the man who will...put a bullet between the president's eyes

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 9:49am

at least according to alan hevesi.
chuckie's got a gun

[Katecab99]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 9:58am

wow.

that was an oops.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:01am

Almost as big a blunder as saying, "We know where Saddam hid his WMDs", I'd say.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:15am

The best part about this is the pause as he tries to think of something to say about Chuckie...

I'd hate to think of what he rejected, in favor of that.

[iflitifloat]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:17am

You've gotta wonder what possessed him. Jeez, it doesn't take a rocket scientist know that saying something like that is going to be problematic.

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:18am

That's a big oops...

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:25am

If only our current administration were as willing to admit when they made a stupid, stupid mistake.

"According to a videotape of the speech, Hevesi said:

"The man who, how do I phrase this diplomatically, who will put a bullet between the president's eyes if he could get away with it. The toughest senator, the best representative. A great, great member of the Congress of the United States."

Hevesi said he hadn't been in touch with the White House but he hoped his apology reached President Bush.

Hevesi, a longtime professor of government and politics at Queens College before becoming comptroller, also referred to his comments as "remarkably stupid" and "incredibly moronic."

"I do speak extemporaneously," he said. "And I've never said anything like this."

Schumer spokeswoman Risa Heller said the senator was satisfied with Hevesi's apology.

"Comptroller Hevesi was trying to make a point," Heller said. "He went way too far, and it was inappropriate and wrong. He has apologized to both the senator and the president, and we believe that ends the matter."


Stupid thing to say, but at least he admitted his mistake.

I am still waiting for Bush et al . . .

[DG]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:27am

I'd be willing to head up a defense fund committee.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:40am

"The man who, how do I phrase this diplomatically, who will put a bullet between the president's eyes if he could get away with it."

Think of what he would have said if he chose to phrase it undiplomatically.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:43am

Just thinking of a few Bushism in the past few years. I guess one good flub deserves many. Our thoughtful, perceptive, Decider in Chief:


-"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004 (Watch video clip; listen to audio clip)

- "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004 (Watch video clip; listen to audio clip)

- "I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president." —as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War

- "The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." —Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003

- "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." —discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson

- "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." —Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

- "Do you have blacks, too?" —to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

- "I'm the master of low expectations." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

- "I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." —President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004

- "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." —Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

- "But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." —summing up his first year in office, three months after the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

-"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." —speaking underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003

- "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000


Discuss -


Bushisms Updated On: 6/2/06 at 10:43 AM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:56am

but, but, bush.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 10:58am

Did you hear that Bush finally received his Orphan Annie decoder ring?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:13am

Move along, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here. Nothing to see.

Just the Right-Wing Noise Machine trying to seize another opportunity to use a Democratic gaffe as a smokescreen and distract from the disasters caused by the Incompetent Republican President and the Corrupt Republican Congress.

Move along, folks. Nothing to see.

Updated On: 6/2/06 at 11:13 AM

[ckeaton]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:23am

Move along, folks. Move along. Nothing to see here. Nothing to see.

The Left-Wing Noise Machine needs a break every once and a while. How did you pull the short straw to have to handle crowd control.

Updated On: 6/2/06 at 11:23 AM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:30am

lol. yep, nothing to see here. funny when the shoe's on the other foot.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:36am

"yep, nothing to see here. funny when the shoe's on the other foot.".

The shoe may be on the other foot but at least it's not in his mouth. He only said something. He didn't act on it. Bush lied. People died. "Mission Accomplished". "Bring it on". "I'm a uniter not a divider". "WND's". "Stay the course", "I won the election", etc., etc., etc.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:38am

the shoe may be on the other foot but at least it's not in his mouth.

i'd argue that that's exactly where it is. unless of course you are saying that he meant what he said. yer not suggesting that the president should be killed are ya jimmy?

[Fiction Writer]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:51am

It would probably help.

Of course, I'd prefer a natural death. I'm sure all this stress is taking a toll on his heart.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:55am

"yer not suggesting that the president should be killed are ya jimmy?".


If that were to happen, we'd end up with Dick so that is just as bad as what we have now.

[bwaysinger]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:56am

Let's see.
President of the United States.
State Comptroller of New York City.

Hmm.

[Marguerite Chauvelin]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 11:58am

Aww. Don't make Sondheim and Weidman have to add another character to Assassins, I like it as it is.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 1:10pm

Wow, and I had to edit myself from saying that Bush backing the Anti-same sex amendment would be the nail in his coffin because I thought it was too inflamitory...

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 1:12pm

Sueleen, you worry about being too inflamatory?

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 2:08pm

As far as I'm concerned, Bush is a murderer, a war criminal, and a national disgrace. He's the Charles Manson of Presidents. If they announced his demise on the afternoon news, I'd go out and have lunch.

Okay. So, what do you call Harry Truman, then?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/2/06 at 3:11pm

Here's a little Left Wing Noise Machine for you. Imagine what hay Karl Rove would make with this if it were a Democrat:

REPUBLICAN PRO-TRADITIONAL FAMILY CANDIDATE IS BIGAMIST IN DEFAULT ON CHILD-SUPPORT PAYMENTS

San Diego Union-Tribune

Documents show issues with wives, child support

By Caitlin Rother
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

June 2, 2006

Republican Jim Galley, who is running for Congress as a “pro-traditional family” candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives.



Jim Galley


The San Diego Union-Tribune discovered the personal history in making public-records checks on Galley, who is making his fourth run for elective office in four years. These checks are part of the newspaper's election reporting process.

Galley married his second wife, Beth, in 1982 when, unbeknownst to her, he was still married to his first wife, Terry. Beth and Galley divorced in 1990 after she sought a restraining order alleging abuse.

The child support was owed to his first wife.
Documents show issues with wives, child support