Bush leads in BBC Poll shocker!

[Pudduh]

Yes, Dubya is trailblazing in yet another poll! But its not in a rigged presidential one!

Its actually in the BBC's "Top Ten Worst Political Momments" and he leads for his reply to the question "do you know who is the president of Pakistan?"

"I dunno...how about you?"

Anyway you can watch all of the contestents (saldly mostly brits, although Boris Yeltsin's 'Presidential Boogie' is a show stopper)
here!

[RedSkunk]

That's my bush!

[bumcheekcity]

At 12/5/03 02:09 PM, Pudduh wrote: "I dunno...how about you?"

PLEASE tell me he didn't say this.

[Jimsween]

At 12/5/03 05:51 PM, bumcheekcity wrote:

At 12/5/03 02:09 PM, Pudduh wrote: "I dunno...how about you?"

PLEASE tell me he didn't say this.

He's said worse. Frankly, I'm glad he doesn't know the president's name, that way he can't invade them.

[BWS]

Is Hitler on there? I assume he is, so what place is he in?

[karasz]

just so we know... bush said that before he was president...

and off the top of everyone's head who knows the answer???

general pervez musharaff is the answer..

[heyitsjohn]

At 12/5/03 05:57 PM, Jimsween wrote:

At 12/5/03 05:51 PM, bumcheekcity wrote:

At 12/5/03 02:09 PM, Pudduh wrote: "I dunno...how about you?"

PLEASE tell me he didn't say this.

He's said worse. Frankly, I'm glad he doesn't know the president's name, that way he can't invade them.

lol! he's such an easy target, its almost overdone when people make fun of him. i really think it's funny when the leaders of the most powerful nation in the world talk and sound like complete morons, and or redneck hicks *cough*rumsfield*cough*bush*cough*

[RedSkunk]

At 12/5/03 06:19 PM, heyitsjohn wrote: lol! he's such an easy target, its almost overdone when people make fun of him. i really think it's funny when the leaders of the most powerful nation in the world talk and sound like complete morons, and or redneck hicks *cough*rumsfield*cough*bush*cough*

What do people think about the US having something similar to that television program England has, oh, what's it called, "question time" or something? Where Parliament gets to ask the Prime Minister any pertinent questions on a weekly basis.

Would the American version be hilarious or what? I mean, yes, Blair has a fat handbook of answers, but there's a certain amount of shooting from the hip involved. Which, as we've seen, Bush is not very good at. Could lead to some great quotes, eh? Anyone up for it?

[Pudduh]

What do people think about the US having something similar to that television program England has, oh, what's it called, "question time" or something? Where Parliament gets to ask the Prime Minister any pertinent questions on a weekly basis.

To clear things up, its called 'Prime Ministers Questions' or 'PMQs'. Its not a TV program, its televised live however on the BBC (BBC Parliament). Basically MPs table questions to the PM days before PMQs (held on a wensday) to give the PM time to bring up the relative facts and look into matters.

Ministers also get question sessions in Parliament. In fact your MP can write *any* kind of question to the relevent minister, no matter how silly it sounds! One MP once asked the Transport minister "How many people per year are killed by Milk Floats?" (Milk floats are small, very slow carts which carry Milk to your doorstep in the mornings. When I say slow I mean 5mph).

Now the next day, the relevent minister replied in Parliament the exact statistics of how many people are killed per year by electric mobiles (about 10 per year or something stupid). Amazing!

There is actually a TV program on the BBC called "Question Time" (the Radio version is on BBC Radio 4 called "Any Questions?"). It is a very, very good program. Basically you have a panel of people (usually one government minister/MP, one opposition shadow minister/MP and the rest are either distinguieshed Political figures or journalists...rarely you get a celeb on there) and they're asked questions on current affairs (serious current affairs) by the audience to which they have no knowledge beforehand so they can't make up an answer before they arrive.

[RedSkunk]

At 12/5/03 11:17 PM, Pudduh wrote: To clear things up, its called 'Prime Ministers Questions' or 'PMQs'. Its not a TV program, its televised live however on the BBC (BBC Parliament).

Thanks for explaining it more thoroughly. We watched a session, was pretty intense stuff =P
It's broadcasted here also, I think on the public channel or sumtin.

Ministers also get question sessions in Parliament. In fact your MP can write *any* kind of question to the relevent minister, no matter how silly it sounds! One MP once asked the Transport minister "How many people per year are killed by Milk Floats?"

Yes, my prof brought up the example of one time someone asked the PM something like "how can we make England more formidable in international chess tournies?"

[Pudduh]

Thanks for explaining it more thoroughly. We watched a session, was pretty intense stuff =P
It's broadcasted here also, I think on the public channel or sumtin.

Yeah Parliament is set along conflict lines. MPs on both sides are strictly controlled by their parties. You only get a degree of individualism seen in other legislatures overseas in the Lords..and they're unelected.

Yes, my prof brought up the example of one time someone asked the PM something like "how can we make England more formidable in international chess tournies?"

Its insanely cool I know, but thats the advantage of having an unwritten constitution.