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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:41 AM
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BUSH on BLAIR: "I’ve heard he’s been called Bush’s poodle. He’s bigger than that."
“We have different speaking styles, of course.

“He’s much more kind of lofty and eloquent than I am. I tend to be just pretty matter of fact.” Speaking at the White House, Mr Bush went on:

As for the pressure he’s been under at home over Iraq, I ask him about it, try to buck him up as a friend . . . ‘Are you doing OK?’ But the truth of the matter is each person carries their own burden.

I’ve heard he’s been called Bush’s poodle. He’s bigger than that. This is just background noise, a distraction from big things.

more at:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007290450,00.html
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:42 AM
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1. so, he's a standard poodle, then.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:05 AM
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5. exactly what I was thinking
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:08 AM
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8. I was thinking Great Dane
but I like your answer better!
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:16 PM
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10. Sirius and I take offense at that suggestion!
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:43 AM
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2. Yeah, tony's more like an English Setter than a Poodle.
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 09:43 AM by Philosoraptor
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RedStateShame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 09:44 AM
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3. Most offensive comment: "...each person carries their own burden."
Really?! 'Cos it seems like there are over 3,000 soldiers who were killed carrying the burden of Bush's inability to pull his head out of his ass.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:02 AM
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4. OK, he's not a lap dog. How about Bush's Husky?
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:05 AM
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6. Bigger than a poodle? A labradoodle?
Same empty-headed, panting, vacant stare.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:09 PM
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9. an anglodoodle?
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 10:07 AM
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7. The Hound
of the Baskervilles.
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:35 PM
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11. He reminded Blair who the top dog is in their relationship...
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 12:35 PM by ReadTomPaine
a tactic he uses often to keep people in line.

Blair will forever have Bush's "W" branded on his forehead - both literally and metaphorically.



Yes - those are actual photos.
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Nikki Stone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:38 PM
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12. Wow! There really IS a W on his forehead.
The mark of the beast? :evilgrin:
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ReadTomPaine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:52 PM
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13. The irony is delicious. It's been written about in the UK...
Edited on Wed Jun-27-07 12:53 PM by ReadTomPaine
"The cares of the world were visibly etched on his forehead in a recent picture which showed how his wrinkles had formed themselves in to the letter W.

Experts said it was a sign of an active frontalis, the forehead muscle, and one claimed it demonstrated "serious" levels of stress.

And others have joked that the W could be a sign of his ever-incresing <sp> closeness with US President George W Bush.

...

In the photograph the clear shape of the letter W can be seen stretching from the Prime Minister's eyebrows almost to his hairline."


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405534&in_page_id=1770
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:59 PM
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15. Branded..how fitting.. n/t
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 01:15 PM
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18. he's got w's all over his for head
and dimple balls on his chin
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mainer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 12:53 PM
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14. Bush's donkey then? Like in Tijuana?
They ARE big.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 01:11 PM
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17. You mean like the one in "Clerks 2"?
:rofl:
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 01:03 PM
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16. There are 3 different sizes of poodle
A toy poodle is about 10 lbs and very small. A miniature poodle is about 40lbs and while bigger than a toy poodle, is definite small. A standard poodle is the tallest, and weighs the most. So it is always possible that Blair is a standard poodle, which is not a lap dog, instead of a miniature or toy poodle.
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Ino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-27-07 02:02 PM
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19. I thought this was an Onion article at first!
To George, Blair is just another sacrificial lamb to the Bush vision. Blair deserves it though, unlike the troops.
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