Bush Wins 2nd for "Foot in Mouth" Award

12/10/07 Posted By Visitor

President Bush may be number one at the White House but he's number two according to the Plain English Campaign of Great Britain. Tuesday, Dubya narrowly lost the dreaded "Foot in Mouth" award to former English soccer manager Steve McClaren. When it comes to wacky wording, we rate our Commander-in-Chief number one. McClaren, however, has stolen the dubious title from Dubya with his illogical statement regarding star soccer player Wayne Rooney: "He is inexperienced but he's experienced in terms of what he's been through." Bush cinched second with his: "All I can tell you is that when the governor calls, I answer his phone." Ben Beer, a spokesman for the Plain English Campaign, defended its first-place choice saying, "We thought it was a bit obvious to honor Bush as he comes up with them every day." We're betting Bush isn't too devastated by his loss -- not that we want to put words in his mouth. After all, the President made it clear just last month that he detests such behavior: "I don't particularly like it when people put words in my mouth, either, by the way, unless I say it." But for all the Bushism junkies out there, we thought we'd round up some unforgettable DubyaGobbledeegook from 2007 to remind us that though he's second-place, in the land of jumbled jargon, Bush will always 'rain soup-dream.' "I'M HONORED TO BE HERE WITH THE ETERNAL GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, MI AMIGO ALBERTO GONZALEZ." May 4, 2007. "I FULLY UNDERSTAND THOSE WHO SAY YOU CAN'T WIN THIS THING MILITARILY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY SAYS, THAT YOU CAN'T WIN THIS MILITARY." October 17, 2007. "I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY 'WHERE'S (NELSON) MANDELA?' WELL, MANDELA'S DEAD. BECAUSE SADDAM KILLED ALL THE MANDELAS." September 20, 2007. Mandela, the former president of South Africa, is still very much alive. "ALL OF US IN AMERICA WANT THERE TO BE FAIRNESS WHEN IT COMES TO JUSTICE." September 20, 2007. "MORE THAN TWO DECADES LATER, IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR COMING OUT ANY OTHER WAY." July 4, 2007. "THERE ARE JOBS AMERICANS AREN'T DOING... IF YOU'VE GOT A CHICKEN FACTORY, A CHICKEN-PLUCKING FACTORY, OR WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT." April 19, 2007. "ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT THE HEALTH CARE NOT BE AS GOOD AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE." April 19, 2007. "AND THERE IS DISTRUST IN WASHINGTON. I AM SURPRISED, FRANKLY, AT THE AMOUNT OF DISTRUST THAT EXISTS IN THIS TOWN. AND I'M SORRY IT'S THE CASE AND I'LL WORK HARD TO TRY TO ELEVATE IT." January 29, 2007. And our personal favorite here at VicePresidents.com... "I THINK THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT IS A PERSON REFLECTING A HALF-GLASS-FULL MENTALITY." January 29, 2007. Well, that's better than half-full mentally, right?

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