Taking the Saddam-Hitler analogy a wee bit too far

[Rufus T. Firefly]

"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany."
— George Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006

Another quick win for the Bush administration!

[alva]

[Lancer]

That 'democracy in Germany' goal was quite a trick once upon a time. Nazis all over the place fighting the 'occupation'. However I think we a getting quite close to deemocracy in Germany.


ahem

[Imran Siddiqui]

That's awesome.

[Ned]

Bush really has a way of putting his foot in his mouth.

Next time I look for a Repub. candidate, I am going to place the highest priority on his public speaking ability.

You Dems should do the same, as Clinton was popular in large part for this reason while Gore failed for the because he was a wooden public speaker.

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Ned
Bush really has a way of putting his foot in his mouth.

Sig material. Thank you.

Next time I look for a Repub. candidate, I am going to place the highest priority on his public speaking ability.

Whatever it takes to agree that Bush = Bad.

You Dems should do the same, as Clinton was popular in large part for this reason while Gore failed for the because he was a wooden public speaker.

He's come a long way since the Clinton years. Wooden? Not so much any more. Maybe it's the beard...

[Vince278]

Do we have any Germans here to let us know how their progress towards democracy is going?

[notyoueither]

Try reading the whole quote, and not just that sound bite?

Q What role must Germany play in the war on terror?

THE PRESIDENT: Germany plays a vital role in the war on terror. Germany is in the heart of Europe. Germany is -- whether it's this current administration or the previous administration, we have had a, amongst our intelligence services, as well as our law enforcement services, a close coordination and a close discussion. Germany's will is important. When the German Chancellor stands up and says the war on terror must be won, or is a vital part of the security of our peoples, people around the world listen. Germany plays a very important role.

Q Taking a look at the past, do the Americans feel that the Germans abandoned them when they went to war with Saddam Hussein?

THE PRESIDENT: I've come to realize that the nature of the German people are such that war is very abhorrent, that Germany is a country now that is -- no matter where they sit on the political spectrum, Germans are -- just don't like war. And I can understand that. There's a generation of people who had their lives torn about because of a terrible war.

I felt like -- I made the decision I made based upon my full understanding that threats must be dealt with before they come to fruition. And I fully understood during that period of time not everybody would agree with me. And so we put together a significant coalition and followed through on a difficult decision.

The point now is not what went on in the past. The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany [sic]. And I appreciate the German government's -- previous government's support and this government's support of helping the Iraqis rebuild their lives. Training missions are important. Debt relief was important. Gerhard Schr der relieved the debt on Iraq. And all those gestures are very important gestures that say that even though people disagreed with the decision to go into Iraq, we now agree that it's important that a democracy in Iraq succeed. And that's how I view the relationship.

The man was born with a foot in his mouth, but at least look at the context of the malapropism.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Vince278
Do we have any Germans here to let us know how their progress towards democracy is going?

Demokrassy is on se march here

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Try reading the whole quote, and not just that sound bite?

Q What role must Germany play in the war on terror?

THE PRESIDENT: Germany plays a vital role in the war on terror. Germany is in the heart of Europe. Germany is -- whether it's this current administration or the previous administration, we have had a, amongst our intelligence services, as well as our law enforcement services, a close coordination and a close discussion. Germany's will is important. When the German Chancellor stands up and says the war on terror must be won, or is a vital part of the security of our peoples, people around the world listen. Germany plays a very important role.

Q Taking a look at the past, do the Americans feel that the Germans abandoned them when they went to war with Saddam Hussein?

THE PRESIDENT: I've come to realize that the nature of the German people are such that war is very abhorrent, that Germany is a country now that is -- no matter where they sit on the political spectrum, Germans are -- just don't like war. And I can understand that. There's a generation of people who had their lives torn about because of a terrible war.

I felt like -- I made the decision I made based upon my full understanding that threats must be dealt with before they come to fruition. And I fully understood during that period of time not everybody would agree with me. And so we put together a significant coalition and followed through on a difficult decision.

The point now is not what went on in the past. The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany [sic]. And I appreciate the German government's -- previous government's support and this government's support of helping the Iraqis rebuild their lives. Training missions are important. Debt relief was important. Gerhard Schr der relieved the debt on Iraq. And all those gestures are very important gestures that say that even though people disagreed with the decision to go into Iraq, we now agree that it's important that a democracy in Iraq succeed. And that's how I view the relationship.

The man was born with a foot in his mouth, but at least look at the context of the malapropism.

Your point? He's still confusing Germany for Iraq even in context.

[Jaguar]

It's not very hard to understand his point, but somehow I'm not surprised that you didn't.


His point is that he was talking about modern Germany's role in the Iraq war, so his malapropism did not come from making a Saddam-Hitler analogy as the thread title would suggest.

[DRoseDARs]

I understood Bush's point; it's NYT's I'm asking for, but thanks for playing the jackass. Not suprised you did that...

[Ming]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
I understood Bush's point; it's NYT's I'm asking for, but thanks for playing the jackass. Not suprised you did that...

Sigh... Discuss the topic, NOT the posters!

[DRoseDARs]

Sigh... Talk to Jaguar, NOT me!

[Jaguar]

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