Comments on: Baghdad Turkey Was for Show

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 18:15:02 +0000

I wasn’t sure if the Iraq trip was a good idea or not at the time, but have since come to the conclusion that it must have been a pretty good move on Bush’s part. If it hadn’t done him some good, so many people on the other side wouldn’t be pissing and moaning about it. Was the bird real? Who gives a shit?

By: a_stupid_box

a_stupid_box — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 06:25:57 +0000

Well, seeing as how by the 2004 election I won’t be able to vote, my comment at that time are useless. However, until then, I will heap as much anti-bush fuel on the fire as I can.

Not because he does bullshit public appearances like this, but because he’s costing the lives of American citizens for NO REASON.

By: John F

John F — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 00:09:16 +0000

HOw many hours did Herr Bush spend in the air on Thanksgiving? He spent a total of TWO hours in Iraq. TWO. With over 100 thousand troops there, you would think the guy would take a full friggin’ tour. THAT would have won me over.

Instead? I was lying in a hospital bed coughing “Karl Rove” when I saw this newspiece over and over again on Thanksgiving. Manufactured bullshit.

Everything with Bush is manufactured - his press conferences (anyone remember the WHite HOuse briefing room? Where everyone would actually have a press conferences? Including the Prez? What happened to it?), his holidays, his public events…. If Jenna gets picked up for another crime, will they have a special event if Dad has to take the stand as a character witness? “Bush the Concerned father?” Just curious….

You got a point on the Dean comment with the Confed flag. That remark scared me but it wasn’t manufactured, even though it was bullshit. People (his supporters) knew what he was trying to convey and those who don’t support him still understood what he was trying to convey - though they laughed and pointed at the screw up… Well, at least it was genuine and not a manufactured moment, marketed to the voters. I have this sense that someone from the Nixon campaign (Dick Nixon was HUGE on being camera likable - though his profile didn’t allow him to accomplish that much) is busy working for the GOP to make sure Herr Bush has plenty of canned photo opportunities and nothing of genuine interest to his name (Besides playing to special interests) in 2004 to secure the election….

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:30:28 +0000

You know, not to beat yet another dead horse, but this is sort of what made the whole confederate flag debacle make me like Dean even more. The guy says something really dumb in public, realizes (perhaps belatedly) that his statement, while well intentioned, is indefensible as it stands, and so he recants and appologizes.

He made a mistake, then he admitted his mistake.

Meanwhile, the Bush team is trying to distract the American public from their various deceptions by having Bush zip over to Iraq and PRETEND to serve turkey to soldiers on Thanksgiving.

To give due credit to our troops, it doesn’t look like they’re taking the bait on this one:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1070493010535&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724

By: alex

alex — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:09:17 +0000

I long for the days when his dad’s photo-ops consisted of him puking in the lap of the Japanese Prime Minister. But now you’ll probably tell me that was staged to show his …ummm… our …ummm… our willingness to rely on Japan in our darkest hours and most troubling times of need. Yep, you’re sure to burst that bubble now.

By: stageleft

stageleft — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 03:52:36 +0000

At this point it should be difficult for anyone to believe that any picture of Bush hasn’t been carefully scripted for maximum 2004 election usage.