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Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: CmdrSlack on March 25, 2004, 08:12:43 AM ....kinda good.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/25/bush.broadcasters.ap/index.html I'm not a fan of Bush, and I honestly hope he doesn't win this fall, but at least his handlers are trying to defuse some of the "hot button" issues via having Bush joke about them. Yeah, it's very Dennis Miller "Big Picture" or Bill Maher-esque to do pictures and incongrous captions (well Weekend Update on SNL too). But it works. And people who saw it will think "he's an ok guy." People who read about it will probably at least chuckle a bit. Or perhaps it's an insidious plot by the eebil administration to horn in on Dennis Miller and Bill Maher's schticks. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: Alrindel on March 25, 2004, 08:32:40 AM Every president goes to that dinner, as well as the White House Correspondents Association dinner. Clinton attended several and dutifully made fun of himself in the great celebrity roast tradition, but I don't think it ever changed anybody's opinion of him.
Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: HaemishM on March 25, 2004, 09:06:04 AM Bush did the same a few years ago when the Osbournes first hit it big, noting that Ozzy was in the crowd and said that "Mom likes your stuff."
It was funny, but I don't think it'll change many votes. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: shiznitz on March 25, 2004, 10:00:04 AM I don't know why the POTUS goes to these press dinners. I would tell the press to fuck off and go party with themselves. POTUS presence only encourages their sense of superiority.
Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: Alrindel on March 25, 2004, 10:15:32 AM Quote from: shiznitz I don't know why the POTUS goes to these press dinners. Uh, there's a fairly obvious reason that every single sitting president since Calvin Coolidge has attended at least one White House Correspondents Association dinner: those are the people who could, should they be pissed off en masse, bring down an entire administration. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: Snowspinner on March 25, 2004, 10:18:38 AM Quote from: Alrindel Quote from: shiznitz I don't know why the POTUS goes to these press dinners. Uh, there's a fairly obvious reason that every single sitting president since Calvin Coolidge has attended at least one White House Correspondents Association dinner: those are the people who could, should they be pissed off en masse, bring down an entire administration. Proof that this freedom of the press crap has gone too far. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: Mesozoic on March 25, 2004, 10:39:43 AM I thought it was somewhat stupid, because people will take his joking as a lightheartedness towards a very serious matter. Note that ATM this article is not far from another about three US dead in Iraq.
Quote There was Bush looking under furniture in a fruitless, frustrating search. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere," he said. Put that next to a picture of a dead GI or a grieving mother. I guarantee you that many people aren't laughing. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: shiznitz on March 25, 2004, 11:49:33 AM Quote from: Alrindel Quote from: shiznitz I don't know why the POTUS goes to these press dinners. Uh, there's a fairly obvious reason that every single sitting president since Calvin Coolidge has attended at least one White House Correspondents Association dinner: those are the people who could, should they be pissed off en masse, bring down an entire administration. Well, it sure helped Clinton avoid a scandal... Please have a 64oz serving of WRONG! on me. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: CmdrSlack on March 25, 2004, 01:01:31 PM Uh, I seem to recall Clinton not being kicked out of office.
So I wouldn't say that getting his dick sucked and people finding out brought down an entire administration. Also, I don't think Linda Tripp was part of the media. She may have ran to 'em, but I'm guessing it wasn't to a White House correspondent. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: Aslan on March 25, 2004, 01:25:38 PM Quote from: Snowspinner Proof that this freedom of the press crap has gone too far. I know too many press people to think that they would know what objective was if you stapled the dictionary definition to their faces... Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: angry.bob on March 25, 2004, 07:55:53 PM Quote from: Mesozoic Put that next to a picture of a dead GI or a grieving mother. I guarantee you that many people aren't laughing. "His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep more than did laugh at it." Not exactly appropriate, but I hope his jokes works as well for Bush as they did for the Dauphin. Any administration that can change me from a Conservative Hawk to a socialist that's left of Snowspinner, and do it in under three years really just has to go. Title: Pains me to say it, but Bush's handlers did something.... Post by: Roac on March 26, 2004, 06:50:12 AM Quote I guarantee you that many people aren't laughing. They're still waiting for the punchline, which is when Bush gets thrown out of office. |