Comments on: You may know me as slobbering honeybaby

You may know me as slobbering honeybaby

boo_radley — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:40:01 -0800

The speeches of George Bush, reformed. What if Bush had a crisis of conscience and turned over a new leaf? These speeches, written by school children and read by an impersonator show a mystical world of what might be. via waxy. Hello, waxy!

By: rob511

rob511 — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:57:14 -0800

Ohmigawd — Zoe Baker is brilliant!! ("Are ya intimidated ... Well, are ya?") The DLC should hire her to do all their spots for the midterm races. And Jim Meskiman, aka POTUS (or "Monkey Feet"), is spot on!

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:01:18 -0800

The impersonator is a scientologist, btw.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 01:45:04 -0800

"Sir Buttsalot. Don't be intimidated."

By: Ljubljana

Ljubljana — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:16:31 -0800

I love the word explode This post is solid gold.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:34:43 -0800

Also...no more homework for kids, because child labor hurts. Awesome.

By: Serial Killer Slumber Party

Serial Killer Slumber Party — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 03:41:17 -0800

I like how the 7-10 year old kids' speeches outshine W's casual grammar.

By: sluglicker

sluglicker — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:38:04 -0800

Very cool. Thanks boo.

By: beno

beno — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:56:08 -0800

beware children, the twinkies might get ya. it's true no way a 10 year old wrote that, too funny!

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:26:30 -0800

Wow. Where'd that kid learn the twinkie defense?

By: RokkitNite

RokkitNite — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 06:15:38 -0800

Heh heh. He said Doo-doo Head.

By: oddman

oddman — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:00:35 -0800

I've seen the light. I will no longer harshly critique him or his policies. He has a great excuse.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:09:54 -0800

How many of us have posted when our brains were invaded by aliens? Too many, I suspect. And yet we blame the president for acting when he is liekwise suffering alien brain invasion?

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:17:31 -0800

Absolutely delightful. Great post, thanks!

By: rxrfrx

rxrfrx — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:20:02 -0800

But he's already had that "life-changing event!"

By: a3matrix

a3matrix — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:26:46 -0800

Damn good thing our school systems don't indoctrinate the young!!

By: edverb

edverb — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:43:28 -0800

Damn good thing our school systems don't indoctrinate the young!! I think it's more a case of kids being able to see (and being unafraid to point out) that the emperor is naked. What are Bushies gonna do, accuse them of undermining the war effort? "Why, you little traitor!" Every one of these kids is more insightful than Rush Limbaugh. It's friggin obvious.

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:58:15 -0800

I was wondering in what context kids were allowed to discuss politics, and noticed that this was paid for by Josh Greene, who apparently takes his income from his job as a waiter and puts it into all sorts of interesting projects like this. I still wonder about the school, and whether parents were asked for permission ahead of time.

By: RufusW

RufusW — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:09:11 -0800

Amazing post....

By: RufusW

RufusW — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:26:11 -0800

This is a pretty cool piece from Josh Greene

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 08:52:32 -0800

Er, scottyreynen, children need permission from their parents to talk about politics?

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:16:37 -0800

Er, scottyreynen, children need permission from their parents to talk about politics? More specifically, teachers need permission from childrens' parents before having them talk about politics to avoid lawsuits.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:40:47 -0800

Nonsense.

By: jayder

jayder — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 10:47:03 -0800

I loathe Dubya as much as anyone else, but enlisting kids who are too young to understand the issues into the service of a clever Internet stunt strikes me as pretty low. It's not giving the kids a voice, it's using them. Again, I hate George Bush, but I'd be ripshit if someone included my kids in a project like this.

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:06:54 -0800

jayded.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:52:00 -0800

More specifically, teachers need permission from childrens' parents before having them talk about politics to avoid lawsuits. Uh, since when?

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 12:16:47 -0800

Uh, since when? Based on my experience as a teacher, as the child of a teacher, and as the husband of a teacher, I think it's likely a parent would sue a school distict over something like this. I might be wrong, but I wouldn't want to be the teacher testing it out. Parents have sued schools over much less. The lawsuits are generally ridiculous, but schools still need to be careful to avoid them. Schools don't tend to have a lot of extra money to be wasting on lawyers.

By: lemonfridge

lemonfridge — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:23:09 -0800

The impressionists Flipper is awesome

By: leftcoastbob

leftcoastbob — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:12:47 -0800

Based on my experience as a teacher, as the child of a teacher, and as the husband of a teacher, I think it's likely a parent would sue a school distict over something like this. I might be wrong, but I wouldn't want to be the teacher testing it out. posted by scottreynen BFD. Those teachers who will only recite that which is uncontroversial for fear of a law suit, aren't the sort who should be allowed anywhere near kids.

By: scottreynen

scottreynen — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 15:02:44 -0800

Those teachers who will only recite that which is uncontroversial for fear of a law suit, aren't the sort who should be allowed anywhere near kids. Sounds great. But where are you planning to find all of these innovative and courageous teachers? And the innovative and courageous school board members willing to support them? And the innovative and courageous politicians willing to fund them?

By: jenovus

jenovus — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:19:47 -0800

I think it is just that it is funny for kids to pretend that such an important authority figure would say anything. Come on, I laughed to think of Bush calling himself "Slobbering Honey-Baby."

By: The Boy

The Boy — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:27:52 -0800

"I know I have been a bed president" oh the slight misspelling of children can bring such joy

By: kosher_jenny

kosher_jenny — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:30:26 -0800

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By: nonmerci

nonmerci — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:32:25 -0800

BFD. Those teachers who will only recite that which is uncontroversial for fear of a law suit, aren't the sort who should be allowed anywhere near kids. Uhh, do you want to make $30,000 a year after putting yourself through years of school (and draining your bank account) only to put your job on the line for your own ideologies? Teaching isn't about indoctrinating children with politics, and politics are always a slippery slope when children are involved. The situation gets a little more lax in high school (I'm talking about US, public school here) but not so in an elementary/middle school situation.

By: nobody

nobody — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:41:23 -0800

Also...no more homework for kids, because child labor hurts. Note that this line, at the end of the first mp3 file, doesn't appear on the corresponding submission text.

By: mikeh

mikeh — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:18:52 -0800

But where are you planning to find all of these innovative and courageous teachers? And the innovative and courageous school board members willing to support them? And the innovative and courageous politicians willing to fund them? In my own town, or so I desperately dream.