It might not have been instant, but the bad karma a former British tabloid editor got calling President Bush "an idiot" for falling off a Segway in 2003 got him four years later as he broke three ribs when he accidentally hit a curb driving a - wait for it - Segway (h/t Say Anything via Glenn Reynolds).
As reported by Access Hollywood on August 21 (emphasis added):
Piers Morgan may be a great judge of "talent," but clearly, riding a segway is not one of his own.
The "America's Got Talent" judge broke several ribs this weekend as a result of a Segway accident, and may not be able to appear on tonight's season finale.
Hysterically, on June 14, 2003, the tabloid Morgan was then editor for, the Daily Mirror, ran a headline "You'd have to be an idiot to fall off, wouldn't you Mr President," along with a rather disparaging article with these pictures of Bush's accident (emphasis added):
THE makers promise it will never fall over...
So even George Bush should be able to use the Segway personal two-wheel transporter without tumbling off.
After all, it's kept upright by some of the most sophisticated gyroscopes known to man, linked to a series of computers to detect the slightest movement.
But if anyone can make a pig's ear of riding a sophisticated, self-balancing machine like this, Dubya can.
The President climbed on, stumbled a bit, then crashed off the other side - before it had actually gone anywhere.
And this is the man who used to fly fighter planes.
Cue John Lennon: Instant karma's gonna get you. Gonna knock you off your feet.
Adding insult literally to injury, when Bush had a mountain biking accident in 2004, Morgan's tabloid called him the Presidunce.
Who's the dunce now, Mr. Morgan?
I'm verklempt. Talk amongst yourselves.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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See, there is a God!
September 3, 2007 - 20:12 ET by Conservative_in_mass.See, there is a God!
Don't know if there is a
September 3, 2007 - 20:33 ET by M J BDon't know if there is a God but there seems to be little "news"
Segways's what next a road test?
Despite all these nasty pics.
September 3, 2007 - 20:15 ET by sarcasmoEveryone should try the Segway, it's an amazingly-fun invention. Like other fun things, it's also not entirely risk-free, but Segways are amazingly safe IMO, even if they're not perfectly-safe, as our masters would wish.
JMR
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Karmatic Kickback
September 3, 2007 - 20:16 ET by P.J. Gladnick"You'd have to be an idiot to fall off, wouldn't you Mr President,"
This is what is known as Karmatic Kickback.
Yeah, Karma's a bitch! LOL
September 3, 2007 - 20:40 ET by motherbeltYeah, Karma's a bitch! LOL
Piers Morgan
September 3, 2007 - 20:19 ET by d1carterKeep a stiff upper lip, there gov'nor...
Idiot.
September 3, 2007 - 20:30 ET by rbosqueIdiot.
I wanna know if he laid
September 3, 2007 - 20:35 ET by drillanwrI wanna know if he laid there and cried a bit ... But NOT from the injury, but from the sudden "life before your eyes" flash of memory of his ridicule of Bush ... and how it now was going to revisit him in places such as this.
I see an appearance on the
September 4, 2007 - 08:06 ET by Seabeach4348I see an appearance on the Oafrah show!
Fair and balanced
September 3, 2007 - 20:38 ET by ThisnThatNot exactly fair and balanced reporting there, eh Mr. Piersdunce?
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I hope Mr. Morgan feels
September 3, 2007 - 20:40 ET by MikeBI hope Mr. Morgan feels to be as big an ass as he had proved himself to be with his comments about W. How's it feel to be an idiot, Piers? I don't recall President Bush breaking any ribs when he had his accident.
Like they say: It's only funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious.
Karma or poetic justice, Morgan got his.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Ah, the classic metaphor
September 3, 2007 - 21:12 ET by SMGalbraithAh, the classic metaphor for the arrogance of the press.
Folks that can, do; folks that think they can do better than anyone else, write.
Long overdue comeuppance.
More, please (tongue-in-cheek, of course).
SMG
rofl - Biting the asphalt - good job bush hater
September 3, 2007 - 20:48 ET by SportPoliticsI love it, glad he broke 3 ribs, that will remind him what an uncoordinated dunce he is, for many weeks, every time he sucks in oxygen and spews out global warming gases.
I have to note, Bush tipped it over, but jumped off and made an amazing on foot recovery. Good job President Bush ! The healhiest President the USA has ever had, according to the hateful press when Bush placed 25th in a big lib DC bureaucratic 5 mile jog of 30,000 in DC.
LOL - Only 25 citizens beat Bush, out of thousands upon thousands of veggie eating tofuhead tree hugging idiot healthnut libs. I'd say that is a fine remark for those who voted for him.
Hey, pavement eating moron, why didn't you jump over it and make an on foot recovery like the President did ? Huh, you fumbling moron...
hahahahaha
Good job President Bush, you obviously are far more athletic than your whiny, wincing, and broken detractors.
What a guy!
September 3, 2007 - 20:54 ET by johnnyatlantaThe same Piers Morgan who was sacked in 2003 for publishing fake photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3716151.stm
What a guy!
Oh, my! Or as they say ...
September 3, 2007 - 20:57 ET by drillanwrOh, my! Or as they say ... Crikey! Hope that karma isn't around his corner too ... Oh, well. Take it like a man, mate.
This is Piers Morgan the journalistic bully
September 3, 2007 - 20:57 ET by RJNot only is it Karma, but it couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy. Wonder if he'll write a self-depreciating piece? No? Me either.
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Piers Morgan
"...Controversal reporting is what has given Piers Morgan his fame. He is one that tells it like it is and is known for his invasive style and lack of concern for celebrities' right to privacy.
After publishing photographs of Victoria, Countess Spencer, then wife of Charles Spencer, The Earl Spencer, leaving a detoxification clinic he was fired from his position. Rupert Murdoch was reported as having said publicly that "the boy went too far".
Once again Piers Morgan was criticised in 1996, while he was editor of the Daily Mirror, for publishing the headline “Achtung Surrender”, a story written by Justin Dunn, a day prior to a semi-final football championship between England and Germany.
Once again his behavior and unscrupulous morals had him fired from the Daily Mirror on May 14, 2004 when he authorized a publication of faked Iraqi prisoners abuse photo's by British Army soldiers...."
Hope he's okay. I can't
September 3, 2007 - 20:58 ET by FairlightHope he's okay. I can't imagine the pain of breaking a bone, let alone more than one.
He's not okay Fairlight
September 3, 2007 - 21:57 ET by SportPoliticsand no amount of hoping he is okay will magically heal his broken 3 ribs and absolutely smashed mealy smart aleck lib mouth, nor restore his obviously false pride. He's a bumbling fool, and now we have proof, he is a bigger clutz than he could ever hope Bush to be. Bush showed how a recovery is done - STANDING UP LIKE A MAN.
I hope he is reeling in pain for a very long time, and is constantly reminded that he couldn't stay on his feet when wiping out - unlike Bush who handled it and won.
I broke a rib once
September 3, 2007 - 22:16 ET by drillanwrHurts when you breathe in and hurts when you breathe out ... In ...Out ... and wooow! if ya have to sneeze (or cough)! Oh, and don't get fall down drunk (pun intended) `cause the puking will kill you ...
The above remarks x3
Video at 11
September 3, 2007 - 21:09 ET by drillanwrhttp://sayanythingblog.com/entry/your_moment_of_schadenfreude_for_today_bush_mocking_journalist_piers_morgan/
P.S.
September 3, 2007 - 21:12 ET by drillanwrIf you slow it down reeeal slooow you can see Bush running across and shoving Piers ...
Congress to investigate.
Interesting how George Bush the Christian is watched over
September 3, 2007 - 21:18 ET by Lame CherryWhen you consider the attacks George Bush has been through, there always seems to be God avenging him.
Bill Maher has a great ABC job, hammers Bush and now is on nowhere HBO to this little double wheel multiple rib reckoning.
I many disagree with the President, but unlike the heathen liberals I never curse the guy.
May God help the asphalt kisser to see the Truth.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
"When you consider the
September 3, 2007 - 21:21 ET by balboa"When you consider the attacks George Bush has been through, there always seems to be God avenging him."
You actually think God takes time to right supposed wrongs done to Bush?
Correct, Bal
September 3, 2007 - 21:27 ET by Mica the MagnificentSure. God is a conservative. He created libs for the same reason he created nasty stinging little insects - just to annoy us.
By the way, God fixed the last two presidential elections.
He-he-he.
I KNEW IT!
September 3, 2007 - 21:42 ET by balboaI KNEW IT!
92 & 96
September 3, 2007 - 21:45 ET by Free StinkerI wish He had fixed the '92 & '96 elections to give us a Libertarian President.
God takes time for
September 4, 2007 - 12:26 ET by TruthMongerGod takes time for everyone, bal - He's with ya all day long - as well as the sparrows in the forest, planktons in the gut of a whale, etc, etc...
I also looking forward to the left's pro-terrorist karma payback on Iraq and the WOT - its also going to be a Segway crash - and then some:)
Protest Craig's conservative abandonment - vote Democrat in 08'
If you rearrange the
September 3, 2007 - 21:48 ET by SMGalbraithIf you rearrange the letters in Diebold, add a "G", toss out a few letters and what'ya have? GOD
Okay, so I'm lousy at anagrams (anagrammist?).
SMG
Anagrammologist?
September 3, 2007 - 21:51 ET by balboaAnagrammologist? Anagrammarian? San Diegoan?
and the letters add up to
September 4, 2007 - 12:26 ET by TruthMongerand the letters add up to 23 - kinda!!!
Protest Craig's conservative abandonment - vote Democrat in 08'
You actually think God
September 3, 2007 - 21:44 ET by SMGalbraithYou actually think God takes time to right supposed wrongs done to Bush?
Balboa, my friend, this will explain it to you: figure of speech
I'm familiar with the term.
September 3, 2007 - 21:48 ET by balboaI'm familiar with the term. I didn't think Lame Cherry was using one.
Great point, Bal. God only
September 4, 2007 - 10:48 ET by Roger the ShrubberGreat point, Bal. God only does that for Catholics. God makes fun of Methodists.
Of course he does. I'm sure
September 4, 2007 - 10:51 ET by balboaOf course he does. I'm sure God has a great sense of humor.
he created you and me
September 4, 2007 - 12:27 ET by TruthMongerhe created you and me didn't he?
Protest Craig's conservative abandonment - vote Democrat in 08'
not divine intervention...
September 4, 2007 - 19:07 ET by UndercoverConservativeit was caused by Global Warming! :)
Piers: Too bad he didn't
September 3, 2007 - 21:31 ET by Felicity RandPiers: Too bad he didn't fall off one.
Karl Rove is behind this, I'm sure. He used his earthquake machine to momentarily shake the ground below Morgan. Or the Segway was re-programmed to fail by a Rove operative disguised as a surfer/rollerblading dude.
Or Piers' big head caused the Segway to lose balance.
OMG - I am ROTFLMFAO...
September 3, 2007 - 22:52 ET by Robin BoydOMG - I am ROTFLMFAO... Karma truly is a bitch! Great catch Noel!
Maybe it`s only half-karma.
September 4, 2007 - 05:48 ET by chessplayerMaybe it`s only half-karma. Gary Jones wrote the article about Bush falling off the segway, not Morgan.
Way to go!
September 4, 2007 - 07:47 ET by mytwocentsThat Karl Rove is good isn't he?
FUNNY...
September 4, 2007 - 09:00 ET by danybhoyI suprised Rove was not blamed now that you mentioned it, or GWBush for that matter.
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Mr. Morgan, watch what you eat.
September 4, 2007 - 08:33 ET by nkviking75Mr. Morgan, I strongly suggest you avoid eating pretzels at all costs.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
To borrow from Nelson Muntz
September 4, 2007 - 15:24 ET by fitzfongTo borrow from Nelson Muntz of Simpson's fame...Ha! Ha!
The Beaver as a witness
September 4, 2007 - 15:33 ET by Mica the MagnificentIf Beaver Cleaver happened to be there when the jerk fell:
"Jeepers, Mr. Morgan. What will I tell the kids when they say you made fun of the president for falling off the exact same thing? What? What do you mean f-off? Golly! I don't know whether to call my dad, a doctor, a dentist or the National Enquirer first!"