them. He said there were weapons. None have been found. Soldiers were killed. He makes fun of the fact that they didn't have weapons, therefore making fun of all of the people he led on. Not blatantly.

[Guest MikeSC]

So basically making fun of himself means he's making fun the soldiers who were killed fighting a war? Of course many reasons including WMD's, Iraq's numerous violations, the human rights abuses. All which the President mentioned has reasons for going to war.

It's not worth the effort. This is their scandal de jour, now that Clarke was effectively quashed as anybody legitimately worth hearing. They'll cackle about how evil he is for making jokes at his own expense and then move on, blowing something else out of proportion.

-=Mike

[treble 0]

Eh, I chuckled, but I don't have any emotional attachment to the war. If I had a friend or family member who had died in Iraq I'd probably be offended by it.

[Guest MikeSC]

Human rights are abused everywhere. No one is being attacked.

Back to the "We're doing too much --- but we're not doing enough" argument. Freeing Iraqis is bad because they aren't a threat to us --- but freeing others who are EVEN LESS OF A THREAT is good?

And what about 9/11, the real reason for going to war.

I guess the whole Pakistani operation and our troops there are forgotten by some. Oh well.

And yes, he is making fun of them. He said there were weapons. None have been found. Soldiers were killed. He makes fun of the fact that they didn't have weapons, therefore making fun of all of the people he led on. Not blatantly.

Or he's making fun of the image that HE should have known what the CIA, FBI, MI-6, and every intel agency on Earth didn't.

 

But, hey, the left lost their sense of humor YEARS ago.

 

This is not surprising.

-=Mike

[Vern Gagne 0]

Human rights are abused everywhere. No one is being attacked.

 

And what about 9/11, the real reason for going to war.

 

And yes, he is making fun of them. He said there were weapons. None have been found. Soldiers were killed. He makes fun of the fact that they didn't have weapons, therefore making fun of all of the people he led on. Not blatantly.

Making a joke doesn't mean it's what you believe. The President has always said he believes WMD's will be found in Iraq, or what happened to them will be revealed (they were moved to Syria).

 

The Taliban was removed from power, and Al Qaeda lost 2/3 of their known leadership. Before someone say where's Bin Laden or Zawahari. Yes, it will be great when they're killed or captured, however pinning him down in the mountains, unable to cordinate what Al Qaeda's doing is not a horrible idea.

 

My guess this will be like the 9-11 ads. The people who didn't like Bush will be upset, the people who like the President won't have a problem with it.

[NoCalMike 0]

Here is what I don't understand. Why is everything a republican says/does, followed up by, "yet you don't mind when........" and vice versa. Is it too bold to just come out and say both guys can be assholes and/or liars at times. I mean they are politicians for god's sake. Sorry if I don't find it funny that Bush is joking about his own lies and deceit, SAME goes for Kerry.

[Guest wrestlingbs]

Whatever you think about Bush, you have to agree his chances of getting reelected are shrinking with each passing day. A year ago I HATED the guy, but I always thought he'd get reelected because of the ununified front of Democrats opposing him. But now, Bush seems to be creating bad publicity ON PURPOSE! With Clark saying to the already sceptical press that there was little reason to invade Iraq for WMD, why the hell make a joke like that?