Bush: "I firmly believe that if there was a magic wand to wave, I'd be waving it, of course"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Bush_says_no_magic_wand_to_lower_ga_04292008.html

Bush says no magic wand to lower gas prices

Jeremy Pelofsky and Chris Baltimore
Reuters US Online Report Top News

Apr 29, 2008 12:41 EST



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Tuesday there was no "magic wand" to bring down record-high fuel prices but would consider a proposal to suspend federal gasoline taxes this summer -- an idea that has divided the 2008 presidential candidates.

Trying to calm anxious Americans facing $3.60 a gallon gasoline and soaring grocery bills, Bush again prodded Congress to open an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling and allow construction of more nuclear and coal plants.

"I firmly believe that, you know, if there was a magic wand to wave, I'd be waving it, of course," he said during a news conference. "I've repeatedly submitted proposals to help address these problems, yet time after time Congress chose to block them."

Crude oil prices have surged more than five-fold since 2002, heaping more pressure on a waning U.S. economy besieged by dropping home values and rising food prices.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What a goofy-looking f*cker.

Has that guy EVER had a picture taken of him where he looks even halfway normal?

[LakeSamish706]

3. That would be pretty hard to do when he never has been... What an asswipe he is. n/t

[LakeSamish706]

2. If I had a magic wand that F***wad would be vaporized along with his Administration. n/t

[Habibi]

4. Ugh. What a disaster this person is.

If there's no magic wand, wtf good would drilling in ANWR do?

Fucking idiots who listen to this catastrophe of a human and don't question what he says.

[stevedeshazer]

5. Wave it, George.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Now I have to go gouge out my eyes with a grapefruit spoon.

Actually, when I allow myself to think about him in the altogether (shudder), I imagine him as having much saggier man-boobs.

:puke:

[AlCzervik]

6. you all know the history of him saying that----right?

Thats his fall back line when he nothing else. Which is par for the course.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. I've heard the little monkey say that before. He's so funny!

:puke:

[coriolis]

7. Give me 5 minutes alone with that shitbag...I'll give him about 14 inches of a magic wand

:mad:

[madmax]

8. Again with the magic wand shit!

Yada yada. Didn't he use that bullshit line during 2000. Batshit dope. Sorry, I'm so sick of this, this...person.

[L. Coyote]

26. Appealing to the Harry Potter voters. ?? He was so off script this time, looney even.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

9. Dobson and Hagee aren't screaming that this promotes Witchcraft?

Why do I not hear fundie heads exploding over this?

Wait... I forgot. It's not what's said, it's who says it.

Nevermind.

:grr:

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Well, I'm glad to know the most powerful man in the world 'firmly believes' that

I mean, wouldn't it be a bit worrying if he was slightly unsure on the subject of waving non-existent magic wands? Good to know he's given serious time and thought to his reaction to an imaginary world suddenly opening up. :banghead:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. He wanted a pussy magnet for his car too, but he couldn't find one

Sounds like he called several cabinet meetings to explore the possibility of finding a magic wand but he was finally discouraged of the notion.

[otohara]

12. "Firmly Believe"

that's so he sounds presidential when telling a fairy tale.

[spanone]

13. dumber than a turd from a ladybug

he mocks us

[lonestarnot]

14. Hair brained motherfucker. Pitiful pile of shit. Last two brain cells must have bumped into one

another to come up with that.

[Harry Monroe]

16. He can take that "magic wand" and shove it up his ass!!

[Shipwack]

17. Nuh-uh! There is too a "magic wand"!

But... but... He told Al Gore in 2000 that all Clinton had to do was call up the OPEC members and "jawbone them" to turn on the spigots. He said he was an oil man and that's how it worked...

You mean he was -wrong-? :wow:

[peekaloo]

18. Warning to kids:This is what years of snortin' pixie dust will do to you.

[TheCowsCameHome]

19. Jesus, what an asshole.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

20. Crooks & Liars has video:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/29/bush-press-conference-anwr-and-economic-magic-wands/

:patriot:

[gulliver]

21. I'm glad Bush doesn't have a magic wand. Scary.

Look at all the damage he was able to do with just his daddy's name.

[MisterP]

22. hope his pants were zipped up when that blithered out of his mouth n/t

[ellie]

23. What a fucking asshole.

Who voted for this waste of space? They should be shot.

[Sabriel]

24. Expelli-george-mus!

Better yet, Avada Ke-george-ra!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. EXPECTO PATRONUM!

That's what you need to ward off Dementors.

[paparush]

27. 8 years..8 fucking years of our lives...under this man's rule..my gods...

my son was 5 when this SOB stole his job.

[SammyWinstonJack]

28. What a smart ass he is. I wish he had a magic wand and I wish he'd use it on himself.

[Stinky The Clown]

29. George Bush: "I Am Moron"

There are no words to express adequately my detestation of this waste of skin.