Bush the asshole

Welcome to the club, Chuck. Not many folks get to be cussed out, by name, on national television by the President of the United States. The populations of whole continents with their primitive toilets , sure. But by name, wow! Our public scoldings had some things in common.

The Republican presidential nominee was unaware that is microphone was live when he leaned over to Dick Cheney at a Labour Day rally and said, "There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times. When asked about the comment at a brief airport news conference in Allentown, Pennsylvania, late Monday, Mr Bush said, "I regret that a private comment I made to the vice-presidential candidate made it through the public airways. Asked if he felt he owed Clymer an apology, Bush did not answer directly, only saying, "I regret everybody heard what I said. Karen Hughes, Bush's spokeswoman, said that the remarks were "a whispered aside to his running mate.

Welcome to the club, Chuck. Not many folks get to be cussed out, by name, on national television by the President of the United States. The populations of whole continents with their primitive toilets , sure. But by name, wow! Our public scoldings had some things in common.

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