Another Day, Another Ridiculous Backdrop for Mr. Showbiz ---pix->>>

[Stephanie]

Lah di dah, lah di dah.











President Bush speaks about the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program at Canandaigua Academy in Canandaigua, N.Y., Tuesday, March 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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*edit* Pre-show warm-up act >



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*re-edit* And check it out - George has got the seniors who didn't pass the loyalty test on lockdown! >

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/14/1241/55275

A brief news item on NPR piqued my interest this morning. They announced that the President would be visiting a retirement home near Rochester to tout his drug benefit plan. My grandmother lives in a retirement home near Rochester, so I checked the local papers online and, sure enough, the Commander-In-Chief was headed for my grandmother's community at Ferris Hills.

I emailed my family to share the bad news, and received this response from my Republican father:
"The residents are rather upset. Only a chosen few get to see GW and the rest have to stay in their rooms while he's there."

Classic. George W. Bush, not content with locking up foreigners in Cuba, has sent my 88 year-old grandma to her room.

The point of moving to a facility like Ferris Hills is to be able to get out of your room, get some exercise, interact with your peers, and enjoy the view of Canandaigua Lake. But today all these residents - the ones who don't pass the loyalty test - are shut-ins.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/14/1241/55275

[Rick Myers]

1. The jackass thinks he's still campaigning!

And that leaves Cheney free to rule the planet!

[Sadie5]

6. Anybody else noticed

Those stupid look he gets on his face during photo ops> Turret's syndrome if I ever seen it before.

[ewagner]

2. What a horrible picture

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[Stephanie]

5. horrifying - I will add it to the OP

[skypilot]

3. He looks as though he's putting on a puppet show.

Idiot.

Who the hell comes out to listen to this clown talk about Medicare after the mess he's helped make of it?

[Rude Horner]

4. I wonder what the budget is

for these backdrops. Seems to me he rarely appears without one. I have a suggestion for his next backdrop:

Weakening America, one mind fuck at a time. :sarcasm:

[leftchick]

7. WE PAY FOR THESE MFING CREEPY BACKDROPS!

:argh: thanks, I feel better.

[NanceGreggs]

8. Sorry, but those backdrops are an ABSOLUTE NECESSITY ...

How else is he supposed to remember what topic he's lying about today?

We've never been treated (thank God!) to a tour of the Bush living quarters at the White House. But I've always assumed the rooms are plastered in the appropriate 'backdrop' wallpaper, to whit:

The dining room: "Intaking Nourishment to Fortify the Body"

Bush's bedroom: "Rest for the Wicked Actually Allowed"

Laura's bedroom: "YES, I STILL Have a Headache"

The bathroom: "Please remember to pee and poo in this room ONLY"

[Richard Steele]

9. Jesus! Is this a rerun?

Looks like they just digitally altered one of his
photo-ops from last year. Same crap, different date!

I used one for this "same day/different world" comparison
back in June:

[Crankie Avalon]

10. He sure looks pleased with himself in pictures 2 and 3...

...Photo 2: Making one of his usual witless "jokes."

Photo 3: Basking in the resulting polite "laughter."

[FSogol]

11. Caption for pic #1: "Your benefits will shrink to this size." n/t

[sinkingfeeling]

12. Shouldn't it say, "Making A Killing Off of the Sick" instead? Or how about

"Making Unnecessary Middlemen Rich"?

[fooj]

13. Do you notice how the lettering and the coloring is ALWAYS THE SAME?

Creepy rat bastards! I want the story of the retirement home to hit the front pages of every single paper in the country. What a fucking coward he is. :grr: