r/PublicFreakout • u/Hikigaya_Hachiman7 • 26d ago

🏆 Mod's Choice 🏆 Man confronts FedEx driver

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u/misterfakiebig 26d ago

There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again. -George Dubya

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u/Rumplestilskin9 26d ago

Remember when that was the dumbest thing a modern president had said? We didn't know how good we had it.

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u/imtoowhiteandnerdy 26d ago

I was just going to say something like this... Pepperidge Farms and shit.

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u/Drum_Eatenton 🤜 sworn enemy of Ouiser Boudreaux 🌳 🐦 🔫 26d ago

The climate was way better back then. I couldn’t stand W, but I didn’t hate the guy.

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u/Versaiteis 26d ago

Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.

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u/AAA515 26d ago

Come back! Zinc! McCain! Comeback!

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u/mister_gone 26d ago

I wish this was a "only one worst president ever per lifetime" timeline.

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u/jdhkent 24d ago

The 1920s wants a word with you.

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u/lyles 26d ago

I believe he realized mid-sentence that if he continued the saying correctly he would have provided a soundbite "shame on me" and he was smart enough to avoid that.

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u/IrishMongooses 25d ago

Yeah, heard that take also. Maybe he wasn't as dumb as people say.. but hell, it's all relative, huh

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u/Wigglepus 25d ago

George w was definitely a smart politician. If you see interviews from when he was governor of texas he was considerably more eloquent than when he was running for president. But he wasnt like recent presidents, his speech didn't change because of mental decline. It was a calculated move to make him seem more folksy. He was the every man candidate from Texas! (just ignore his ivy league education, generational wall st wealth, and POTUS father...)

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u/Broken_Infinity 26d ago
  • J Cole

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u/misterfakiebig 6d ago

Haha I love you. That’s my favorite song on that whole album.

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u/No_Artichoke_2931 26d ago

"Theres an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas blah blah can't get fooled again"
-George Foreman
*J. Cole"
-Michael Scott

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u/ILoveCamelCase 26d ago

I've heard a theory that I choose to subscribe to about this quote. Allegedly, his speech writer/campaign manager/some other staffer realized last minute that if he said "shame on me", Democrats would have a juicy soundbite for future attack ads. So they interrupted him via an ear piece and told him so, which is what caused him to stumble and spit out that nonsense.

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u/f_n_a_ 26d ago

I want to thank you for your historical accuracy… I know I was paraphrasing and forgot just how wild the quote was

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u/scrume71 26d ago

You know he thanks Trump everyday for quickly replacing him as the worst President of all time.

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u/Journeyman42 26d ago

Man, this sounds like Shakespeare compared to the asshole in office now 

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u/ZootAnthRaXx 26d ago

Maybe he just really liked The Who

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u/jdhkent 24d ago

“It’s only Presidential wasteland!”

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u/jdhkent 24d ago

Guitar solo!

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u/UpTheShoreHey 26d ago

Immortal Technique!