Bush's comments about the simpsons
Gautham D. Kamath
Bush espousing his usual family values drivel to some group. In it he
said that he would like to make the American family more like the Waltons
than the Simpsons. Oh yeah, that's the way to fix America...transforming
dysfunction families who have interesting conflicting personalities but
who still love each other, to a pack of bland goody two shoes backwoods
goobers. Everytime George Qbert Bush speaks, I want to retch. No wonder
the Japanese are laughing at us.
Gautham
Eric Williams
> I saw on the evening news last night a segment of some speech by George
> Bush espousing his usual family values drivel to some group. In it he
> said that he would like to make the American family more like the Waltons
> than the Simpsons.
I promised myself I would watch the entire speech, but about 15 minutes
into it, I lost interest. That and the fact I couldn't throttle the guy
(as Homer does to Bart) every time he uttered an inanity. "Borrow from
savings to spend now? Withhold less so I have to pay more in April?
Why, you little..." "GAK! AAAK! IICKP!" No wonder Americans identify
themselves with the Simpsons more than the Waltons...
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Gautham D. Kamath
opening scene of tonite's repeat!!! This was the comment on how
family's should be more like the Waltons instead of the Simpsons.
(now I go off to pat my back)
Gautham
Ray Charbonneau
|> I promised myself I would watch the entire speech, but about 15 minutes
|> into it, I lost interest. That and the fact I couldn't throttle the guy
|> (as Homer does to Bart) every time he uttered an inanity. "Borrow from
|> savings to spend now? Withhold less so I have to pay more in April?
|> Why, you little..." "GAK! AAAK! IICKP!" No wonder Americans identify
|> themselves with the Simpsons more than the Waltons...
Snuck in front of last night's rerun (and it was my wife's birthday, she
was glad they ran that show for her) was a clip of OFF reacting to the Prez'
dis. I just got most of it on tape. Did everyone else see it?
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Scott Amspoker
>Snuck in front of last night's rerun (and it was my wife's birthday, she
>was glad they ran that show for her) was a clip of OFF reacting to the Prez'
>dis. I just got most of it on tape. Did everyone else see it?
Yes, and KUDOS to the Simpsons for returning fire back to Bush. That made my
whole evening. (They sure put that together real fast.) We're all waiting
for the depression to end.
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[George Bush Blowing his State of the Union Address accidentally
erased in an editing frenzy]
>Favorite Family had its revenge! Just before the repeat of Stark
>Raving Dad, they did a short of the Simpsons, Patty, and Selma
>watching the State of the Union message; when Bush made his
>Simpsons/Waltons reference, Bart said:
>
> "But we're just like the Waltons. We're both praying for the
> Depression to end."
>
>Don't you just love the way they annoy the Republicans?
Eric,
I just love the way they annoy!!!
Period!!! Republicans are a good target though.
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Eric Jablow
George Bush really lost it in the State of the Union message, and Our
Favorite Family had its revenge! Just before the repeat of Stark
Raving Dad, they did a short of the Simpsons, Patty, and Selma
watching the State of the Union message; when Bush made his
Simpsons/Waltons reference, Bart said:
"But we're just like the Waltons. We're both praying for the
Depression to end."
Don't you just love the way they annoy the Republicans?
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David Brecheisen
>>In article <1992Jan28.1...@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, gdkg...@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Gautham D. Kamath) writes:
>>> I saw on the evening news last night a segment of some speech by George
>>> Bush espousing his usual family values drivel to some group. In it he
>>> said that he would like to make the American family more like the Waltons
>>> than the Simpsons.
>>
>>I promised myself I would watch the entire speech, but about 15 minutes
>>into it, I lost interest. That and the fact I couldn't throttle the guy
>>(as Homer does to Bart) every time he uttered an inanity. "Borrow from
>>savings to spend now? Withhold less so I have to pay more in April?
>>Why, you little..." "GAK! AAAK! IICKP!" No wonder Americans identify
>>themselves with the Simpsons more than the Waltons...
>George Bush really lost it in the State of the Union message, and Our
>Favorite Family had its revenge!
Just to set the record straight, the speech from which the clip of Bush
was taken was NOT the State of the Union address. I saw the Simpson quote
on a replay of a Bush speech on the news Sunday or Monday night, and I
also saw the entire State of the Union speech on TUESDAY night. If Bush
had said his quote in the S.U. speech, I *really* would have questioned
his grasp with reality!
David Brecheisen
Scott Amspoker
>>George Bush really lost it in the State of the Union message, and Our
>>Favorite Family had its revenge!
>
>Just to set the record straight, the speech from which the clip of Bush
>was taken was NOT the State of the Union address. I saw the Simpson quote
>on a replay of a Bush speech on the news Sunday or Monday night, and I
>also saw the entire State of the Union speech on TUESDAY night. If Bush
>had said his quote in the S.U. speech, I *really* would have questioned
>his grasp with reality!
I didn't see the S.U. speech but the next day there were several mentions
on the net and in the local newspaper about the Waltons/Simpson's comment.
Now I'm confused. When *did* he make that comment. I agree, to tell
the American people that he wants them to be like a pitiful, impoverished
family during the depression doesn't sound very smart. Surely his
speech writers/editors would have caught that one in advance.
David Brecheisen
>In article <1992Feb2.1...@eecs.nwu.edu> dbre...@eecs.nwu.edu (David Brecheisen) writes:
>>>George Bush really lost it in the State of the Union message, and Our
>>>Favorite Family had its revenge!
>>
>>Just to set the record straight, the speech from which the clip of Bush
>>was taken was NOT the State of the Union address.
>I didn't see the S.U. speech but the next day there were several mentions
>on the net and in the local newspaper about the Waltons/Simpson's comment.
>Now I'm confused. When *did* he make that comment.
Bush made the comment in a speech the Monday before the Simpsons spot.
According to Eric Jablow, the speech was to a group of religious brodcasters.
The state of the Union Speech was on Tuesday, the day after. Then the
Simpsons was Thursday. I guess Bush was trying to appeal to the sensibilities
of his audience when he made the statement that American families should be
more like the Waltons than the Simpsons. That makes a little more sense for
Bush to say that to that audience than it does for Bush to say that to Congress
and the American people, but Bush is still goofy.
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Roger Wakefield
> In article <1992Feb2.1...@eecs.nwu.edu> dbre...@eecs.nwu.edu
(David Brecheisen) writes:
> >>George Bush really lost it in the State of the Union message, and Our
> >>Favorite Family had its revenge!
> >
> >Just to set the record straight, the speech from which the clip of Bush
> >was taken was NOT the State of the Union address. I saw the Simpson quote
> >on a replay of a Bush speech on the news Sunday or Monday night, and I
> >also saw the entire State of the Union speech on TUESDAY night. If Bush
> >had said his quote in the S.U. speech, I *really* would have questioned
> >his grasp with reality!
>
> I didn't see the S.U. speech but the next day there were several mentions
> on the net and in the local newspaper about the Waltons/Simpson's comment.
> Now I'm confused. When *did* he make that comment. I agree, to tell
> the American people that he wants them to be like a pitiful, impoverished
> family during the depression doesn't sound very smart. Surely his
> speech writers/editors would have caught that one in advance.
Bush did make the commments in the S.U. speech, and he apparently also
had made the same comment the previous weekend to some religious
audience. So the fact that he had the chance to drop the comment proves
he just wasn't thinking (big surprise there--we're talking about the man
who said "I know the economy is in a free fall". FREE FALL? Way to
inspire the ol' consumer confidence!)
I wonder if George has ever even bothered to watch The Simpsons. It
seems rather symbolic of Bush's perceived lack of connection with the
common man.
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Roger Wakefield
ro...@thoreau.nsc.com
Jym Dyer
> more like the Waltons than the Simpsons.
=\= My initial reaction to Bush's quote was just like Bart's.
And then I thought of another contrast: the Waltons didn't
seem to know much about birth control. The Simpsons know
plenty (e.g., use "Strikes" instead of "Barts"). Certain
Bush administration policies are pretty much opposed to the
free exchange of birth control information.
=\= Matt Groening has said he wants _The_Simpsons_ to (****)
annoy Republicans. First William Bennett, now Bush. (*******)
Looks like he's being pretty successful! :-) (*********)
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