CAPTION! Bush photo from The Globe and Mail. Most Statesmanlike!

Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 07:52 AM
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CAPTION! Bush photo from The Globe and Mail. Most Statesmanlike!

Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 08:00 AM by Screaming Lord Byron

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040413.wxbusha0414/BNStory/International/

This is the photo The Globe and Mail chose to use for their story on Bush's Press Conference.

What subtle point do you think Canada's national newspaper is trying to make here?

:evilgrin:

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sniffa

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Wed Apr-14-04 07:54 AM
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1. don't say anything stupid.. .just bite tonge

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ixion

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Wed Apr-14-04 07:59 AM
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2. just looking at this clown irritates me to no end

What a worthless excuse for a human being. :-(

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 08:01 AM
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3. Can he ever pull a 'normal' pose?

Or is he just terminally goofy-looking.

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ixion

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:51 AM
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8. terminally goofy, from all apparent evidence

I've never seen a photo of him in which he did not look like a moran.

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cosmicdot

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:37 AM
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4. W ponders the answer being fed into his earpiece

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:43 AM
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5. He looks as if he is on the verge of tears

That must have been after someone asked a non-scripted question. I certainly hope Canada was able to witness the sheer hilarity of the five minutes Bush was forced to go off book. It was priceless comedy.

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:48 AM
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7. Scary thing is, there were people in my office who felt sorry for him.

That's the Bush paradox. The worse he performs, the more people pity him. He's like the sympathy-sex of politics.

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:53 AM
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10. I liken his presidency to having the 'slow' child on one's soccer team

He doesn't run as fast, he often doesn't kick the ball in the right direction, and he rarely scores goals. But he is mentally disabled and he's trying! Everyone else on the team has to accommodate him entirely because of guilt or sympathy.

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:59 AM
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11. It's the 'but he's just a regular guy trying to do his best' syndrome.

Hell, for that particular job, I'll take an elitist snob who actually knows what he's doing over a non-entity.

'Yeah, but he looks like the sort of guy I could have a beer with'
Fine. Have a beer with him. Just don't give him the damn car keys afterwards!

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:12 AM
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12. One of the main criticisms of John Kerry has been that he's an elitist

And he's aloof. I thought about this for a long time. I don't like elitists a whole lot, and I don't like people who are strangely out of touch with culture outside of the Beltway. But I don't like those kind of people on a person-to-person level. In America, we have had over three years of a 'regular Joe' President, and from that I can honestly say that I know feel that it takes something other than that to lead a country. It takes knowledge, skill, and an ability to see the world in shades of gray. And it just might take a bit of elitism and aloofness. After all, he is the President.

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:21 AM
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14. It's not a personality contest. That's the problem so often.

I don't care if I don't like my leader, all I ask is that they be competent and show an ability to deal with complex situations. I'd much rather have a bastard who was competent than someone elected on a spurious notion of likeability.

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:34 AM
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18. Frankly

I would prefer a total cunt who knew what he was doing, but that's just me.

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:39 AM
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20. Exactly.

Bring on the cunt!

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:44 AM
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22. I think candidate Kerry should embrace that slogan!

Screw the regular guy - bring on the cunt!

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:13 AM
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13. I feel so strongly about this issue I posted twice!

Edited on Wed Apr-14-04 11:14 AM by Fenris

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:22 AM
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16. Have you checked out NME.com? Morrissey's on the cover.

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:33 AM
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17. Yep. He looks old. But he also looks thinner than he did a few years ago.

Lost his 'fatness'.

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Screaming Lord Byron

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:38 AM
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19. He's aged pretty well. Does look quite different, though.

Didn't click with me that it was Morrissey for a moment.

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Fenris

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:40 AM
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21. Well, I didn't expect him to age poorly. He's a hansome man.

Plus he's always so well dressed.

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alfredo

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:44 AM
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6. He's holding in a fart

Or he just cut one and it was liquid.

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cosmicdot

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Wed Apr-14-04 10:53 AM
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9. listen to earpiece feed, W is thinking: how can I say "deep in my soul"

I don't have one

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skip fox

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Wed Apr-14-04 11:21 AM
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15. W. is "thinking": "Hmmm. What would the Wad do in this situation?

That's what I gotta asked myself. How would the Wad answer some snotty-nosed reporter asking him if HE ever made any mistakes? Ha! . . . I know exactly what Duck Wad would do in this situation. . . . he'd close in on the lil' ol' mike . . . and bark out one hell of a QUACK!!!! . . . Wow. What a way to kick off my new Duck Wad campaign . . . Everybody's going to be so surprised. . . . I can't wait. . .. Here goes!. . . "

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