Comments on: I don’t think "robust" means what Bush thinks it means http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/ Challenging the Law of Gravitas since 1993 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:10:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Chuck http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1166 Chuck Mon, 21 May 2007 11:30:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1166 Eric said... <br/>YOU SUCK <br/><br/>May 15, 2007 3:35 PM <br/><br/><br/>john said... <br/>Your comics are mean <br/><br/>May 15, 2007 3:36 PM <br/><br/><br/>Don't Be TOO Concerned about these Guys, Darrin. I suspect they've been sitting on their brains for too long.<br/><br/>Unless, of course, they define "Suck" as "Draw you in", and "mean" as used by some people as "A mean Momma"...(EG, Fantastic woman)<br/><br/>I'm still a GOP member. But I STILL find this funny. What can I say, maybe I've got a strange sense of humor.<br/><br/>Keep up the good work. Eric said…
YOU SUCK

May 15, 2007 3:35 PM

john said…
Your comics are mean

May 15, 2007 3:36 PM

Don’t Be TOO Concerned about these Guys, Darrin. I suspect they’ve been sitting on their brains for too long.

Unless, of course, they define “Suck” as “Draw you in”, and “mean” as used by some people as “A mean Momma”…(EG, Fantastic woman)

I’m still a GOP member. But I STILL find this funny. What can I say, maybe I’ve got a strange sense of humor.

Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Darrin Bell http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1164 Darrin Bell Wed, 16 May 2007 07:16:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1164 I know you're probably not used to doing this, but care to rationally explain what you mean? I know you’re probably not used to doing this, but care to rationally explain what you mean?

]]> By: john http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1163 john Tue, 15 May 2007 22:36:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1163 Your comics are mean Your comics are mean

]]> By: Eric http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1162 Eric Tue, 15 May 2007 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1162 YOU SUCK YOU SUCK

]]> By: Tiffany http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1109 Tiffany Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1109 When you look at it from a certain point of view (the point of view of the White House's constituents - the wealthiest Americans who earn the majority of their income from dividends), this economy is a hell of a lot better than Clinton's. When you look at it from the perspective of the rest of us, the picture's very different.<br/><br/>As for "seybernetx," the fact that he totally misread both your post and the NY Times article is proof that the reality-distortion field does exist. When you look at it from a certain point of view (the point of view of the White House’s constituents - the wealthiest Americans who earn the majority of their income from dividends), this economy is a hell of a lot better than Clinton’s. When you look at it from the perspective of the rest of us, the picture’s very different.

As for “seybernetx,” the fact that he totally misread both your post and the NY Times article is proof that the reality-distortion field does exist.

]]> By: Darrin Bell http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1108 Darrin Bell Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1108 <b>"Your quoted 'Bush administration aide' is from the first Bush administration, not the current one."</b><br/><br/>Really? So you're saying George Herbert Walker Bush was President in 2002, when the senior adviser allegedly said that to the journalist Ron Suskind? Was there a temporal anomaly and nobody told me?<br/><br/>You might try reading the paragraph <i>before</i> the quote. Slowly.<br/><br/><b>"He is 'quoting' imaginary, internal beliefs of the current government, apparently by reading the minds of people he's likely never met."</b><br/><br/>Is that what you deduced from "In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn't like about Bush's former communications director, Karen Hughes, <i>I had a meeting with a senior adviser to Bush.</i> He expressed the White House's displeasure, and then he told me something that at the time I didn't fully comprehend -- but which I now believe gets to the very heart of the Bush presidency."?<br/><br/>What an interesting interpretation you arrived at. <br/><br/><b>"You quote those beliefs as direct quotes."</b><br/><br/>No, I quoted Ron Suskind, who presented those beliefs as direct quotes because they were told <i>directly to him</i>. I even threw in an "allegedly" since Ron Suskind apparently met with this aid alone.<br/><br/><b>"If that is what counts as 'reality based', you live in a different reality than many, probably most, people."</b><br/><br/>I don't think you're giving "most people" enough credit. I think most people are able to comprehend what they read. “Your quoted ‘Bush administration aide’ is from the first Bush administration, not the current one.”

Really? So you’re saying George Herbert Walker Bush was President in 2002, when the senior adviser allegedly said that to the journalist Ron Suskind? Was there a temporal anomaly and nobody told me?

You might try reading the paragraph before the quote. Slowly.

“He is ‘quoting’ imaginary, internal beliefs of the current government, apparently by reading the minds of people he’s likely never met.”

Is that what you deduced from “In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn’t like about Bush’s former communications director, Karen Hughes, I had a meeting with a senior adviser to Bush. He expressed the White House’s displeasure, and then he told me something that at the time I didn’t fully comprehend — but which I now believe gets to the very heart of the Bush presidency.”?

What an interesting interpretation you arrived at.

“You quote those beliefs as direct quotes.”

No, I quoted Ron Suskind, who presented those beliefs as direct quotes because they were told directly to him. I even threw in an “allegedly” since Ron Suskind apparently met with this aid alone.

“If that is what counts as ‘reality based’, you live in a different reality than many, probably most, people.”

I don’t think you’re giving “most people” enough credit. I think most people are able to comprehend what they read.

]]> By: seybernetx http://candorville.com/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1107 seybernetx Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:31:00 +0000 http://www.siteground224.com/~candorvi/2007/04/09/i-dont-think-robust-means-what-bush-thinks-it-means/#comment-1107 When I read the NY Times article you 'quote', I see:<br/><br/>Your quoted 'Bush administration aide' is from the first Bush administration, not the current one.<br/><br/>He is 'quoting' imaginary, internal beliefs of the current government, apparently by reading the minds of people he's likely never met.<br/><br/>You quote those beliefs as direct quotes.<br/><br/>If that is what counts as 'reality based', you live in a different reality than many, probably most, people. When I read the NY Times article you ‘quote’, I see:

Your quoted ‘Bush administration aide’ is from the first Bush administration, not the current one.

He is ‘quoting’ imaginary, internal beliefs of the current government, apparently by reading the minds of people he’s likely never met.

You quote those beliefs as direct quotes.

If that is what counts as ‘reality based’, you live in a different reality than many, probably most, people.

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