Best Bush Jokes
Jun 9th 2004, 8:05 pm
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Best Bush Jokes
Couldn't resist- this made me chuckle:
President George Bush is on a trip to several European countries. While visiting England, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. _She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen.
To demonstrate, the Queen phones Tony Blair, puts him on a speaker phone and says: "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question to me. Your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Tony Blair responds, "It's me, madam."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen.
She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. President?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!".
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Dick Cheney first and says, "Hi, Dick. I wonder if you _can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Cheney hangs up.
Cheney immediately calls members of his staff and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.
"Now look here, Colin, your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushes back to call Bush and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong! It's Tony Blair."
President George Bush is on a trip to several European countries. While visiting England, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. _She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen.
To demonstrate, the Queen phones Tony Blair, puts him on a speaker phone and says: "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question to me. Your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Tony Blair responds, "It's me, madam."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen.
She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. President?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!".
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Dick Cheney first and says, "Hi, Dick. I wonder if you _can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Cheney hangs up.
Cheney immediately calls members of his staff and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.
"Now look here, Colin, your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushes back to call Bush and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong! It's Tony Blair."
Jun 9th 2004, 8:08 pm
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Re: Best Bush Jokes
Originally posted by ironporer
Couldn't resist- this made me chuckle:
President George Bush is on a trip to several European countries. While visiting England, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. _She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen.
To demonstrate, the Queen phones Tony Blair, puts him on a speaker phone and says: "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question to me. Your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Tony Blair responds, "It's me, madam."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen.
She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. President?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!".
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Dick Cheney first and says, "Hi, Dick. I wonder if you _can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Cheney hangs up.
Cheney immediately calls members of his staff and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.
"Now look here, Colin, your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushes back to call Bush and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong! It's Tony Blair."
Couldn't resist- this made me chuckle:
President George Bush is on a trip to several European countries. While visiting England, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. _She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen.
To demonstrate, the Queen phones Tony Blair, puts him on a speaker phone and says: "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question to me. Your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Tony Blair responds, "It's me, madam."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen.
She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. President?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!".
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Dick Cheney first and says, "Hi, Dick. I wonder if you _can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Cheney hangs up.
Cheney immediately calls members of his staff and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.
"Now look here, Colin, your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushes back to call Bush and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong! It's Tony Blair."
Jun 9th 2004, 9:14 pm
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Bush and his cohort are in a diner they are looking at the menu when the waitress asks what he would like 'I'll have a quicky' a stoney silence falls. The waitress breaks the silence by saying 'Thats a quiche, Mr President'
Jun 10th 2004, 1:03 am
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George W is in the with the Queen and he suddenly declares that he is going make America a Kingdom. The Queen says you cannot call America a Kingdom as you are not a King.
George W decides he will then make America princepality.The Queen says you cannot call America a Princepality as you are not a Prince.
"So what shall I make it?" asks George
"I think America is just fine as a country" says the Queen
George W decides he will then make America princepality.The Queen says you cannot call America a Princepality as you are not a Prince.
"So what shall I make it?" asks George
"I think America is just fine as a country" says the Queen
Last edited by Patrick; Jun 10th 2004 at 1:08 am.
Jun 10th 2004, 1:06 am
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Originally posted by Patrick
George W is in the with the Queen and he suddenly declares that he is going make a America a Kingdom. The Queen says you cannot call America a Kingdom as you are not a King.
George W decides he will then make America princepality.The Queen says you cannot call America a Princepality as you are not a Prince.
"So what shall I make it?" asks George
"I think America is just fine a country" says the Queen
George W is in the with the Queen and he suddenly declares that he is going make a America a Kingdom. The Queen says you cannot call America a Kingdom as you are not a King.
George W decides he will then make America princepality.The Queen says you cannot call America a Princepality as you are not a Prince.
"So what shall I make it?" asks George
"I think America is just fine a country" says the Queen
Jun 10th 2004, 11:52 am
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I posted this a while ago under another forum, funny and scary!
Bush's Resume - This is scary!
Here's an email FWD I got today. I'm not that alarmed as I am avid fan of Michael Moore and have read all his books, but for those who don't know that much about Bush's shady past, read on!
RESUME TO CONSIDER:
-I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influence of alcohol.
- I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30
days.
- My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.
MILITARY:
- I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL.
- I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use.
- By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty
in
Vietnam.
COLLEGE:
- I graduated from Yale University with a low C average.
- I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
- I ran for US Congress and lost.
- I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975.
- I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas.
- The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
- I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land, using taxpayer money.
- With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry
(including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:
- I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making
Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
- During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog ridden
city
in America.
- I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in
borrowed money.
- I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
history.
- With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over
500,000
votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
- I am the first President in US history to enter office with a criminal
record.
- I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one
billion dollars per week.
- I spent the US surplus and effectively bankrupted the US Treasury.
- I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in US history.
- I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12
month period.
- I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
- I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the US
stock market.
- In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and
that trend continues every month.
- I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
administration in US history.
- My "poorest millionaire," Condoleezza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named
after her.
- I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a US President.
- I am the all-time US and world record holder for receiving the most
corporate campaign donations.
- My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends,
Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in US
history,
Enron.
- My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to
assure my success with the US Supreme Court during my election decision.
- I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation
or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica
Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest
corporate rip
offs in history.
- I presided over the biggest energy crisis in US history and refused to
intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
- I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history.
- I changed the US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
- I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President
in US history.
- I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in
the
history of the United States government.
- I've broken more international treaties than any President in US history.
- I am the first President in US history to have the United Nations remove
the US from the Human Rights Commission.
- I withdrew the US from the World Court of Law.
- I refused to allow inspectors access to US "prisoners of war" detainees
and
thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
- I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors (during the 2002 US election).
- I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President
since the advent of television.
- I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one year
period.
- After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst
security failure in US history.
- I garnered the most sympathy for the US after the World Trade Center
attacks and less than a year later made the US the most hated country in
the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
- I have set the all time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for
protest against any person in the history of mankind.
- I am the first President in US history to order an unprovoked, preemptive
attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against
the
will of the United Nations, the majority of US citizens, and the world
community.
- I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty
benefits for active duty troops and their families in war time.
- In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking
Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.
- I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
- I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
- I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and
Saddam Hussein to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
- All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's
library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
- All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
- All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice President,
attended
regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for
public review.
PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.
PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW.
Bush's Resume - This is scary!
Here's an email FWD I got today. I'm not that alarmed as I am avid fan of Michael Moore and have read all his books, but for those who don't know that much about Bush's shady past, read on!
RESUME TO CONSIDER:
-I was arrested in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1976 for driving under the
influence of alcohol.
- I pled guilty, paid a fine, and had my driver's license suspended for 30
days.
- My Texas driving record has been "lost" and is not available.
MILITARY:
- I joined the Texas Air National Guard and went AWOL.
- I refused to take a drug test or answer any questions about my drug use.
- By joining the Texas Air National Guard, I was able to avoid combat duty
in
Vietnam.
COLLEGE:
- I graduated from Yale University with a low C average.
- I was a cheerleader.
PAST WORK EXPERIENCE:
- I ran for US Congress and lost.
- I began my career in the oil business in Midland, Texas, in 1975.
- I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas.
- The company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all my stock.
- I bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took
land, using taxpayer money.
- With the help of my father and our right-wing friends in the oil industry
(including Enron CEO Ken Lay), I was elected governor of Texas.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS GOVERNOR OF TEXAS:
- I changed Texas pollution laws to favor power and oil companies, making
Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
- During my tenure, Houston replaced Los Angeles as the most smog ridden
city
in America.
- I cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas treasury to the tune of billions in
borrowed money.
- I set the record for the most executions by any governor in American
history.
- With the help of my brother, the governor of Florida, and my father's
appointments to the Supreme Court, I became President after losing by over
500,000
votes.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS PRESIDENT:
- I am the first President in US history to enter office with a criminal
record.
- I invaded and occupied two countries at a continuing cost of over one
billion dollars per week.
- I spent the US surplus and effectively bankrupted the US Treasury.
- I shattered the record for the largest annual deficit in US history.
- I set an economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12
month period.
- I set the all-time record for most foreclosures in a 12 month period.
- I set the all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the US
stock market.
- In my first year in office, over 2 million Americans lost their jobs and
that trend continues every month.
- I'm proud that the members of my cabinet are the richest of any
administration in US history.
- My "poorest millionaire," Condoleezza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named
after her.
- I set the record for most campaign fundraising trips by a US President.
- I am the all-time US and world record holder for receiving the most
corporate campaign donations.
- My largest lifetime campaign contributor, and one of my best friends,
Kenneth Lay, presided over the largest corporate bankruptcy fraud in US
history,
Enron.
- My political party used Enron private jets and corporate attorneys to
assure my success with the US Supreme Court during my election decision.
- I have protected my friends at Enron and Halliburton against investigation
or prosecution. More time and money was spent investigating the Monica
Lewinsky affair than has been spent investigating one of the biggest
corporate rip
offs in history.
- I presided over the biggest energy crisis in US history and refused to
intervene when corruption involving the oil industry was revealed.
- I presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history.
- I changed the US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded
government contracts.
- I appointed more convicted criminals to administration than any President
in US history.
- I created the Ministry of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in
the
history of the United States government.
- I've broken more international treaties than any President in US history.
- I am the first President in US history to have the United Nations remove
the US from the Human Rights Commission.
- I withdrew the US from the World Court of Law.
- I refused to allow inspectors access to US "prisoners of war" detainees
and
thereby have refused to abide by the Geneva Convention.
- I am the first President in history to refuse United Nations election
inspectors (during the 2002 US election).
- I set the record for fewest number of press conferences of any President
since the advent of television.
- I set the all-time record for most days on vacation in any one year
period.
- After taking off the entire month of August, I presided over the worst
security failure in US history.
- I garnered the most sympathy for the US after the World Trade Center
attacks and less than a year later made the US the most hated country in
the world, the largest failure of diplomacy in world history.
- I have set the all time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously
protest me in public venues (15 million people), shattering the record for
protest against any person in the history of mankind.
- I am the first President in US history to order an unprovoked, preemptive
attack and the military occupation of a sovereign nation. I did so against
the
will of the United Nations, the majority of US citizens, and the world
community.
- I have cut health care benefits for war veterans and support a cut in duty
benefits for active duty troops and their families in war time.
- In my State of the Union Address, I lied about our reasons for attacking
Iraq, then blamed the lies on our British friends.
- I am the first President in history to have a majority of Europeans (71%)
view my presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and security.
- I am supporting development of a nuclear "Tactical Bunker Buster," a WMD.
- I have so far failed to fulfill my pledge to bring Osama Bin Laden and
Saddam Hussein to justice.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
- All records of my tenure as governor of Texas are now in my father's
library, sealed and unavailable for public view.
- All records of SEC investigations into my insider trading and my bankrupt
companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
- All records or minutes from meetings that I, or my Vice President,
attended
regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for
public review.
PLEASE CONSIDER MY EXPERIENCE WHEN VOTING IN 2004.
PLEASE SEND THIS TO EVERY VOTER YOU KNOW.
Jun 10th 2004, 2:34 pm
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You missed his conviction for theft of Xmas trees too.
How can u make a joke about bush, the reality is too funny !
How can u make a joke about bush, the reality is too funny !
Jun 10th 2004, 3:17 pm
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Dick Cheney walks into the oval office, and sees President Buch all excited.
"Why are you so excited Mr president?" he says
"I think I've just broken a world record", says Bush
"Really? How?" Says Cheney
"Well, this Jigsaw puzzle say 5-7 years on it, and I only did it in 2!" comes the reply.
"Why are you so excited Mr president?" he says
"I think I've just broken a world record", says Bush
"Really? How?" Says Cheney
"Well, this Jigsaw puzzle say 5-7 years on it, and I only did it in 2!" comes the reply.
Jun 10th 2004, 3:36 pm
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Re: Best Bush Jokes
Originally posted by ironporer
Couldn't resist- this made me chuckle:
President George Bush is on a trip to several European countries. While visiting England, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. _She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen.
To demonstrate, the Queen phones Tony Blair, puts him on a speaker phone and says: "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question to me. Your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Tony Blair responds, "It's me, madam."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen.
She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. President?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!".
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Dick Cheney first and says, "Hi, Dick. I wonder if you _can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Cheney hangs up.
Cheney immediately calls members of his staff and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.
"Now look here, Colin, your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushes back to call Bush and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong! It's Tony Blair."
Couldn't resist- this made me chuckle:
President George Bush is on a trip to several European countries. While visiting England, he is invited to tea with the Queen. He asks her what her leadership philosophy is. _She says that it is to surround herself with intelligent people. He asks how she knows if they're intelligent. "I do so by asking them the right questions," says the Queen.
To demonstrate, the Queen phones Tony Blair, puts him on a speaker phone and says: "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question to me. Your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Tony Blair responds, "It's me, madam."
"Correct. Thank you and goodbye, sir," says the Queen.
She hangs up and says, "Did you get that, Mr. President?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!".
Upon returning home, he decides he'd better put some of his old friends to the test. He calls Dick Cheney first and says, "Hi, Dick. I wonder if you _can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hems and haws and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?" Bush agrees, and Cheney hangs up.
Cheney immediately calls members of his staff and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney calls Colin Powell at the State Department and explains his problem.
"Now look here, Colin, your mother has a child, your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushes back to call Bush and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong! It's Tony Blair."
Jun 10th 2004, 9:58 pm
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Morrissey sparks furore over Bush
Morrissey is due to tour the US in July and August
Rock icon Morrissey has caused outrage among US fans with reported comments that he wished President Bush had died.
The former Smiths frontman informed a Dublin crowd on Saturday that former president Ronald Reagan had died, the Manchester Evening News reported.
He went on to say he wished the current president, George W Bush, had died instead, according to the paper.
The paper's website has 100 comments - most from the US - with about six out of every seven criticising the singer.
More tastelessness and idiocy from across the Atlantic
Jean Shaw
Fan
"He has the right to say anything he wishes. It just sounds so much like Osama," wrote Lee Hempfling from Phoenix, Arizona.
"More tastelessness and idiocy from across the Atlantic," said Jean Shaw, in San Francisco.
"If it were the other way around (Americans cheering the death of a foreign leader), we'd never hear the end of it."
But others wrote in support. "Somebody had to say it," was the comment from Andrew in Anaheim, California.
And Evan Woods in Los Angeles wrote: "Morrissey obviously does not bow before the flag, like so many Americans, and religiously honour anyone who has ever held a position of power."
He is no stranger to controversy
Morrissey spokesman
The singer, whose comeback album went to number two in the UK in May, is to tour the US as part of the Lollapalooza festival in July and August.
His spokesman was unavailable for comment to BBC News Online on Thursday, but told the Manchester Evening News there was no recording of the Dublin Castle show.
"But as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died," he said.
"He then simply followed that up with his comment about George Bush, which was his own opinion. He is no stranger to controversy."
The newspaper said the internet version of its original story was viewed more than 500,000 times in 24 hours.
Morrissey is due to tour the US in July and August
Rock icon Morrissey has caused outrage among US fans with reported comments that he wished President Bush had died.
The former Smiths frontman informed a Dublin crowd on Saturday that former president Ronald Reagan had died, the Manchester Evening News reported.
He went on to say he wished the current president, George W Bush, had died instead, according to the paper.
The paper's website has 100 comments - most from the US - with about six out of every seven criticising the singer.
More tastelessness and idiocy from across the Atlantic
Jean Shaw
Fan
"He has the right to say anything he wishes. It just sounds so much like Osama," wrote Lee Hempfling from Phoenix, Arizona.
"More tastelessness and idiocy from across the Atlantic," said Jean Shaw, in San Francisco.
"If it were the other way around (Americans cheering the death of a foreign leader), we'd never hear the end of it."
But others wrote in support. "Somebody had to say it," was the comment from Andrew in Anaheim, California.
And Evan Woods in Los Angeles wrote: "Morrissey obviously does not bow before the flag, like so many Americans, and religiously honour anyone who has ever held a position of power."
He is no stranger to controversy
Morrissey spokesman
The singer, whose comeback album went to number two in the UK in May, is to tour the US as part of the Lollapalooza festival in July and August.
His spokesman was unavailable for comment to BBC News Online on Thursday, but told the Manchester Evening News there was no recording of the Dublin Castle show.
"But as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died," he said.
"He then simply followed that up with his comment about George Bush, which was his own opinion. He is no stranger to controversy."
The newspaper said the internet version of its original story was viewed more than 500,000 times in 24 hours.
Jun 10th 2004, 10:45 pm
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Originally posted by veryfunny
Morrissey sparks furore over Bush
Morrissey is due to tour the US in July and August
Rock icon Morrissey has caused outrage among US fans with reported comments that he wished President Bush had died.
Morrissey sparks furore over Bush
Morrissey is due to tour the US in July and August
Rock icon Morrissey has caused outrage among US fans with reported comments that he wished President Bush had died.
unknowingly, these jokes give Bush more publicity. whilst any negative comments serve to encourage the americans to vote for him.
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
Jun 10th 2004, 10:59 pm
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Originally posted by Gross50
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
Cheers,
David.
Jun 10th 2004, 11:23 pm
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Originally posted by Gross50
unknowingly, these jokes give Bush more publicity. whilst any negative comments serve to encourage the americans to vote for him.
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
unknowingly, these jokes give Bush more publicity. whilst any negative comments serve to encourage the americans to vote for him.
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
Last edited by ironporer; Jun 10th 2004 at 11:29 pm.
Jun 11th 2004, 3:05 am
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Originally posted by Gross50
unknowingly, these jokes give Bush more publicity. whilst any negative comments serve to encourage the americans to vote for him.
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
unknowingly, these jokes give Bush more publicity. whilst any negative comments serve to encourage the americans to vote for him.
where is John Kerry in all this? He seems to have disappeared. linking him to the french/germans/europe will definitely get him no-where.
Jun 11th 2004, 4:31 am
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