1. Kudos for posting this - and props to Bill Maher for digging up the old Bush-ism! Kinda sad that our Commander-in-Chief answers questions in a similar manner as a 17-year-old beauty queen wanna-be.

lin at 7:54PM on Sep 3rd 2007

2. I like that Bush said he's going to go into public speaking once his term as president is finished.

Yeah. Public speaking. Bush!

What a delusional twit he must be.

Dan at 8:10PM on Sep 3rd 2007

3. Let's give this youngster a break. She was obviously having a major anxiety attack. Many of us have found ourselves so anxious giving a talk or a presentation that we have also mumbled our way out of it. Adrenaline can do amazing things to the brain. It can help us win athletic events, save someone by giving the rescuer superhuman strength, and make us look like we don't have any sense if we become too scared. This girl obviously had much too much adrenaline in her brain. She was lucky to be able to get out what she said. Bad break for her and for S.C.

D.Heatherly at 8:22PM on Sep 3rd 2007

4. George W. Bush received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University, a MBA from Harvard, was successful in business to the tune of millions of dollars, was the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive 4-year terms and has been elected President of the Unites States twice.

So, one is compelled to ask: what have you done with your life, Jeff? What do you have besides a pitiful little blog dominated by your obsession with George W. Bush?

You're a tiny little man with a tiny little mind consumed with hatred for those more intelligent and successful than yourself. You can't even create your own columns, most are simply you posting the work of others.

Robert Byngham at 10:06PM on Sep 3rd 2007

5. # 3 "D" This type of ridicule is nothing new for the opportunistic vultures called "liberals." Anyone who remotely supports this country will have their statements dissected by the liberal 'grammar police', yet, I can't count the number of times I heard Billy-Bob Clinton say; "we
ain't got no..." But it seems that liberals get a free pass when it comes to grammatical errors. There seems to be a cottage industry springing up to grade the speech of conservatives. Let the libs self-entertain themselve's with such sophomoric drivel. It proves nothing other than exposing their lack of substance.

Lizard at 10:34PM on Sep 3rd 2007

6. # 4 Robert. Go to Jeff's topic where he supports the legalization of drugs. I think that says it all
concerning Jeff's moral fiber. I'm interested to know how many American bloggers have a trunk-line
to Canadian internet (AOL?) to constantly ridicule
Canadians? Oh, I forgot..who the hell cares? The only people interested in going to Canada, are our liberal cowards when their country calls them to duty. I think Jeff is a frustrated American wannabe. Question Jeff; if our country is such the cesspool that you make it out to be, then why are so many people risking life and limb to get here? I also don't see too many Americans defecting to other countries, only liberals threatening to do so.

Lizard at 11:13PM on Sep 3rd 2007

7. Ok, I don't know Jeff, so I can't be accused of any kind of like or dislike for the guy. I'm relatively new to this blog forum, so I haven't caught up on a lot of past issues. But in Jeff's defense, this particular article 1) highlights commentary made by someone else, and 2) casts no personal judgment on either Miss Teen SC nor GWB. Infer what you want about the unfortunate mis-speaks of the poor girl and our president: no need to lash out at others for making a simple observation. It reflects poorly on one's character when one jumps quickly to harsh judgments.

I've come to Miss South Carolina's defense in blogs before. She's very young (who knew everything at 17?), she was under a lot of pressure, she was probably nervous as heck, and it really sounded like someone (whoever coached her) had encouraged her to throw in as many of today's current "hot topics" as possible in her answer to whatever question she got. I wouldn't have been surprised if she had thrown in global warming and trans fats, too - not because she's "dumb," but because she was probably speaking faster than she could think, and somehow figured mentioning Iraq would earn her some points. It was an amusing moment in entertainment, but she's a human being - we all make mistakes, but hate to be defined by them.

GWB did sound like a blubbering idiot in the quote at the end of the video clip. I really don't think he knew the definition of the concept he was asked to explain. Regardless, he said what he said, and it was pretty durn funny. Obviously he's well-educated, and has accomplished a lot, both in his life and in his administration. That doesn't change the fact that he, like all of us, occasionally says stupid things. He just happens to be recorded doing so a heck of a lot more often than the rest of us!

Let's play nice, ok?

lin at 11:59PM on Sep 3rd 2007

8. Re: Lizard #6
You said "I also don't see too many Americans defecting to other countries, only liberals threatening to do so."

I suppose you haven't ever heard of the phenomenon of ex-patriots: Americans, often ex-military, who are so fed up with the state of our government and the attitudes of this country's citizens that they simply leave. Mexico, Canada, Europe - you name it, and the "truest" patriots of our country are there. They wait for the time when the U.S.A. returns to the state of respect and glory our forefathers intended at its creation.

Seriously, I'm not trying to be a smarty-pants or a jerk. Look it up when you have time.

lin at 12:09AM on Sep 4th 2007

9. In response to Robert Byngham: You might be confusing Bush Senior with Bush Junior as for his successful business career. Most of "W"'s business ventures went bottom up and had to be bailed out by his daddy. And as for his academic accomplishments - well all I can say is the tutors who wrote all his term papers for him did a fine job, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that ol' George spent more time at fratenity parties than he did actually sitting in a classroom. The man is a class A moron for sure.

Rick Marcell at 12:32AM on Sep 4th 2007

10. ad hominem's..
straw men and stereo-type's..
oh my.
nothing like watching intellectually challenged people in the comment section attack the poster for some perceived aggrievance.
"lib"
"repub"
all inane, stereotypical jargon.
spoon fed to the masses for their vacuous consumption.
don't buy that propaganda for a second or your comments will start to sound like robert byrnham's and lizard's.
this is a funny clip.
plain and simple.
while i feel for this young lady,
her obvious illiteration melt-down is funny in a "i cant watch this..but i cant stop" kind of way.
and i have always found prez bush's trainwreck of public speaking the paramount of hilarity.
though a bit embarrassing.
till next time..peace.
Enoch D.D.S

enoch at 1:13AM on Sep 4th 2007

11. Pretty Miss South Carolina......her strong point is her looks. She is no worse than the idiots in our colleges who can not get out a coherent sentence.....but have football and basketball as their strong points and not only are given college degrees but go on to make many millions of dollars being illiterate athletes. In our sick society that rewards idiot actors and athletes with millions, and recognizes teachers and scientists and historians (etc) with little more than poverty wages, Miss South Carolina fits in well. Let's make her rich, famous, marry her off to some empty headed actor, and then she can travel around the world adopting babies in unusual countries, give her children names such as "spaceship" and "shooting star" and show our children that intelligence and education and brainpower are meaningless in our society.

steve at 2:18AM on Sep 4th 2007

12. #8 Lin. I'm sure you can name names of these "ex-patriots?" Let's skip Alec Baldwin, and give us some examples. Incidentally, the term "ex-patriot"
would describe someone who no longer has any patriotism for their country, and has given up their citizenship of their country, and sworn allegence to another country. Let's not talk about whiney, cry-baby Hollyweird types on extended vacations abroad and blaming it all on Bush. So it's your assertion that they will regain their "patriotism," and return to this country when the proper political climate exists? Do you realize how rediculous you sound? FYI, I am retired military, and many retirees live abroad because they can do so cheaply, and probably because they have married a citizen of that country. The latter being the only way that an American can stay indefinitely. Bottom line is, that if this kid would've said something derogatory about Iraq, she would receive god-like status on Jeff's blog and all of the other liberal comedy shows, and her vocabulary faux pas would have been excused.
Lin, are you the same "Lin" that recently gave a 10,000 word essay on why we need to be in Iraq?
You should go back and reread some of your posts. You seem to be full of contradictions, and follow whatever direction the blog threads are leaning towards. Try to gain some focus, and a backbone while you're at it.

Lizard at 3:53AM on Sep 4th 2007

13. Re Lizard #12:
Wow, ok, wasn't expecting such hostility. I guess I overestimated your willingness to argue politely. I wasn't trying to be offensive - thus the disclaimer at the bottom of my prior post. BTW: Thank you for your service to this country. Even though you seem rather hostile towards me for no real reason, you're a vet, and that's more than I can say for myself. So thank you.

I was not referring to any "Hollyweird" folks when I mentioned ex-patriots (which I misspelled - it's expatriates). I learned of the term from my fiance - who has had family that is former-military, and who is joining the army himself - during a conversation we had a few months ago. I don't have names to give you, because he's not in the habit of lying to me, nor is he in the habit of talking out of the wrong end, so I took his word on it without asking for references. I found a few links which seem to suggest that a lot of people do leave for financial reasons (or due to criminal record); it goes without saying that if the financial situation improved, most citizens would rather live here at home in the U.S., especially if they were temporarily abroad and hadn't fully integrated into their new society.

I did find one interesting piece of literature that seems to support my theory of dissatisfied citizens running away from a country with which they have fallen out of love: http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/confessions.html I can't speak as to whether it's fiction, though, but still, it's an interesting read.

You then said: "Lin, are you the same "Lin" that recently gave a 10,000 word essay on why we need to be in Iraq? You should go back and reread some of your posts. You seem to be full of contradictions, and follow whatever direction the blog threads are leaning towards. Try to gain some focus, and a backbone while you're at it."

Yes, that was me on the subject of Iraq. I re-read my post, and have re-read every post many, many times before I even post it (I write the in an outside window, so I can see more lines at once, to prevent inconsistencies). I don't see where you find contradiction at all, and I generally take the time to think my stance through prior to beginning to post, since a lot of the issues I'm commenting on are new to me - I don't watch the news, bur prefer the Military Channel and the History Channel. Granted, I was a little misinformed about "expatriots," but in truth, I've seen statistics that the number of Americans living abroad is in the millions. I bet a lot of them do still love their country, though I'm sure some do not.

Please explain my inconsistencies so I can clear them up. I hate being wishy-washy. My backbone can't take it.

lin at 4:44AM on Sep 4th 2007

14. This is "U.S.America"(according to Miss Teen S.C), People Have the right to become anything("such as" dumb-ass) they want to be.

There're more than 20 million illeagal immigrants in this country,don't seem to be leaving soon(if ever); Ask why,they say: there're so many dumb-asses in this country,if they can make good living here,so do we.
That explained everything.

May GOD blew(s)s American!

jax at 6:40AM on Sep 4th 2007

15. Bill Maher typifies arrogant, bitter, angry liberals who derive vicarious satisfaction from bitterly mocking GW Bush. These delusional people, w/a fixation that borders on psychosis, manage to somehow blame the Prez for virtually everything that goes wrong in the world like tsunamis, hurricanes, school shootings and teen beauty contestants who demonstrate that they may not be quite as brilliant as we thought.

Liberals mocked Reagan as well, denouncing him as a dunce who was going to blow up the world, Well, he wasn't and he didn't. Instead, he changed the world, ignoring the critics, most of whom have never accomplished anything in life and can best be described as petty and small.

It matters little to the critics that the Bush family has actively promoted literacy for many years and that the Prez has been one of only a few to acknowledge the educational wasteland in our inner-cities, calling reading a civil-right and advancing a plan to address this problem. I doubt if most of his critics have ever done anything for anybody, including teach somebody how to read. They're too busy doing the Pharisee thing to worry about that.

Dave at 7:34AM on Sep 4th 2007