• February 15, 2012
WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?

Bennett Says Obama Is ‘Pusillanimous,’ Calls For Distribution Of ‘Duplication Machines’

by Sara K. Smith

9:37 am June 22, 2009

Who does Bill Bennett think he is, Bill Safire? He went on John King’s show yesterday and threw around a bunch of ten-dollar words but did not have the decency to wear a necktie, or even a collar. This pudgy slob who could not get seated for brunch at a decent restaurant is very disappointed that our president has not ordered an airlift to shower the Iranian people with phone cards and “duplication machines” to help with their revolution. [CNN]

{ 63 comments }

hobospacejunkie June 22, 2009 at 9:44 am

While we’re at it, let’s shower them with dictaphones, reel-to-reels and Super 8 movie cameras. They’ll be better-equipped than Dan Rather was in Vietnam.

DoctorCulturae June 22, 2009 at 9:44 am

Bill Bennett: looking backwards through the microscope of life since 1932.

Steve Jobs called. He wants his shirt back.

charlesdegoal June 22, 2009 at 9:47 am

He probably meant “duplicitous” machines, but got confused by all those long words.

Serolf Divad June 22, 2009 at 9:49 am

Obama’s problem is that he doesn’t gamble enough. A high-stakes gambler would know how to handle the Iranians.

Don Juanquete June 22, 2009 at 9:49 am

Oh right, Mr. Book of Virtues, abort black babies, gamble millions of dollars, tell Americans they have to copy Japanese education. Your 5-renminbi advice is worth a lot.

Jsab June 22, 2009 at 9:51 am

[re=344182]DoctorCulturae[/re]: Despite Bennett’s “backward” thinking, to a degree I agree with what he said about technology and this election. Media blackouts are definitely preventing the stories in Iran being told.

Joshua Norton June 22, 2009 at 9:53 am

It’s very hard to print a good rotogravure without a decent duplication machine. Kinetoscopes also.

hobospacejunkie June 22, 2009 at 9:55 am

[re=344188]Jsab[/re]: No they’re not. A hell of a lot of stories are getting out of Iran. And how many fucking times are you going to spam us with/linkwhore to the same goddamn website?

x111e7thst June 22, 2009 at 9:57 am

Hey Bill? Go Pnac yourself. Anally.

WadISay June 22, 2009 at 9:59 am

If Bennet and Brasile accidently bumped into each other, they could form a black hole into which all known matter in the universe could be sucked. Never again will I think of black as a slenderizing color.

[re=344185]Serolf Divad[/re]: The arc of the moral universe is long, but, 5 will get you 10, it bends toward justice.

Jsab June 22, 2009 at 10:00 am

[re=344192]hobospacejunkie[/re]: Sorry. But I think that story is interesting. Journalists are not being able to show what’s going on. Did you see the video of Neda. Very powerful.

4tehlulz June 22, 2009 at 10:02 am

Bill’s obviously a gambling addict; after all, after going all in in Iraq, most people would walk away from such risky games. Not Bill though. He wants to mortgage his neighbor’s house and bet on the neocon vision of Iran.

Get help, Mr. Bennett.

zenferret June 22, 2009 at 10:03 am

The Reagan drug czar wants Iranian student demonstrators to get high on smelling purple pages! Guess he’s telling Nancy to shut the fuck up on just say no.

WIDTAP June 22, 2009 at 10:05 am

Wasn’t the mimeograph fluid toxic or something? Why does Bill Bennett want us to poison little Iranian children?

nappyduggs June 22, 2009 at 10:12 am

Holy Jesu the Nazarene, I just hate to beat a dead donkey but I love it when these spam-talkers mouth vomit about the U.S standing up for “justice for all people.” When America says anything these days, most especially things that can be construed as shit-talking, bitchez may start planting bombs and shit. Now, more than ever it seems we should really weigh our speech and actions more carefully. Not really rocking the street cred.

And now, Bill Bennett, sally forth and issue more gravy from your pores.

Canuckledragger June 22, 2009 at 10:19 am

Bill’s been huffing too much Gestetner stencil fluid.

Is “duplication machine” what retards call a photocopier, in the same way they refer to snowmobiles as “snow machines?”

Bruno June 22, 2009 at 10:24 am

No tie? He is disrespecting the office of the CNN. Bush’s cronies would have always wore a tie or a retired general’s uniform in order to gain additional credibility.

Joshua Norton June 22, 2009 at 10:27 am

or a retired general’s uniform

Or a rented one.

Internally valid June 22, 2009 at 10:28 am

At about 4:50, Bennett, “is it not clear who the good guys and the bad guys are in this?”

Is it not clear that you’re an ignorant, childish, simpleton?

RubberSoul June 22, 2009 at 10:29 am

[re=344200]WIDTAP[/re]: Yes, but it smelled SOOOOO good!

Bruno June 22, 2009 at 10:30 am

I blame this guy for me only getting a 4 of 5 on my AP English exam. The night before the exam I had read an Economist article about him, and mistakenly used his name rather than Samuel Beckett’s name in my essay on Waiting for Godot. I didn’t just make the mistake once, but repeatedly througouht the essay. Oh, and this is long before I started using drugs.

I hate you William Bennett.

Jsab June 22, 2009 at 10:32 am

[re=344218]Internally valid[/re]: Ignorant, key word!

Manos: Hands of Fate June 22, 2009 at 10:40 am

I’m sure the Iranian people will be eternally grateful if US planes stop dropping “duplication” machines on Tehran.

norbizness June 22, 2009 at 10:41 am

Y’all should show more respect to the King Oompa-Loompa.

Georgia Burning June 22, 2009 at 10:44 am

Bettin’ Bill Bennett is the best they could dig up as a GOP spokesman? Either CNN is now only getting third-stringers or Osama bin Cheney is filming a new video and all the big guys are in it

Johnny Zhivago June 22, 2009 at 10:46 am

It probably wouldn’t hurt to dispatch a shipment of carrier pigeons and a regiment of field stenographers to help the revolution, either.

Johnny Zhivago June 22, 2009 at 10:49 am

[re=344233]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: And while we’re at it, a platoon of Apache Code Whisperers and a shipment of teletype machines.

Manos: Hands of Fate June 22, 2009 at 10:51 am

[re=344233]Johnny Zhivago[/re]: I think what this situation really calls for is shortwave radio

Prommie June 22, 2009 at 10:55 am

Anyone ever try to intervene in a trailer park domestic dispute? Thats what ole “one armed Bennet” is advocating.

lamen2 June 22, 2009 at 10:56 am

And this is the best political team on television… ?

Joshua Norton June 22, 2009 at 11:03 am

Maybe Bennett isn’t aware that advanced technology has been applied to things beyond on-line poker.

V572625694 June 22, 2009 at 11:03 am

This is the best political team on television? God preserve us from the worst.

mrpuma2u June 22, 2009 at 11:06 am

[re=344241]lamen2[/re]: Naaah, Bennet went on CNN on Father’s day cuz none of his kids wanted to have him over. Can you blame them, really?

Rosie Scenario June 22, 2009 at 11:12 am

Heh, heh. Screen caption says: “Watch CNN Political Contributors Donna Brazile and Bill Bennett weigh in on the president’s response to Iran.” CNN staff cracking on their weight. Also.

bago June 22, 2009 at 11:12 am

So let me get this straight: You actually think that violating foreign airspace, shooting down anything that shoots at us, not causing an international incident, putting copiers on parachutes, pushing them out of said planes, hoping they don’t break on impact, hoping the parachutes don’t attract police, hoping that someone can then cart the copier off and use it to make fliers is a plan?

Mr. Bennet, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Carrie_Okie June 22, 2009 at 11:18 am

What did that Wussilinamous GHWBush do during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?
I’ll tell you, he hid under Bab’s skirt. It’s in the Bible.

Prommie June 22, 2009 at 11:22 am

Bennet isn’t even a gambler, he’s addicted to the slots, the machines for old ladies and retards, his “gaming” is on the same level as rats who pull the lever for the cocaine.

Que miras, cabron! June 22, 2009 at 11:22 am

“Pusillanimous”? Bennett obviously had just heard Foghorn Leghorn use that word in a Warner Brothers cartoon and thought he would try it out.

Prommie June 22, 2009 at 11:24 am

[re=344257]bago[/re]: No no, he didn’t say “copiers,” he said “duplicating machines,” are you youngsters so young that you have never gloried in the wonderful aroma of the fresh mimeo?

S.Luggo June 22, 2009 at 11:25 am

— “We are last best hope on Earth,” Bennett also said —
Oh, Bill. I love it when you lift from Mein Kampf. So literary.

bitchincamaro June 22, 2009 at 11:27 am

Thank you, John King for continuing to elevate the likes of bile-mouthed pill and poker addict, Bill Bennet to Repub leadership status, cuz like they don’t have enough shitheads in charge already?

Godot June 22, 2009 at 11:28 am

I can’t pay attention through that entire video, can someone direct me to which point he makes reference to “duplicating machines”?

Perhaps he’s referring to those things from Star Trek that make Captain Picard’s tea.

McDuff June 22, 2009 at 11:29 am

[re=344200]WIDTAP[/re]: THAT explains the strange growth on my side. It keeps whispering “I need the purple juice, damn it!”

Prommie June 22, 2009 at 11:30 am

[re=344268]S.Luggo[/re]: ? Not Gatsby?

S.Luggo June 22, 2009 at 11:31 am

[re=344200]WIDTAP[/re]: It’s because Billy B. believes that huffers are the last best hope of Iran.

paintitblack June 22, 2009 at 11:34 am

GAH! I refuse to watch this video on the grounds that anything that “Drug Czar” Bennett farts outta his mouth or his ass is, by definition, utterly useless, pointless & a waste of my valuable time. What in samhell causes the Sunday shows to drag such total zeros outta their hidey-holes to ponitifcate nonsense to the so-called masses? This is why doing ANYTHING on Sunday am – even if it’s just drooling & staring at the ceiling – is a better use of your time than watching this drivel.

A Better American Than YOU June 22, 2009 at 11:53 am

Ah yes, Bill Bennett’s record of success. Hypocrisy, also.

SayItWithWookies June 22, 2009 at 11:55 am

Damn, I’ll have to watch this at home. But duplicating machines? Shouldn’t we send a platoon of Dominican friars instead? I’ve heard their transcription of documents from one parchment to another is highly accurate. And there are two added benefits: first, that their Gregorian chants might soothe the angry tempers in Iran; and second, fewer Dominican friars for us.

hobospacejunkie June 22, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Can we cut a few corners & just send them that actor who played a copying monk in those duplicating machine commercials of yesteryear?

octupletsmom June 22, 2009 at 12:31 pm

Bill Bennett! Gambling. Gluttony. And whuffing the Spirit Master, a previously undocumented frailty.
BTW, I like the giant Connect Four board under that CNN desk. Gotta be way more fun than talking heads.

Lascauxcaveman June 22, 2009 at 12:47 pm

LEAVE BILL ALONE!!!!9!9!(1111 HE CANT SAY ‘XEROX’ BECUASE HE RESPECTS TEH TRADEMARKS !!!!

(OMG?? AM I IN TROUBLE NOW?)

zenferret June 22, 2009 at 12:52 pm

[re=344210]Canuckledragger[/re]: Ah to be so young….

gurukalehuru June 22, 2009 at 12:53 pm

He should watch that movie with Michael Keaton. Duplicating machines are not a good idea. (She touched my pee-pee, Steve. I liked it. I liked it a lot.)

user-of-owls June 22, 2009 at 1:12 pm

It seems pretty clear that we already sent them a bunch of State of Florida surplus voting machines.

populucious June 22, 2009 at 1:42 pm

Cuz if there’s one thing the Iranian people need right now, it’s postcards.

Hooray For Anything June 22, 2009 at 2:06 pm

I love how most Neocons always start their criticism about Obama on Iran by talking about how inspirational and respected and awesome Obama is and then when any other issue pops up, talk about what an evil, ineffective, lame socialist he is. Apparently, being a “community organizer” is not any sort of worthwhile experience to have when you run for President, but is if you’re talking about trying to overthrown the Iranian Government.

Birdcrash June 22, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Can we cut to the chase here? Bill Bennet is a stupid sack of snot.

norbizness June 22, 2009 at 2:48 pm

I have replaced my green environmental awareness ribbon on my 1989 Stanza with a green “I Love the Prospect of Democracy in Iran So Much I’d Indiscriminately Bomb Its Populace to Make It Happen” ribbon. They may look the same, but I’ve added something that looks like the Farsi word for “meddling fucknugget” in the middle.

nappyduggs June 22, 2009 at 5:11 pm

[re=344352]user-of-owls[/re]: Boom. Just like, POW. Win, also.

ladymacbeth June 22, 2009 at 6:07 pm

there are so many tragically fat political pundits. why is this?

thebanker June 22, 2009 at 6:26 pm

Ever wonder where BB spends his days researching???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qyHS4met7c

SayItWithWookies June 23, 2009 at 2:44 am

Okay, I just watched this, and for the record, he actually said something like (I think this is an accurate quote but I’ll be damned if I go back and listen to the whole first third of this to make sure), “The fist we show them should be the fist of the Statue of Liberty.” Hey Bill — which of the Statue of Liberty’s hands is making a fist: the one holding the torch or the one holding the tablet?

And then he said “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.” Bill fucking Bennett said that.

I picked the wrong day to stop taking mushrooms.

Iwo Bama June 26, 2009 at 6:46 am

Word of the day ” OBAMABERRATION” , as defined by Websters

ab⋅er⋅ra⋅tion  /ˌæbəˈreɪʃən/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [ab-uh-rey-shuhn]

–noun 1. the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course.
2. the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type.
3. deviation from truth or moral rectitude.
4. mental irregularity or disorder, esp. of a minor or temporary nature; lapse from a sound mental state.

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