Al Sharpton vs Racist Teleprompter

[Chizzang]

I guess this is your disappointing rush limbaugh moment for me then, cleets- your view of how people sound being proportional to their intelligence is unexpected

i sound a lot like GWB

raised on a farm in NC and I have a distinctly western NC accent

unlike many "educated" Southerners I am not ashamed of my accent or my local sayings, nor have I taken pains to hide them like a lot of people

and almost daily (at the State Department of course!) I am judged by pinstriped Ivy League colleagues because of my accent (which is fine by me)

I love to pull this one on them (pisses them off to no end) - at DoS, there are fad words and phrases that drift in and out of the common diplomatic lexicon. they will pop up in cables for a few months and then fall out of favor for some new and yet more obscure synonym that illustrates the author's finely tuned intellect. Sometimes these words will actually drift into spoken conversation and thats when i like to play Andy Griffith with these assholes-

Chizz-like political officer: the new Minister of Foreign Affairs is going to be good to work with; he's Harvard educated and pro-American, a pretty perspicacious guy.

Me: Yeah I heard he's a real smart fella in addition to that other stuff

rrrriiip

Having heard Bush speak on personal levels, I know for a fact that his folksy way of public speaking was affected. I would not have advised a president to do that, but they never asked me. But that kind of thing does drive the elitists absolutely batshit- thats why it is so much fun, at least for non presidents like me.

I just never figured you for one of those people Chizz

but if you ever want a job at the State Dept youll fit right in like a finely milled widget

Settle down there cheese dip... WTF
Who said anything at all about an accent?

Good lord cry me a river
I love the TEXAS accent - I have a life long buddy who lives in Dallas
and he does not sound like an idiot - like Bush did - and I love his accent and language style
plus I have probably my best friend in life who is from Atlanta - and I love that man like a brother

Relax you drama queen

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

I have a Texas friend.........

I have a black Texas friend.

[Chizzang]

I have a Texas friend.........

I have a black friend.

YOU crack me up bro...

And I see your point:
I used to work in Dallas and Atlanta regularly and lived in Raleigh NC

and you never had a black friend (nice try)

[kalm]

I have a southern friend...and he's quite smart.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

I have a Texas friend.........

I have a black friend.

YOU crack me up bro...

And I see your point:
I used to work in Dallas and Atlanta regularly and lived in Raleigh NC

and you never had a black friend (nice try)

You wouldn't like any of my black friends, they don't align with you politically. Smart guys and it's why they hang with me......they make good decisions.

[kalm]

YOU crack me up bro...

And I see your point:
I used to work in Dallas and Atlanta regularly and lived in Raleigh NC

and you never had a black friend (nice try)

You wouldn't like any of my black friends, they don't align with you politically. Smart guys and it's why they hang with me......they make good decisions.

Ummm....shouldn't you be referring to them as your posse?

[houndawg]

I guess this is your disappointing rush limbaugh moment for me then, cleets- your view of how people sound being proportional to their intelligence is unexpected

i sound a lot like GWB

raised on a farm in NC and I have a distinctly western NC accent

unlike many "educated" Southerners I am not ashamed of my accent or my local sayings, nor have I taken pains to hide them like a lot of people

and almost daily (at the State Department of course!) I am judged by pinstriped Ivy League colleagues because of my accent (which is fine by me)

I love to pull this one on them (pisses them off to no end) - at DoS, there are fad words and phrases that drift in and out of the common diplomatic lexicon. they will pop up in cables for a few months and then fall out of favor for some new and yet more obscure synonym that illustrates the author's finely tuned intellect. Sometimes these words will actually drift into spoken conversation and thats when i like to play Andy Griffith with these assholes-

Chizz-like political officer: the new Minister of Foreign Affairs is going to be good to work with; he's Harvard educated and pro-American, a pretty perspicacious guy.

Me: Yeah I heard he's a real smart fella in addition to that other stuff

rrrriiip

Having heard Bush speak on personal levels, I know for a fact that his folksy way of public speaking was affected. I would not have advised a president to do that, but they never asked me. But that kind of thing does drive the elitists absolutely batshit- thats why it is so much fun, at least for non presidents like me.

I just never figured you for one of those people Chizz

but if you ever want a job at the State Dept youll fit right in like a finely milled widget

Settle down there cheese dip... WTF
Who said anything at all about an accent?

Good lord cry me a river
I love the TEXAS accent - I have a life long buddy who lives in Dallas
and he does not sound like an idiot - like Bush did - and I love his accent and language style
plus I have probably my best friend in life who is from Atlanta - and I love that man like a brother

Relax you drama queen

Somebody is a little sensitive.


I can see why, I married a New Englander and have spent a fair bit of time around them. As a group, nobody in the country has a bigger superiority complex or looks down their nose at outsiders more than New Englanders. And you know they call him Opie or Cletus when he isn't around and make jokes about getting cornholed at the Citadel.

[houndawg]

YOU crack me up bro...

And I see your point:
I used to work in Dallas and Atlanta regularly and lived in Raleigh NC

and you never had a black friend (nice try)

You wouldn't like any of my black friends, they don't align with you politically. Smart guys and it's why they hang with me......they make good decisions.

You don't have any friends.

[ALPHAGRIZ1]

You wouldn't like any of my black friends, they don't align with you politically. Smart guys and it's why they hang with me......they make good decisions.

You don't have any friends.

I have 31 friends.
(1 Mexican, 3 Black, 2 Gay, 7 Democrats, 18 straight)

Everyone else is just an acquaintance.

[AZGrizFan]

Pronoun usage.

nice work

GATW just got spanked.

[CID1990]

I guess this is your disappointing rush limbaugh moment for me then, cleets- your view of how people sound being proportional to their intelligence is unexpected

i sound a lot like GWB

raised on a farm in NC and I have a distinctly western NC accent

unlike many "educated" Southerners I am not ashamed of my accent or my local sayings, nor have I taken pains to hide them like a lot of people

and almost daily (at the State Department of course!) I am judged by pinstriped Ivy League colleagues because of my accent (which is fine by me)

I love to pull this one on them (pisses them off to no end) - at DoS, there are fad words and phrases that drift in and out of the common diplomatic lexicon. they will pop up in cables for a few months and then fall out of favor for some new and yet more obscure synonym that illustrates the author's finely tuned intellect. Sometimes these words will actually drift into spoken conversation and thats when i like to play Andy Griffith with these assholes-

Chizz-like political officer: the new Minister of Foreign Affairs is going to be good to work with; he's Harvard educated and pro-American, a pretty perspicacious guy.

Me: Yeah I heard he's a real smart fella in addition to that other stuff

rrrriiip

Having heard Bush speak on personal levels, I know for a fact that his folksy way of public speaking was affected. I would not have advised a president to do that, but they never asked me. But that kind of thing does drive the elitists absolutely batshit- thats why it is so much fun, at least for non presidents like me.

I just never figured you for one of those people Chizz

but if you ever want a job at the State Dept youll fit right in like a finely milled widget

I'm sure all of that is true and I have no doubt you're quite intelligent CID. Except when you double down on defending Rush by defending Bush's intelligence.

im going to nip this in the bud like i should have in the other thread (where i was confused with JSO and misquoted)

i am not defending Bush's intelligence

i am simply not on the "Bush is stupid" bandwagon with the rest of the nonthinkers

[Grizalltheway]

nice work

GATW just got spanked.

wut

[kalm]

I'm sure all of that is true and I have no doubt you're quite intelligent CID. Except when you double down on defending Rush by defending Bush's intelligence.

im going to nip this in the bud like i should have in the other thread (where i was confused with JSO and misquoted)

i am not defending Bush's intelligence

i am simply not on the "Bush is stupid" bandwagon with the rest of the nonthinkers

But you think he's significantly smarter than Sharpton, right?

[Chizzang]

im going to nip this in the bud like i should have in the other thread (where i was confused with JSO and misquoted)

i am not defending Bush's intelligence

i am simply not on the "Bush is stupid" bandwagon with the rest of the nonthinkers

I'm not on any bandwagon...
But when you say "duh" between every third word while you're speaking
and bumble through every attempt at a clever catch phrase
well - frankly - you're going to come across as an idiot



StWrong already correctly pointed out:
Folksy is Andy Griffith - who comes across as extremely bright and understated
Bush just comes across as an idiot imposter

Huge difference

[BlueHen86]

nice work

GATW just got spanked.

[AZGrizFan]

im going to nip this in the bud like i should have in the other thread (where i was confused with JSO and misquoted)

i am not defending Bush's intelligence

i am simply not on the "Bush is stupid" bandwagon with the rest of the nonthinkers

But you think he's significantly smarter than Sharpton, right?

A lamp post is significantly smarter than Sharpton.

[BDKJMU]

im going to nip this in the bud like i should have in the other thread (where i was confused with JSO and misquoted)

i am not defending Bush's intelligence

i am simply not on the "Bush is stupid" bandwagon with the rest of the nonthinkers

I'm not on any bandwagon...
But when you say "duh" between every third word while you're speaking
and bumble through every attempt at a clever catch phrase
well - frankly - you're going to come across as an idiot



StWrong already correctly pointed out:
Folksy is Andy Griffith - who comes across as extremely bright and understated
Bush just comes across as an idiot imposter

Huge difference

Bush likely had an IQ in the same ballpark as Gore and Kerry, slightly lower than Gore and slightly higher than Kerry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/polit ... .html?_r=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If Bush was an idiot imposter as you claim, then that would make Gore and Kerry idiot imposters also.

And if someone with an IQ in the mid 120s is an idiot, then 95% of the general public are idiots.

[BlueHen86]

I'm not on any bandwagon...
But when you say "duh" between every third word while you're speaking
and bumble through every attempt at a clever catch phrase
well - frankly - you're going to come across as an idiot



StWrong already correctly pointed out:
Folksy is Andy Griffith - who comes across as extremely bright and understated
Bush just comes across as an idiot imposter

Huge difference

Bush likely had an IQ in the same ballpark as Gore and Kerry, slightly lower than Gore and slightly higher than Kerry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/polit ... .html?_r=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If Bush was an idiot imposter as you claim, then that would make Gore and Kerry idiot imposters also.

And if someone with an IQ in the mid 120s is an idiot, then 95% of the general public are idiots.

That's not what he claimed. He said that he "comes across as an idiot imposter". The "comes across" part is a significant part of his statement. Bush may have had a high IQ, but he seemed to be intellectually lazy, and that made him look stupid.

[AZGrizFan]

Bush likely had an IQ in the same ballpark as Gore and Kerry, slightly lower than Gore and slightly higher than Kerry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/polit ... .html?_r=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If Bush was an idiot imposter as you claim, then that would make Gore and Kerry idiot imposters also.

And if someone with an IQ in the mid 120s is an idiot, then 95% of the general public are idiots.

That's not what he claimed. He said that he "comes across as an idiot imposter". The "comes across" part is a significant part of his statement. Bush may have had a high IQ, but he seemed to be intellectually lazy, and that made him look stupid.

Then what does that make Obama, with a complete inability to form coherent sentences without a teleprompter?

[BlueHen86]

That's not what he claimed. He said that he "comes across as an idiot imposter". The "comes across" part is a significant part of his statement. Bush may have had a high IQ, but he seemed to be intellectually lazy, and that made him look stupid.

Then what does that make Obama, with a complete inability to form coherent sentences without a teleprompter?

Well, at least we know he can read.

[AZGrizFan]

Then what does that make Obama, with a complete inability to form coherent sentences without a teleprompter?

Well, at least we know he can read.

I've heard Bush speak in person on two occasions...he's a very engaging speaker.

[Chizzang]

Bush likely had an IQ in the same ballpark as Gore and Kerry, slightly lower than Gore and slightly higher than Kerry.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/polit ... .html?_r=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If Bush was an idiot imposter as you claim, then that would make Gore and Kerry idiot imposters also.

And if someone with an IQ in the mid 120s is an idiot, then 95% of the general public are idiots.

10-4 cap'n obvious
Yes we're frequently told what a smart guy Bush was - I get it - he had a 120 IQ (hit repeat button endlessly)

My point, that you completely missed was something different
Re-read my post and see if you can grasp my point (it's subtle but I think even you can grasp it)

Jeezus

[BlueHen86]

Well, at least we know he can read.

I've heard Bush speak in person on two occasions...he's a very engaging speaker.

I don't doubt that. His post 9/11 speech was one of the best I ever heard, but he did come across as an idiot on many occasions. More so than the average President.

[Chizzang]

I've heard Bush speak in person on two occasions...he's a very engaging speaker.

I don't doubt that. His post 9/11 speech was one of the best I ever heard, but he did come across as an idiot on many occasions. More so than the average President.

This ^ is apparently an extremely elusive point to grasp for some people

[AZGrizFan]

I've heard Bush speak in person on two occasions...he's a very engaging speaker.

I don't doubt that. His post 9/11 speech was one of the best I ever heard, but he did come across as an idiot on many occasions. More so than the average President.

And Obama comes across as completely lost in the position....happens to the best of 'em.