Your thought on this Bush photo from today's Raw Story

[MissWaverly]

What does everybody think, I would be interested in your opinions?

[Sanity Claws]

1. Older, sad

At first, I thought he had that omnipresent smirk but I looked again and the eyes look sad and the mouth is closed but not smirking. He looks like he just aged 10 years.

[MissWaverly]

2. I feel this is the way he will be remembered

someone that was really never far from secrecy, the impression I get is low energy or declining
energy which I have always thought is not a good sign for that person. Yes I agree, he does look older and sadder.

[SeattleGirl]

3. He look as if he is taking one last look before he leaves.

I notice a tiny bit of a smile, but it's a bit bittersweet. But mostly, the look on his face, epecially in his eye, is that of a man who is now moving on, and looking back at what he is leaving behind.

[MissWaverly]

4. funny, I thought so too

I thought of the "Goodbye Look" when I saw it.

[Quakerfriend]

5. I wish it were true! I keep praying that he will step down.

His mental insufficiency betrays him in almost every photo, of late.

[MissWaverly]

6. I have the oddest feeling that he wants to resign

I think that his actions lately are to embarrass his father into letting him, the job is no
longer fun, it's difficult and boring, public service is really not his thing, winning is.

[Quakerfriend]

7. That's a very interesting thought, Ms.W.

It does seem true that he has no interest in what he is doing.

[MissWaverly]

9. I can just see his old man cringing at the G-8 footage

and then he slapped Al Green in the face at the NAACP meeting. I really think he wants out,
he probably does the same thing every time that he's bored.

[SeattleGirl]

12. MissW, I have had the same thought -- he doesn't want to do this

any more. Even the power isn't doing it for him anymore.

[MissWaverly]

13. I think that he really only connects with people

crowds, one-on-one, the instant deal making handshake, the nod, all the power moves are what
drives him. Now, the bloom is off the rose, regardless of his isolation, he knows he is not
popular, UPI International showed him polling at 29% in May and despite all the spin and happy
faces the US media makes, he knows what the real numbers are.

[SeattleGirl]

15. I believe you are correct.

I know that even people who detest his policies have had some good things to say about him in a one-on-one situation. He always seems so uncomfortable in front of crowd, unless he's talking war and terror and such. Truthfully, I think he'd rather just go about his private business and forget all this presidential stuff.

[MissWaverly]

16. I don't think that it's real for him

didn't he call himself a "media creation" at one time, he hated school, I saw a picture of him
with bubble gum at Yale. I think he just wants to do his thing, travel, he really acts like
he is a small business owner rather than president, meet the clients (lobbyists), get
an agenda hammered out, work the deal. There's no commitment to public service at all or
the "constitution." He's not a lawyer; he's an MBA.

[SeattleGirl]

17. Once again, I've had the same thoughts, especially about it not

being real for him. I have long thought that being President was something of a game to him. That it was never "real" in the sense that it has been for many other Presidents. Heaven help us, but I think that is a dangerous attitude to have when one actually occupies the highest office in the land.

[MissWaverly]

18. Yes, it's all play for him

He considers the president to be a celebrity, the same way Britney see herself, his only
qualification is that he is the lucky winner.

[cassiepriam]

27. I have had this same feeling for years now.

That he wants out. He is not used to working, his whole life has been about playing and having fun. Even his past so called jobs he was playing at it. And when he screwed up he had no consequences.

Being president is his first real job and he hates it. He loves the perks of course and the fun parts, but the rest no way. He does not take it seriously at all. No matter what is happening in the world or at home (Katrina, 9/11, big meetings) he does not disrupt his sleep,eating, or play schedule. Everything revolves around his needs and wants. He spends a great deal of time riding his bike, jogging, and playing computer games. Cheney and the rest really run the show. And he hates it when he actually has to work, hence all the temper tantrums etc. Cheney and Rove leave him out of the loop as much as possible and encourage his drinking just to keep him quiet.

He won't resign, they will not let him. They will just keep him drunk and medicated til his term is up. And stroke his ego and distract him, cowboy boots with the presidential seal, his affair with Condi, comparing him to Lincoln. All designed to just keep him in office and quiet.

[MissWaverly]

33. yes and he is the lightening rod for criticism

he takes all the heat while Cheney just does his own thing

[cassiepriam]

56. Yes

Bush is really just the celebrity cheerleader. He is the glad hander and well wisher. That has always been his function in the past as Gov of Texas and his failed businesses. He never ever did any heavy lifting. He was just a name and a smile.

[MissWaverly]

65. Bush is the White House press secretary

[marions ghost]

73. I totally agree

you put it so well cassiepriam

[hippiechick]

55. He never finishes what he starts, why should this be different ?

:shrug:

[MorningGlow]

63. I was freaked by the G-8 video footage

Forgive me if this was covered here in a different thread (my DU visits have been spotty in the past week or so) but I just have to say that the utterly blank look in his eyes as he descended on Merkel, and even as he walked away, was eerie--like he was sleepwalking. I still think he's kept zombified by a potent prescription cocktail (contents not available to "average schlubs" like you and me). Matthew says he's a clone. If so, then the clone is deteriorating!

On edit: Well shut mah mouth this was covered downthread. That'll teach me to scan too quickly! :blush:

[MissWaverly]

66. must admit I never heard the clone theory

but I have heard that he needs frequent rest breaks and if doesn't care those, chaos ensues,
I hope there is accountability for all those who have covered up his problems that prevent
him from doing the job needed.

[Cleita]

8. Why is the picture so dark?

His face looks like a half moon phase. Is the photographer trying for a waning moon metaphor?

[MissWaverly]

10. yes, it almost looks like a portrait shot in a studio

I know you have to have really bright light for that. Good comment on the wanning moon. For some reason I find it very disturbing. I know what's bothering me, with 1/2 of the face missing
what is that right brain, left brain thing; something about your right brain is the controller
that runs everything, the left brain is more math and coordination, etc. Correct me if I am
wrong on this.

[Castilleja]

11. Kind of like when you see the moon,

he is waning.

[MissWaverly]

14. but it's more than that

it's a threatening photo, it reminds me of when I toured the aquarium and looked directly into
a sharks eye.

[Castilleja]

20. You are correct, I think.

It is in his eye and the set of his jaw.

[MissWaverly]

32. yes, his eyes definitely scare me

this is the disney happy look with him or this anger

[MissWaverly]

19. Okay, I am adding a picture of Condi today

http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,271536,00.jpg


Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State (Kirsty Wrigglesworth/AFP/Getty Images)


Your thoughts?

[Castilleja]

21. Her eyes are really what shows something about her.

The white that always seems to be showing underneath. She does always seem to have this look going on, and it is never in a nice context.

[Cleita]

22. I find that angry mouth very scary too. n/t

[MissWaverly]

34. I can't imagine how she is reacting here

she reminds me of Bolton with her temper, not the best for diplomacy

[SeattleGirl]

23. She looks like the stern taskmaster (taskmistress?) who expects

those she is talking to -- or talking AT -- to listen, and if anyone is going to make a remark, it had only be in agreement. This woman has no business being Secretary of State. I don't get that she is interested in building bridges between peoples; she is interested in bullying others to do her (and Bush's) bidding. Frankly, I find her very scary.

[MissWaverly]

35. they have difficulty relating to others

which one of them actually knows how to compromise, to build rapport, she is definitely
not in control here, the last thing needed in a diplomat

[SeattleGirl]

42. Indeed. She is, rather, the "perfect" person to help stir the pot

and create or flame the fires of trouble. She really is the lasts person we need in such a position as SOS.

[MissWaverly]

46. I think she reminds me of my high school science teacher

woe to you if you criticized him, even if the book for the course said the same thing that you
did.

[LaurenG]

26. "Shut the **** up"

Thats what she appears to be saying.

I think she is in way over her head. I saw her yesterday or Friday speaking at a news conference. She is using bully tactics and evasion to mask her fear.

I think she is just going through the motions, pretending to talk diplomacy and getting nowhere because she's not meant to.

[MissWaverly]

36. yes, first there was the long delay and then no Syrian talks

seems like a sincere peace effort to me

[MissWaverly]

41. also I saw footage of her on a prior trip

she was totally ignored by the islamic leaders, it was clearly just a photo op for them,
whether it's tied into the fact that she is a woman or Bush's foreign policies; I can't
really say.

[cassiepriam]

29. She has had this look in her eyes for some time now.

Very angry, very disappointed.

I wondered if Bush broke off their affair?
In one recent pic with him, he looked sheepish,
she looked furious.

[MissWaverly]

31. very interesting, also I think she realizes she playing the fool

Bush wants this to escalate so that other parties will be dragged into to deal with Iraq
because it will be part of a larger war

[cassiepriam]

58. Yes

I wonder if some reality is hitting her?

Of course Bush and pals wants the Mideast to erupt.
It takes the heat off of the Iraq fiasco. And for sociopaths chaos
is good. It makes their job of stealing and lying much easier.
When others are distracted and in turmoil they do not notice
their wallets are missing. Oldest con game in the world.

[MissWaverly]

67. did you see Bush with the Saudi the other day

They are sitting right next to one another, while Condi is way over on the sofa, she might as
well have been in the kitchen. Team Bush is not a team but a stratified layer.

[Delphinus]

44. I'll be graphic:

"Don't fuck with me you worthless piece of shit."

[MissWaverly]

47. well, you heard Bush with the open mike

I wouldn't say that he is the most tactful of people either when he doesn't get what he wants!

[Delphinus]

48. Oh, no ,,, I didn't!

I was on vacation and not on the computer - what happened?!

[MissWaverly]

50. here's a snip

On Monday, as Bush was returning from Russia, morning radio stations in the USA replayed his line about the growing violence in the Middle East. "What they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s—-, and it's over," Bush was caught saying to Blair.

Bush also could be heard questioning Annan's diplomatic strategy and suggesting that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would soon be traveling to the Middle East.
He teased Blair about the sweater he received, joking the prime minister must have "picked it out yourself." Bush said he wouldn't speak long at Monday's summit meetings, unlike some of the other world leaders. "I'm not going to talk too damn long like the rest of them. Some of these guys talk too long."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-07-17-bush-hezbollah_x.htm

the 3 letters missing above are hit.

[Digit]

52. You have to see the video...it reminds me of a very bad date I was on once

I have not seen anyone eating with their mouth open and talking at the same time since a very bad date I had once.
The CNN tape fails to show it fully, so I found this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoN8iF-543U&search=bush%20blair


All I can say is EWWWWW

[MissWaverly]

53. yes, I think his table manners leave much to be desired

my sister gave me a complete recap, I don't think that I could stand to watch it.

[onecent]

49. EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL.....scarey....but evil n/t

[MissWaverly]

51. I think part of the reason they are so over the top

is that they feel they are losing control of the situation

[BlueIris]

24. A fat, ugly pig who knows he's gotten away serious crimes,

knows he won't be punished for anything he's done, and wants to laugh at all those he brought misery to. Total sociopath.

[MissWaverly]

37. I don't think that he is happy lately

I think that there's a part of him that knows that revving up the war in the Middle East
is not a good idea.

[LaurenG]

25. Talk about his "shadow" side

first he almost looks like he's given up but what lurks beneath is a knowledge that no one can do a thing to stop him.

Next, it seems he's in the dark and things take place w/o his ever knowing a thing.

Finally, (unless the picture is reversed), darkness is overtaking him. Energy moves into the aura from left to right. If we use this photo as an omen he shall soon be overtaken by darkness unless he changes his role in what is coming upon him, darkness in this case of course is lack of enlightenment or spiritual thought.

[MissWaverly]

38. excellent critique

I remember once in art class, the teacher asked why the sky was that funny color, the student
replied that she didn't realize that it was getting to be daylight outside. I think photographers and artists pick up on things, they truly operate from their gut so sometimes
they will act on impulse, I think that you are right about the aura.

[SeattleGirl]

43. I really wonder if he is capable of changing.

Well, maybe that's not fair. Maybe he is, but I think he lacks the self-awareness, and the awareness of the world around him, to effect such a change. Sometimes I think he is a very young soul, in terms of awareness. Either that, or he's been around for so long, and has chosen the dark way for so long, that it may be too late for him to ever truly change. Either way, it's frightening that he i the POTUS.

[MissWaverly]

45. I know a woman who very spoiled by her parents

All of her demands were given in to, as a result she never had any consequences, everything
was always fixed for her, she still expects it but now they are gone and she is too selfish
to give at all, people come in to her circle at first they are very cordial, then over time
they tire and flee.

[cassiepriam]

60. yes

This kind of parenting damages a child's ability to function
in a healthy way in the real world.

Of course it seems to have worked well for bush. Lucky for him
a full blown sociopath was what the american people seemed to want
for prez.

[MissWaverly]

64. unfortunately these people only accept absolute NO

there is not negotiating since they have no clue on give and take.

[cassiepriam]

72. They have never had to learn to give. Their life is about take, nt

[cassiepriam]

59. It is not looking like he will change in this life

And he is an old soul who keeps screwing up life after life.

His karmic review board meeting is not going to be pretty.
This is where he has to come face to face with all the pain and
hurt he has caused others. Meeting is held with his spirit guide
and ascended masters.

[cassiepriam]

28. Did any one see the pic with Putin, where Bush looks sloshed?

Putin is trying to direct him to a chair?

[MissWaverly]

39. Yes, the one where the table is set for dinner

and Bush has a beer bottle next to his plate, yes, I did

[cassiepriam]

57. yep, it looks like he has already had a a few. nt

[MissWaverly]

68. yes, I have noticed that his face is flushed frequently lately

[cassiepriam]

30. On the Raw Story pic

I feel his sociopathy in this pic. His hubris, his narcissism. Self satisfaction. He truly believes history will see him as a great man.

[MissWaverly]

40. there is self satisfaction

but I see a new thing, fatigue, moving away, as I posted earlier "the goodbye look"

[cliss]

54. It's a mixed photo, Miss W.

George is showing us a mix of emotions, all valid to his point of view. 1st: the smirk/smile. Notice, the lips are tightly pulled in, it's not a spontaneous smile of happiness, it's more one of those where you feel the situation warrants it, and you make a statement with your pursed lips.

And it's not really a smirk, either. The eyes are definitely not smiling.

Bush knows he has created millions, if not billions of enemies on this Planet Earth, who would love nothing more than see him keel over. So for them, he smiles/smirks. It's a rebellious taunt, that's all.

Now, take your hand & cover up the left half of Bush's face. Look at the dark half. See what has happened to him over these past 5 years. Notice the eye that's turned upward. The dark countenance...

Contrast with the left side, the side that's in the light. Now see Bush. This is ANGRY Bush. See his eye? That's pure anger.

[MissWaverly]

69. Thanks, that's why the eye gave me bad vibes!!!

[japple]

61. Was this photo taken as he was leaving the G-8 Summit

after he pawed the German Chancellor? In the rest of the photos I've seen from that episode, Bush's face looked absolutely flat, like he was heavily drugged. Look at the shot where * is standing behind Ms. Merkel (she's wearing a yellow suit and has her arms raised). He looks like a zombie, and it's not, as someone suggested, that he's trying to read the screen of her laptop. His eyes are totally blank.

I think in the Raw Story photo, * looks sad, like he wasn't chosen to be on anyone's team. He looks a lot like Nixon in that photo.

[MissWaverly]

70. I think it was taken at the conference but before that fiasco

The reason that I think that is that he would never normally allow the press that close to him,
and it is a mood shot which Rove would have never okayed.

[DemExpat]

62. I think that it shows that he thinks he will get away with his act

to the world with all its horrors and abuses, but also shows that he KNOWS that even after all of this, reaching the top as it were, that he won't ever get the love and respect he wanted from his Dad, and from the Universe.

DemEx

[MissWaverly]

71. yes, he knows that he has lost the world

no matter how much financial gain he has, he knows that he is disliked.

[marions ghost]

74. Defensive

he sure looks like he's fresh out of bravado in this picture. Kinda has that Nixonian whipped dog look...I'm really a good guy and I tried so hard...sniff sniff. He's thinking, "You won't have George Bush to kick around anymore..." it's crocodile tears time.

Yes, it's no fun now. He would love to quit. But he must stay the course. I'm sure that two years seems like a very long time.

[MissWaverly]

75. How I would love to hear the you won't have me to kick speech

If he gave it we should declare a national holiday.