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GEORGE W. BUSH: "Help! I Don't Know Who BLACKWATER Is Accountable To."

youtube.com — In a 2 minute video, recorded on April 10, 2006, a first year college student asked Bush what laws, if any, governed the conduct of U.S. mercenary groups in Iraq. His answer is the headline...

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  • atdigg, on 10/10/2007, -18/+365That's what happens when you have a monkey as president, actually I'd prefer the person who asked the question to be the president of US.
    • CrazyArcher, on 10/10/2007, -6/+27Bush and people like him are definitely a blight on this nation, but I'm starting to think that maybe he really isn't that stupid. He just does not care about anyone outside of his, as Cracked.com put it, "Monkeysphere".
    • DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -21/+12I wouldn't like either. The person who asked the question started laughing with the president. You guys need a no-nonsense person, who gets things done and gets questions answered.
      • Jugalator, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25"The person who asked the question started laughing with the president."
        "You guys need a no-nonsense person"

        I think you misunderstand. That wasn't because she was not taking things seriously and thought it was OK to just laugh it away if he did, but because she thought the president was joking. That should be evident since she kept going on in detail what she meant, when the president was clueless, and in the end he had to tell he was actually not joking. And then awkwardness set in. :-p
        • DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Ridiculing questions the president can't answer happens all the time by the president and by the people submitting questions. A one off is fine, but when your president just makes a joke out of everything he can't answer you need someone to say "Hey, this isn't funny and we would like an answer".
    • SJKat, on 10/10/2007, -5/+14George, the monkey isn't realizing that people are laughing at him. Not with him. But it is like CrazyArcher said, meaning that people should be crying.

      • TekTrixter, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24"I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting. "
        Stranger in a Strange Land
    • TylerCWynn, on 10/10/2007, -13/+14Then again, how could he have possibly known that things would get so messed up by turning war into business?
      • TylerCWynn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Well, I thought my sarcasm was pretty clear there.
      • DSGalvin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2you forgot the /sarcasm
    • ventralnet, on 10/10/2007, -12/+10"I have a question for you... why are you wasting your life going after a degree in south asian studies..?"
      • KMye, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Yeah, it's not like the US is involved in any way over there these days...what chance is she ever going to have to use THAT degree??
      • leunghoi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Gosh, I don't know. Pick up an MBA and go to Asia to work deals between big US corporations and Chinese companies? If she does that, she will be better off than I am. I would say the same thing if she is studying US history.
        • ventralnet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, there is a key to what you have just said. Pick up an MBA. That would be a different situation
    • slamtv7, on 10/10/2007, -13/+3WoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooW
      /reaction
      Holy *****!.. Ok just wow. #gg
    • implosion, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5The closest answer I could find is the Status of Forces Agreement. This applies to the military but should be a good starting point to sort out who Blackwater is accountable to.

      Taken from Wikipedia.org
      "The SOFA is intended to clarify the terms under which the foreign military is allowed to operate. Typically, purely military issues such as the locations of bases and access to facilities are covered by separate agreements. The SOFA is more concerned with the legal issues associated with military individuals and property. This may include issues like entry and exit into the country, tax liabilities, postal services, or employment terms for host-country nationals, but the most contentious issues are civil and criminal jurisdiction over the bases. For civil matters, SOFAs provide for how civil damages caused by the forces will be determined and paid. Criminal issues vary, but the typical provision in U.S. SOFAs is that U.S. courts will have jurisdiction over crimes committed either by a servicemember against another servicemember or by a servicemember as part of his or her military duty, but the host nation retains jurisdiction over other crimes."

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_Forces_Agre ...
    • brockpetrie, on 10/10/2007, -5/+38You people need to stop pretending he's this idiot monkey who can't tie his own shoes. Look at everything he has accomplished; the man is sadistically brilliant.

      He used a totally unrelated pretext to get us into a totally unjust war. And he gets away with it. Why? Because everyone in this country keeps blaming everything on his fake stupidity and saying "He's too retarded to think up this scheme." He pretends he can't say nuclear and look what happens: everyone in the country focuses on the fact that he couldn't pronounce a word in his speech rather than criticizing the actual speech itself. He pretends he wants to go to Iraq because of 9/11 and because Saddam tried to kill his daddy, and look what happens: It all goes perfectly to plan, and the country thumbs its ass and complains that he went to war because Saddam "tried to kill [his] daddy." Wake the ***** up; he went for geopolitical reasons - mainly to ensure the stability of the petrodollar - not any other reason. And all you ***** eat this charade up like pudding and appease yourself with sound bites while watching political commentary from comedic satirists, repeating "what a moron" over and over to yourselves.

      No person is that stupid. Go look up speeches he used to make in the Texas gubernatorial - the lack of a southern drawl will startle you (he's from Connecticut, not Texas), as well as his impressive vocabulary and diction. This man is pretending to be a President who's too stupid to be an evil mastermind, and everyone in this country is playing right into it. Monkeys don't have the ability to do the brilliantly *****-up, evil things this guy has done in the past 7 years.
      • archistudent, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Not me. I caught on to this game in 2002. I heard GeeDub talking. I knew.
        I've been calling for his impeachment since 2003.
      • isaactwito, on 10/10/2007, -4/+6Actually most people are right in calling him stupid. He isn't a terribly intelligent person, and the majority of what he does is based on what people tell him to do. He has little actual control over the decisions being made. He's a puppet to the people in the background. And don't call us stupid *****, you're just a whiney little *****.
        • Sarevok9, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3did you bother to read what he said or did you just shoot him down without being at all informed about what he was referring to?
      • martalli, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2His intelligence is not relevant to the issue that the country reelected him in 2004. By that time, many of his gaffes or outright incompetences were already clear. That was a national, collective mistake.
        • adooga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3That was a national, collective head-up-arse.
    • notque, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1 Fatalism May Be Fatal

      http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2007-09/28a ...
    • DivisibleByZero, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2What an idiot. How dare he acknowledge that he doesn't know the answer to a particular question?! Next year we all need to vote for an omnipotent candidate to make sure this sort of thing doesn't happen!
    • chyya, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3FYI the person that asked the question is a Cambodian girl that is very respected in our community. She is studying south Asian studies
  • stephenv, on 10/10/2007, -64/+13I know this is pretty Orwellian... but I'd rather have Blackwater stay in Iraq than to see what kind of jackboot thuggery they'll get up to on American soil.
    • DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30Yeah and submit innocent people to their "thuggery" rather than be subject to it yourself, even though they're Americans.
    • Flytrap, on 10/10/2007, -4/+30As long as the people that are dying are not American... then its okay.

      Sheesh!
    • QuickeningYak, on 10/10/2007, -6/+3You do realize there's a difference between a mercenary and a professional soldier, right ?
      • avisotin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Not really. Mercenaries are more often than not members of paramilitary organizations. A large number of people in any paramilitary organization are those who have been in the real armed forces before.
        • QuickeningYak, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1Mercs are in it for the money. Soldiers are in it for the patriotism, loyalty, and nobility. Among mercs, bad behavior is more common because they have no guiding sense of mission purpose beyond finishing the contract, getting paid, and walking away. A soldier is answerable for his in-mission actions for the rest of his life.

          You make a good point. Many mercs are former soldiers, though I think they're radically different in behavior because they're radically different in ideology.

          The reason for my previous question is to suggest to OP that Blackwater people and US soldiers are not all the ravenous beasts he would seem to fear they are.
        • Blandyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4QuickeningYak:

          Sorry, but my cousin's a soldier. He does his duty, but he's in it for the money.
      • Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2pay
      • archistudent, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7Professional soldier? Sounds like some Orwellian b.s. There is no difference. One country's terrorist is another country's freedom fighter...
        • QuickeningYak, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2It's amazing to me that someone dugg up your comment. Seriously, do you have any idea what a mercenary is?

          Oh, since there's no difference, and they're both so ***** Orwellian, perhaps you prefer that US soldiers stay in Iraq with Blackwater "than to see what kind of jackboot thuggery they'll get up to on American soil", as the OP suggested?

          Or perhaps you'd prefer they all come home (as would I)?... No, that can't be right, since they're so Orwellian and all. Right?

          Really?

          Or were you just *****?
    • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9they were operating on american soil. in new orleans we were paying blackwater 1k per day per guard.
    • Xondar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I don't think they should have jobs at all.
    • Corrosionx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Maybe they should just stop paying them?
  • donttaseme, on 10/10/2007, -14/+9Somehow someone will profit from the fallout on this incident and I know of what social circle this person belongs.
  • SeoulBrother, on 10/10/2007, -2/+112"This is what deligation, I don't mean to be dodging the question, although it's kinda convenient in this case."

    • ChileanGoD, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14This is what delegation is for... in other words... I delegate
    • 68024, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30Isn't he a barrel of laughs!
    • TotalHalibut, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Good, you don't wanna see him making decisions do you?
      • nihilite, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11What - you mean the President of the United States of America? Yeah - it might be nice to see him make a decision or two regarding the hundreds of thousands of people we're murdering.

        to paraphrase what is happening here, the president has employed a huge mercenary force and put them into a foreign country. These mercenaries are murdering innocent civilians. The President, our nation's highest executive leader responsible for deployment of troops, claims he does not know who the mercenaries are responsible to. He thinks it is pretty funny.

        Treat this like a mad-lib. Substitute the leader of another country, say Putin, instead of Bush. Makes him sound like a war criminal instead of an incompetent buffoon.
    • skyfire1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3It's convenient because he is a jackass.
  • Diggworthy, on 10/10/2007, -7/+237Everyone who voted for Bush should be forced to watch this. Twice.
    • Winston84, on 10/10/2007, -2/+49I doubt the Diebold-machines care how many times you force them to watch it ....
    • YumYumKittyLoaf, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Odd, i've seen Bush talk before, but not like this. He seemed generally concerned about the idea.

      Or maybe my ***** detector is broken, I have no idea.
      • Zeonix, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7It's definitely broken. He's feigning interest and curiosity in an attempt to divert attention away from his ignorance on the matter, because it somehow doesn't matter if he doesn't know something as important as who blackwater answers to if he "intends" or promises to find out.
        • bajesus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I don't know how you think he is trying to "divert attention away from his ignorance" by claiming ignorance. It is ridiculous that he doesn't know the answer to this question, but since he doesn't he responds the best way possible. How would you want a president to respond to this if he doesn't know the answer? ***** answer or not, it's still an improvement over his normal "***** you for asking" style.
      • 2012, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Fix your detector.
      • JT114881, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4*Beep Beep Beep Beep*

        Mine is working
      • bajesus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2He should really have more info on something this important, but this is the least like a prick I have ever seen him act. I actually like him slightly more after seeing this. I use to think he was an uninformed ***** whenever answering questions. In this clip he just looked uninformed.
    • control7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5What you don't understand is that the people who voted for Bush would probably love this video. He's the "guy you'd like to have a beer with" president remember? Thus showing him being cordial and funny(in a flagrant and dangerous way) in a video like this would only reinforce a Bush voter's empathy towards him.
      • nova77, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"I don't want the candidates to pretend to be average people, because why would we choose an ordinary person for such an extraordinary job?" E. Robinson
    • NSXDavid, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11As it turns out, I voted for President Bush. I voted for him twice. It might or might not give you solace to know that saying this, as it is now, embarrasses me. I respect the office of the Presidency so much that saying our president is a dangerous idiot goes against my nature, but not saying it is far more offensive.

      I can say this. The President has one redeeming quality: No one else in history has such an aptitude for determing the absolute correct course of action in any situation. Think about it. If you want to know what to do, simply look to the President. Let me speak his mind. Listen careful. And then do the precise opposite.

      (sigh)
      • OutThisLife, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Lol, you voted for Bush.
      • biotch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6 Next time pay closer attention.
      • bkemper, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4fool you twice. Don't get fooled again.

        I hope they have a special place in hell for you, for helping to enable this ***** to do such evil.
      • terminal157, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I, for one, will give you the chance to explain yourself before judging you. Why did you vote for him the second time, exactly? What did you find out after the election that wasn't clear as day before?
        • jewdiknight, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1because the election was between a Giant Duech, and a Turd Sandwitch, you lose either way.
          • DooM, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I dunno - to me, if you have to choose between a Giant Douche or a Turd Sandwich the choice is pretty easy. Turd Sandwich loses every single time. I voted for Giant Douche twice.
        • Blandyman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1i hope the mispellings were an accident...
    • Cerebral, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2They wouldn't get it.
    • frodobaggins, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just for you, I watched it twice. Forgive me, at some point all of us make mistakes :)
  • chronically420, on 10/10/2007, -10/+13this doesn't surprise me coming from bush, but still funny to watch
    • karek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11It doesn't surprise me either, however I cannot find it funny. I'm all about comedy, but when that's the supposed "leader" of this country not having any answers and looking like a *****, laughter is not the first thing that pops into my head... Maybe it's just me, but I don't find that ***** "cute" or "endearing" to say the least.
    • smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11how is this funny? it's funny that we're paying hundreds of millions of dollars to private contractors who abuse, torture, and kill innocent civilians in iraq? it's funny that our president is accomplice to this and is completely indifferent to the situation? or is it funny that all of this is creating more and more people who hate america, a fraction of whom will inevitably contribute to future acts of terrorism against U.S. citizens?

      this isn't a joke. people's lives are at stake here.
      • marcomc2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thank you. I wish everyone had this mentality. Especially our ***** leader(s).
  • SeethisPass, on 10/10/2007, -6/+50Bush is not the main moron. We are more important morons for tolerating him
    Look what they do in our names
    http://www.thewebfairy.com/911/binaries/Aegis-PSD. ...
    • SeethisPass, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10This is Aegis , not Blackwater the film was archived as a trophy on the Aegis website.
    • stroebele, on 10/10/2007, -18/+0Yep, all in our are name. I thought it was especially damning when the guy shooting the gun shouts, "George Bush mother *****, America ***** Yeah"

      Seriously, you have some assholes in a car shooting a guy, for all you know this could be in any 3rd world country, with a bunch of 15 year olds in the car, your video is worthless.
    • karek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Wow... what the *****? I honest to god wonder what the hell is going through some of their minds. Is any of this real to them or is it all just a big game? /palmface
  • bossm4n, on 10/10/2007, -27/+38At least he gave an honest answer. I could picture a few hundred other politicians not knowing the answer to that question just making with a bunch of double talk or simply saying what people want to hear. It was a good question though.
    • kahlessreborn, on 10/10/2007, -8/+7Bush isn't smart enough for that, your right thats what a good politician would have done.
      • nihilite, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Bush thinks he is smart enough to order a war, then says he does not know who they are accountable to. He sends these troops in there to kill in his name, then acts like someone else should take the blame.

        This ***** guy.
    • Bossy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+31That was a very simple and a valid question. Answering, "I don't know" is not acceptable from the leader of U.S. Bush was going to ask Donald Rumsfeld, who earlier also replied to that same question by "ASSUMES those private contractors fall under Iraq's laws..." Yes Rummy is not there now to give an answer but I'd like a report to ask the same question today to him.
    • 68024, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26'At least he gave an honest answer'. That's exactly why people voted for him- he seems like such an average Joe. The problem is, he really IS an average Joe, or even an under-average Joe. Meaning that perhaps he can connect to a large enough % of the population, but as an acting president... he is totally incompetent. Stop being fooled by this type of 'honestness'. Perhaps yes he's honest, but also recognize that from the point of view of controlling a worldpower this really is not what is the best for your country or the rest of the world.
      • allan17, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Maybe if other politicians gave straight answers instead of rambling on about other *****, they'd get through to the acerage joe too.
    • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13The contractors have to follow Iraqi law. So they are lawless. They are accountable to no one. You can't charge them under US law in US courts.
    • dawg109, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"At least he's being honest." How naive or stupid. I am nor sure which.
  • 0hffs, on 10/10/2007, -4/+36it.never.ends
  • DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -14/+29The question was just laughed off and everyone had a good time. Pointless.
    • nihilite, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10what's blackwater? tee hee

      i don't get the joke.
  • marm0lade, on 10/10/2007, -45/+4Buried. Post it under political next time.
    • kreneskyp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11splitting hairs. willful ignorance. you sicken me
  • fixty, on 10/10/2007, -21/+18Digg me down, but all I kept thinking when Bush was hee-hawing an answer was... "will he blend"?
  • Typhoon2009, on 10/10/2007, -24/+7I'm still a bit wary about buying one of those stickers with something like "Inauguration 2009 - The Day Bush Is Gone"... as much as I hate the guy, most of the other candidates aren't much better.
    • 83457, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26how could it be worse? I mean really
    • Easty, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4RON PAUL RON PAUL RON PAUL GOD I LOVE YOU RON PAUL HAVE MY MAN BABIES
    • AlanHolcome, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Yeah, that really gets Me down. There is nobody that I want to support. Makes Me sad & scared that I lowered My standards way down and still can't find anyone.
  • kingsaliva, on 10/10/2007, -30/+4I dont like what blackwater is doing anymore than the poster, but Bush doesnt mention them. Digg down.
    • caferrell, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12kingspit, military contractor=blackwater. get it?
      • skunkman62, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2no, please explain
      • kingsaliva, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Title used quotes. Do you know what quotes are used for? He didnt mention Blackwater.
  • ChileanGoD, on 10/10/2007, -4/+196At least she didn't get tasered.
    • skunkman62, on 10/10/2007, -13/+4you only get teased when you ask kerry a question.
  • loggia, on 10/10/2007, -4/+64Bush: Heh. I don't who Cheney is accountable to either. Heh. Heh.
  • Damian91, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8Well...at least he's attempting to be a good comedian.
    • Gutterpunk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23And like everything else he attemps, it failed
    • isaactwito, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'd personally prefer a comedian in office. Colbert Stewart 08!
    • danno147, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm not laughing... I'm crying.
  • Kyrgizion, on 10/10/2007, -5/+130Makes me long for the ol' days when all America's greatest concern was a ***** blowjob...
    • fixty, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8heh heh you said "long"
    • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21The shot heard round the world.
    • KyleGoetz, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1Don't forget perjury ;) (not a republican)
      • Zeonix, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1The average person doesn't give a ***** about perjury. All they know is he got a bj and that's the most immoral thing evar!

        Sex is evil and violence is good. 2 + 2 = 5.
      • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Perjury means nothing when it was for a personal question. Now had Clinton got head in a bathroom at an airport, then perjury would have been a crime since a crime was committed. But no crime, perjury is meaningless. Thats why that scooter libby things was full of *****, either do the work to charge the guy with a crime, or there is no point.
      • quisph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Don't forget acquittal.
    • isaactwito, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Since when are blowjobs not important to Americans?
    • saigumi, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1And blowing up aspirin factories in Sudan because he thought they had ties to al Quaeda and were making bombs. Yes, this was Clinton who did it.
  • GUTTS, on 10/10/2007, -34/+3I like Bush, yeah he comes off stupid sometimes but I think it's because he isn't a big talker. At least I know what Bush is about. Unlike some candidates...
    • caferrell, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28GUTTS, he sent mercenaries to Iraq with a free pass to murder civilians, then he laughs because he has no idea who they answer to, and you think the problem is that he isn't a big talker.
      The problem isn't his communication skills, the problem is that he is completely unprepared for the responsibilities that the President of the United States is beholden to perform. The problem is aggravated by his lack of humility and self doubt. He is messing everything up. Everything he touches turns to death and a loss of our liberty, yet he never doubts himself, which means that he will never improve.
      I don't think that you know what he is about. I don't think that he knows what he is about
      • 2012, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I apologize. I accidentally dugg your comment down. I meant to digg yours up and GUTTS down. And what is with the count? I have dugg up several comments before on this story and several others and the number does not change.

        Anyway, I am sorry I dugg yours down. You were definitely on point with your answer.
    • revisrev, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Never underestimate the powers of communication. Bad communication ruins many, many things. Perhaps his private speaking is as bad as his public speaking. Maybe he's not asking his staff the right questions, or not fully understanding the responses (listening is part of communication). Remember, Reagan, no matter what you think of him, was an excellent communicator. Bush fancies himself as similar to Reagan, but lacks the communication skills to pull it off.
    • Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Hi there. I hate to give my stock answer, but here it is: If Bush is so smart or has anything on the ball, show me something he wrote. The man spent at least four years at Yale, was the governor of a state, and has been president for six years; surely he wrote something that could show this inner eloquence. I, for one, would LOVE to see it.
  • DirtySnachez, on 10/10/2007, -24/+9I dunno what sickens me more, the corrupt officials - or the sheep that digg and whinge and pretend they're making a difference.
    • octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6For a second I thought whinge was a typo. My vocabulary was just expanded - thanks!
    • 68024, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9You and Stephen Colbert can say what you want on this topic, but I still believe that public outrage, even on the internet, is worth more than not saying anything. Of course it's acting on something that makes a real difference, yet public opinion does have the power to inspire too.
      • DirtySnachez, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5No, Its futile.

        If you want to make a change, be a person that *does* things instead of jerking off on the web..
        • 68024, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2*****. And by the way, then what are you doing here.
    • Wartyboskfapped, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4No one gives a ***** what you think. :)
      • DirtySnachez, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5you obviously do enough to comment. thanks for your contribution.
      • TotalHalibut, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3This is the general attitude of people outside of Digg towards Digg. Thanks for perpetuating the issue.
    • chochazel, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Yup that's a real moral dilemma you have yourself there...
      Who to blame? -
      1) The people who through thoughtless incompetence cause death, war, abandonment of once self-evidence human rights and liberties, budget crisis etc.
      or
      2) The people who complain about it
      That's a tricky one there...
      /sarcasm
      Is this a new thing? A new level of human idiocy?
      Were there people like you thoughout history?
      "I don't know who I hate more, these mongols hoards raping and piliaging our land, or the moaning minnies complaining about it..."
      "I don't know who I hate more, these slave-traders kidnapping us and selling into a life of servitude and punishment, or all these complainers..."
      I tend to think not.
      You're an idiot, but even though I think you're a moron who hasn't considered his/her opinions for any measurable degree of time, you're clealy not as bad as someone wielding actual power, responsible for actual suffering and loss of life. Why? Because as annoying as you may be, you're not actually responisble for anyone dying. Got it?
      Annoying != responisble for actual global chaos
      One is clearly worse, can you guess which?
      Jeez
      • DirtySnachez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Its a few days old, but I think you missed my point.

        I was trying to imply, that by idly watching and 'complaining' on the web is in and of itself an act to be despised. Silence is permission, and web whinging translates to silence in REAL LIFE. if you want to contribute, go and talk to your senator or something, or organise a funds collection then deliver it securely to those in need rather than do the obligitory 2 minutes of 'oh, wont someone think of the children' then click on to another story.

        If someone pulled out a gun and shot someone else in front of you, while you watched on silently, without physically attempting to prevent anything.. would you feel slightly guilty ?
  • shorty9, on 10/10/2007, -12/+1Ha. No news here. We all know the guy is an idiot.
    http://tinyurl.com/yvruw8
  • heystoopid, on 10/10/2007, -9/+55Impeach this scum now !
    • sparkmonkeyz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3I don't think many of you understand how impeachment works, or what it even is really. First of all, you can only be impeached at the Federal level if you have committed treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The only way we could remotely classify him under any of these would be if he was found as a war criminal, which he was yet to be officially charged with. Also, it requires a supermajority of of two-thirds of both houses of Congress for him to even be put in the process of being impeached.

      If we could magically get all of that, by the time he would officially be out of office, we should already have a new president.
      • smackhero, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3magically get all that? the citizenry's democratic prerogative is not "magic." it only seems impossible because america is filled with people like you who give up before they even try and just tolerate political corruption at the highest level of government and simply accept it as a fact of life.
      • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1breaking the oath of office is grounds for removal.
  • octophobic, on 10/10/2007, -6/+47That is a paraphrase and not a direct quote. It is misleading to use quotes around the title sentence.
    • shupy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2Watch the video. The quotes are insignificant to the story.
    • Napoleone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I misused the quotation marks, but I didn't do so with the purpose of misleading anyone. My apologies to anyone who feels offended.
  • LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -7/+20Arrest Bush
  • Marlz, on 10/10/2007, -6/+63The.....dumbest.....man......aliiiiive.

    At the end he says "This is how I work. I'm a.....ummm.....thanks (audience laughs AT him)"

    The guy can't even complete his own thought. Total fool.
    • DontGiveADamn, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4No, we the American people are the dumbest, we elected him twice.
      • Zeonix, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6No we didn't. The Supreme Court gave him the win the first time around, and according to Karl Rove's "lost" emails, they rigged the second election.
      • silencerar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Thanks, best digg comment ever.
    • bizchris, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I don't think it's that he couldn't complete his own thought - it's that he realized he was going to say "I'm a delegator." Which would have been in direct conflict with the whole "I'm the decider" stance.
    • PathDaemon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Especially considering that the question was on HIS OWN PLANS to deal with the situation, which he could've easily answered.
  • kneelB4zod, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9Seen this ages ago and he's still not been impeached! come America get your finger out
  • reddikilowatt, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21I think the question we are asking should be who that woman is and why is she majoring in Asian Studies and not Journalism? In that situation would you have the stones to stand up and ask the most powerful man in the world a loaded (and excellent) question like that? The white house press corps certainly doesn't. I'm not saying he should have had an answer at that moment, but someone should have been asking these questions when the Rumsfeld doctrine was being put in place. Sadly, it was presented as a shortcut to cost reduction (and anyone who believes that might be interested in a bridge I have for sale in Brooklyn), without any test against the constitution. You'd think that the founding fathers, who just finished fighting a coup de' taut with the English, who used a mercenary force against them, might not think it was such a good idea...
    • SlowOnTheUptake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I don't think there is much a course in "Journalism" could teach her.
      As so many have noted above, we are the greater fools for having put this idiot into a position of power. It's encouraging to hear a young person -- a first year student no less -- stand up and challenge the president, and, by proxy, the electorate this way. What's discouraging is that most of us continue to tolerate the destruction of our country and its institutions.
    • Kinkistyle, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Probably because she is studying a foreign language like Hindi or Chinese which will come in very handy in dealing with either India and China which are both experiencing explosive growth allowing her to enjoy great opportunity and probably financial success when either country overtakes the U.S. economically.
      • KyleGoetz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't forget that the Middle East is in Asia, too.
    • shupy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I am stunned that Bush's people allowed him to accept questions in an unscripted and controlled environment. Rove would never had allowed that to happen.
  • SuperMoses, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Well, he's had time to figure out the answer... how many in the media have asked him this question since then?
  • johnpaul191, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1um, i'm going to guess on some level they answer to the people writing the checks? if *nobody* knows who they legally answer to, stop paying them till something is agreed upon.
  • bobbilljoe, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4what a scumbag
  • MonkeyHugger, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16That is simply amazing. Talk about digging a hole for yourself. "Help"..."I don't mean to be dodging the question but it's quite convienent".

    And the delegating work excuse? WTF! You're meant to be the most powerful man in the world and you delegate such important responsibilty as that. Just show's why the invasion in Iraq has totally destablisied the security of the Middle East.
  • Vladius, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8Wow.... there are morons running that country. My Cat could do a better job...
    • halfabean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17don't blame me, I voted for this guy's cat.
  • leatherback, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7My first question was...Is that really him?

    My second question is.....If that is him, then he is our President, and he does
    not know what his private militias are doing in Iraq? God Save Us All.
  • DrunkenSavior, on 10/10/2007, -12/+6I really hate the Bush administration....but I'm tempted to bury this because the title is a quote that is not said in the video. I kinda felt lied to after watching this video.

    I just hate being lied to. It's one of the many reasons I don't like our current administration.
  • todu, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4I actually felt empathy for him. He seemed really embarrassed for not knowing the answer to a question he realized he really should have known the answer to. Why don't the people in power hire a better actor for us? Maybe /they/ are the ones laughing at /us/?
  • oneblackcitizen, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8wow... i thought this would be from last week or something, I'm amazed this is from way back in 2006 and he still hasn't fixed the problem. kinda makes me believe he doesn't want to fix the problem.
  • Drizzit, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3They're not covered under any SOFA agreements either so they in fact have very little in the way of rights as well. If Iraq was capable of governing themselves they could have a quick one sided trial and execute them and Bush could do nothing, but watch.

    The job of the military is to be protecting our government officials on official business overseas. Why this does not happen in Iraq is a bit of a concern. Is it also convenient that it seems these officials go it alone without any staff (Just going off a few shots of footage off fox and cnn)? Perhaps they're doing illegal things and it would be inconvenient if a military officer overheard something they knew was wrong vs a contractor who is paid to look the other way.
  • iamnot, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Right, Bush doesn't know what his actions are causing. I don't believe that. I also don't believe that he is an idiot or clueless as to the facts that he dismisses as things that he delegates. I believe that he is simply dodging answering the question. If he truely did not know the answer to this then that in itself is a condemnation of his lack of qualification to make such decisions.

    I loath the idea that we have become so inundated with ridiculously horrible behavior by this administration that we cannot see the forrest of deception for the trees of lies, but I do think that is where we are at.

    I don't see a likely change in the prospective candidates either. But I refuse to accept this fate.

    What to do... what to do?
    • johngr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I agree. His clueless moron act is as phony as his Texas accent.
    • IrvineS2K, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1@iamnot

      I know what you mean. If you refuse to accept this fate and truly want some advice on "what to do"....then, go do some reading at http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/, and realize that we DO have a candidate that is smart enough to see through BS, but never seems to stoop down to the level of the rest of the politicians. RP may appear to be "another old white guy" but after 8 months of "waking up", and knowing the problems that we face, and knowing that this guy has the intelligence and the balls to fight for everyone's future.... the choice is completely clear to me.

      Good luck!
    • IrvineS2K, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oops., the link got fudged by the comma. Here you go: http://www.ronpaullibrary.org/
  • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -3/+12i can't believe this ***** clown laughs about not knowing who they are accountable to, and the audience laughs too. he's the god damned president, he should know (i'm sure he knows it no one, just can't say the words). the innocent people dying at their hands probably don't find it so funny.
    • ItStillMoves, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yep, you're right. I'm hardly surprised he acts that way. I just can't believe the audience laughs. This will make some great footage for future history classes about the passive complicity of the general public...or maybe I'm overreacting...

      btw: It's not fair to use a misleading title...that stopped me from digging it.
  • p0s3r, on 10/10/2007, -8/+2That was funny! Thanks for the submission.
  • asteron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15When you put something in quotes you are referencing a statement. If they don't specifically say that you are the one being dishonest.

    To paraphrase use a ':'
  • rmmcclay, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3Well I don't know who he is but I wouldn't trust him to take the garbage out.
  • pcpimpster, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4I like to give people the benefit of my doubt but jeez, could this guy be anymore lame in a response to a rather serious question?
    And his minions laugh in step with his stupidity.
    Lets smarten up people and get someone in next time who has a ***** clue.
  • ventralnet, on 10/10/2007, -15/+4 Not surprised he wouldn't know that. any president would have the same answer
  • savetheusa1, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9What a baboon
  • 42Vindictive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3PLEASE, starting putting your bloody articles in the right place. I block U.S. News for a reason, im saturated with it everyday, and when morons like you don't know how to categorize, I have to see that much more of your bloody politics...
  • ochants76, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3The title isn't quite accurate. Taken out of context.
  • joot2112, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Why is he LAUGHING?????
  • abadonn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I try to get my consolation in the fact that historians (if there will be historians left in 50 years) will rip bush apart as the worst president this country has ever had.
  • withears, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That isn't DELEGATING! That's just NOT KNOWING! Every time that I think that this guy can't be any dumberer, he always surprises me.
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