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#1 Bush on Economy: 'Wall Street Got Drunk'
07-23-2008, 03:07 PM
July 22, 2008 @ 5:23 pm by Andy Barr
Explaining the current economic downturn to a closed-door fundraiser last week, President Bush said, "Wall Street got drunk."
"There's no question about it," Bush said. "Wall Street got drunk, that's one of the reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras. It got drunk and now it's got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments."
Bush made the remark at a closed-door fundraiser for Republican Pete Olson, who is challenging Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Texas).
No cameras were allowed in the fundraiser, but an ABC affiliate in Houston acquired the video and posted it on its YouTube page Tuesday.
Last week, Bush indicated that he fears YouTube moments such as this making it to the web.
After asking a room of 400 supporters gathered for a fundraiser in Tucson, Arizona to turn off any recording devices, Bush said, "I don't know a lot about technology, but I do know about YouTube."
http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2008...eet-got-drunk/
* on the subject of inebriation - sometimes one must step aside to the perspective of a genuine expert.At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
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07-23-2008, 03:15 PM
It was a joke. Did you not hear the laughter?
On the subject of comprehension, yours sucks.
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At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
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noonwitchGuest
07-23-2008, 03:25 PM
You have to see the whole thing they showed this morning. His whole speech was intentionally funny.
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07-23-2008, 03:28 PM
Yeah - I get it. But coming from a former drunk - it’s even funnier.;)
At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
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SonnabendGuest
07-23-2008, 05:54 PM
Yeah - I get it. But coming from a former drunk - it’s even funnier.
Your BDS is showing again.
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07-23-2008, 06:15 PM
At Coretta Scott King's funeral in early 2006, Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert Kennedy, leaned over to him and whispered, "The torch is being passed to you." "A chill went up my spine," Obama told an aide. (Newsweek)
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SonnabendGuest
07-24-2008, 05:39 AM
Uh, I think Georgie Porgie is also a former cokehead of the highest caliber.
Obama OPENLY ADMITTED he used coke.
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