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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:02 PM
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At the Army hospital, Bush joked about a scratch he got in "combat"
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:03 PM by Rose Siding
The brush fought back....and by "brush" I mean "coffee table" and by "fought back" I mean "remained stationary"


President Bush makes a few remarks after visiting wounded soldiers at Brooke Army Medical Center, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, in San Antonio, Texas. President Bush is sporting a cut on the left side of his forehead from cutting down brush on his ranch.

At the hospital today, he "joked" about his injury. I know :eyes: I couldn't believe it either:

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The president had a two-inch scratch across the left side of his brow.

"As you can probably see I was injured myself, not here at the hospital but in combat with a cedar," Bush quipped. "I eventually won."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1461101&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

This strikes me as odd. Do you suppose he asked this woman if he could kiss her?

U.S. President George W. Bush greets doctors and nurses after speaking to the media after meeting with wounded U.S. military personnel at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas January 1, 2006.
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:03 PM
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1. has he explained where his teeth are?
did he lose them in the brush?
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toymachines Donating Member (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 11:40 PM
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29. good one
that really made me laugh
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psychopomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 09:25 PM
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43. VIDEO LINK
http://www.canofun.com/blog/videos/bushcombatjan206.wmv
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:03 PM
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2. Bush now losing battles to common shrubs. Why doesn't
he just go to Alabama for the duration of the brush clearing and let some democrat handle it?
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SomewhereOutThere424 Donating Member (497 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:04 PM
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3. "I eventually won."
Translation: If I can't win the war on terror the war against the plants in my yard will just have to do!

Everything is a war to this man...does he even know the meaning?
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:05 PM
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4. "Took $200B and ten thousand of you guys......he he, just kidding
that's the OTHER fuckup. he he he"
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:05 PM
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5. That seems in pretty bad taste
joking about "combat" with a stick with wounded soldiers who were in real combat, facing a whole lot more than a rogue twig.
What a callous twit.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:14 PM
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12. TOTALLY cold, SO wrong to say to them.
Even in "joke" form.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 01:17 AM
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35. Sometime if you can
go to bradblog.com and in his show's archives try to find an interview he did with a solider from Iraq. This solider told of his meeting with Bush and how disrespectful it was. I remember when Cindy Sheehan was on Mike Malloy's show she also told of her meeting Bush that first time and told how distant he was and creepy.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:18 PM
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15. He's a really insensitive clod isn't he?
I hope one of these days that he lives to rue all the rude and vicious things he has said during his presidential term.
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:22 PM
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16. He got it taking money from an old lady. Combat my ass!
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lyonn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 02:47 AM
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36. A person could tolerate his insensitive comment
Edited on Mon Jan-02-06 02:49 AM by lyonn
to a degree IF he would at least spend some time talking about the wounded soldiers and the sacrifices they are making and how his heart goes out to them and their families for their suffering, etc. He very briefly mentions the soldiers and then goes on about himself and the Terrorist and saving all us peons, grinning and laughing most the time. Unbelievable! His handlers must be suffering! There he was, eating the crayons instead of drawing.

Edit: Love that picture!
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 07:11 AM
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39. Totally insensitive and just plain wrong!
I can't believe he actually said that.

I also noticed a bruise on the other side of his face while he was speaking at the hospital. On his right cheek.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 07:16 AM
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40. Lovely pix
Fugg Bush!
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:05 PM
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6. yet another facial injury?
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:12 PM by Lisa
I seem to recall that even the NY Times editorial board (not exactly known for workplace safety tips) published a warning, about Bush's brush-clearing without adequate protective gear. So his scratch could have been avoided.

I suppose that the vastly-more-serious wounds of the soldiers (some probably missing limbs) were similar in that they could also have been avoided -- by Bush not sending them to war on a bogus excuse!
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:06 PM
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7. To his sociopathic mind, that brush scratch > an injury sustained in Iraq.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:14 PM
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13. of course. If it's on his beautiful self ...
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:21 PM by Lisa
... even an infected hangnail is far, far worse than a missing limb or lost eye suffered by someone else!


p.s. when he got that scratch, he probably didn't have to wait more than a few seconds for medical attention, since a doctor and nurse are always there with him -- whether he's exercising or cutting brush. I wonder how long some of those wounded soldiers had to wait, in agony, before they could be evacuated and treated?


"Q Now would the doctor and the nurse both normally be here, or is it the chainsaw that brought them out?

THE PRESIDENT: No, they're with me -- like when I ran this morning, they were here. They go everywhere I go on the ranch."


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/08/20010825-2.html
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noamnety Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:06 PM
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8. It's obscene
to equate people who are hospitalized from injuries received in his war to a scratch he got while avoiding doing his job.
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R3dD0g Donating Member (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:06 PM
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9. That female soldier looks like
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:09 PM by R3dD0g
a ferret is trying to lick her face. I've seen that look on Fear Factor when the contestants had to stick their head in a box of spiders.

And that dude on the left looks like he's saying 'I got a handful of court martials for any smart alecks out there.'
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:12 PM
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10. He's just "practicing his love with women all across this country".
Maybe he's a freelance gynecologist...


(in reference to the last photo of the OP)
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:12 PM
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11. good post
I agree, a ward full of combat injuries is no place to kid about your scratch, especially if you're responsible for those injuries. You also raise an interesting point about King George kissing that American solder. I keep telling these people down here, "know the tree (or bush) by its fruit."
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sam sarrha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:15 PM
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14. she looks terrified he will slip her the tongue.. others look disgusted
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BeHereNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:23 PM
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17. Remember his "Joking" about WMDs at the NPC dinner?
"Nope, none under here..heh-heh..."
"No, they're not under here either...heh-heh-heh!"

What a sociopath.
Totally mocking us.
God help us.

BHN
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:32 PM
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18. Shrub on Shrub violence?
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:33 PM by Marr
I think the man is a fall-down drunk, personally. As I mentioned in another thread, I've been mountainbiking for almost 11 years and taken countless spills. I've eaten hundreds if not thousands of pretzels. I've pulled out more dried vegetation around my yard than I care to recall, and *none* of it has ever given me an injury on my face.

Plenty of lacerations on the hands and torso, but never the face.

On the other hand, I've known people who regularly got facial injuries. Every single one of them was a drunk.
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marylanddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:33 PM
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19. You don't think * & Laura practice rough sex, do you? n/t
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:38 PM
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20. did he rub the bald guy's head, too?
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:38 PM
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21. dupe
Edited on Sun Jan-01-06 08:39 PM by GreatCaesarsGhost
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:38 PM
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22. Who's the guy on the left?


I recognize Rumsfeld, with the wig and makeup; I'm pretty sure that's Rick Santorum behind *'s head; and some of you might be familiar with Dick Cheney's younger brother, Reggie. But who's the guy on the left?
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 09:40 PM
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25. LOL
dunno it could be Jonathan Winters' humorless son. :shrug:
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:46 PM
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23. He is a fucking twit wit


this can be bought for $40.00

His battle was with the bottle
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mom cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 08:59 PM
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24. He must be drinking again to have had a run in with a coffee table!
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tatertop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 10:40 PM
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26. That kiss is creepy.
What the fuck does he think he's doing?
(Why can't he just stick with Lieberman?)
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 10:42 PM
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27. I imagine that joke just killed them.
Only an unfeeling, unnatural psychopath could joke about a scratch on his forehead to wounded soldiers.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 11:13 PM
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28. He has a sore on his lip too........ Gross. I hope that poor woman
didn't catch his herpes virus. Disgusting.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 11:43 PM
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30. Absolutely inappropriate and obscene to compare
his injury to their injuries. In COMBAT with a CEDAR? He was speaking to AMPUTEES.

Fucking a. Just when I thought he couldn't possibly piss me off any more than he has. My God. No shame, no shame at all.
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-01-06 11:51 PM
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31. I find him disgusting, physically....that beak-like nose of his
just freaks me out...I just hate this guy.
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Laurab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 12:43 AM
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32. Can't he just go AWAY??????
That heartless, souless scumbag is NOT my pResident and every time I think I can't hate him more...there he goes.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 12:55 AM
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33. AWOL Coward




Friends in high places.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 01:15 AM
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34. BAMC deserves better
Those men and women are among some of the best medical professionals in the country (I know from personal experience).

They deserve better than this idiot for a CIC.

:grr:
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Justice Is Comin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 02:56 AM
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37. I don't know how you people can stand to look at that bastard.
I'd rather look directly into the sun.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 03:09 AM
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38. "Not HERE AT THE HOSPITAL,
like YOU GUYS, but IN COMBAT. And UNLIKE YOU SISSIES, I WON."

TRULY SICK and EVIL.
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psychopomp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 07:16 AM
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41. bush* is a despicable sack of waste
And almost surely back on the bottle! His Condi-mania seems to be getting projected on innocent bystanders, too.
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-02-06 08:00 AM
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42. Does any soldier tell him to fuck off?
I know he's the commander-in-chief and all that, and they all have a lot of discipline, but there must be times when one of them gets so pissed off at him making jokes out of something very serious just for his own amusement and gratification. If a 12 year old said that, you'd tell them to grow up. It's his fault they're injured, so it's far worse that an ignorant kid saying it, and yet he'll stand in front of them and make light of it.
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