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- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -11/+69If my ratings were as low as his, I'd be drunk early in the morning too!
- vudicarus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+53The article from WaPo is interesting. (I think it got on the frontpage yesterday--is that why you 'accidentally' link to wikipedia?). But your title is Inaccurate. If you actually read the article, you'd know that, so you're just being stupid. You decided to ignore the following paragraph:
"The retired diplomat certainly did not mean that the president had fallen off the wagon. But if any event would call for a stiff one, this was it: A bipartisan group of elder statesmen -- some of them friends of Bush's father, no less -- had just concluded that the Iraq war, the centerpiece of Bush's presidency, was a disaster with no easy way out." - iching, on 10/12/2007, -15/+55This was from this article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/06/AR2006120601903.html
Sorry but there was a mistake on the URL paste. - rmxz, on 10/12/2007, -12/+41Gir53457 "He has got to be the most stressed out man in the world right now."
No. Get some perspective. I suspect most every man in Iraq, including those on either side of the conflict and innocent bystanders as well are far more stressed out than him. The iraq study group basically gave a report that says that he paid too much of others people's blood for his oil - which is stressful, but not as much as paying with one's own blood - Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -7/+35Dems prefer oral to get their day moving.
- tharju, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24you've been punk'd! he never quit drinking!!
can't you tell by watching at some of his old clips?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r9sa7YjCblU&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-kJpJoGIRPY&mode=related&search=
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gVXI9fmDNsI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qZE20lzZZF0 - Arkonnan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+23@vudicarus
His statement seems a bit contradictory. In one sentence he claims that the President was "a little loaded" and in the next claims that the President had not fallen off the wagon. This of course assumes that he was on the wagon to begin with, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he's trying to stay sober.
So how else can you possibly interpret "He was a little loaded"? - aaaleman, on 10/12/2007, -7/+23If I was Dubya, I'd need a stiff drink too.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21Repugs prefer sodomy.
- bunger, on 10/12/2007, -6/+18I can't imagine the Study Group report is enough to make him drink. He's been ignoring the public, his staff, and our allies opinions on the Iraq War for years. I doubt one bipartisan commission even made him blink twice.
- Gtitian, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15me too
- Cam_86, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17ugh... i just marked this as inaccurate, and it made me feel dirty. Defending bush and his admin is so hard to stomach, but i guess there are enough things to criticize bush over, without having to imply lies.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -16/+27Yes, Bush doesn't drink anymore. It's all prescription drugs now.
When is this thief going to be impeached? - LiveFastDieOld, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16@ iching "Sorry but there was a mistake on the URL paste."
So not only did you take a joke completely out of context and report it as news, you didn't even get the citation right? Oy. - leobaby, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20I have a hard time understanding the context in which you could say "he was a little loaded. It was early in the morning" and not mean he was drunk.
- leobaby, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18maybe he could just say he choked on another pretzel.
- aviazn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@Arkonnan
The way I read it, the "He was a little loaded" bit is a continuation of the joke that Eagleburger began with ""His reaction was, 'Where's my drink?' " After all, Milbank writes that Eagleburger "cracked" it, and you crack jokes, not statements that you mean to be literally true. - Humptydank, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I'm no fan of George Bush, but it was a joke. Joke joke joke.
Don't you think that if there was any evidence that the President was drinking again, much less drinking in the morning at official functions, the press would be all over it independent of any conversation?
The New York Times and Washington Post would do their research and then we'd see 300-point headlines saying "Concerns Mount That Bush May Have Turned To Alcohol" etc. Granted, the press misses things, and doesn't always go after the things we'd like them to, but a story like that is what the press lives for.
Joke joke joke for chrissake. Go after Bush on the merits, bury this as inaccurate. - comedianX, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14 Reading comprehension seems to be a lost art around these parts. I hate Bush, but so inaccurate.
- yomomo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9funny what does (or does not) get marked as inaccurate here. may "inaccurate" should be renamed "against our desires or beliefs"
- pauleric, on 10/12/2007, -8/+15There is much truthiness here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -10/+17Quick! To the denial mobile!
- cyax, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Gir53457 "I'm amazed he has not has an aneurysm by now. He has got to be the most stressed out man in the worls right now."
With all those vacation days, the risk of him getting lost on his ranch and starving to death is probably alot higher than any aneurysm. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6All people who making sweeping generalizations are ass holes.
- kingdavid, on 10/12/2007, -8/+14It's unbelievable how quick some people are to digg something without first checking the accuracy...
- SelfAbortion, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9If by "couple" you mean 25 or so.
- Gir53457, on 10/12/2007, -12/+17I'm amazed he has not has an aneurysm by now. He has got to be the most stressed out man in the worls right now.
- Morsetlis, on 10/12/2007, -12/+17Dems prefer to get orals, Repugs prefer to give orals.
- SelfAbortion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I think the concern is that alcoholics tend to drink in the morning a lot more often than most people. They wake up with a craving.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13maybe he needs to drink to forget about the millions of people that finally woke up and realized a few far right wing undemocratic fanatics took over.
- GeneralAntilles, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Drunk FDR FTW!
- bronstad, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7@lucid.
GWB is not honest. We found that out long ago, homie.
Besides, this "joke" is a little too weird to not have some degree of truth to it. And it wasn't Eagleburger who said Bush hasn't fallen off the wagon. It was the columnist. - curtvdh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Yeah - I saw that interview. He didn't seem pissed so much as pissed off, as in choking back a serious rage. Then again, he was just told that his Iraq policy was a disaster and getting worse by the day - and not by some liberal reporter, but by a bipartisan panel headed by a pretty well-known Republican who served in Dad's cabinet.
Hell, if I were him I would be knocking back Southern Comfort and Xanax any chance I got... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -13/+16Bush is a *****.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -17/+20Marked inaccurate:
"The retired diplomat certainly did not mean that the president had fallen off the wagon. But if any event would call for a stiff one, this was it: A bipartisan group of elder statesmen -- some of them friends of Bush's father, no less -- had just concluded that the Iraq war, the centerpiece of Bush's presidency, was a disaster with no easy way out." - jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dont know if this is in the style that the WP decided to write it, or the whole thing seems weird, like some sort of show / spectacle.
- gwolf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I hope he was joking. Somebody hide his launch codes, just to be on the safe side.
- Gorehog, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6@vudicaris
Then what does "He was a little loaded. It was early in the morning." mean? I know that the article says he DIDNT want to say the president was drunk....but then what does that mean? - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3This is out of context - bury this crap. The Secretary was speaking figuratively, because Bush was walking into the lion's den, and apparently was a bit uncomfortable at the meeting with the commission. I'm no fan of Bush, but stop making it sound like he's now drinking again. Giving up drinking was one of the few things Bush has done right.
- Salmonized, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"State of Depression"
- realchris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I don't like Bush by any means, but this says nothing about him being drunk or even drinking. It's just a figure of speech that you misinterpreted.
- faskippy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Hee hee, that idiot can't do anythi...wait...where's my drink???
- Devaney, on 02/18/2008, -0/+1'it's OLD" no ***** noob moron, look at the date this was submitted
- mre5765, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What an ***** (iching).
What a bunch of tools (those who dugg this article). - williamdyer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2So you believe in the Easter Bunny and killer pretzels?
- williamdyer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Before coffee became popular, people drank ale with breakfast.
Still, it is likely that Bush has some serious personal problems for his previously mediocre judgment to have slipped into recklessness. He doesn't seem to realize that but for there being a term of office he would have been ***** from any other job in the world by now. - pawchikapawpaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Surprise! It's Dana Milbank!
- williamdyer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@OriginalLucid1
Dude. I'm a Republican. As a small-government, pro-liberty Republican, can you name one thing there is to like about a big-spending, authoritarian, bitch-of-the-neocons like Bush? I'm shocked 30% still approve. There must be some Democrats in that 30% who approve of Bush trashing the Republican party. - gonzoradio, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Next time, RTFA BEFORE you post it. It doesn't even come *close* to your interpretation.
- Joe_rigby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Hitler was on "Vitamultin", and George Bush was on "screwdrivers".
*sigh* -
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