Comedy Release................ political version

[pan6467]

Hope the Mods can leave this open.

This is NOT to be a flamefest or a troll so please people don't ruin it.

I was thinking things in here are too serious and people need to lighten up a bit.

So here is my challenge. Name a time you have seen a political official screw up or do something totally off the wall that made you laugh. Hell it could be a law that makes no sense. Not because he was from an opposing party or because you hated him/her but it was just funny.

Example: Ford's constant falling down stairs as President. (Which was parodied very well on SNL by Chevy Chase.)

Hopefully, we can get some laughs here and rest our swords for a minute or two.

[irateplatypus]

when president GWB severely mangled the "fool me once" maxim so horribly.

anyone know what i'm referring to? i can't find a direct transcript... but it was just horrible. i truly felt embarrassed for him.

[Kadath]

"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." —- George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

[maximusveritas]

A transcript doesn't do it full justice.
You need to see the Daily Show's hilarious take on it

here(streaming real player video)

[QuasiMojo]

When Jimmy Carter-((some of you may not remember this))- was attacked by a killer rabbit as he was fly-fishing somewhere down south.
This rabbit apparently actually SWAM straight towards Carter as his secret security guards stood by, horrified by what was taking place. The then President succeeded in fending off the cwazy wabbit with a boat oar...

I shit you not. This sounds like some kind of urban legend but it's 100% true.
if you don't believe me why don't you exersize your google muscle.

Okay...I flexed it for ya!!!!
cwazy wabbit

here is a pic of the maniacal ra-beet!!!

[pan6467]

Now that rabbit thing is funny, poor Jimmy. Wonder if that is where the Monty Python gang came up with "the killer rabbit with very sharp pointed teeth" in the movie the Holy Grail?"

You guys are doing great at keeping it nonpartisan.

[silent_jay]

When Howard Dean went apeshit yelling like a Banshee, and blew his chances that made me laugh.

On a Canadian note when Jean Chretien chocked the shit out of the protester who tried to get a little too close to him, Who needs the JTF-2 for protection not Mr. Chretien, I bet Paul Martin doesn't have the cajoles to pull that off

[fuzyfuzer]

i believe that it is illegal to move a skunk accross tennesse state lines

learned that from a presentation on stupid laws at school

(see we learn all kinds of important things)

[Aletheia]

Originally posted by QuasiMojo
When Jimmy Carter-((some of you may not remember this))- was attacked by a killer rabbit as he was fly-fishing somewhere down south.
This rabbit apparently actually SWAM straight towards Carter as his secret security guards stood by, horrified by what was taking place. The then President succeeded in fending off the cwazy wabbit with a boat oar...

The winner.

[OFKU0]

Originally posted by silent_jay
When Howard Dean went apeshit yelling like a Banshee, and blew his chances that made me laugh.

Nancy Reagan doing a double half gainer backwards off of a chair on a stage while some stiff was giving a speech. Anyone who can dig that gem up with laugh hard.

[analog]

Humor is humor, no matter what the subject.

[streak_56]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by irateplatypus
[B] when president GWB severely mangled the "fool me once" maxim so horribly.

anyone know what i'm referring to? i can't find

[streak_56]

Originally posted by irateplatypus
when president GWB severely mangled the "fool me once" maxim so horribly.

anyone know what i'm referring to? i can't find a direct transcript... but it was just horrible. i truly felt embarrassed for him.

Originally posted by Kadath
"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." —- George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

This made me laugh so frickin hard when I heard it..... then theres GWB making up the word "strategery"

[Crack]

I loved it when Regan outlawed the russians...
can anyone find a vid clip of that one?

[Latch]

http://www.msu.edu/~owensma1/rrbomb.wav

There's a wav file, can't find a vid clip.

[Paq]

i've heard that about bombing russia, but was that said during a mic test? I can't remember

[BlueGoose]

Yeah, the Reagan screw up was a weekly radio address. That was going to be my political screw up.

[Speed_Gibson]

top of my head paraphrase..
Reagan talking about his VP Bush in a speech - "..We have been through sex, er success together....."

[yogrill]

George bush senior during a conference with the Japanese prime minister threw up all over his lap. The japanese now jokingly refer to throwing up as BUSHU O SHIMASU which means to "pull" or do a Bush

[MexicanOnABike]

ahahaha! didn't bush almost die choking on a pretzel?
i saw a video on tv of PM JC wear an army helmet backwards. until someone told him to flip it... hehehe i'm too lazy to find these on google...

[fizzledorf]

Originally posted by irateplatypus
when president GWB severely mangled the "fool me once" maxim so horribly.

this was absolutely hilarious -- i wish there was an audio link somewhere...