All fishermen lie! Don't give Bush grief about his World's Record Perch.

[benburch]

Sorry, but even from Bush, a lie about the size of a fish should get a pass.

Don't let the fact that he lies about everything else cloud your judgement of this particular issue!

[shadowknows69]

1. Even a good fisherman

doesn't lie nearly double the world's record. no pass. I don't fish and I knew perch don't get that big.

[benburch]

3. I grew up in a redneck tavern in rural Illinois.

It was our family business.

I used to hear these tales of the Great Walleyed Whales of Lake Superior....

[hobbit709]

13. The Texas state record for

Yellow Perch is 1.06 lbs. Real fish stories may stretch the truth a little but not that far.

[Avalux]

2. I wanna know - where's the picture???

I'd certainly think that if he did catch a big fish, someone would have been there to capture the moment - would have been the perfect photo op. I bet the little weasel never caught anything on HIS lake.

[Occulus]

4. It NEVER ceases to amaze me

how people can see someone actually tell a fucking WHOPPER of a lie.... and give them a pass on it.

Especially when it's someone as pathological of a liar as he is.

For shame...

[benburch]

8. Fish are the exception.

The ONLY exception. (Well, maybe penis size...)

[shadowknows69]

11. But penis size is the one you'll always get caught on

I always just said "average" to keep expectations nice and neutral.

[Xithras]

20. Fish stories are fish stories.

There's a reason the term "fish stories" is commonly used for a suspect tale, any why we say something is "fishy" when a story doesn't quite add up. Telling fish stories is an ancient and well practiced pasttime...hell, it's half the fun of fishing! The six inch fish becomes a 12 inch fish, and the 5 minute struggle to land than 18" salmon becomes your four hour blood-struggle with "Old Scaley, the nine foot long, sixty year old lord of the northern fisheries".

There is a difference between telling a tall tale, and telling a lie. Fishermen generally understand that when someone tells a fish story, it's very unlikely that the story happened the way it was told. We expect it, it's part of the culture.

[tridim]

5. Yea, but do they use a fish story as their greatest accomplishment?

Or talk about long distance telephone calls as an incredible future technology?

Bush will get grief for crap like that. I expect him to lie about the size of lots of things.

[IntravenousDemilo]

18. The entire administration has been one long fish story. n/m

[mcscajun]

6. You know we don't care if he lies about a fish.

It's that he thinks this was the best moment of his Presidency. And when he says he's joking...He's LYING!

I'd guess he goes around in asbestos pants most days.

[benburch]

9. I know that.

"Damning with faint praise" was my aim here...

[wtmusic]

7. All DUers obsess about the controversy du jour!

Don't let the fact that they obsess about everything cloud your judgement of this particular issue!

:evilgrin:

[RebelOne]

10. According to news reports this morning, it was not a perch.

It was a largemouth bass.

[shadowknows69]

12. Ah...Sheeit he should have gone for the pike

Then he could have bragged some seious double digits.

[Demeter]

14. Gotta Wonder Why He Didn't List His Wedding Day, Instead

Guess Rove wasn't there to cue him.

If you are going to lie in public, make it a good and useful one. Appeal to the women!

[benburch]

15. Laura lost out to a fish...

mmmm...

I won't say it.

I refuse.

You can't make me say it.

:X

[IntravenousDemilo]

19. Could it be because his wedding day didn't occur during his presidency? nm

[benburch]

25. There you go again with those facts.

"Facts are stupid things." -Ronald Wilson Reagan

[Demeter]

38. A Smart Politician Wouldn't Make That Mistake

He'd expand the question to get the result he wanted.

[SmokingJacket]

16. It truly is the LEAST of his sins.... nt

[opihimoimoi]

17. BWAHAHAhahahahahahaha ROTFLMAO Bush even fucks up the fish story

"Oh Shit...wrong fish!!!!" Most fisherpeeps know what the Hell they caught...espec if it was huge....and dey don mix up de names do dey? and most likely dey would have posted a pic at the time....

Most likely BS .....otherwise pictures and testimonies from all those SS guys...

Its not the Fish,,, its the LIE

[Beelzebud]

21. Yes, However not all fishermen are the President of the U.S. commenting

on their "greatest achievement" while holding office....

I think that is the HUGE difference.

[benburch]

24. But I honestly believe that WAS his greatest acheivment!

That's it.

A fish.

And the fact that he lied about how large it was is neither here nor there as all fishermen lie about that.

[Beelzebud]

27. LOL I commented on that last night. It was Bush's most honest moment.

That is why I find it so amusing. :)

Bush is honest about his greatest achievment being to catch a fish. And in all likelyhood, he even had to LIE about that! :D

[Rosemary2205]

22. Texas nile perch goes up to 12 pounds.

Saying Bush couldn't have caught a 7# perch because YELLOW perch only go to about 1# is disengenuous. The man has enough REAL lies and fuckups that have cost 1000's of lives. Can we concentrate on that instead of making shit up to slam him with?

[benburch]

23. Exactly my point.

And fish size is something every single fisherman I know (including myself) has expanded a bit in memory. (In other words, we fishermen lie our our asses about fish.)

[Hubert Flottz]

29. Skilled fishermen don't REALLY need to lie...

Lucky fishermen do!

[benburch]

31. No matter how much skill

I have never known a fisherman who did not add a few inches or a couple of pounds to a fish. Especially when telling the tale in later years.

[hexola]

26. Don't forget the Sheepshead or Freshwater Drum...

I used to catch these things in Lake Eire...some locals called them White Perch...but they were really sheepshead/freshwater drum...they do get quite big.

Another possibility...

[benburch]

28. But are those likely to be in a stocked pond in Texas? nt

[hexola]

30. Unlikely...what about Walleye?

The Walleye can look a heck of a lot like a big Perch...

[yellowcanine]

32. Yeah that is a real possibility - The Walleye is actually a perch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walleye

And some people call it a pikeperch or yellow pike.

I am sure it is sometimes loosely referred to as a perch in some quarters. It would be an accurate term, as it is in the perch family.

On edit: I should add - whatever they are called, they are damned fine eating, as is the yellow perch.

[B Calm]

35. Walleye are not stocked in farm ponds..

[B Calm]

34. Nile perch is an exotic fish. Is it legal to stock them in a

pond?

[SoCalDem]

37. His "people" probably bought it at the store, and wore

scuba gear..gently placed it on the hook..and wham!!..georgie wins the fishin' tourney:)

and then Laura woke him up for his snack

[BuyingThyme]

33. Here's the thing: Chimpy probably meant to say BASS, not PERCH.

But he can't come out and explain the error because it would become obvious that the knows nothing about fishing, has no interest in doing any fishing, and only went fishing so that he could pose for the papanazzi.

So, he's stuck in a corner, again running from any hint of truth.

This is what the presidency has been reduced to.

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. No problem. He just said it for the halibut.

[SpiralHawk]

39. You are either with the fish, or you are against the fish

I am with the fish and I don't like no steenkin liars -- no exceptions for anglers or AWOL frat boy cheerleaders.

[DoYouEverWonder]

40. He probably caught a Talapia

An exotic introduced species that is also called Nile Perch. Not to be confused with real Nile Perch which don't live here.

Talapia get very large and are 'good' eating, except for the mercury and pollution content.

However, since they aren't 'native' they tend to die in large numbers whenever it gets very cold. Not a pleasant thing but the vultures clean up the mess in no time.

[benburch]

41. Likely in Texas, "very cold" happens only once a decade. nt

[DoYouEverWonder]

42. We had a talapia kill about 5 years ago

I had up to 200 vultures just in my back yard. You couldn't sit still too long cause they'd start looking at you funny.