Kind of like shooting fish in a barrel

July 23, 2001 11:13 AM

Kind of like shooting fish in a barrel but far less cruel. I can't help but love these sorts of compilations. (from McSweeney's)
posted by jasonsmall (6 comments total)

This? ... That which will soon be here?
posted by rschram at 11:23 AM on July 23, 2001

Are those real quotes of Bush, or just phenomenally dead-on impersonations of his style of speech? Either way, that's scary stuff- this Bush fellow, he's stupid in a way that even Reagan wasn't, which I wouldn't have thought possible...
posted by hincandenza at 11:59 AM on July 23, 2001

Are those real quotes of Bush...?

I heard several of these word-for-word on NPR this morning. It may be a mesh of fact and fiction, but I think it's all fact.
posted by ewagoner at 1:21 PM on July 23, 2001

I miss suck.
posted by gd779 at 3:29 PM on July 23, 2001

Bush described Rome as "a romantic city".

He also stood on the Senate steps and noted that "you have given us so many of our words." Such as "romantic", perhaps.
posted by holgate at 3:53 PM on July 23, 2001

*inspiration strikes*
I'm gonna have to give some of that Bush-wah to my soon-to-be ESL students and have them explain why it's wrong, then rewrite it correctly. Useful exercise, and highly amusing too...imagine their glee to learn that they speak English better than the president of the United States!
*inspiration flees*

(amusing sidelight - hit #6 is MeFi)
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:23 AM on July 24, 2001