Bush meets African American leaders in "curtained off area" of Silverdome

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Nice hand-made "Welcome" sign on the table.

The frigging place is EMPTY. Why did he need a "curtained off area" of the friggin' SILVERDOME? They probably would have all fit in that RV parked behind the curtain...maybe I'm making too much of this, but it's just ODD.



"U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) walks into a curtained off area to meet with African American leaders before a rally in the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, October 27, 2004. Bush insisted Wednesday 380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq (news - web sites) might have been removed prior to the arrival of U.S. forces in 2003 and he attacked Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) for making a campaign issue out of it. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque US ELECTION"

[BattyDem]

1. LOL!

They probably would have all fit in that RV parked behind the curtain..

They probably would have fit in the Men's Room! :evilgrin:

[goclark]

2. Or that box beside the curtain

They also didn't want to be seen by my brothers and sisters from the neighborhood.

Either way, how insulting!

Why couldn't they have met in one of the fancy sky boxes?

I know there is a private diining room that seats about 25 that would have been nice. No, he puts my brothers and sisters behind
a damn curtain!

Bush is trash.
On edit: I know Pontiac. There are many hard working African Americans that have lived there a long time. They are regular church goers. If that is the biggest "born again" crowd that he could get, he is TOAST!

[chuckrocks]

4. probly

probably cause he had them ironing his laundry while HE talked.

[BattyDem]

8. You're right ... it is very insulting!

What was the purpose of inviting them to a HUGE arena and putting them in a small area behind a curtain? :shrug:

[olddem43]

3. They could only find 3 black people in the whole state -

of Michigan who would agree to meet with him. And even they didn't want to be seen with him, hence the curtain.

[Bossy Monkey]

15. Apparently it's any African-American Republicans they could get from

anywhere:
Earlier in the day, Bush met with African American leaders such as Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R-Md). Steele criticized Kerry for what he said amounted to intimidating black voters.

"We've heard the so-called candidate try to scare away African Americans from the polls," Steele said. "We will not be intimidated by John Kerry."

Steele joined First Lady Laura Bush, U.S. Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.), and boxing promoter Don King to support the president
http://www.statenews.com/article.phtml?pk=26536

[olddem43]

18. Don King is a good endorsement for the idiot -

A guy that committed two murders.

[Bossy Monkey]

19. Don and Laura will always have something to talk about n/t

[qanda]

5. Don King's hair stands out in the crowd

If the people I've been talking to are any indication, Bush is going to have trouble getting even 8% of black people to vote for him.

[Texas_Dem]

6. So this what the repugs mean by "caging"?

how pitiful.

[Scoopie]

7. Placement

As a PR hack... this I know.

The cuts will say "a rally in the Silverdome" and the pics will show a bunch of African-American faces in a room so as to look "packed."

I'm guessing Rover didn't count on someone taking a picture OUTSIDE the curtained area.

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain... I am the great and powerful Wizard of Odd!

[IChing]

9. LINK TO PHOTO NT

[Blaze Diem]

10. Curious question..Would * use the blue curtain for future editing..

Like the blue screen photogs shoot their subjects against, for future editing purposes.
Grouping this small number of African Americans surrounded by a blue curtain would give endless uses for the Repug editing room..

BEWARE any future photos of Bush with African Americans appearing perhaps;
......In the oval office

......At a Texas barbecue in Crawford

......At a rally applauding Zell & George

......etc


btw, did Bush also have separate water coolers for the group behind the curtain???
I really ffff*****g hate gbush.

[TheWebHead]

11. interesting crowd positioning with the TV cameras

if you are African American, you stand behind the president while cameras role during his speech:
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=51592882&cdi=0

if you are in the audience, an entirely different story:
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=51592881&cdi=0
http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=51592883&cdi=0

... I think it's kind of one of those .. sayg - ray - gay - shuns

[ciaobox]

12. Who are all those African Americans behind Bush?

Why are they supporting him? He is caging blacks in Florida. WTF?

[TheWebHead]

13. I believe the same people he met with behind the curtain

I'm guessing they are religious conservative leaders in the Detroit area.

[bobbieinok]

14. that first link.......W's odd smile and weird hug of Laura

[Robeson]

16. "Why did he need a "curtained off area" "

Because Repugs can only deal with "blacks" by segregating them.

[MetaTrope]

17. Remember too that half the people in that box would be Secret Service

So we're talking a crowd that could be counted on the fingers of two hands (or in Chimpy's case, two feet).

[DeepModem Mom]

20. Very strange!