blood sucking parasite thread!

Look, now I understand... that people have a certain way of saying things.

Nice spin control.

Do these verbal tactics apply to Wall Street or to Main Street?

"Well...."

Still trying to sell that elitist entitled Camelot whore, aren't you Lefties?

Teddy must have naked pictures of every one of you.

....and....aaand....and....and....and....

I voted for the guy because he's awesome in all kind's of ways. I think this tic is a little funny for someone so goddamn smart.

alonzinator: Look, now I understand... that people have a certain way of saying things.

Look, lets um be clear.

NYZooMan: Still trying to sell that elitist entitled Camelot whore, aren't you Lefties?

Teddy must have naked pictures of every one of you.

Seriously...are you farking five?

I didn't see mention of the "nuku-lear" VS "new-clear" thing that personally drives me up a wall.

Does John Kerry's incessant moaning/groaning while saying exactly 12 words per minute count as a 'verbal tic'?

That Obama tic where he constantly said uhhhhh during interviews and speeches was pretty annoying, I have to admit.

I'd like to open the floor up to other public figures.

Karl Cassle(sp) has a slush-mouth that makes me want to kick newborn puppies.

AxiomJackson: I didn't see mention of the "nuku-lear" VS "new-clear" thing that personally drives me up a wall.

Oh man, same here. I HATE that. Almost as bad as Amurika.

Tartha De Tear: Karl Cassle(sp) has a slush-mouth that makes me want to kick newborn puppies.

Tom Blowchow's R's were really distuluuessing.

alonzinator: Look, now I understand... that people have a certain way of saying things.

Let's be clear.

Firstly repetition is time-honoured part of political oratory

Secondly, stock phrases can help a person get his message across.

I read a piece back during primary season (IIRC) that said smarter people actually have more verbal tics, like Obama's "uh". It has something to do with the fact that they're trying to work out their thoughts - unlike just randomly blurting out something like, "Hey, bring 'em on."

I find that any politician just opening their mouth pretty much annoys the crap out of me, but then again, that goes for most people I meet as well.

Tartha De Tear: Karl Cassle(sp) has a slush-mouth that makes me want to kick newborn puppies.

I take it you would not want his voice on your answering machine?

I'd add the G W Bush sudden uncomfortable pause.

Bad_Seed: Let's be clear.

Firstly repetition is time-honoured part of political oratory

Yeah, like the part where Lincoln repeated shiat over and over in the Gettisburg, wait, he didn't?

Bad_Seed: Secondly, stock phrases can help a person get his message across.

Yes. And they do a terrible job of answering the question.

Something that is politically effective doesn't make it "time-honored" or particularly skilled.

See Bush, George W.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: AxiomJackson: I didn't see mention of the "nuku-lear" VS "new-clear" thing that personally drives me up a wall.

Oh man, same here. I HATE that. Almost as bad as Amurika.

Seconded, President Bush's speaking mannerisms bring out the pronunciation Nazi in me like nobody else.

Tartha De Tear: NYZooMan: Still trying to sell that elitist entitled Camelot whore, aren't you Lefties?

Teddy must have naked pictures of every one of you.

Seriously...are you farking five?


Apparently Caroline made fun of his dick size. Who am I kidding, he doesn't even have one to measure.

bartink: Something that is politically effective doesn't make it "time-honored" or particularly skilled.

See Bush, George W.

Geroge is either politically effective, time-honored, or particularly skilled?

McManus_brothers: Tartha De Tear: Karl Cassle(sp) has a slush-mouth that makes me want to kick newborn puppies.

I take it you would not want his voice on your answering machine?

Oh god.

"Thisch ish Charl Kasssshel, ta-[insert gutteral ch]ing your [again]all. Pleesh lweave your messssshhhhedge aftwer ta beep."

NYZooMan: Still trying to sell that elitist entitled Camelot whore, aren't you Lefties?

Teddy must have naked pictures of every one of you.

Look, just because someone would actually want to see US naked...

McManus_brothers: I read a piece back during primary season (IIRC) that said smarter people actually have more verbal tics, like Obama's "uh". It has something to do with the fact that they're trying to work out their thoughts - unlike just randomly blurting out something like, "Hey, bring 'em on."

I'd also heard that he's covering up a stutter.

/oddly enough, stuttering is more common in people who learned more than one language when they were children

Pro Zack: Geroge is either politically effective, time-honored, or particularly skilled?

Yup.

See terms, two of them.

Bush's accent. Bush's guffaw. Cheney's grunt. Rummy's questions. Clinton's lip-smacking. Palin's voice. Bush's "noo-kyoo-lerr". Obama's "aaaaaaaaand". Bush's Jeebus-speak.

// is it the 20th yet?

As much as I find Obama's "uhhh" and "butbutbutbutbut-thethethethe" annoying, Bush will forever hold the title of worst verbal diarrhea:

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft."

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

"You work three jobs? ... Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." -to a divorced mother of three,

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."

"They misunderestimated me."

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"

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

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again."

McManus_brothers: I read a piece back during primary season (IIRC) that said smarter people actually have more verbal tics, like Obama's "uh". It has something to do with the fact that they're trying to work out their thoughts - unlike just randomly blurting out something like, "Hey, bring 'em on."

How do you explain Bush?

I would love a leather-bound copy of all Bushisms from the last 8 years. It would probably rival the farking Encyclopedia Britannica in size.

sewiusproductions: I'd also heard that he's covering up a stutter.

I used to work with kids with stutters. This dude doesn't seem to have one.

I think its called being thoughtful.

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: As much as I find Obama's "uhhh" and "butbutbutbutbut-thethethethe" annoying, Bush will forever hold the title of worst verbal diarrhea:

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft."

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

"You work three jobs? ... Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." -to a divorced mother of three,

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."

"They misunderestimated me."

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"

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

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again."

don't forget, "Watch this drive"

"Heckuva Job"^TM

and a great recent one...

"Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted." --George W. Bush Sept. 19, 2008

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: How do you explain Bush?

Your post above this one covers it fairly well, I think. There's always an exception that proves the rule.

bartink: sewiusproductions: I'd also heard that he's covering up a stutter.

I used to work with kids with stutters. This dude doesn't seem to have one.

I think its called being thoughtful.

I'd buy that too, like I said, just what I'd heard.

+1 Internets to burndtdan

Tartha De Tear: NYZooMan: blah blah proof of idiocy blah blah


Seriously...are you farking five?

No, just stupid.

Please delete or edit his portion of the comments when you reply to him. His comments are on par with Darconix, and really not worth repeating.

I know that he is not a politician but WMMR in Philadelphia had an interview with Scott Weiland. If ever there was a way to tell kids to stay off of drugs, listen to that interview, it will make you want to burn your eyeballs out with a curling iron. Every other syllable (not word) had an uh or an um. in it. It was terrible.

/Good interview though
//Love the P&S show

Came here for the limerick. Well....I'm waiting.

Obama: You can listen to his mind working.
Uhhhh = "Processing."
Look, = "Processing Complete."

As in: "The thing about , is that uhhhhhhh. Look, ."

Biden:
Falls back too often on "Ladies and Gentlemen" and uses the word "Literally" like a German would say "Doch."

Bladel: Obama: You can listen to his mind working.
Uhhhh = "Processing."
Look, = "Processing Complete."

As in: "The thing about , is that uhhhhhhh. Look, ."

That is farking awesome. Don't forget
and = "Buffering next thought in loaded list, please stand by"

I wonder if I do that....shiat.

I'd rather have someone thinking while they're talking and being honest instead of flawlessly parroting the daily talking points.\

/thankyounomorequestions

Also.

Tartha De Tear: Seriously...are you farking five?

I think his problem is that he's farking zero

bartink: Yeah, like the part where Lincoln repeated shiat over and over in the Gettisburg, wait, he didn't?

Let's be clear. What I had in mind was the I Had a Dream speech, but there are plenty of examples from history, dating right back to the classical era, where repetition has been employed to great effect.

Yes. And they do a terrible job of answering the question.

Something that is politically effective doesn't make it "time-honored" or particularly skilled.

See Bush, George W.

Look, we have to distinguish here between two things.

Firstly, we have repetition as a rhetorical device. The art of making a good speech isn't simply saying something meaningful, it's saying it well. You could have the best ideas in the world, but if you cannot communicate them well, nobody will listen to you.

Secondly, there's repetition of the same answer to any given question, whether or not that answer relates to that particular question, which is what I believe you were referring to. Now, this... this is something we have to avoid. But make no mistake, the President-elect commits this particular sin far, far less than his contemporaries in Washington, above all, when compared with the incumbent president.

And thirdly, and most importantly, we must not take tounge-in-cheek Fark comments too seriously, lest we end up looking foolish.

McManus_brothers: Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: How do you explain Bush?

Your post above this one covers it fairly well, I think. There's always an exception that proves the rule.

No it doesn't.

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again."

That's something he took like half a minute to sputter out. You're telling me he wasn't actively processing what he was trying to say?

Kendaric: +1 Internets to burndtdan

I don't ascertain why burntdan should get an internet for what I ascertain to be a completely unrelated picture.

Did NYZooMan post something that got deleted and get him banninated? And I think I missed it...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Schadenfreude ist die schoenste Freude: That's something he took like half a minute to sputter out. You're telling me he wasn't actively processing what he was trying to say?

When you have the attention span of a fruit fly it's really hard to parse all the way through a sentence that long.