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    'This was purely an example,'' Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said.

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    Not only is dubya an inarticulate, incompetent dumb , even his speech writers can't get their together.

    How many times have dubya's extemporaneous and prepared comments required clarification that effectively nullified or reversed dubya's original words?
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    30+ drafts and no one thought the Saudis might get pissed?

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    " the middle east"

    ... it's in progresss, starting with the Repug Iraq war.

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    Brahahahahahahaha!!!!

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    I thought the best way to cut an addiction was to quit cold turkey!?

    electric cars, trips to Mars, Bush started reading Jules Verne, could he start reading high school reading material soon?

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    This was the only part of the speech that made me want to stand up and cheer. For all the talk about his connections (or his family) to the Carlisyle group, the Saudi oilmen, I thought "Wow, maybe he does get it. Maybe he's realizing the impact of oil consumption on foreign policy and the environment."

    And a day later, he issues a retraction.

    See, this is the problem. We have been discussing "who's rights were violated" when people were thrown out of the capitol for protesting or supporting the war in Iraq. And it's okay, because the park police said "sorry" a day later.

    The President, one who's trying to get his approval rating up, got his performance for that one night. No cameras finding the t-shirts, and statements the headline from the speech was "America addicted to oil, says Bush." That statement sounds like he didn't go to war in Iraq for oil, that he isn't serving the interests of the companies that give his family so much money as they are making record profits, and we're paying a full $1.30 a gallon more at the pump than when he took office.

    And a day later he issues a retraction.

    People assume it's just because he's stupid, but I believe it's more insideous than that. He needed to have a great performance, and he pulled it off. Who's image is more lasting NBC Nightly News running the clip of the President in the House Chamber "addicted to oil" or Sam Bodman's press conference, if there even was one?

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    He didn't mean 75% more energy independence. He meant 75% more energy profits.

    Way to appease those Saudis!

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