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[Stephanie]

Scary and weird.












President Bush speaks on the global war on terror at the Port of Tampa, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006 in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060217/480/4b1447f658904b789b74b17fd8616409

[liveoaktx]

1. That last pic sent unpleasant shivers up my back

[Stephanie]

5. He looks like an old wino begging spare change

[havocmom]

11. And offering up ridiculous explaination of not needing it for drink

The look of a drunk thinking he is fooling anyone but himself.

[flordehinojos]

19. what words accompanied the last picture that sent shivers up your back?

i kept switching on and off to bush's speech--which seemed to be unending. the last part of it he had taken off his jacket. and was sweatty as hell under his arm pits just like gore used to do. however, i don't know what he said because i kept the t.v. on mute. i can't bear to listen to the bastard. i was trying to gage the reaction of his audience. to me they seemed to be bored most of the time, or some of them even looked like their faces were saying, "we don't believe you any more, dubya..." but i may have just been projecting my wishes on to the audience...and (i supposed it must have been the end of the speech when they all seemed to applaud a great deal) and if it was the end of the speech, were they glad it was over? or, were they praising the bastard with their applause? i don't know.

[Tin Man]

61. "you gotta catapult.... the propaganda"

:crazy:

[HeeBGBz]

He's reaching out for a bald head to rub

Time for another feeding.

[jayctravis]

82. I wonder if they coach the crowd to go

"Juice by Bushie! Juice by Bushie!"

"Be! Excited! Be be excited!"

[ewagner]

2. Bad move...

Public Relations 101: NEVER USE YELLOW

[pk_du]

6. He says that doesnt count - its "yellur". n/t

[janx]

26. Or......YALLA.

:rofl:

[FormerRepublican]

7. Yes, but it's so appropriate when Bush IS yellow!

[CottonBear]

15. That mustard yellow color matches Whittington's face. n/t

[displacedtexan]

21. It's BushCo Logic: Yellow means caution!

Like...



In other words, Be afraid!

[Straight Shooter]

73. Why do you say "NEVER USE YELLOW"

I believe you because I know color affects psychological perception (remember bush's baby-blue campaign shirt?) but I don't know about yellow vis-a-vis public relations.

Can you explain? Thanks! :hi:

[jayctravis]

83. Isn't yellow the color of caution?

And like pink is calming and blue is strengthening, yellow can elict subconscious fear?

[NanceGreggs]

3. "Securing America ...

... by Handing Its Ports Over to Arabs with Al Qeada Connections."

I guess they didn't have room for the REST of the message ...

[Maat]

23. Dang! Cleaning up computer keyboard .. now.

That was funny.

:spray:

:rofl:

[NanceGreggs]

25. Sorry about the keyboard ...

... but glad to have given you a chuckle. God knows we really NEED a few laughs these days!

[Maat]

28. Thanks. I know I shouldn't be laughing ..

but the alternative is unending crying with respect to where we are as a country.

[Stephanie]

34. as a planet.

[Maat]

50. I hear ya' there. (n/t)

[SammyWinstonJack]

46. Oh yeah!

They conveniently left that part out.

[Abies]

4. Is it me?

Or is this set looking more and more like a game-show/televangelist background. I keep looking for the soon-to-be healed waiting in the wings... "Let Reverend Bush lay his hands on you and HEAL!"

[janx]

9. Aiyee!

YES! Especially that last pic!

[northofdenali]

18. The televangelist thing was my first thought.

Yea, brothers and sisters!

[SammyWinstonJack]

60. Snake oil salesman, same thing I guess.

[upi402]

69. "OUT! evilll demonssss!" -*

Welcome to DU rampaging_cynic
:hi:

[politicaholic]

8. I guess there isn't a single black person in Tampa...

Is it required by law to wear a suit to walk down the street there? I live in a place where people are looked at funny if they wear a tie so...

[DetroitProle]

24. Don't be silly

That looks like a perfectly average, everyday group of people, a random segment of the population...
from Southhampton, England, in the 1950's, that is.

[Kadie]

10. I read it as Screwing America

LOL.... maybe someone could photoshop it

[Richard Steele]

51. Ask, and ye shall receive...

[Tin Man]

63. Bahawahaha - good one!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Wrinkle_In_Time]

67. I was thinking of "Scaring America", but you two win! n/t

[Kadie]

87. Great! Thanks!

I'm going to keep that one. Great Job!

[Richard Steele]

90. You are quite welcome, but YOU deserve the credit.

I also read that as "screwing" at first glance,
but it didn't occur to me to create that reality
until you suggested it.

I dabble in PhotoShop, as you may well know,
but my own ideas are generally more about images
than words.

[berni_mccoy]

12. Securing America... taking your freedoms so the terrorists can't.

[Mad_Dem_X]

48. Great slogan!

Good one!

[displacedtexan]

13. That next-to-last one is hilarious!

What a doofus!

[Chiyo-chichi]

17. Yeah, that's not real. That's a JibJab cartoon.

Or so you might think.

[janx]

22. That one has a kind of hobo-clown aura, no?

Is he getting ready to dance?

[karlrschneider]

81. It's Klem Kadiddlehopper!

:eyes:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

32. Just doin' that ole soft shoe . . .

Chimpy Bojangles.

[LibertyorDeath]

54. ROFL!

:rofl:
"Chimpy Bojangles'

[wordpix]

55. hahahahaha

[July]

36. He looks like he's about to start a soft shoe routine.

Of course, the look on his face says something else ("I might crap my pants"?).

[Drewskie]

76. I find almost all pics of him to be at least amusing, but that one is

especially good.

[MadMaddie]

14. How much are they spending on this propaganda....

advertisement...every speaking engagement he attends it's a different backdrop!!

[atommom]

16. I can only bear to look at these photos if I imagine Jon Stewart

doing Shrub's voice. "Heh heh heh..."

[CottonBear]

20. Is he in some sort of corral or ring (or playpen?) He is such a freak. nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. Boy, he's getting MAJOR Worry lines...

Good.

[SammyWinstonJack]

29. Securing America by selling our ports to the terrorists?

I feel safer already! :sarcasm:

[spanone]

30. We can't say they didn't warn us.

He's really become quite the clown.

[Catfight]

31. He's a televangelist. nt

[CrazyOrangeCat]

33. Could he heal my vacuum sweeper???

(We really need a Televangelist Smiley. That would be great!)

[cmdrzog]

71. curing is subliminally embedded in securing,

a disturbing message of curing by authority of force. It appears to me as a subconscious call for a police state to solve society's ills.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

75. I don't doubt it a bit.

See ya in Gitmo.

:hi:

[gasperc]

35. until the next attack...

then all bets are off

[Lisa]

37. so why put a major source of insecurity in FRONT of the backdrop?

"Mexed missages" there!

[July]

38. Last pic: air dog pat.

Usually accompanied by "let me explain in kindergartner's terms something that all of you understand better than I do."

[never cry wolf]

39. He needs to borrow wolfies spit soaked comb....n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

40. He looks like a song-and-dance man in #4.

[Marie26]

41. And he's in another pen!

LOL. You can tell in Pic #3. Why do they do that?

[ragin_acadian]

42. what is with this new "game show" image?

reminds me of the mid-80's.

[underpants]

43. I think that he is planning to Secure America

I am not sure but that is what I get out of it.

[ragin_acadian]

62. "let's see what is behind the door to Conex #3"

"could be a UAE imported nuke, or a brand new chinese car!"

[kineneb]

47. ya' beat me to it: Lets make a Deal-Secure America version

crappy graphics, cheap and tacky. Bush looks like cross between televangelist and B-grade game show host. Uck. I wouldn't buy anything from that vermin, not shoes, nor cars, nor government.

[ragin_acadian]

59. you have to admit though, this is more unintentionally funny

than the "halo" pictures we were getting a few months ago.

i guess with all the attention on rove, they had to hire merv griffin to sell prince blivet.

[wordpix]

56. Sign SHOULD say, "Selling America"

[ragin_acadian]

58. yeah,

and pickles could get dressed up in her drapes, and hand out prizes, or something.

man, i would love to be in that crowd, pop up, and say, "hey dickhead, i'd like to buy a vowel!"

[me b zola]

89. It makes me wish Gene Rayburn would come back from the grave...

...and bitch slap chimpy the clown.

I've got to say, though, I like "chimpy bojangles" from upthread the best:P

[tenshi816]

44. Wesley Clark has been using the phrase "Securing America"

for a good while now, or rather "Securing America's Future". This pisses me off so much, because now people are going to think Clark ripped it off from the Dumbass, rather than the other way around.

[mb7588a]

45. It's a lovely tone.

The banner is a lovely tone of "shot in the face" yellow, itsn't it?

[yodermon]

49. Fun with Anagrams!!

"Securing America"

Scarier age cumin'!

Mirage I can curse.

Urge is: Iran, Mecca...

America: Rice's Gun

Mere circus, again

(and what we need to do posthaste): Rescuing America

[electron_blue]

52. "Securing". Erm, must have something to do with our borders and the Arabs

taking over port-security. Hmmm. does not look good to me.

[hunter]

53. Does he have a professional audience tour with him?

These are not normal people.



So Jeff was sitting there in his skivvies and I came up behind him, just like this...

[SoCalDem]

57. This one's crying out for an "X"

[arwalden]

64. My God... He's The Most IDIOTIC Looking Person I've Ever Seen!

[MisterP]

65. hey, he has eyebrows for once!

[HeeBGBz]

66. Pic #4: Demented game show host

Chimp Weasel

[Taxloss]

68. Aging badly, isn't he?

Looks more like Poppy every day. And not in a good way. If there is a good way.

[ThatsMyBarack]

70. I was thinking bad talk-show host....

....or karaoke nightmare! :rofl:

[soup]

72. Ooh! Ooh! Check out the local blog in the Tampa Tribune.

The responses are GREAT! I'm loving it. Ho hum, ** is in town, how about the traffic? Hahahaha.

--

Any president that continues reading a book to children after the World Trade Center is attacked has to be the GREATEST president of all time!!!!!!

Oh, and lets not forget Hurricane Katrina and our GREAT president Bush being on vacation and not returning to his post until DAYS later....

I don’t care if you are Republican or Democrat, when your country needs you, you respond immediatly!! Just like our brave soldiers are doing now!!

Good thing it wasn’t Laura or the twins!!

--

Yet another FAKE Bush Town Hall Meeting with a Stepford audience. Gag me.
How much did this FAKE Town Hall cost us tax payers this time?
Any air traffic controllers out there?
What does it cost to shut down all air traffic for each FAKE Bush Town Hall Meeting?

--

Seems the traffic only gets worse. Can you tell me if traffic will be affected by Busch being in town around 5:30. I live in Brandon and commute to Clearwater and back to Brandon each day. It is a night mare as is.

THANK YOU
:rofl:

--

There is also a sold-out Bon Jovi concert at the St. Pete Times Forum tonight.

Will the president’s event and travelling affect traffic in getting to this concert around 6:00?
:spray:
--

What traffic problems can we expect and when? Is he taking the highway or going through downtown Tampa? I work in downtown Tampa and want to go the other way when I get off work this afternoon…
http://tboblogs.com/index.php/newswire/comments/president_bush_visits_tampa

--

and from the article about his visit:
>>Bush spoke before a friendly audience and took questions after his prepared remarks. The first questioner said the nation was blessed to have Bush as president. The next questioner referred to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as “your great brother.’’<<

[Stephanie]

85. Wow they sound just like US!

That is really thrilling! I'm so glad. Hah! This is my favorite:

Yet another FAKE Bush Town Hall Meeting with a Stepford audience. Gag me.
How much did this FAKE Town Hall cost us tax payers this time?
Any air traffic controllers out there?
What does it cost to shut down all air traffic for each FAKE Bush Town Hall Meeting?

Are you sure you didn't find that at DU? lol!

[Cleita]

74. Securing America, eh?

If they meant "keeping America secure", the sign is bad grammar and that is no surprise. But if they meant securing America for their own purposes, that would mean we would be subjects of a police state with no freedom or protection.

Hey, comrade, welcome to the Soviet Union of America. You can check in, but you can't leave.

[Lisa]

77. He looks like an Oprah/Springer wannabe! "VPs who shoot friends ..."

"... and the women who love them. Coming right up, after this message from our sponsors."

Or possibly this 1970s movie, about a desperate US President who has to conduct a telethon to pay off the national debt!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078766/


Okay -- I'm a bad, shallow person, for marking down a guy for looking silly on TV, rather than looking at the serious issues regarding his supposed leadership abilities. But thanks to those pics, I can't help it!

[FatDave]

78. A few random thoughts

- If "Mission Accomplished" is any indication, I hate to think how this will affect America's security.

- They've got what looks like at least 2 giant "Securing America" signs behind the audience, do they really need that little one stuck to the front of....wait, is that a music stand??!!

- What's the deal with that one giant, crooked wrinkle that runs across his forehead? I've never seen anyting quite like it.

And of course...

- This is the leader of the free world, folks.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

79. Welcome to the lockdown. n/t

[onecent]

80. he is JUST PLAIN SICKENING!!111 n/t

[demgurl]

84. These pictures seem subliminal to me....

whether it is on purpose or not. Did anyone else notice the smaller yellow sign right next to *? In two of the pictures there is a black rope in front of the sign and so here is how it looks like it is set up for the pix: Overhead sign : "Securing America" and below there is a yellow "=" sign next to *&. Put it together and it means that a secure America equals *.

Like I said, it may not be intentional but that is the very first thing that jumped out at me.

[Lisa]

86. good call, on the "subliminable" use of W ...

He is propped up there like a mannequin in a window display.

This observer notes that he is frequently put on show, with the words positioned to make it clear that HE is the central part of the display (as if anybody who is less than enthralled by him must have Bush emphasized for their benefit, as if they are small children with short attention spans!). It comes off looking cartoonish and insulting.

"The result resembles a life-size Powerpoint presentation with Dubya slapped in the middle of it."

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/dim.phtml

[Chimichurri]

88. Ooof - he's aged tremendously in the past year. n/t