"On the other hand, I'm also mindful that I've got a life to live, and will do so." GWB
Gee, where did I get the idea that being President of this Nation was a 24/7 job?
Posted by Judith at October 12, 2005 03:01 AMCoasters,
One of those paranoid moments that have become way to common washed over me this morning as I thought about the President being and Andy Card aligning themselves against Cheney, Runsfeld, Rove and the Neocons. Up until this point GWB has been a useful tool. Now... I am very worried about the "Health" of the President. How would you like to be aligned against that list above.
With these indictments pending He better get a bullet proof bicycle. Heads up Secret Service. Go to code RED!
Philip, paranoid, perhaps, but I remember another President that did not live to see November 23, 1963. Put nothing aside when it comes to men of power.
Posted by Judith at October 12, 2005 04:45 AMCondi and the Devil Servant exercise with Stupid? They blow him, kids. Okay?
Posted by Mal Feasance at October 12, 2005 05:03 AMMal, you are completely wrong. That's Jeffery's job.
Posted by Judith at October 12, 2005 05:05 AMI imagine that Bush's fitness obsession is an attempt at control. There's not much else that he can do anymore that he can control the outcome of other than his own personal fitness.
Posted by ann at October 12, 2005 06:08 AMhummm....middle aged women as exercise partners? Sounds like someone always wants to be the strongest in his group. This so perfectly fits in with Bush's entire personality history. I wonder why he doesn't invite Arnold over to pump some iron with? Maybe Maria, instead.
Posted by T2 at October 12, 2005 06:17 AMHas anyone else noticed that one of the major traits that Ms. Miers shares with the other famous Bush pal, Condi, besides believing Bush is the "coolest" person on earth, is that they both are his exercise partners?
Bush must be the easiest guy to suck up to in the world. (Well, if you can run, anway.)
I thought about the President being and Andy Card aligning themselves against Cheney, Runsfeld, Rove and the Neocons.
But it might also be Bush/Rove v. Cheney/Libby. That would certainly be closer to a fair fight.
Posted by dj moonbat at October 12, 2005 06:58 AMBush is obsessive compusive and this shouldn't be to surprisin' with an ex coke addict and alcoholic. Runnin' and exercisin' (as Fafnir might say)gives the adrenaline rush and after high that makes the ole bod feel pretty good. Bush has to do it or he feels like shit.
Now, why he chooses to exercise with two spinster women does need to have some serious evaluatin' going on...
Now, why he chooses to exercise with two spinster women does need to have some serious evaluatin' going on...
If your mom was Barbara Bush, you'd have some issues to work through, too.
Posted by dj moonbat at October 12, 2005 08:02 AMJohn B., Bush, like many tightie righties, is looking for a mommy figure. Condi, Karen, Harriet, they all serve as mom. They tell him he's a good boy, he's the "most brilliant man I know," they provide constant protection and validation, all the things Barr never gave him.
Posted by iamcoyote at October 12, 2005 08:05 AMI believe they said he was physically fit, not mentally. Mentally, he closely resembles Charlie Brown on Prozac.
Posted by tempus at October 12, 2005 02:55 PMYou say Bush gets dissed when they leave him out in the open while Cheney is spirited away to a safe place.
I say it shows that Bush is superfluous. He is just a front man. He is the glad-hander. That is what his job with the Texas Rangers was - to wander around the box seats and shmooze. He has no ability beyond that. If he wasn't President, and wasn't Daddy's boy, he would be a greeter at Wal-Mart.
They know it, YOU know it, I know it.
He doesn't have a clue about his role. They have never let him in on it. It is not like they hired him to think.
Reagan was a shmoozer, too. They thought that after Dole in 1996 that they needed someone who didn't look deceased. If you remember, they had NOBODY. They looked down in the bottom of the barrel, and there he was - ex-draft dodger, ex-deserter, ex-drunk, ex-druggie, ex-C-minus student. They couldn't find anyone better, so they did a facelift, went and purged his NG files, put a receiver on his back, and kept him insulated from hostile crowds. They fooled 49.8% of the people long enough, and then went into the four-corners offense while the clock ran out on the 2000 election and they had 5 votes in SCOTUS.
They put the idiot in, and have been telling him when to blink - certainly not to think - ever since.
Of late, with Katrina, they let down their guard. He was on vacation, so everyone else took theirs, too. He got to New Orleans before they could prep him for "looking Presidential", so he looked like the utter fool he is. He actually had to try to think on his feet and made an ass of himself. The people got to see that they had an ass for a Prez. And the people didn't like seeing that.
His whole function since Jan, 2001 has been to look presidential and do photo-ops. It is his only skill - professional smiler.
Every time he does a photo-op, picture him in the stands in Arlington, Texas.
Also, think back to two movies - "Being There" and "Forrest Gump". Without those two movies, people would never have even considered a doofus for President. Those made some of us think that dumb shits are lovable.
In the process they took the U.S. from its highest peak of prosperity and respect since WWII and turned the country into a Banana Republic. We even have the puppet fearless leader.
Posted by SteveGinIL at October 12, 2005 11:31 PM