[MMike]

...I take very little seriously.

But really, isn't this sort of in bad taste?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/26/bush.wmd.jokes.ap/index.html

I mean a morning radio talk-show DJ can get away with a comment like that. But the president? I dunno.....

 

[LordOpie]

...Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie told ABC. ``The fact is that this is the custom in these things. Presidents have made jokes about very serious matters at these dinners.

 

[golgiaparatus]

Sweet... let him make an ass out of himself, thats how I likes it.

 

[ummbikes]

:yawn:

 

[I Are Baboon]

How does the old saying go, "Without a sense of humor, a man's got nothing."

It was a harmless joke.

 

[ummbikes]

Originally posted by I Are Baboon
How does the old saying go, "Without a sense of humor, a man's got nothing."

It was a harmless joke.

I agree.

I'm about as anti-Bush as they come and I see no harm in this. It makes the Democrats look petty.

There are so many real issues to attack Bush on, why try and spin a roast/comedy comment into a issue?

 

[MMike]

I will rarely get offended by a joke. And I'm not really offended by this. I just think it was a stupid thing to say.... But it will just blend in with the rest of the stupid things...

 

[Westy]

Haha, the joke is on us. Bush got away with convincing America to go to war by feeding us a line about WMD's. It is funny and he knows it.

 

[I Are Baboon]

Originally posted by MMike
I will rarely get offended by a joke. And I'm not really offended by this. I just think it was a stupid thing to say.... But it will just blend in with the rest of the stupid things...

No doubt it was stupid. My laughing was a combination of laughing with Bush and laughing at Bush.

 

[LordOpie]

but why was it stupid?

Heck, us anti-Bushers in this thread have called or agree with the Dems looking petty. Also, he didn't offend the military cuz at the end of his speech, he praised them very well.

So really, it was just Dem silliness and media fodder.

 

[$tinkle]

Originally posted by Westy
Haha, the joke is on us. Bush got away with convincing America to go to war by feeding us a line about WMD's. It is funny and he knows it.

now, now...
both sides of the aisle "fed us a line"


just we all know what this thread's about, here's the link where you can watch the video

(edit: put the link in for folks who don't have/like realmedia as provided by the original link)

 

[MMike]

Originally posted by LordOpie
but why was it stupid?

.

In general I would think that joking about a war...that's still going on, where people (good guys and bad guys) are being killed, is tasteless. It's a little too soon, isn't it?

I find it similar to the "exploding space shuttle/washing up on the beach" jokes surfacing only a couple of days after the Challenger blew up. Yes when it comes down to it, it's a harmless joke. But it's still pretty crass. And for the president to do that, it just compounds it.

Whatever. I don't really care THAT much.

 

[ummbikes]

MMike, becoming a dad has made you all sensitive and stuff.

 

[LordOpie]

Originally posted by MMike
In general I would think that joking about a war...that's still going on, where people (good guys and bad guys) are being killed, is tasteless.

Did you find him using the 9/11 footage tasteless?

 

[Westy]

Originally posted by $tinkle
now, now...
both sides of the aisle "fed us a line"

How come everytime someone gives Bush, the Republicans or the Dems crap, someone has to say "but the Reps/Dems did this...". Leaders being arseholes should not be justified because their political oppenents are also arseholes. IMO a true leader should hold himself at a higher standard.

 

[$tinkle]

Originally posted by Westy
How come everytime someone gives Bush, the Republicans or the Dems crap, someone has to say "but the Reps/Dems did this...". Leaders being arseholes should not be justified because their political oppenents are also arseholes. IMO a true leader should hold himself at a higher standard.

there is no justification; i'm merely pointing out there's blame to go around.

although i certainly agree what a model leader should be like, i wouldn't hold my breath on that "above the fray" uber-politician. (not that you are, i'm just waxing pessimistic)

 

[MMike]

Originally posted by LordOpie
Did you find him using the 9/11 footage tasteless?

Kinda...yes.