Dubya's Phrase of the Year

[Skorixor]

story here

and the winner is:

It was a heckuva phrase..

By Arthur Spiegelman Fri Dec 30, 9:05 AM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Call it the wrong phrase at the wrong time but "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job" was named on Thursday as U.S.
President George W. Bush's most memorable phrase of 2005.

The ill-timed praise of a now disgraced agency head became a national punch line for countless jokes and pointed comments about the administration's handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster and added to the president's reputation for verbal gaffes and clumsy turns of phrase...

..."The 'Brownie' quote leads our 2005 list of Bushisms -- memorable phrases or new words coined by the president," Payack said, adding that Bush may be the foremost White House creator of new words, citing such past efforts as "misunderestimate" (to seriously underestimate) and "embetter" (to make emotionally better)...

runner-ups include:

-- "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda," Bush said in explaining his communications strategy last May.

-- "I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible?" Bush asked in a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a U.N. Security Council meeting in September.

-- "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table," Bush said in Brussels last February.

-- "In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible - whatever that means," the president said of his timeframe for passing Social Security legislation in March.

-- "Those who enter the country illegally violate the law," Bush said in describing illegal immigrants in Tucson, Arizona, last month.

[X'an Shin]

"I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible?" Bush asked in a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a U.N. Security Council meeting in September.

The intent of that original photo (as is the intent of the entire article you've linked to) is to portray Bush in a negative light.

For instance: A photoshop expert's analysis of the photo in question:

http://p_blog.blogspot.com/2005/09/reuters-manipulates-news-photo.html

It wasn't a glimpse into the private life of the President, as Reuters and the photographer explain. It's an attempt at taking the President down a notch.

[Skorixor]

The intent of that original photo (as is the intent of the entire article you've linked to) is to portray Bush in a negative light.

no way!! you must be kidding!!!

I just report what our pres said...I can't help it he says stupid things that make me laugh

[X'an Shin]

The intent of that original photo (as is the intent of the entire article you've linked to) is to portray Bush in a negative light.

no way!! you must be kidding!!!

I just report what our pres said...I can't help it he says stupid things that make me laugh

Our press didn't report that. Reuters did.

Edited to add that what he did in that instance is not stupid; he was asking what the protocol was for taking a bathroom break during a meeting at the UN.

As I said, the photo and presentation of said photo was done to make him look bad. In at least that instance, you've been had.