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Friday, April 07, 2006

George Bush is a Swede 

# posted by Damon @ 4/07/2006 01:32:00 AM

This article says GW has a Swedish ancestor who emmigrated to the New Sweden colony on the Delaware River in 1639. (the what colony? Anyway I doubt if this was news in the US) Naturally this didn't make the socialist Swedes very happy. In the forum that accompanies that English language news site, the following gems of wisdom can be found:

"10 generations ago.. that's 1 ancestor out of 2046, approximately. Big wow. What's embarassing is that it made the headlines at all."

"May we send him back to you, please?"

"You mean like "this one is defective can we have a new?"

"I do not think that swedish blood, when in USA, abruptly changes after some generations to resemble that of the primates. Actually George Bush's Ideal place is the Chimpanzee forests of the equatorial forests."

"Please don't insult the chimpansees they are really quite intelligent creatures."
"Do we have to bring shame on the chimps????"

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He's also getting railed:

But the president got a different reaction when he took a question from Harry Taylor, a Charlotte real estate broker.

"While I listen to you talk about freedom, I see you assert your right to tap my telephone, to arrest me and hold me without charges, to try to preclude me from breathing clean air and drinking clean water and eating safe food," said Taylor, 61.

"If I were a woman, you'd like to restrict my opportunity to make a choice ... about whether I can abort a pregnancy."

"I'm not your favorite guy," Bush interrupted to laughter and applause. "Go on, what's your question?"

"What I wanted to say to you is that I -- in my lifetime, I have never felt more ashamed of, nor more frightened, by my leadership in Washington, including the presidency," Taylor continued. "And I would hope from time to time that you have the humility and the grace to be ashamed of yourself. ... I also want to say I really appreciate the courtesy of allowing me to speak. ... That is part of what this country is about."

"It is, yes," Bush replied.

And now this "Scooter" Libby leak thing is biting him in the ass:

"The news has created a firestorm in Washington. Throughout his presidency, Bush has often denounced leaks from his administration and vowed to punish the leakers. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Congressmember Jane Harman of California said, "If the disclosure is true, it's breathtaking. The president is revealed as the leaker-in-chief."

By  Brancibeer, at Friday, April 07, 2006 1:25:00 PM  

Yes I was just reading about Mr. Taylor's comments, and I saw the Libby thing this morning. It amazes how many times we hear about the president doing illegal or immoral things It is unbelievable, that Clinton got impeached for lying about his sex life (I'm told by a Swede he actually didn't lie, since he used a pronoun when claiming no sexual relations, not a name,) and Bush has a massive list of acts that could land him in jail even, but nothing. The only scary thing, is if we get a Democratic majority in November, do we really want Cheney? I think it functionally wouldn't make any difference, but the American people would get much more respect from the world. But I am getting ahead of myself, certainly the Republican majority will remain no matter the will of the nation since they will redraw the lines, disqualify the voters, and prevent observers, recounts, and paper trails.

By  Damon, at Friday, April 07, 2006 2:13:00 PM  

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