Talks to Watch

President Bush -- Fool me Once

5.5M views · Jul 6, 2006 · 1:04 · 0 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2008–2015

A short clip of President George W. Bush stumbling through the saying 'fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me'.

Why Hacker News points people here: Used almost entirely as a joke or sarcastic aside about trusting politicians who have lied before.

What Hacker News said 4

JokesutroDec 2008

“Commanding. Magisterial. Lincolnesque.”

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Bush writes a lot of his own material as well. The following excerpts show Bush speaking in his own authorial voice. Commanding. Magisterial. Lincolnesque. this video

in “Obama's Chief Speechwriter, 27, Works on Inaugural Address While Making His Own Transition” · view on HN
JokeD9uJul 2013

“It's not cynicism when you refuse to believe the people who have lied to you in the past.”

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There are still US troops in Iraq. link There are also around 5000 contractors in Iraq. link It's not cynicism when you refuse to believe the people who have lied to you in the past. As "Dubya" once said... "...fool me once... Ah, er... Ya see, ya can't get fooled again..." (or something like that) this video

in “Sen. Wyden imagines the White House is willing to reconsider surveillance” · view on HN
Jokerubyn00bieApr 2014

“So... maybe they'll fool me once, if they've outright lied to me, but they ain't gonna fool me again ;-)”

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I disagree completely, what you're saying is that there is no room for forgiveness. Screw up once and that's the only shot you've got? I sincerely don't believe in that, and would encourage more of the world to forgive-- more. No changing the past, only the future... I publically _hate_ on a lot of companies, at the semblance of a fuck up, but if they fix their shit-- I'm not going to continue hating. Yeah he/they screwed up massively, like a lot of companies do, but I'm willing to forgive them should they actually change. I'm not going to post the full email here as I don't think it's appropriate, but I've gotten past it as the reply is sincere and addresses my concerns. ... that's not say we shouldn't tease 'em a bit down the road about it ;-) "remember that time your ass and your brain were the same thing?!" haha. ... Hopefully, the HN humor police don't come down on me... And on that note, I'd like to post this video, of a man not so great with words-- except this one time where he's perfect: this video So... maybe they'll fool me once, if they've outright lied to me, but they ain't gonna fool me again ;-)

in “They say “nothing will change”” · view on HN
JokezarothMay 2015

“Googled for it an found this gem of a video, I needed a good laugh”

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Googled for it an found this gem of a video, I needed a good laugh: this video I mean, almost makes me nostalgic for those... oh never mind, no it doesn't.

in “U.S.A Freedom Act is a mass surveillance bill in sheeps clothing” · view on HN