{"id":107,"date":"2008-07-19T02:39:33","date_gmt":"2008-07-19T02:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikepellegrini.com\/wordpress\/?p=65"},"modified":"2008-07-19T02:39:33","modified_gmt":"2008-07-19T02:39:33","slug":"bush-and-mccain-cell-phone-conversation-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikepellegrini.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/07\/19\/bush-and-mccain-cell-phone-conversation-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush and McCain Cell Phone Conversation Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jim McDermott Does It Again <\/strong><\/h3>\n

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\nSeattle (AP)<\/strong> \u2013 Riding the success of his revelations of a cell phone conversation featuring former Speaker of The House, Newt Gingrich, Congressman Jim McDermott (D \u2013 Seattle) today made public the transcript of a new<\/em> cell phone conversation \u2013 this one between President George W. Bush and presumed Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain (R \u2013 Arizona).<\/p>\n

Mr. John W. Dean, a ham radio operator in the Washington DC area, recorded the conversation on June 4th by accident. After sitting on the tape for several weeks, debating what to do, Mr. Dean finally decided to approach Mr. McDermott with the tape on July 12th.<\/p>\n

In a press conference today, Congressman McDermott stated, \u201cAfter conferring with my attorney and my friends and my family, I\u2019ve decided to come forward and make a transcript of the call between Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain available to the public.\u201d Mr. McDermott continued, \u201cPrivacy concerns aside, I think it\u2019s important that government be as transparent as possible and the public has a right and a duty to know the full story about its leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Mr. McDermott, independent experts have verified the authenticity of the tape.<\/p>\n

Initial reaction from the Whitehouse was to deny the existence of the tape, then later, characterizing it as a bad practical joke. But yet later this afternoon, when confronted with certain facts guaranteeing the tape\u2019s authenticity, Whitehouse Spokesperson Dana Perino issued a curt, \u201cNo comment,\u201d then moments later stated Mr. Bush would have a formal reply about the tape later tonight.<\/p>\n

Despite repeated attempts to contact the McCain campaign, Presidential candidate McCain\u2019s spokesperson was unavailable for comment.<\/p>\n


\nA transcript of the call follows below.<\/p>\n

OPERATOR: \u201cThis is the Whitehouse calling for Senator McCain\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

John McCain: \u201cHello? I told that idiot never to call me here.<\/p>\n

OPERATOR: \u201cSir, please stand by for the President\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cOh, well\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

A pause, then,<\/p>\n

George W Bush: \u201cMcDude! Hey, what\u2019s happening, dawg?\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cHey Georgie.\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cHey, congratulations on the bitch losing.\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cThanks. Yeah, I feel good about it. Hillary makes me fucking nervous. I mean I still have that nightmare where she\u2019s going down on me and then bites it off. She\u2019s one scary bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cNaw, not no mo\u2019 \u2013 she\u2019s history, now. With Osama in the driver\u2019s seat, you already won, boy! No way this country\u2019s gonna elect a darkie as president. They\u2019re fucking insane, the dems. They just wrote their own death warrant. A darkie and a woman for candidates \u2013 you believe that?\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cNow like I told you, they don\u2019t call them that anymore\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cLookie-here: I don\u2019t care what the fuck they call them. Any way you cut it, the cocksucker ain\u2019t gonna get elected. You won, boy!\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cI s\u2019pose\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cBut look, that\u2019s enough of that happy horse shit. Hey: last week we were talking about me doing some fund raisers for you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cYes sir. Now I just wanna say\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cThe word,<\/em> is bullshit\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cBullshit?\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cBullshit. My people tell me your people told them I\u2019ve gotta distance<\/em> myself from you or I\u2019ll damage your chances. It\u2019s all according to their pollsters. Now just what the fuck exactly is this shit?\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cGeorgie, now just see here one short \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cI don\u2019t wanna see shit. I just wanna know, is it true?\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cOh, you know how pollsters\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cFuck pollsters. They don\u2019t know what the people want. Not like I do. I\u2019m the best president this country ever had, or will have. The best wartime President ever. Roosevelt wasn\u2019t shit. I saved them from Saddam Hussein, I saved them from Osama bin Laden, I saved them from Kim Jong Il, and now I\u2019m protecting them from themselves \u2013 all these gay commie liberal assholes that\u2019d turn our country into a fucking socialist, godless disaster. What the fuck exactly do your people want? Why should you distance yourself from me? I\u2019m George W. Bush, goddammit!\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cGeorgie, I just think\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cExactly, you think way too much! Listen: I\u2019m the fucking president of the United fucking States of America. I\u2019ve got more power than Churchill or Roosevelt or Kennedy ever had, more power even than Stalin or Napoleon or Genghis Khan or anyone in all history. I\u2019m on a mission directly from the Lord God Himself! And you think<\/em> you want to distance yourself from me? What the flying fuck?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cGeorgie, I just want you to know that I support everything you\u2019ve done, and I think the bad press is bullshit\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cDamn straight it\u2019s bullshit!\u201d There\u2019s an audible sigh, then GWB continues, \u201cSometimes I think we just oughta forget all this here election bullshit and I can just declare a state of emergency like we were talking those times with Dick Cheney. I hate knuckling under to these gay-ass liberal, girly men.\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cHmm. I see you\u2019ve been spending more time with Ah-nold<\/em> again, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cYeah. You know I really like his wifey, even if she is a Kennedy. I oughta get her to try and talk some sense in to Teddy, if that\u2019s possible\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cIt isn\u2019t\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cYeah.\u201d There\u2019s another audible sigh, then \u201cBut I shit you not. Gimme one good reason and I\u2019ll declare martial law and fuck the election. Hitler did it, then so can I. And I can make the story a whole lot more believable than anything he ever came up with. Dr. Goebbles wasn\u2019t shit compared to my<\/em> PR guys. The American people will believe anything I tell them, if I do it right.\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cAnother terrorist attack?\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cYou betchya. Right before the election all sorts a shit might just break loose. Got all sorts a ways we could go. A big attack somewhere \u2013 say a plane dives into the World Series game or something? The timing\u2019s about right. So, I declare martial law, suspend the election indefinitely, for the duration of the emergency, then sequester the candidates \u2013 for their own safety.\u201d GWB chuckles, then continues, \u201cAnd believe you me, I\u2019ll sequester a whole shitload <\/em>of people if I do that. A whole lot of gay-ass liberals gonna go for a one-way ride right off the bat.\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cLiberals are un-patriotic, huh?\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cBet your sweet ass!\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cNo shit.\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cBut like we agreed, I wasn\u2019t gonna do any of that shit unless it looked like the bitch was gonna win, and now she\u2019s out of the picture. So anyways, one more time: what\u2019s this shit about not wanting me to do fundraisers for you?\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cGeorgie, tell you what: I think some of those girly men musta infiltrated my staff. I\u2019m gonna find \u2018em and fire \u2018em right now. We\u2019ll get you on-board at the next fund raiser ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cGood. That\u2019s what I like to hear. ” Another sigh, then, “Okay, I\u2019m gonna split. Laura and I are going up to Camp David for the weekend. I\u2019m gonna have another shot at starting my memoirs. I\u2019ve got an historic legacy I\u2019m leaving behind. I owe it to my God and my country to document all my thoughts as clearly as possible, so that others may study them. This is important shit!\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cExtremely important!\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cFucking A!\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cHey: Cindy told me to tell you hi for Laura. She wanted to thank her for that book.\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cI\u2019ll pass that on.\u201d<\/p>\n

JMC: \u201cOkay. Look, the limo\u2019s gonna take off without me. I gotta split. I\u2019ll have my people call your people. Later, Georgie!\u201d<\/p>\n

GWB: \u201cLater McDude!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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