All the Photos of Bush's "Troops" Photo-OP Show Only His BACK >

[Stephanie]

Just how drunk was he? I've searched Yahoo, MSNBC, CNN & Getty Images. Could you see his face in the broadcast? It's inexplicable. What kind of a photo-op is that? Shot from behind only? Too weird.





All the Yahoo photos here:

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=bush&c=news_photos


*edit* Can you see his "hump" in this one?

[Hobarticus]

1. Just in time for Halloween, it's the remake of "Picture of Dorian Grey"

It's for your safety. Shortly after, these people turned to stone for gazing into his face.

[soleft]

5. Reminds me of this shot from Poltergeist

[Hobarticus]

17. Everyone involved in "Poltergeist" was cursed, too...

Bush has lost the Midas touch, and these troops are bearing the brunt of his stupidity.

[high density]

35. Jerry Goldsmith!

[Der Blaue Engel]

Quick, someone stick a sign on it that says "Kick Me"!

That is really bizarre, though. Maybe Pickles beat him up again?

[AirmensMom]

14. Here you go.

[Der Blaue Engel]

25. Yes!

:rofl: :applause: :thumbsup: :toast: :headbang: :yourock:

[AirmensMom]

29. Gee, thanks.

:blush:

[SteppingRazor]

2. Maybe it's not just a photo op, silly. Maybe he's doing it for the troops.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Oh man, sometimes, I just kill me.

[Union Thug]

3. and, having heard some of this live.. it was a TRAIN WRECK

Oh my god.. I haven't heard anything so bad since..well since the last time the chimp attempted human language.. and the staged questions...JEEBUS!!!!!

[FreedomAngel82]

33. Totally

I listened to the speech on Stephanie Miller's show and good grief! It was worse than the last one he did! And that one was pretty bad too. I didn't see any of it but when the networks showed it did they show his front or just his back? Very weird.

[FightingIrish]

4. It reminds me of his Katrina flyover pic.

[Nordmadr]

6. Looks like you can see that cable running up his back again too.

On the right side.

Olaf

[Demit]

7. Well, we do get to see yet another odd bump in his jacket...

There on the right side. I suspect Yahoo et al couldn't resist.

[Democrats_win]

8. If he took his shirt off, we'd see the yellow stripe.

[LSparkle]

9. There's that "jacket bulge" again ...

"How'm I doin', Karl?"

[Stephanie]

15. Here's a better shot of it >

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

19. lol! I had a feeling, there was no teleprompter there so he needed someway

to get lines fed to him.

MSNBC just had a laughable spot on it. First they had a piece about him doing this teleconference, and then the tv news model said that some people think it was a photo-op and that the questions were fed to the soldiers. She did not mention the dialogue that was actually heard by the person prepping the soldiers. Then this tv news model introduces some pundit that says that the troops are very supportive......

[smoogatz]

10. Maybe it wasn't really him. Maybe it was a double.

And is that a little bald spot I see? And tell me that's not a wire under his jacket?

[Arkansas Granny]

11. He's just showing his best side.

[Missy M]

12. It looks like the outline of a bullet proof vest under his jacket...

does he wear that thing everywhere, all the time?

[Buns_of_Fire]

24. I hear what you're saying, and it brings up images I'd rather not dwell on

I'm sure Pickles would agree with me.

On the other hand, it could be a real hoot if he wears it while swimming! (How much do they weigh, anyway?) :evilgrin:

[Missy M]

30. At least Pickles doesn't have to come up with the feeble....

"I've got a headache" excuse so she is probably thankful.

[MuseRider]

13. That jacket looks a little tight.

Wearing kevlar to talk to troops on a satellite feed from Iraq? :rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. The video which is available at WhiteHouse.gov has him from the

side and it's a long distance shot. There is no way they wanted the camera tight on him.

[Stephanie]

18. Something's up. Malloy said he was drunk.

Who watched the video? Could you see his face? I guess if you can't see it in the WH video then you couldn't on TV either.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. I heard Malloy say he was drunk, and it was 10AM in the morning at that.

He was having problems talking. I think there is also a video over at Yahoo, and I tried to load it before and had problems. I think it's because I was trying to load it via AOL, I'm going to try in a little while through IE.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. The video is up at c-span now. I'm going to watch. :)

[Child_Of_Isis]

23. I watched it on the tele.

Yeah I saw his face. He didn't do too badly really. You could tell some was scripted but a few times there was genuine interaction. He looked a bit nervous at times. I think he is running the show (or trying to) and has scooted his "handlers" to the curb.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

28. I think he kept stumbling and now the soldiers are talking and it sounds

like they're reading from cue cards.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. The receiver is his left ear. You'll see him touch his ear as if he's

putting it back in place. It's on a visible wire.

[FreedomAngel82]

34. Very interesting

Hmm. I wonder why.

[Oilwellian]

21. In the first picture...

what in the hell is he waving at? Do we have another Stevie Wonder moment? :rofl:

[eShirl]

27. as my TV show director friend always says,

"Any shot where you don't see the actor's face, it's not the star; it's a double."

[Mnemosyne]

31. Did his hair change color again? n/t

[Sadie5]

32. So drunk was Georgie

he forgot to do a comb over on his bald spot

[Mnemosyne]

38. He can't button his clothes

nor comb his hair. What a mess!

Welcome to DU Demo5! :hi:

[Solly Mack]

36. since he was talking out of his ass, it seems fitting, doncha think?

:)

[BJW]

37. I saw the live broadcast and it was showing Bush's right side

Don't recall which cable news channel I was watching. But I do know that there weren't any "behind" shots like the pic at Yahoo.

I was looking hard for the bulge, but his jacket and the background were both dark, so it was hard to discern. My impression was that there was "something" there on his back again, but it wasn't prominent like in the debates. He did end up holding an earpiece with an obvious wire attached to his left ear on occasion.

The reporting I've read is a bit odd, too. It was Bush making long-winded statements and asking just a few questions. I hadn't known that the possibility of "scripting" was even an issue in dispute till reading the blogs. It was patently obvious that the troops knew which person to hand the microphone to for answers to particular question.

The oddest thing was that the troops were basically frozen in position throughout, and didn't move around hardly at all, but when Bush started in with his worn-out war-porn they all became noticeably animnated and nodded their heads in earnest agreement.

[Stephanie]

39. Welcome to DU BJW

Obviously the eleven troops were chosen for their devotion to the Chimp. Then they were rehearsed to within an inch of their lives.