Gag me!

[maha]

If you have a weak stomach, close this window NOW! And DO NOT click on this link:

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003887

Republicans have seldom shied from an embrace of manliness. The New York Times recently ran a report on the new Bush re-election headquarters. It explained that the offices display two large photos: one of President Bush "sweating and looking rugged in a T-shirt and cowboy hat"; another of Ronald Reagan "also looking rugged in a cowboy hat." And all this was before Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to run for governor of California. Yup, that's the Republican Party.

Of course, George W. Bush is famous for his "compassionate conservatism." He is capable of great tenderness of expression, much of it related, no doubt, to his triumph over alcohol and his religious awakening. But Bush as hombre has been the dominant theme of his post-September 11 presidency.

No .... please .... make it stop ......

[Evil_Dewers]

1. George W. Butch...

is so tough he fled to Louisiana and to a missile silo in Nebraska on 9-11, went AWOL during a war and flew OVER Liberia when he went to Africa.

[pansypoo53219]

2. and men

will be impressed with his codpiece in flightsuit. why?!?

[Grins]

3. "...swilling with the swells..."??

Here’s the line that hit me, “…His ranch in Crawford says a lot, too. President Clinton enjoyed swilling with the swells on Martha's Vineyard …President Bush, … would rather spend August in boiling central Texas, wielding a chainsaw."

Sure. Thank you Wall St. Journal for your typical sneer. (Why does the Right Wing have this sneering attitude?) What garbage. Clinton, “swilling with the swells”? Then, just what was Dubya doing?

Well, the “President Bush huddled privately … with the most prolific of his campaign fund-raising partners …in a …” six-peaked white tent where Bush thanked the group, then mingled and posed for photographs…. Campaign officials said 350 people, including fundraisers and spouses, were to attend. …The (nearby Crawford) ranch, …was the site of a cookout for Republican HIGH-ROLLERS last (year) …The campaign hired a dozen buses to shuttle guests from a Dallas hotel and the Waco airport, where donors arrived BY PRIVATE JET. One black Lincoln Town Car idled at the front of the ranch. Guests were greeted by flag-bearing horsemen, ….” (Mike Allen, Wash Post, 9/10/30) Bush raised $7 million.

Other “swells” might include Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, and last year the administration convened the President's Economic Forum down the road at Baylor University and hosted leaders of corporations like Harley-Davidson and Pfizer, investment executive Charles Schwab, and Larry Johnston, chairman of the Idaho-based Albertsons grocery chain.

There is more, but that's plenty.

[LynneSin]

4. Hell's Angels for Bush 2004???!!!!

Rich Lowry, editor of National Review, likes to tell a story about Mr. Bush out in Iowa, early in the 2000 presidential campaign. A group of Hell's Angels rode into town, and Gov. Bush simply waded into them, hugging them, bonding with them, relishing them. Not every American politician could manage this, without affectation. Mr. Bush was also, in that campaign, known to have a much better time with the rough 'n' ready cameramen in the back of the plane than with the (much more effete) reporters who also accompanied him.


Please make me stop laughing!!! I'm about to wet myself. Bush probably wasn't hugging & bonding with them, he was trying to find a connection for "Mother's Little Helper" if you know what I mean!

[Sick of Bullshit]

6. Unserer Fuehrer is solch ein...Mensch!

Be still, my heart! Our rugged Fuehrer is such a he-man, an inspiriration to all good amerikanische Volk!

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[tabasco]

5. Bush is a pussy

Clinton could kick his ass, Clark could kick his ass, and I could kick his ass.