Will you watch bush* here with the Kerry group

[globalvillage]

or in GD? I am going to need support to get through the BS.
And copious amounts of chardonnay, but I've got that covered.

I would pass, but I'm hoping for a meltdown.

[BlueIris]

1. Already got a migraine. Don't need it worsened.

Took the meds, but they're just barely holding it back. And they're the good ones. So, I'm gonna pass of the live torture, thanks. I'll get the recap later.

[whometense]

2. Never watch his speeches.

To quote Stephanie Miller, They give me a headache in my eye. :mad:

[TayTay]

3. I'm here for you GV.

Remember, it's one step at a time and take it easy. And pas the virtual chardonnay. We will need it.

:toast: to you, of course, not That Friggin Idiot.

[globalvillage]

6. Bwahahaha.

Sorry, maybe I already had too much to drink, but WTF is that???
Did they superimpose him over the backdrop?
Bwahahaha.
Either I'm drunk, or this is hysterical.
What a friggin idiot.

[TayTay]

4. He looks terrible in Blue

And only one pol looks good with rolle dup shirtsleeves.

And why did he have to walk across the lawn. What, he couldn't have been in place already?

[whometense]

5. not watching, but I'll jump in anyway.

I hate the way he walks. His gait always makes me think of a chimpanzee.

[globalvillage]

9. I have switched to black coffee.

Am I having a flashback, or does he sound like a very uncomfortable first grader reading from 'Dick and Jane'? Is he getting worse?
Sorry, this should not be funny. But it is.

[whometense]

36. Today's Boston Globe tv review

With measured tones, Bush scrambles to rebuild

By Joanna Weiss, Globe Staff | September 16, 2005

This administration is serious about its backdrops. When President Bush addresses the nation, he's usually in front of his Oval Office window or a banner proclaiming the message of the day.

Last night, he stood in New Orleans's Jackson Square, wearing blue shirtsleeves that blended almost perfectly into the blue-lit statue and cathedral behind him. His head looked disembodied. His mouth struggled to maintain a frown.

The White House is scrambling, and the images prove it.

Bush has never looked fully comfortable on television, but there have been moments, many of them, when his cowboy demeanor has been a selling point. Blue-state stalwarts might think otherwise, but in places like Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, his defiance and dead-or-alive rhetoric -- even his trademark half-smirk -- are often taken as signs of strength.

But retreat to the Texas vernacular, so useful in cases of terror or war, only served, after Hurricane Katrina, to underscore the government's incompetence. A nation's worth of pundits roared, days after the storm, when Bush told not-yet-deposed FEMA chief Michael Brown, ''Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job." The polls spoke even more loudly.

Now, ''Brownie" is gone and the White House has realized, some two weeks into the crisis, that contrition is in order. So Bush read uncomfortably from his Teleprompter last night, without any sign of swagger. It wasn't a portrait of sympathy; Bush doesn't do pain-sharing, the way Bill Clinton did so glibly and so often. This was president as general contractor. It was president as telethon chairman, repeating a 1-800 number.

Appearing in New Orleans was surely meant as a gesture of confidence -- especially since Bush spoke from the relatively unscathed heart of the French Quarter, as opposed to one of the storm-ravaged neighborhoods we've seen so much. But the eerie stillness around him spoke volumes. Under normal circumstances, Jackson Square is never empty, quiet, or controlled.

[Island Blue]

7. I'm listening, can't bring myself to watch

Do they write his speeches out phoneticly for him? It really is a struggle for him to read isn't it? Is he doing his special jaw sliding thing?

[globalvillage]

16. OK, next time we have to put up with a Repub

can we PLEASE have one who knows how to read?
I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
I think my ears are bleeding.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[MH1]

25. Heh heh... I couldn't bear to listen.

Actually I've been trying to fix my @#$%^*& laptop all evening...finally turned on the tube and zipped through to the Univision channel...and I don't speak Spanish!! I just got to see what a foolish numbnuts he looks like - without having to listen to that awful voice - and only for a few minutes before, thank god, it was over! Yay, thank you for something anyway, can't-friggin-upgrade-without-breaking-things Symantec antivirus!

[whometense]

8. As a public service,

I'm hear to etertain you public -minded better-citizens-than-I with the wittiest comments from the Atrios thread.

Yep, it's rolled-up sleeves Chimpy.
res ipsa loquitur | 09.15.05 - 9:07 pm

A "cruel and *wasteful* storm"?
Central Scrutinizer | Email | 09.15.05 - 9:08 pm |


he can't even wear a fucking jacket.

the storm wasn't cruel - you were, you fucking TOOL!
watertiger | Email | Homepage | 09.15.05 - 9:08 pm

Hmmmm.. he's doin' that coke-jaw thing again. Condi- meet me in the bathroom and let's do some lines!
semper fubar | Email | 09.15.05 - 9:10 pm |

[whometense]

11. want more?

His shirt looks like its got a lot of starch and is buttoned wrong.
Unrepentant Fenian | 09.15.05 - 9:11 pm |


I'm having trouble with the video, so I'm listening on NPR. Am I to take it that he's trying to look as if he's been clearing bru- er, patching levees all day?
filkertom | Email | Homepage | 09.15.05 - 9:11 pm


Oh god, I just tuned into the webcast of Chimpy..."We will stay as long as it takes."

Um, isn't it part of our fucking country?
NTodd | Email | Homepage | 09.15.05 - 9:11 pm |

[fedupinBushcountry]

10. Can't watch

DU just went down, so I have no idea what is happening. Rolled up shirt sleeves OMG, who the hell does he think he's fooling.

I just can't watch him at all anymore, I get totally sick to my stomach and also want to throw something through my TV.

[TayTay]

12. This is the by-the-numbers speech

I am unimpressed. He keeps trying to crinkle up his eyes in an expression that says he gives a damn and it's coming off as phony.

And I only like one pol in shirtsleeves. And in blue. He's cribbing.

[TayTay]

13. Send in the Boy Scouts.

Hell, they can't do less than Brownie did. Beyond that, well, ahm, I got nothing.

Hey Karl, are you sure they'll buy this bullshit, cuz even I think this sounds lame. Too little, too late.

And it ws not a normal hurricane. It was a freakish, mutant, devil-sent hurricane. Normal hurricanes wouldn't have bothered me. These mutant hurricanes are evil.

[whometense]

15. good one!

"the wind and water swept the land clean"

of all you poor people
Dee | Email | Homepage | 09.15.05 - 9:15 pm |

[globalvillage]

19. WTF?????

I hope you all are not watching tweety. I have to change channels now. Maybe I'll throw up first.

[whometense]

20. nah.

Just reading comments on Atrios. He gets the wittiest comments.

[TayTay]

22. Tweety sucks

He is a kiss-up. And it's too late for this boob of a President. He now has to pay for all this 'Santa Clause' stuff.

And he looks terrible in blue. And I'm pissed at him for trying to pull that look off. Really.

[karynnj]

31. He does look terrible in blue, with rolled up sleeves ,

but is there anyone who looks very good dressed that way. :) (But in all seriousness, why wear a dress shirt that looks horrible that way - he could get shirts like the more casual ones Kerry wears.)

[TayTay]

33. Rethugs can't get decent haricuts or clothes

This is what happens when you get all your fashion advice from Pat Robertson.

Honestly, I saw those rolled up sleeves last night. It was such an obvious grab for the 'rugular guy, have a beer with me' crowd that it was ludicrous. Nobody wants to have a beer with that moran, they are afraid he'd order the most expensive brew on the menu, spill half of it ya and then excuse himself to go potty and skip out on the bill. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, blame Bush.

[whometense]

34. I'd just like to interject this:

[TayTay]

35. Yeah, now there's a man who knows

how to dress so his shirt isn't the same color as the fakey lighting being used on a building behind him. Honestly. Did anyone else who watched That Friggin Idiot on tv last night think the lighting was creepy. It was a 'ghost blue' color. And The Idiot wore a shirt the same damn color. Who dresses this man?

As your luscious pic shows, some men just have it and know how to dress to show it off.

[Island Blue]

14. Terra, terra, terra!

Oh good, the Department of Homeland Security to the rescue. What this situation calls for is duct tape.

[Island Blue]

17. Did the acts of evil men cause this problem?

He's confusing me by mixing his disaster metaphors.

[TayTay]

18. IT was a mutant hurricane, not a normal hurricane.

He would have had hurricanes explained to him, but that sounded like science-talk and * hates that science talk stuff.

[globalvillage]

21. OK, here is my advice

NEVER drink whle watching bush*. It's bad news. You think it will make it less painful, but it doesn't. Please, listen to me, I know.
IT WILL ONLY LEAD TO HARDER DRUGS.

In all seriousness, did he say anything of substance?

[TayTay]

23. No, it was Bush talking

There was never any chance that anything of substance was going to come out of those lips.

Blah, blah, blah, I care, blah, blah, blah, I have a plan. Blah, blah, blah, I'm pretending to care, and blah, blah, blah, I will pretend to make things better, but I will really give contracts to my friends and say I helped you. No one will ever notice.

Then he called on the Boy Scouts to step in and do the job FEMA couldn't. Then he scared us all by saying he would stay on top of this. (As if those poor people haven't suffered enough.)

I didn't believe a word he said. And I wonder what the effort to not smirk cost him. I mean really, I think his smirk muscles were twitching and begging to be let out the whole time he was on camera.

[globalvillage]

24. This is the 'three glasses later' GV talking

so I'll just come right out and say it.

I really, really miss you, Sen Kerry.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[TayTay]

26. There, there. He was there for us today

Lending his expertise to actual legislation that will do actual good. He didn't have to fake it and consult with his media guys to figure out how to come across as caring. He went with what he knew cold: compassion, intelligence and a knowledge of what actually works. Sen. Kerry may not be Prez, but he was there today for the people of the Gulf region. He came through for 'em, as he always does. Take that and be comforted.

[globalvillage]

27. Tay Tay,

:yourock:

That is all.

[TayTay]

28. Hey, it's not me

Sen. Kerry did that. I saw it on C-Span. I read the press releases. He did the right thing. He saw to the needs of ordinary people who are cuaght in a crisis. Like a real leader. He helped out small business people first, and the National Guard folks. And I'm damn proud him for doing it. It was excellent work from an excellent legislator.

And I am not surprised. He is a good guy.

[karynnj]

32. The Boy Scouts?

until you clean up the toxic issues, it would be unethical to bring boys in to help.

[BlueIris]

29. ACK! The "not a normal hurricane" line made me want to scream.

LOUDLY. "Not a normal"??? As if that justifies the "response."

ACK.

HATE.

Why did I watch? My blood pressure is not happy with me at the moment.

[whometense]

30. Hurricane Katrina

was an evildoer.

:evilfrown:

Edited to add that this morning even the c-span zealots are tearing Bush a new one. He is so toast. The question is, when are the repuke legislators going to realize it?