Comments on: Will On Webb: Define ‘Jackass’ http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: T. G. http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-494596 T. G. Wed, 07 May 2008 10:18:55 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-494596 Gee, did someone hurt George W. Bush's feelings? I mean, is it even possible that out of the thick crowd of yes men and sychophants that surround Bush that someone was impolite? Gee, that must have hurt his feelings! And when you also take into account his awsome stature, it's inconcievable that anyone would stoop to such rudeness. I mean, this is a man who has lied his way into the Iraq war, which has since taken the lives of over 4,000 American soldiers. And perhaps as many as a million Iraqi civilian lifes. And so, with the ongoing surge collapsing under the weight of further insurgent atacks, how could it be anything other than sheer outrage for senator Webb to refuse Bush the civility of polite conversation? Gee, did someone hurt George W. Bush’s feelings? I mean, is it even possible that out of the thick crowd of yes men and sychophants that surround Bush that someone was impolite? Gee, that must have hurt his feelings! And when you also take into account his awsome stature, it’s inconcievable that anyone would stoop to such rudeness. I mean, this is a man who has lied his way into the Iraq war, which has since taken the lives of over 4,000 American soldiers. And perhaps as many as a million Iraqi civilian lifes. And so, with the ongoing surge collapsing under the weight of further insurgent atacks, how could it be anything other than sheer outrage for senator Webb to refuse Bush the civility of polite conversation?

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-149409 peter Sat, 02 Dec 2006 01:01:39 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-149409 Given that on the Senate floor, Dick Cheney told Pat Leahy to impregnate himself, Webb's remarks seem innocuous by comparison. Given that on the Senate floor, Dick Cheney told Pat Leahy to impregnate himself, Webb’s remarks seem innocuous by comparison.

]]> By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148431 Fargus Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:40:24 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148431 I just don't see how it was so rude of Webb. Bush asked how his son was, he said he wishes he would come home (adding "Mr. President," I might add, which was omitted by Will). Also omitted was Bush's initial response of, "That's not what I asked." That's the line that sounds testy and inappropriate to me. Webb is under no obligation to be friendly with the President, and if Bush approached me and tried to be convivial with me, for instance, about my cousin who was accused of manslaughter in Iraq and remains in the Pennsylvania National Guard, I can't say that I'd respond warmly. Respectfully? Sure. "Mr. President" and such. But warmly? No. And that's all Webb was lacking, was warmth. I just don’t see how it was so rude of Webb. Bush asked how his son was, he said he wishes he would come home (adding “Mr. President,” I might add, which was omitted by Will). Also omitted was Bush’s initial response of, “That’s not what I asked.” That’s the line that sounds testy and inappropriate to me. Webb is under no obligation to be friendly with the President, and if Bush approached me and tried to be convivial with me, for instance, about my cousin who was accused of manslaughter in Iraq and remains in the Pennsylvania National Guard, I can’t say that I’d respond warmly. Respectfully? Sure. “Mr. President” and such. But warmly? No. And that’s all Webb was lacking, was warmth.

]]> By: Dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148352 Dmac Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:53:52 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148352 "Was his tone mocking?" Gee, what other tone do you think his words could've possibly meant? My word, this man's comprehension skills are at the level of a pre - schooler most times. “Was his tone mocking?”

Gee, what other tone do you think his words could’ve possibly meant? My word, this man’s comprehension skills are at the level of a pre – schooler most times.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148309 Mark Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:01:46 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148309 I find it hard to imagine a scenario where the President of the United States would ask a man whose son was serving our country how he was doing in a mocking tone, but suit yourself... I find it hard to imagine a scenario where the President of the United States would ask a man whose son was serving our country how he was doing in a mocking tone, but suit yourself…

]]> By: mikebdot http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148294 mikebdot Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:12:53 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148294 The rudeness depends on how you take Bush. Was his tone mocking? Various sources reported as such. I refuse to pass judgement as I don't care enough about it and to do so would be ill-informed at best. One of my favorite quotes all time was during a PP presentation I read once that said in order to run a successful meeting you should "talk about ideas, not people". The rudeness depends on how you take Bush. Was his tone mocking? Various sources reported as such. I refuse to pass judgement as I don’t care enough about it and to do so would be ill-informed at best. One of my favorite quotes all time was during a PP presentation I read once that said in order to run a successful meeting you should “talk about ideas, not people”.

]]> By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148288 Mark Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:56:03 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148288 Fargus, Mike, I've seen a couple of variations of the remarks...it's true that Wills' version differs from the others. He shouldn't have doctored the qoute, if he did...the reason I linked to it, though, is that under all three versions, it was pretty damn rude...the President of the United States made a nice, civil gesture to reach out, and Webb slapped his hand...pretty cocky for a not-yet-seated senator, and uncalled for... Fargus, Mike, I’ve seen a couple of variations of the remarks…it’s true that Wills’ version differs from the others. He shouldn’t have doctored the qoute, if he did…the reason I linked to it, though, is that under all three versions, it was pretty damn rude…the President of the United States made a nice, civil gesture to reach out, and Webb slapped his hand…pretty cocky for a not-yet-seated senator, and uncalled for…

]]> By: Fargus http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148266 Fargus Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:08:08 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148266 Yeah, Mark, Will omitted passages from those remarks that definitely cast it in a different way than the full transcript makes it seem. Yeah, Mark, Will omitted passages from those remarks that definitely cast it in a different way than the full transcript makes it seem.

]]> By: Dmac http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148173 Dmac Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:04:34 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148173 VA elected him, now they're stuck with him - caveat emptor. VA elected him, now they’re stuck with him – caveat emptor.

]]> By: mikebdot http://informedspeculation.com/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/comment-page-1/#comment-148138 mikebdot Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:12:15 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/11/30/will-on-webb-define-jackass/#comment-148138 Yep, <a href="http://electioncentral.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/nov/30/george_will_distorts_wapos_own_reporting_to_smear_jim_webb" rel="nofollow">sums it up</a>. Hardy har har. Yep, sums it up. Hardy har har.

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