I cannot believe the play that this is getting. President Bush, while talking to British PM Tony Blair, cursed. He said “shit,” as in, ”They need to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit.”
And that made headlines. [sound of head whacking table]
Have we really reached the point when the President using a word that, oh, 90 percent of the population probably uses, makes the news? I mean, if this was the State of the Union, I guess. If it was a long tirade of cursing, maybe. But it was a private conversation that happened to be recorded, and he used it in such a mundane way.
Who cares? (Answer: Too damned many people.)
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braine says:
There’s two things going on. To hear this President curse means that you’ve heard him without a filter. That doesn’t happen with this President. Second, what’s happening is that, without a filter, he sounds like an idiot. His full statement doesn’t sound like the recipe for US assistance in solving any problems in the mideast. “What they have to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop this shit and it’s over.” Great plan, George. Have some more bread. Or, better yet, a big handful of pretzels.
Leland says:
Wouldn’t it be funny if his approval ratings took a slight up tick on this news?