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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 09:47 PM
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Bush and Pickles enjoying a "Black Music Month" performance
It's good to see the president enjoying himself, isn't it? Taking a little time out for himself..."sharpening the saw," as Covey would say, after a hard day of bringing freedom and democracy to the Iraqi people.







http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040622-6.html

Our Jazz Masters and students from the "Jazz in the New Generation" program will perform for us soon. And we thank them for being here, as well. I think you're going to like it. (Laughter.) Actually one of the great advantages of being the President is you get some great musicians to play for you in your living room. (Laughter.)

And just days ago we said good-bye to another American original, Ray Charles, who's often called "the father of soul music." But his music embraced every style and transcended every label. It takes a great talent to make a song forever your own, and no one hears "Georgia On My Mind" or "Hit the Road, Jack" without thinking of Ray Charles. When he was 15, his mother, Aretha, told him just before her death, "You might not be able to do things like a person who can see, but there are always two ways to do everything -- and you've just got to find the other way." Well, Ray found -- Ray Charles found the other way, a beautiful way, and it was our privilege to witness it.

MEANWHILE...


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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 09:52 PM
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1. Every African American in these pictures needs to REPENT.
Or at least look up "Uncle Tom."

:freak:
dbt
Barefoot in Arkansas
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 10:01 PM
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2. I'll bet he really wanted to hear 'Camptown Ladies'
Doo-Dah

*Blazing Saddles flashback* :dunce:
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Tosca Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 10:10 PM
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3. Ooooy.....

<projectile vomiting>
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 10:48 PM
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4. Did he ask them to tapdance or tell some Rastus jokes?
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bobthedrummer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:06 PM
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5. I'll bet he actually HATES music, just like the Taliban.
They killed a lot of musicians.
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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:50 PM
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11. He does hate music..I read that somewhere..his Daddy liked country
I mean My Lord his favorite movie is Austin Powers ! How deep does his intellect go? I would at least lie since that is his favortie thing and say my favorite movie is Braveheart or Fiddler on the Roof
or anything but a spoof on Bond !
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:08 PM
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6. uh oh
One of the help obviously played a trick on the missus of the plantation and tricked her out in a tablecloth suit.

(WHAT IS THAT HIDEOUS CHECKED SUIT doing on the Missus???)
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:33 PM
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7. She has thirty different colors of suits
but ONE VARIETY: THEY'RE ALL THE SAME!
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:37 PM
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9. LOL!!!
nicely done :)
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:35 PM
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8. They were captive musicians


It appears that the musicians were excellent! I'm sure they were pleased to display their amazing talents in the WH.

The problem as I see it is that GW doesn't get it! He thinks that if he smiles and grins with my people we will like him. WRONG!!

95 % of the African Americans that I know will see this for what it is - a sorry excuse for GW and Pickles In Plaid to appear to like us.

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vetwife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-22-04 11:47 PM
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10. I bet he said several stupid things like Now lets get these fine
Hip Hoppers some Watermellon and Fried chicken.And probably said
Do you know Ray Charles? Not even knowing the man died.
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