Bush looked for 35 minutes - Democratic Underground

riverwalker

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Wed Aug-31-05 10:59 PM
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Bush looked for 35 minutes

from 2500 feet.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31385891.htm

"The president spent a total of about 35 minutes at the window of Air Force One, much of it in silence peering down on the devastation, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said."

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linazelle

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:01 PM
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1. What a fucking hero. nt

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FreedomAngel82

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Thu Sep-01-05 12:04 AM
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16. Oh wow, whoopie

I was reading someone's thread of how their little town had a flood when Jimmy Carter was president and Carter actually went to help them! He did work! And here I thought Bush was a "working" president.

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Best_man23

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:01 PM
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2. Maybe he wanted to buzz the "peasants"

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The Jacobin

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:02 PM
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3. But look how close he got!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050901/photos_pl/2005_08_31t154759_450x299_us_weather_katrina_bush#

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Pithy Cherub

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:03 PM
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4. A pResident as a certified Lookie-loo...

Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 11:04 PM by Pithy Cherub

He is an embarrassment to mankind and all humanity!

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BASE508

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:05 PM
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5. Yea, He would be soooo much more effective slogging around in the muck.

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gratuitous

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:38 PM
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10. Or actually meeting with people face-to-face

But as we all know, Bushie doesn't "do" meetings, unless the person has a lot of money or has been heavily screened to make sure they have the right mixture of giddy enthusiasm and fawning obeisance.

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DemonFighterLives

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Thu Sep-01-05 12:03 AM
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15. Yeah, he should do something more than hover

and tell us how special his war is.

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TomInTib

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:06 PM
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6. Can he bill for that? Isn't he still on vacation until he hits DC?

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Sunkiss BlueStar

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:35 PM
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7. One minute for every day spent

on his VACATION what a creep

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Solly Mack

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:35 PM
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8. He spent those 35 minutes trying to get just the right pose

so he could sell the pictures.

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goclark

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Thu Sep-01-05 12:06 AM
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17. How could he see the ground from that pose?

When I stare out the window and look straight ahead I see SKY!

What about you?

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Solly Mack

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Thu Sep-01-05 12:12 AM
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19. He can't - but that wasn't the point. He's posing for a photo-op

Remember, even Bush said himself that he was a media creation.

But his followers will swear up and down he worked miracles while gazing out of the plane.

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xultar

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:36 PM
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9. How much gas did that take?

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Scout1071

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:43 PM
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11. Just like he sat in silence while the towers burned.

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deminks

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:44 PM
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12. That's a very long time...

Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 11:45 PM by deminks

for him to concentrate, isn't it?

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050831/480/afo10908311919

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brettdale

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:45 PM
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13. Then he went

Back to reading my pet goat.

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Liberal In Texas

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Wed Aug-31-05 11:45 PM
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14. Flaps down. Flying as low and slow as the pilot would risk.

I'm so sorry the guy had to end his vacation in wonderful and delightful Crawford 2 days early to TAKE CARE OF A MAJOR CATASTROPHE in a major city.

What a dick.

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Marr

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Thu Sep-01-05 12:09 AM
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18. That's a hell of alot closer than he ever got to Vietnam.

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 12:09 AM by Marr

Maybe in a few hundred years, he'll work up the courage to actually put his pampered white ass on the line from time to time.

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