If it makes anyone happy, W was fairly savaged for his CT appearance Wed.

[Atman]

The front page of the Hartford Courant was pretty funny...a HUGH color photo of W appeared in a box (all above the fold) beneath the headline "Suicide For Hire Theory Probed." Of course, it had nothing to do with W's appearance, although one could reasonably argue that every time he makes a public appearance lately, it is a form of suicide. But what brief text there was all appeared beneath the fold, "The Mood In Bridgeport Was A Bit Reserved."

Neither Chris Shays or Governor Jodi Rell would appear on stage with him. The article called his health care dog and pony show "an infomercial" and highlighted the fake panel and fake questions. Bush whisked in and out of CT faster than you can say "loser."

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. his schtick is beginning to wear thin.

What took so long? And when can we say, "So Long!"?

[DS1]

2. Bridgeport? He must have got lost on his way to New Haven

or Greenwich, or Andover

[bigwillq]

4. I think he was suppose

to go to Stamford originally but at the last minute they changed the stop to Bridgeport.

[rodeodance]

14. and people just dropped everything to sit with him? dah

[leftchick]

3. I am so sick of paying for these fucking backdrops....

what a loser...



U.S. President George W. Bush smiles while speaking about his health care proposals during a trip to Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 5, 2006. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

[npincus]

5. is that woman on the backdrop wearing a birka?

[leftchick]

6. I think so

he had to cover the war on terra while touting his deathcare. :crazy:

[BlueEyedSon]

9. Surgical cap

[Neil Lisst]

10. look at that grin of his! What are they giving him?

Rush probably turned him on to oxycontin.

TALENT ON LOAN FROM SATAN!

[Atman]

13. Hmmm...maybe THAT'S where Joe is!

Under the podium!

:evilgrin:

[AndyA]

17. Is that a Hand's Maid in the photo with the baby?

Sure looks like it could be. That baby isn't a new born, so it wouldn't be a nurse in the delivery room...

[Inland]

19. "Who's bushie's little taxpayer? You owe $45,000. Yes, you do. "

[Inland]

18. Look. Bush is for healthy babies.

They wouldn't let him have the backdrop if he wasn't.

[lonestarnot]

7. He has to sneak everywhere he goes so the crowds booing him out of

town don't impede traffic flow.

[Neil Lisst]

8. If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad

It makes me happy to hear it! Thanks.

[Bob3]

11. Where was Joe?

Normally he's all over * like he's Joe's prom date. And this kind of regressive worthless idea is just up Joe's street. So where was he?

[Atman]

12. Bush let him play in the back of the limo

Joe loves the cool DVD player!

[Ready4Change]

15. Doesn't make me happy, but...

Gives me hope that the people are waking up all over the place now.

[quiet.american]

16. Eek! Another scary Bush photo on the Courant's homepage

Nobody's home

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ctbush0406.artapr06,0,6052505.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking

[grasswire]

20. did he make a side trip to The Tomb?

You know....in New Haven. Surely he was at least tempted to check up on the S&B occult periphernalia.

[saltpoint]

21. I like it that the accumulative impression many former Bush voters are

getting now is that he really IS an idiot.

That he really DOESN'T know what he's talking about.

And that they probably ought to have gone with the other guy.