The Scariest Thing About The Bush Gaffe

[louis c]

is that he read it from a prepared text.

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country, and neither do we."

Someone, apparently not Bush, wrote that statement. Another aide or speech writer had to re-read it. Someone else had to go over it with the President. Then Bush had to practice it at least a couple of times.

Bush read the statement, re-read it, practiced it, and recited it without ever realizing what it meant. That's scary, really scary.

[tom_paine]

1. Or it was simply a Freudian slip

[ElsewheresDaughter]

2. i believe the freuian slip

[Warpy]

7. Hell, it's the first time that man has ever told the truth in his life.

[Randypiper]

10. It wasn't a slip, read the speech.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040805-3.html

[louis c]

11. It wasn't a Freudian slip

They have the actual words posted on the web site.

It was written and rehearsed. That's what's scary.

[ClintonTyree]

3. I believe,,,,,,,,,,,,,

he tried to "wing it" to add emphasis to his point. The man should never vary from the script, never. He's not mentally equipped to adlib.

[neoteric lefty]

4. That is quite a slip...

I don't see anything that could fit in those three words that he could have mispoken about. Something subconcious coming out, I think. But, there is no way of knowing.

To all Republicans; is he the best you could have done? Common, really...

[WillyT]

5. Freudian Slip\Freudian Slope...Either Way, Freud Would Be Having...

A field day with this MoFo!!!

Probably write a whole new book.

:shrug:

[Eurobabe]

6. What's even SCARIER

is the number of brain-dead people in our electorate who HEARD that line and thought there was nothing wrong with it!!!

[NewYorkerfromMass]

8. Peggy Noonan to the rescue

It was really bad writing then. There were many ways to communicate what they meant. They are incompetent.

[demnan]

9. On AAR this morning

they are playing it over and over. I love Morning Sedition!

[wellstone dem]

12. Played it several times on Imus too

once followed by a very coherent clip from Kerry.

[LeftHander]

13. taken in context of Condi's quote "Who would of thought...."

It does ring correct that National Security people should be thinking about new ways to harm the country...so they can make plans to stop it.


One of the big failures in stopping 911 was allegedly no one in intelligence circles could of imagined planes as bombs.

(We know here that this is not true, they did know planes could be used as bombs)


So yes they did write this speech with those exact words. What is scary is that is is so dumb to say it that way.

It should of been written like this:

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country, and we are doing our best to anticipate their next move to keep America safe."