Bush's quickest photo-op ever

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

he and pickles just walked up to Ford's casket bowed their heads, the cameras clicked, junior looked up, nodded and he and pickles turned around and walked out.

[Bluebear]

1. This interfered with his vacation, big-time. Not a happy camper. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Bingo

he really does not know how to act even during a state funeral

[Bluebear]

5. Did he smooch Laura's mug like during the Pope's funeral?

No-class monkey.

[Judi Lynn]

12. That had to be one for the Guiness Book of World Records.

Have NEVER heard of anyone even remotely considering a move like this, EVER. A new low in American pResidential behavior.

[Bluebear]

14. Funerals make monkeys hot, evidently. nt

[Ezlivin]

6. And it messed up the "We Killed Sadaam" meme they'd hoped to push

Regardless of what Rove may believe, they don't actually manufacture reality.

[malaise]

7. Good grief there's

Barbara Bush GHW and W's godfather James Baker. The Ford children wre not there.

[Kolesar]

3. Like laying a wreath in that water trough at the WTC on 9/11/07

Must have been all of thirty feet on a side.

[malaise]

4. I missed it but were the Ford children there

Did they greet them?

[lse7581011]

8. NO! No one was there!

a well-deserved slap in the face!

[malaise]

11. Just realized that when Dame Barbara arrived with 41

and the Godfather. None of the Fords was present. How sweet

Add.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

9. not from what i saw

but i just turned to c-span about a minute before it happened. they came in from a side entrance.

[dancingme]

15. Susan Ford and Michael were there earlier

before the Bush gang arrived.

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070101/480/61400fdb5f4c4085bd52a8265844f205

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070101/480/1134f1198ffe42d0b8dbe0e99c6e7343

[Kadie]

10. Ha! AP: President Bush and first lady Laura Bush briefly paid their respects Monday

Bushes pay respects to Ford in Capitol
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
3 minutes ago


WASHINGTON - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush briefly paid their respects Monday to Gerald R. Ford, joining thousands of ordinary Americans in saying goodbye to the former president.

At midafternoon on a rainy, overcast day, the first couple stood at Ford's flag-draped casket and bowed their heads. Their stay at the U.S. Capitol lasted just a few minutes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070101/ap_on_re_us/gerald_ford

[Bluebear]

13. That posthumous "Ford disagreed with Iraq War" thing put a crimp in their mourning.

No wonder they hightalied it out of there, what with what Ford said about monkey's war.

[dancingme]

16. photo

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/01/ford.ap/index.html