Bush just had a "WHERE ARE THE GODDAMN BALLOONS?" moment!

[MallRat]

President Bush (news - web sites) pauses as confetti falls from the ceiling before the end of his speech at a campaign rally at Verizon Wireless Arena Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 in Manchester, N.H. The confetti exploded prematurely. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

You know, if your confetti explodes prematurely, that's nothing to be ashamed of... happens to every guy one time or another.

:D

-MR

[Chiyo-chichi]

1. ...especially when you've done that much coke & booze.

[MallRat]

2. Ugh. That's a visual right there.

:puke:

[yellowcanine]

3. He does not look happy. Bush cannot deal with any deviation from

the preplanned program. Very inflexible that way. There is an environmental term for this. It is "brittle".

[Lex]

4. He's "Rainman" -like in that way.

Isn't he?

[Tony_Illinois]

10. Couldn't Follow a Simple Script. . . to

say "God bless" at the end of the speech. But since he has surely also been instructed to use God and Jesus at every opportunity to cozy up to those who speaketh in tongues, he got confused. OH MY GOD (again) TWO THINGS TO REMEMBER AT ONE TIME !!!

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[RamboLiberal]

5. God Bless was the cue! Sludge has story of malfunction

BUSH EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Event workers had been told to fire off confetti pods when Bush said, 'God Bless'... his normal closing line. But 5 minutes before the end of his speech, Bush offered a "God Bless" to Arlene Howard, mother of George Howard a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Police Officer killed in the World Trade Center... BLAM!!!!! Everyone first ducked -- hard -- then looked up to see confetti falling. Bush looked momentarily stunned, then plain unhappy, then just went on with his speech as the confetti rained to the floor of the Verizon Wireless Arena... Developing...

http://www.drudgereport.com/

[Stephanie]

15. Oh my god that is hysterical! And emblematic.

Anything that can go wrong for Bush is going wrong right now.

Karma's a bitch.

Just wait.

[WilliamPitt]

6. Premature confettitation

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

18. You made me laugh out loud

Will. First time today and I thank you sincerely.

[cliss]

7. HE KNOWS

Take a closer look at the face. Bush KNOWS he can't pull it off. He's been notified the odds are so small that he'll win now, that the odds are probably 1 to 1,000,000.

He's thinking about Dad. What to tell him. He's thinking about Jeb, Dick, Donald, and other others.

He wants to go home.

[OBrien]

8. "Let me finish!" nt

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

19. Second time laughing out loud

you guys are killing me.

Either that or these Mexican antibiotics are working.

Or both.

LET ME FINISH! I WAS GOD BLESSIN' SOMEONE!

[On the Road]

9. All Bush Needs Now

is for a black cat to wander in front of the podium and be cuaght on camera (like the 1969 Cubs).

[merh]

11. Boy is he pissed!

That man had better never ever play poker! He cannot hide his emotions. :crazy:

[Kadie]

12. Your party is over mr. bush. You can go now. n/t

[opihimoimoi]

17. Rove and Hughes are going NUTZ, the Man don't listen right and gets

instructions/directions/hints/suggestions/ etc...all wrong.

This goes down the levels to where the helper who listens for the phrase GOD BLESS...and BAM goes the confetti. He wasn't told to listen to the timing and the flow.... Just like his Boss, they both don't get it.

Toast

[Stephanie]

13. Honestly, it doesn't matter to me at all.

Not a bit. But I really do have to go now. It's just so late and I have an early meeting. Yeah, sure, call me. Well this weekend's not good, but maybe next week. Maybe lunch or something. Coffee.

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

14. that's THREE fotos this a.m. with the wan, sulking visage ...

... the other two being inside the Oval Office and boarding the chopper on the South Lawn.

Where are the smiles? The joie de vivre? The -- forgive me, HHH -- Happy Warrior look?

[progressivebydesign]

16. Thanks for the best laugh of the day!!! OMG!

Bush... he's in the loser seat now. You all know how that goes in an election, where just know that nothing is going right? He looks like a loser, he's at the point where he'll wander out to an event with his fly open. He's getting smaller and smaller in the public's eyes.. and he's gonna lose. They'll HAVE to steal it in a BIG way, because his loss will be so great.

[txindy]

20. Another shot:

[Roland99]

21. Here's Drudge's Commentary:

BUSH EVENT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Event workers had been told to fire off confetti pods when Bush said, 'God Bless'... his normal closing line. But 5 minutes before the end of his speech, Bush offered a "God Bless" to Arlene Howard, mother of George Howard a Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Police Officer killed in the World Trade Center... BLAM!!!!! Everyone first ducked -- hard -- then looked up to see confetti falling. Bush looked momentarily stunned, then plain unhappy, then just went on with his speech as the confetti rained to the floor of the Verizon Wireless Arena... Developing...