Comments on: RANKING THE PRESIDENTS: #15 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> “The Trailblazers” (Part 1) http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/01/27/ranking-the-presidents-15-the-trailblazers-part-1 Sun, 20 May 2012 02:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Andy McGee http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/01/27/ranking-the-presidents-15-the-trailblazers-part-1#comment-162 Andy McGee Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:13:14 +0000 http://www.thirstyquill.com/?p=718#comment-162 Well Quill, what time do they expect you back at Scotland Yards? Just kidding, for the record, I have made it very clear in past post that I think George W Bush could possibly have been the best, and I mean, "The Best" commissioner of Baseball America has ever had. But seriously, I was just making and observation. Let's inspect: LBJ:“You ain’t learnin’ nothin’ when you’re talkin’.” Hoover: “The President ought to be allowed to hang two men every year without giving any reason or explanation.” Taft: “I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President is simply to hear other people talk.” GWB: “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.” Now if we wanted to truly embody the spirit of this francness and open honesty we could use these W Classics: "This thaw -- took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw." --George W. Bush, on liquidity in the markets, Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008 "Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ... That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2008 "I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008 Or my 2 favorites: 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." --George W. Bush, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004 "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008 Well Quill, what time do they expect you back at Scotland Yards? Just kidding, for the record, I have made it very clear in past post that I think George W Bush could possibly have been the best, and I mean, “The Best” commissioner of Baseball America has ever had. But seriously, I was just making and observation. Let’s inspect:

LBJ:“You ain’t learnin’ nothin’ when you’re talkin’.”

Hoover: “The President ought to be allowed to hang two men every year without giving any reason or explanation.”

Taft: “I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President is simply to hear other people talk.”

GWB: “The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining.”

Now if we wanted to truly embody the spirit of this francness and open honesty we could use these W Classics:

“This thaw — took a while to thaw, it’s going to take a while to unthaw.” –George W. Bush, on liquidity in the markets, Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008

“Wait a minute. What did you just say? You’re predicting $4-a-gallon gas? … That’s interesting. I hadn’t heard that.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2008

“I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008

Or my 2 favorites:
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.” –George W. Bush, Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

“I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.” –George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008

]]> By: The Thirsty Quill http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/01/27/ranking-the-presidents-15-the-trailblazers-part-1#comment-161 The Thirsty Quill Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:19:37 +0000 http://www.thirstyquill.com/?p=718#comment-161 Andy, I am beginning to sense that you don't really like "W." Just a notion. :) Andy,

I am beginning to sense that you don’t really like “W.”

Just a notion. :)

]]> By: Andy McGee http://www.thirstyquill.com/2009/01/27/ranking-the-presidents-15-the-trailblazers-part-1#comment-160 Andy McGee Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:19:33 +0000 http://www.thirstyquill.com/?p=718#comment-160 If LBJ does not fill you with a since of what the possibilities are for you here in the USA then you just don’t get it. African Americans are feeling the since of this reality right now with the recent election of Barack Obama. There is no doubt many Americans must have felt this same type of unlimited possibility when you see this un polished hunk of a (somebeetch) take a country in the midst of a very unpopular war, in the turmoil of the times, and get some major accomplishments, well, accomplished. LBJ is a classic. I would have ranked him much higher but I wanted to win the book and knew that I had to think like a Neo-Con. (No offence) Also, You know what I love about all these "Great Presidents" The timeless quotes. Not to beat a dead horses drum, but the only quotes that seemed overly contrived and not at all authored by the actual President was GWB. Just a notation. If LBJ does not fill you with a since of what the possibilities are for you here in the USA then you just don’t get it. African Americans are feeling the since of this reality right now with the recent election of Barack Obama. There is no doubt many Americans must have felt this same type of unlimited possibility when you see this un polished hunk of a (somebeetch) take a country in the midst of a very unpopular war, in the turmoil of the times, and get some major accomplishments, well, accomplished. LBJ is a classic. I would have ranked him much higher but I wanted to win the book and knew that I had to think like a Neo-Con. (No offence)

Also, You know what I love about all these “Great Presidents” The timeless quotes. Not to beat a dead horses drum, but the only quotes that seemed overly contrived and not at all authored by the actual President was GWB. Just a notation.

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