Bush gets "snippy" when asked about Kenny Boy - walks off

[RamboLiberal]

US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) walks away from a briefing with the media, refusing to answer questions after he was asked about Enron and the reported indictment of former CEO Kenneth Lay, who was a close adviser and fund-raiser for Bush and his father, earning him the presidential nickname of 'Kenny Boy.'(AFP/Paul J. Richards)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/040708/photos_ts_afp/040708125254_jg418y7h_photo1

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[Bertha Venation]

1. Who the hell do you think you are, George?!

Your walking away will not stop our questions!

[sidwill]

5. Is there any Video?

Of this incident. Please somebody tell me we have the Chimp walking off the stage to avoid a Kenny Boy question recorded in real time....please!!

[Racenut20]

2. I look forward to seeing this on the Daily Show.

[Guaranteed]

3. Done...rate em all!

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=1760

There's like six or seven photos of Lay up, and they're all at the top. Keep em up there!

[Old and In the Way]

4. C'mon George, answer the question!

Did you have oily relations with that company?

I hope Kerry spins that performance into a theme....the Imperial pResident doesn't like this personal accountability stuff....

[Manix]

6. they'll be bringing the cuffs for you oneday.....JERK!!!!

[cthrumatrix]

7. he hates it when people can retreive facts that make his "value system"

look like a two bit "coward"...he was a loser than...and he is worse now....he is soley responsible for the death of many people.

His cowboy "go it alone" facade has been shattered for what it truly was...a bunch of lies.

[Kanary]

8. Such posture....head's so heavy he can't even hold it on his shoulders

Having headaches, king georgie?

:evilgrin:

Kanary

[Manix]

9. ...for a so-called weight trainer, he sure looks like a lump.

[Lisa]

44. top 5% of his age group, in terms of fitness?!

I don't know! He's been looking pudgy and downright unhealthy for months now. Surely American 50+ males aren't THAT out of shape!

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

22. I get that way...

... after sleeping on the couch. Wonder what that means.

[susu369]

42. Hang down your head, king georgie

Hang down your head and cry....

[ArnoldLayne]

43. He's probably

hung over.

[LuminousX]

10. Smirk shirks responsibility to nation

[skooooo]

11. how unprofessional...

...but how can we expect anything different from him at this point?

[Boomer]

14. I hope he keeps it up!

That kind of petulant unwillingness to deal with legitimate questions concerning Enron can only hurt his image. Combine this "Cheney you" with Farenheit 9/11's "Some people call you the elite; I call you my base." and his just plain folks image wears mighty thin.

[TexasSissy]

12. This is the way he acted during the Florida fiasco, when Gore

wouldn't initially concede. Remember the little temper tantrum when cameras showed him in his war room with Laura, and he was on the phone w/Gore. He was acting like a spoiled brat who couldn't get his way. (But we should remember - he did get his way in the end.)

[AirAmFan]

40. Phone call to Daddy: "You said I could be President! You PROMised! Wahhhh

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

47. Or another way of saying that...

[Poiuyt]

13. What part did Kenny Boy have in Cheneys Energy Commision??

Inquiring minds want to know

[LittleApple81]

15. LINK TO THE WHITE HOUSE TRANSCRIPT AND VIDEO...BUT

they cropped the question and the walkout from the transcript and the video... 1984 anybody???

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1951122

[Toucano]

25. Somebody has to have the raw feed.

C'mon media geeks! Get to leakin'!

Thanks LittleAp

[xchrom]

16. in my best church-lady voice, i observe

how presidential!

[proud patriot]

17. Dripping with Sarcasm

Awe poor little bush didn't get the questions he wanted
poor baby .

[Kikosexy2]

18. Look...

it's the "war president", fearless leader too scared to answer a legitimate question! The Chimp can't face the music. So this is fearless leadership??? hmmm....I'd rather vote for the other guy--oh, that's I am voting for Kerry/Edwards 2004! Kerry fought in a war--our fearless leader started one and can't seem to end it (nor face up to it).

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

24. second day in a row...

... that GW cut them off on questions he didn't like. On Wednesday, he was asked a question about Edwards, feigned he didnt understand it, reporter replied "let me try another Edwards question...what is the difference you see between Edwards and Cheney?" GW responds "Cheney can be president", and that was it.

[RamboLiberal]

26. Hey it's starting to look like that infamous Capitol Hill Blue story true

Dubya is definitely cracking under the pressure.

[eaprez]

28. To Which Kerry Replied....

....he can and he has been the president.

[donkeyotay]

19. Kenny Boy "I don't know him" Lay?

Does anyone recall when Enron first stole all those billions from California and the miserable pretzel was asked about Kenny? I can remember the footage on tv because it really frosted me. * said he "didn't know" Mr. Lay, well not personally, and the ho-bags let him get away with it. It was one of *'s early televised lies...but of course, they were just warming up...

They told two whoppers: 1) Bush didn't know Lay, and 2) It wasn't a "political" story because Enron didn't get anything from the WH, in the way of a bailout... I guess they weren't counting ripping off California or invading Afghanistan.

[mwdem]

20. I definitely remember that...

and how he said he didn't know Ken Lay. Kinda reminiscent of Big Dog saying he didn't have sex with that woman.

Welcome to DU!!!:toast:

[kayell]

21. Kinda NOT like Clinton

as far as I know, the number of people hurt by Clinton's lie (singular) was limited to his own family.

[mwdem]

27. I only meant how he said it...

he pointedly looked at the camera and said he did not know Ken Lay, when we already knew he called him Kenny Boy.

[bvar22]

50. bush* said he didn't really know Ken Lay,

but thought Lay had supported Ann Richards for Governor.

[newyawker99]

31. Hi donkeyotay!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[AgadorSparticus]

23. heard on the ed shultz show today:

"I repeat, I did not have political relations with that man"

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA!!

[Bluebear]

29. Run off you coward

[oasis]

30. Ken Lay, Valerie Plame, Abu Gharib, Chalabi, Bandar Bush, Halliburton. No

mas, no mas.

[mwdem]

32. Kick

:kick:

[WoodrowFan]

33. love to see him try this during a debate

wouldn't you love to see him try this in a debate with Kerry!

[against all enemies]

34. And he is ahead in the polls.

What's going on?

[mwdem]

35. Which poll?

eom

[against all enemies]

37. This poll.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040708/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_ap_poll

Even if it was taken a day before Edwards it is still scary.

[mwdem]

39. Polls are polls,

you can't really depend on them. I'm usually polled by Zogby, but not since Edwards signed on...so there you go.

[Zech Marquis]

36. look at the coward run away

with his tail between his legs no less :evilgrin: If you don't have anything to be ashamed of, why not answer the Cheney questions *? Hmmm? :bounce:

So this is why they hit the ppanic button and announced the latest terra alert this morning :evilgrin:

[against all enemies]

38. Should be in a Kerry ad.

[mwdem]

41. Perfect!

Now, how to do this?

[gulliver]

45. Can he just do that?

He can't really just walk out when someone asks something he doesn't like can he? Can he really do that? I mean, if he can just do that, he's made a breakthrough in presidential politics.

No need to answer questions you don't like... You don't even have to evade them... You can just turn around and walk out.

Man, the guy is a political genius.

[napi21]

49. Of course he can. What he can't do is get re-elected!

I guess Rove and the boys gave him hell for his dumb responses in the past, and he decided it's better to just leave than get hell again!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

46. I think he only met Lay in a rope line.

:freak:

[Lisa]

48. $400,000 a year plus expenses, folks ...

That's how much you're paying for him. And for the vast majority of Americans, ONE incident like that would be enough to get you fired! How many times has he gotten petulant or acted inappropriately to dignitaries or the press?

[bvar22]

51. This is the slump-shouldered walk...

...of a failure.