At any rate, what brought this unfortunate subject up is the absolute sh*tstorm that has been unleashed all because the President of the United States used the word "sh*t" at the G-8 banquet last night. And every lefty blogger in Christendom (if they believed in that sort of thing) is writing about it, linking each other in a frenzy of chattiness and gossip mongering reminiscent of 12-year-old girls at a slumber party. Since liberals usually behave like 12-year-old drama queens anyway, I'm sure they're comfortable as hell feeling themselves up on the subject.
I know, I know, one would think, considering the mouth on some former occupants of the White House who will go unrecognized, that the left wouldn't be casting stones so close to glass houses. He-with-the-constantly-unflaccid-penis swore like a sailor, as did his wife: She-who-throws-ashtrays-like-frisbees.
To be fair, the drama queens are also chattering about other things the President said. As he chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bush expresses amazement that it will take Putin and an unidentified leader just as long to fly home to Moscow as it will take him to fly back to Washington. Putin’s reply could not be heard.
"You, eight hours? Me, too. Russia’s a big country and you’re a big country. Takes him eight hours to fly home. Not Coke, diet Coke. ... Russia’s big and so is China. Yo Blair, what’re you doing? Are you leaving?” Bush said.
I have a challenge for you liberals out there. Bug your neighbor and tape his conversations for a couple of days. This has two advantages. First, you'll be doing us all a favor (including the FBI, the NSA, the CIA, the DIA, DHS, and probably a couple of super-duper secret agencies we know nothing about but you're paranoid of anyway) by ascertaining whether or not your next-door neighbor is a terrorist. But more importantly, you'll discover what human beings talk about during their waking hours.
The Nobel Prize winning playwright (and anti-American dolt) Harold Pinter used to go to the park near his flat in London, sit on a bench, and listen to people talk. What he found was absolutely startling. In their unguarded moments, even people who've known each other for 50 years talk about nothing at all.
Article comments
1 - Deano
Frankly I rather enjoyed Bush throwing around expletives and the casual conversation. It lets you get a look at the real guy rather than the stiff manniquin he seems when making speeches or the fake "Oh-so-folksy" Texas home boy he puts on when he tries to be funny.
The fact that he was on topic and with a fairly sensible and relevant observation makes me think he might be learning somethng after all...
2 - Michael J. West
Jesus. I find it boring when they DON'T swear. I've got no problem with Bush saying "shit," I'd have no problem if he'd said "motherfucking balls" (in fact I'd probably think he had some motherfucking balls), and I don't care what kind of obscenities the other presidents use on their own time either.
Well, except Nixon, whose obscenities tended to be in the context of things like "those fucking Jews" and "we should burn down the goddamn Washington Post."
3 - Nancy
Actually, for once I approve entirely of what he said. Good for him. I like it better when he's at least being honest & himself & if that includes a little profanity from time to time (& I can't think of a better context than the one he was in to use the word 'shit' - it was entirely fitting) so be it. I can handle Bush saying "shit" far better than I can listen to him saying "noo-cyu-lar". No problem with brainless small talk, either; that's why it's called 'small talk'. You can't function on 100% all the time, unless you're Henry Kissinger, I suppose.
Holy moley - ! I actually said in print I approve of something Bush has done!
4 - Dave Nalle
I was actually more irritated by the Blair portions of the transcripts. Could anyone put more qualifying comments and unnecessary pauses into a sentence than he does? If I had to have a conversation with the man I think I'd start slapping him.
Dave
5 - Christopher Rose
Blair's been a liability for quite some time now; it's like there is a cult of personality around him or something. The problem is similar to that facing the USA, finding a credible replacement.
6 - RJ Elliott
The oddest thing about the Bush "curse word" audio - Just about everyone, right and left, is supportive of it, in context...maybe he should "accidentally" be more profane, more often!
7 - Mohjho
Well, just to be contrary, I might propose that the colorful language is unbefitting a statesman representing the largest economic interest in the world.
Maybe the said statesman has been viewed by other interests as less than competent in the area of say ..foreign policy at a time of foreign crises, and the colorful language only increases the unease and confidence of…say…the whole fucking world in his abilities to think and lead.
Just throwing out some ideas.
8 - JP
Did you get where he (Bush) made the brilliant observation about Russia being a big country and--get this--China being a big country too? That fits perfectly with his infantile analysis of the situation.
It didn't get press because he did NOT say "And China's a big fu**ing country too!" The press jumped on the story that would sell more newspapers. But the conclusion is the same--Bush is a moron.