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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:50 PM
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Blair Appears to Cringe as Bush Discusses Whether He Is the Bush's 'poodle
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBWQ7YSG1E.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - It was the last question Prime Minister Tony Blair wanted asked, and he seemed to cringe as President Bush answered it.


"The prime minister is sometimes, perhaps unfairly, characterized in Britain as your poodle," began the questioner at a joint appearance by the two leaders Friday at the White House. "I was wondering if that's the way you may see your relationship? And perhaps, more seriously, do you feel for the -"

Blair broke in: "Don't answer 'yes' to that question," he mockingly admonished Bush, prompting laughter.

Joking aside, Bush offered a serious answer.

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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:51 PM
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1. Does he ever off a serious answer to anything?
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lynintenn Donating Member (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:33 PM
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46. he wants to spend his capitol
making Palestine a democracy........spending it here we are losing ours
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prayin4rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:53 PM
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2. That's funny. hehehe n/t
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 05:16 PM
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13. he is your treat--good boy, good boy!!
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ElectroPrincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:54 PM
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3. Gee, I was hoping TOE-NEE would chime with a "Woof!"
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:57 PM
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4. Did he have to stop humping Bush**'s leg to answer?
NGU.
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Logansquare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 03:59 PM
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5. He actually said "Don't answer that question, Master." n/t
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Mokito Donating Member (710 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 08:37 PM
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29. with a strong lisp (salivating too much does that to ya)
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:03 PM
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6. I don't know where these guys get off making jokes about anything
I can't describe how angry I am that these two incompetents are making jokes about anything, while the soldiers of their countries are dying because of their mendacity.

And it doesn't matter what kind of answer bush gives, he gets his boots licked by the incompetent press. The press is the real joke.
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durablend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:50 PM
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12. "Not us over there dying..."
"PFFT...like we really care"

(breaks out into inappropriate laughter)
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:10 PM
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7. master in the art of saying NOTHING
"Plenty capable of making his own mind. He's a strong, capable man," the president said. "When times get tough he doesn't wilt. You know, when the criticism starts to come his way - I suspect that might be happening on occasion - he stands for what he believes in."

'He stands for what he believes in'...WTF? Who doesn't?

- other than ending that statement w/ a preposition...have we ever had a president that so thoroughly butchered, maimed, dismembered the English language?...'plenty capable'? 'capable man' is capable the word of the week?
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:19 PM
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8. I wish I had a nickle for every time he said "strong"
Yeah, when Tenet went he was a "strong" man, too.

And ain't that just the bitch calling the poodle black? What would those media bitches know about being a poodle?
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Anakin Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:07 PM
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14. Hey, the Red State Rubes Say...
"We don't care 'bout no eloquent speeker! We're all about revivalism! Yeppers. Reviving old tradishunal and moral values like runnin' roughshod over others, an' showin' disdain for different cultures, especially them faggot french culture! Yea! If it ain't a value of us good ol' boys from da heartland o' Americah, well then we jus' don't give a sh*t! We want silent, resolute leaduhs! When it takes our prehsident a long while to answer something, it ain't cause he's dumb, it's cause he's speeking to gawd and asking gawd for answers! Yea! That's it!"
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 06:59 AM
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42. He also enjoys describing people,
particuarly cabinet members and other officials in trouble, as doing a "fabulous job." Donald Rumsfeld did a "fabulous job." So did Tenet. And so did Condoleezza Rice.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:12 PM
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45. Taking a dig at Kerry?
"When times get tough he doesn't wilt." What an ASSHOLE! I HATE bUSH* :grr: Election stealing :puke: :mad:
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:20 PM
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9. woof once for no, twice for yes
then roll over for a belly rub
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 08:07 AM
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43. I think a high pitch yap or yip would have been great!
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Ctrl_Alt_Del Donating Member (50 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:38 PM
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10. Fucking hilarious
The two of them should take their little fascist Penn & Teller comedy routine to Falluja... the corpses and body parts could use the levity. After all, laughter is the best medicine, right?
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neomonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 04:40 PM
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11. I'd like to buy that reporter a drink!
Or at least offer a friendly pat on the back.
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bostonbabs Donating Member (465 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:21 PM
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17. does the brave reporter have a name?
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:26 PM
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18. He was probably one of the British ones
They're the only ones left with any gonads.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 07:54 PM
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25. David Charter of The Times (UK)
"David Chance from the Times in London. Mr. President, first, the prime minister is sometimes, perhaps unfairly, characterized in Britain as your poodle" - http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-bushblairtext_wr,0,3071632.story?coll=la-home-headlines

However, today's Times report on the conference is written by David Charter, who is their Chief Political Correspondent, so I thin kthe transcript misheard his name.

So he's actually a Murdoch employee.
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:10 PM
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15. Quite frankly.......Blair and Bush deserve each other!!!
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:14 PM
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16. Video link, anyone?
The next-best thing to seeing video of bush cringing!
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Laughing Mirror Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:08 PM
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44. Reported on BBC World News last night
But I think you have to be a subscriber to link into their videos.

Yes, Blair was highly embarrassed and almost squirming. He put on that Halloween pumpkin grin of his when he's been put on the spot. Bush had a cagey grin and gave some wooden response.

Hope a link turns up somewhere.
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snippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:54 PM
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19. Maybe Santorum was right about that man on dog thing.
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happynewyear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 09:07 PM
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33. the master and his *twit*
*twit* *twit* ... *woof*

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amandabeech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 06:59 PM
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20. Did anyone else think that * was wearing his shoe lifts today?
I think that Tony's over six feet and * is barely able to draw himself up to 5'10", but today that difference seemed to narrow.

If * were such a man, he would be comfortable with his own body. Unfortunately, he is just a little man, in all meanings of that word.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 07:24 PM
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24. junior does the "Ross Perot Strut".
Daddy bush spent hours training junior to look intelligent while strutting around in front of the media.
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212demop Donating Member (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:34 PM
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48. Not enough hours evidently.
He still looks like an imbecile. Like a strutting rooster with a chimp head screwed on. No lips, weird falcon nostrils- wonder what the stepford wife saw in him. Oh -- $$$$
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Moonbeam_Starlight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 07:06 PM
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21. Heheh the whole article gets even funnier
the LAST thing he needs is bush endorsing him.

ROFL!

So when does Blair get voted out? I am assuming they still have fair elections in the UK, yes?
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Middle Finger Bush Donating Member (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 07:12 PM
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22. im dyin over here

WOOF
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Politicub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 07:22 PM
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23. In other words
Tony Blair -- is it true you are Bush's bitch?
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 08:07 PM
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26. You know what they say, Tony---
Edited on Fri Nov-12-04 08:38 PM by Art_from_Ark
If the collar fits, wear it!
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 08:17 PM
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27. The poodle bites, the poddle chews it.
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GingerSnaps Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 08:36 PM
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28. Blair isn't good enough to be a Poodle
He's more like a Pitt bull.
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Matilda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 08:42 PM
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30. Lapdog.
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 08:46 PM
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31. Yes, and the question is? n/t
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 09:00 PM
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32. Was this the foreign press asking this? I can't imagine our "poodle media"
asking it!!
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DeadManInc Donating Member (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 09:08 PM
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34. Poodle
Did Tony have to quit licking his balls to answer?
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-12-04 10:33 PM
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35. Hand them a hanky and let them decide....
http://www.mttc.net/hanky_codes.html

My preference would be rust...LOL
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 02:07 AM
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36. Bush's poodle?
Yes, it was a British jounalist who asked the question. American reporters wouldn't have the gonads to ask that kind of question. MY reaction to that question was: "Oooo, that hurt." But how appropriate. :P Gee, I always had respect for Tony Blair. He at least had the guts to admit that faulty intelligence was used in the invasion.
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OhioChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 02:13 AM
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37. Did you see the look on *'s
face? The same exact look that he had during the first debate. Made me laugh.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 02:31 AM
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38. Doggie no like master...Poodles can bite.. This one wants to
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Buddyblazon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 02:55 AM
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39. Is it just me...or does * answer of:
"Plenty capable of making his own mind. He's a strong, capable man," the president said. "When times get tough he doesn't wilt. You know, when the criticism starts to come his way - I suspect that might be happening on occasion - he stands for what he believes in."

...sound like one of those "after game speeches" athletes give.

i.e.:

"We knew if we played good and worked good together...we could pull this one out. We came together as a team. This game coulda been won OR lost. But when we focus...we win. And thats what happened tonight. Hi Mom!"
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 06:32 AM
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40. i just saw this
the british reporter who asked the question also did it in a serious way.
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 06:45 AM
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41. Sit Tony Sit. Good Boy. n/t
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212demop Donating Member (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:38 PM
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49. Everyone sits for Bush. Especially those panting fucking reporters-
that's why he's still standing there giving the the same rote barbaric answers to every question four years later.
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The Zanti Regent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-13-04 12:34 PM
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47. He's NOT Bush's poodle
He's Bush's bitch.

Get it right!
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