Yes, it's true. Bush not only thinks that he's running against Teddy Kennedy, he thinks that the Prime Minister of Italy is named Sergio instead of Silvio.
Posted by DeLong at October 8, 2004 07:13 PM | TrackBackNEWSFLASH: Bush opposes personal property rights, would overturn Dred Scott!
Posted by: Aaron Swartz at October 8, 2004 07:22 PMHow about the timber company issue?
Posted by: Manish at October 8, 2004 07:26 PMManish:
President Bush himself would have qualified as a "small business owner" under the Republican definition, based on his 2001 federal income tax returns. He reported $84 of business income from his part ownership of a timber-growing enterprise.
- factcheck.org
Posted by: Aaron Swartz at October 8, 2004 07:29 PMSo Bush does not file his own taxes and hence does not know the break down of his income. Given this, his reaction was absurd. Its Bush after all.
Posted by: Manish at October 8, 2004 07:38 PMI think I found sergio:
http://www.bodybuilderstellensichvor.de/Sergio%20Gabriel%20Valdez/Sergio%2032.jpg
I'm pretty sure he said "Servio Casusbelli."
Posted by: Windhorse at October 8, 2004 08:27 PMI thought he said that (if Kerry had his way) Saddam would still be in power "and the world would be a lot better off".
Posted by: Steve at October 8, 2004 09:35 PMRemember, these are the world leaders he talks to "all the time" - and can't even get their names right!
Posted by: tjallen at October 8, 2004 09:38 PMWell, see Bush sees himself as the man with no name...
Posted by: Rob at October 9, 2004 04:09 AMBULLSHIT !!!
He got the name right. Here is the passage from the NYT transcript.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/08/politics/campaign/09dtext-full.html?oref=login&pagewanted=all&position=
>>> I talk to Tony Blair all the time. I talk to Silvio Berlusconi. <<<
I listened to the passage at least half a dozen times and all I can hear is Silvio and no Serrrrgggio.
Posted by: MarcinGomulka at October 9, 2004 06:11 PMMarcin, he said Silvio once, and Sergio once.
Gore never said he "invented" the internet, but got bashed for that, how unfair that Bush gets hit for things he does say: "I know the human being and the fish can coexist peacefully."
Imagine if Gore has said that, eh?
Posted by: Adam at October 9, 2004 07:03 PM