*, Laura, and Mayor Nagin have dinner in New Orleans - pics

[Kadie]

* is looking real happy...


U.S. President George W. Bush (L) has dinner with his wife first lady Laura Bush (C) and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagan in New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)


President Bush, left, first lady Laura Bush, center, and New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin sit down for dinner on Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 in New Orleans, La. Bush returned to the Gulf to visit Katrina-ravaged Biloxi, Miss., and New Orleans for the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)


President Bush attends dinner with Louisiana state and local officials on Monday, Aug. 28, 2006 in New Orleans, La. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Laura looks like a mannequin in that first pic.

Or, at best, somebody who has had more than a few drinks and is desperately wishing she were somewhere else.

[merh]

7. She looks like she is uncomfortable sitting next to

the man with dark skin, as if she can't move far enough away from him.

These people, the photo ops. Dear God, how much does it cost for him to travel to these towns?

[DeepModem Mom]

21. I think her "disappeared" time was spent having another "nip and tuck" --

not that there's anything wrong with that, but I think Laura overdoes it a bit.

[DoYouEverWonder]

29. Yep, she's got that fresh stretched look

Seems now a days, plastic surgery is becoming an addiction for some people. Remember Michael Jackson? It's probably the only time she's allowed to go away by herself and get out of the limelight.

[Human Torch]

27. She's got the "Coretta Scott King's Funeral" look again...

:patriot:

[dogday]

33. She looks like a mannequin all the time

to me... The same fake smile and words, all show, no feeling....

[tanyev]

2. They should serve them MREs on a rooftop.

[TomInTib]

3. "Mother's now open"

I just cannot come up with it, but it's there.

[Stephanie]

12. Mother's now open to major league assholes

I hope to god that voodoo works.

[buff2]

4. Well,that goes to show you who Nagin REALLY is!

For him to sit down and wine and dine with that Texas trash shows us he is NOT the good loyal Democrat he tries to portray. God,I am so sick of these DINOS! :puke:

[Sadie5]

8. My thoughts too

Bush is probably trying to talk Nagin into returning to the piggy party.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Nagin was a life-long Republican until he ran for office.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nagin

He registered and ran for mayor as a Democrat because he was more likely to win that way. But it looks like he never quite got over being a Republican at heart.

[rodeodance]

5. and is it beer or tea? blue shirt time again

[LA lady]

6. Dylan song!

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am Stuck in the middle again!

[misanthrope]

24. "Stuck in the middle..."

"...WITH YOU."

And it's not Dylan. It's Stealer's Wheel, a group founded by the Rafferty brothers, one of whom (Gerry) had a big hit in the late '70s with "Baker Street."

The Foo Fighters' cover of "Baker Street" kicked butt.

[Binka]

28. Mr Blue Cuts Off The Cops Ear In Reservoir Dogs To This Song!

I agree with your take on the Foo Fighters remake of Baker Street!

[LA lady]

34. OK

I am profoundly deaf and when I googled it, it said Dylan, I have no idea! I can barely remember what it sounds like.

And I know the lyrics say "with you" but that didn't work for the pic.

[misanthrope]

36. Just trying to clear confusion...

...and give a little trivia while I'm at it. No harm intended.

[NJCher]

10. second pic

Wonder what sort of faux pas he came up with in the second picture, where he's pointing.

Commenting on a reporter's seersucker?

Or a legally blind guy wearing glasses?




Cher

[Stephanie]

11. Mother What?

[nealhughes]

13. I hope to God it wasn't at Galatoires! Doesn't appear to be, or at any

of the Brennan's joints either. I could never have crab sardou again there again if it were.

[tnlefty]

14. Welcome to DU, nealhughes!

:hi:

[rhiannon55]

15. she's so white she looks dead, or made of wax

Can you imagine what it must be like to have to sit with and listen to that drunken moron of a husband day in and day out and act like you don't know he's a moron? And, if the woman has any shred of humanity in her, she must be ashamed of and humiliated by the man. Maybe it keeps her awake at night. Maybe that's why she looks like death.

[QuestionAll...]

17. and bush is so red in the face...

saw his squawking a bit on CNN today with the same shade.

is it constant embarrassment catching up with him?

[Crankie Avalon]

30. She's so white while he's so tan because she doesn't vacation with him. nt

[elehhhhna]

16. Scrub is awfully tan for a working man.

Big dog; August 1998




Compare & contrast:

Bush 8/06



Bush 8/05

[Erika]

18. W is a frat party boy

Clinton is an intellectual. See how our country fared under each.

[LibDemAlways]

19. Anyone ever been on a cruise or in a "family style" restaurant

where you are randomly seated with strangers and try to make the best of an awkward situation? That's what those first two pictures look like. Pickles and chimp are seated next to Nagin, but they aren't with Nagin. The atmosphere is tense and they all look like they wish they could go home.

[misanthrope]

25. Probably because Nagin...

...is wondering what political fallout he might suffer if his electorate sees the photos before they head to the polls next time.

[Swamp Rat]

20. How about our goddamn WATER???

The water has been off all evening and now rusty water is coming out!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHOKE ON THAT FOOD YOU FUCKING ASSHOLES!!!

[Libby2]

22. She looks like a freakin' corpse.

[Disturbed]

23. "if the woman has any shred of humanity in her.

Yeah, if she did.

Looks like they are quite happy. Hey, remember, "Don't worry. Be happy." ?

[soothsayer]

32. A little NOLA hoodoo made her rise from the dead?

[mogster]

26. Here's Bush from the press meeting, pointing at what matters to him

[countingbluecars]

31. The first picture of Laura

made me think Weekend at Bernie's.

[bdamomma]

35. Bush has no remorse whatsoever.

what a freaking frat boy.