As Mideast Crisis Grows, Bush Invites ‘American Idol’ To The White House
As Mideast Crisis Grows, Bush Invites ‘American Idol’ To The White House
Violence in the Middle East continues to escalate. Iraq has descended into a civil war, with more than 6,000 Iraqi civilians killed in May and June. North Korea just launched seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, and Iran is aggressively developing its nuclear program; Afghanistan is “close to anarchy,” and al Qaeda “has not only regrouped, but it is on the march.”
Sounds like the perfect time for President Bush to host the cast of American Idol at the White House this Friday:
President Bush will come face-to-face with the one man who has his voting record beat. Bush plans to host “American Idol” Taylor Hicks and the other Top 10 finalists next Friday in the Oval Office. It will be the first time contestants from the hit television show have been invited to meet the president.
After that, President Bush starts his vacation in Crawford, Texas, which is expected to last from August 3-14 and August 23-27.
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He must be exhausted.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:48 pmSounds like the perfect time for President Bush to host the cast of American Idol at the White House ....
Great post, Nico, but I have to ask, is that a line out of Animal House?
You remember. Every there was a crisis or the crap hit the fan it was party time? Toga! Toga! Toga!
July 24th, 2006 at 1:53 pmremember folks, the roman empire destroyed itself from within through hubris, ignorance and a general disregard for events on the ground. Is that a Hun I hearing knocking on the door?
July 24th, 2006 at 1:53 pmPresidenting is hard work.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:56 pmCome on, cut the guy some slack. Hanging out with the American Idol crew actually *is* the most useful thing he can do from a diplomatic standpoint.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:56 pmlets hope Simon Cowel starts on Bush and tells it like it is
July 24th, 2006 at 1:57 pmConsidering GWB's record, I think it's much better for the country (in fact for the world) if he meets with a singer and then goes on a very long vacation. All we get is death and destruction from this failure.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:58 pmOh brother I guess Karl Rove dreamed up another stupid photo op for Bush again > lol.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:59 pm3# And the Romans never conquererd Scotland - Why - such a small country
July 24th, 2006 at 1:59 pmViolence in the Middle East continues to escalate. Iraq has descended into a civil war, with more than 6,000 Iraqi civilians killed in May and June. North Korea just launched seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, and Iran is aggressively developing its nuclear program; Afghanistan is “close to anarchy,†and al Qaeda “has not only regrouped, but it is on the march.â€
Sounds like Emperor Bush has a whole bunch of things to celebrate!
It wouldn't shock me if Bush suddenly turned into Captain Caos live on FoxNews.
July 24th, 2006 at 1:59 pmHe earned that vacation damnit, don't you know how hard it is to stuff your face, speak like an arrogant buffoon, curse and do a few photo-ops is? To be waited on hand and foot 24 hrs a day, in luxury afforded by the taxpayers, flying around in a decked out Jet, Limousines and aides.is hard..Undoubtedly.. it's hard work, besides there is brush that must be cleared and he needs a chance to crash his bike, maybe injure someone, on the crawford bike trail.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:00 pmProbably scheduled a long time ago? Is this a serious issue TP?
The problem when you mix crap like this with serious posts should be obvious.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:00 pmMy, oh, my, what a charming picture it will be!
I guess Jeff Gannon wasn't available for servicing?
But in any case, for the President with the least approval to invite two people who seem to have all the approval of the nation (since, as nauseating as it may be, their show is #1 in the nation, with nothing coming even close) seems to be only prudent.
Besides, maybe those two can give him some tips about how to behave on-camera. Like, chew with your mouth closed. Don't open your mouth until you actually have something pleasant to say. And for chrissake, when the red light is on, you're in character!
I'm sure it'll be a lovely occasion, and Laura might even stop by from the Mayfair to say hello. Junior's other wife, Condi, is occupied at the moment, you see.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:03 pm#8 that's true. the romans overreached just like the U.S. today. Suddenly that overstretch snapped like a too taut rubberband.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:03 pmSince when did fighting in the mideast become a crisis, when we invaded a soverign nation or when Israel started betting up on a little guy?
July 24th, 2006 at 2:06 pmIf Hicks performs a few of his spastic dances it will stop raining.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:07 pmHmmm. Did Bush watch American Dreamz lately?
Probably scheduled a long time ago? Is this a serious issue TP?
If Bush coughs the wrong way, it's an issue worthy of mention at TP. You should really know that by now DrSinker.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:10 pmJust like in the torah, when the Jews were suffering in the desert, and they turned to worshiping idols.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:12 pmOT
Don't buy Firestone
I just took my truck to one of your service centers and chose not to have my work done there because the waiting room TV was set on the Fox channel.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:13 pmMany "blue collar" retail stores in Texas will have Fox on their TVs while some restaurants will have multiple TVs with a variety of 24 hour news to watch.
Not the case here. I don't think it's appropriate for retail businesses to show their political affiliation, wich they are clearly doing when they have their TVs tuned to Fox.
Man, those kids know how to party. Tyler sure does love his blow! We did lines together. Then I rubbed that hot chick's shoulders.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:15 pmBig show offs visiting big show offs ...
July 24th, 2006 at 2:16 pmBush - Your American Idle.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:16 pmGeorge W. Bush: American Idle
July 24th, 2006 at 2:17 pmYeah! It's party time! Georgie is havin' a vacation.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:18 pmBetcha there will be more coverage and more public attention to this than the ABA saying Bush's signing statements are problematic. Not to mention the war in Iraq.
Mama doesn't like it when you call me names.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:18 pmThe ABA? What do bartenders know about the Constitution?
July 24th, 2006 at 2:20 pmYou are all assuming all the contestants will show up. With Bush's rating there should be a maximum of three appear.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:25 pmMy local Radio Shack has a large loud TV that is perpetually set to FOX News.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:35 pmI don't go there any more, tho not for that reason....
The couple who run the place are rude and unhelpful, and have cheated me once. They think I don't remember. They are particularly interested in their newspapers and the TV and not in being present for the customers.
You all want to do something real? Contact each and everyone of your fellow "americans" who bush invited to his little party and let them know that if they show up for it that you will never purchase ANYTHING that they produce or are affiliated with.
Simple, don’t you think?
Now, are you going to do something or you just going to complain about how your boy king is making you “endure†his foolishness?
Peace.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:38 pmTurd Blossom and Dick "The Dick" love Fox. I don't like it much. There are too few pictures and too many words. And no Tim Allen. I love that guy. I partied with him back in 83.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:38 pmWith ALL the news that's fit to print - this IS Nico's work product? Well, it beats "hosting" Monica Lewinsky for "entertainment" or Ted the Swimmer for "movie night"
July 24th, 2006 at 2:40 pmnero fiddled or was it GWB ? oh well, the outcome nevertheless coincides
July 24th, 2006 at 2:40 pmGood idea, Humanist.......
Nero fiddled as Rome burned........
July 24th, 2006 at 2:43 pmZero diddles as America's stature as a world leader nation goes down in flames........
Watch the gullible mainstream media go goo goo gah gah over the American Idol contestants singing while the giggling murderer eats pig as hundreds die and thousands displaced in the Middle East. America is leaderless!!
July 24th, 2006 at 2:44 pmChronic, that guy sounds awful.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:45 pmHicks should decline.
BTW, I think Hicks sounds like crap and in bad need of voice lessons. But that's just me.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:45 pmPerhaps Bush is trying to connect to the young folk on a musical level, as a way to befriend them. Why make friends? So he can more easily persuade them into war!
Eh... it's just a guess.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:48 pmCome on, you all going to do something on this? Is my suggestion too much for you to handle?
Are you going to ignore it and then whine that you are powerless? Or are you going to let mighty aphrodite distract you and stir you up into a frenzy with its asinine assertions (that is what its here for, by the way, if you have not figured that out).
So, please, are you going to do something?
Peace.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pmNice move to party while our troops are dying. I just hope the spirits of our dead troops visit the President too. With all the problems and suffering round the world What does the United States President do he parties. No out cry from the American people as the world watching the President that leading as example the United States.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pm#36.... I know Sexion is an idiot, but is he THAT much of an idiot that he would email someone something like that? Why would he supply proof in writing that he is blackmailing someone? I really doubt the authenticity of that email.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:52 pmHumanist... I already think American Idol performers are total crap. But I guess I can pretend that I was going to buy their album. But uch, even lying about it gives me a sick feeling in my stomach. Those American Idols are brining down the bar when it comes to the level of music. Perhaps in your letters of signaling your boycott, you also tell them you won't buy anything until they begin writing all their own music... and that they actually have a message. American Idols.... GROSS!
July 24th, 2006 at 2:55 pmwhat is your email address? I have six emails he sent out. Read his blog today and judge for yourself.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:55 pmBetter put GWB in a Top Gun´s military suit walking on USS Lincoln deck and say Mission Accomplished or kill some stooge like Zarkawi or talk shit about Clinton or blow up 2 towers or declare war on drugs and war on terror or ... oh, that already happened.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:55 pmJackie... I think an angel dies everytime an American Idol performs.
...okay, I'm done straying off topic.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:55 pmElliott shoulda won and he's no Bushie! They're probably all under contract and have to go whether they want to or not...
July 24th, 2006 at 2:56 pmas soon as "Dr." Rice stepped on Lebanese soil she should have been arrested by the authorities as an accesory in the planning and execution of war crimes against innocent civilians. We can fantasize cant we?
July 24th, 2006 at 2:58 pmIts all about perception and not facts: The more distractions the White House can kick up, the more room they have to go about promoting their own personal agenda.
Meanwhile the crowds go wild as the pop star sings and Mr Bush fiddles.
The problem is with no clear leadership in the green party direction,Mr Bush will continue to have his way in his fiddle playing.
So where do you want to go in the future and make it so, rather than waitingh for others to fix the problems!
Peace
July 24th, 2006 at 2:58 pmCasey Kochmer
A Personal Tao
I've observed Seixon's posts here and read some of his blog. While I don't agree with much of what he says, I really don't believe the above email is something consistent with things he's said.
Finally, this is not the proper forum for such nonsense.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:08 pmMaybe Bush can be impeached while he's on vacation. He won't even know it because he doesn't read the news, and nobody on his staff will have to courage to tell him.
And I believe SEIXON is capable of just about anything. Over time, I have learned to skip his comments, as they are simply chock full of violent bullshit.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:09 pmRe: No. 2. "Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor ..."
July 24th, 2006 at 3:13 pmOT
Don’t buy Firestone
I just took my truck to one of your service centers and chose not to have my work done there because the waiting room TV was set on the Fox channel.
So, are you advocating censurship? If a business wants to set their TV to a certain channel why can't they? I hate it when the airport puts on CNN but that doesn't mean I avoid flying through there. Turn up your iPod and get your tires at Firestone folks!
July 24th, 2006 at 3:18 pmSo, are you advocating censurship? If a business wants to set their TV to a certain channel why can’t they?-Grandpa Seth
I don't think that's what he was suggesting: only not buying Firestone. Firestone has every right to broadcast their political opinions. And the public has a right in return to do the same by not buying their product. Seems pretty simple to me.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:22 pmAfter that, President Bush starts his vacation in Crawford, Texas, which is expected to last from August 3-14 and August 23-27.
So which American city will end up in ruins this year? I'm going to go with Jacksonville, Florida.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:30 pmThey make devices that turn off any brand of television....Looks like a key fob....need to get me one
July 24th, 2006 at 3:33 pmSend your comments to FOX.
askfox@foxinc.com
July 24th, 2006 at 3:36 pmThe inactions of Americans, even when it involves as much if not less effort than that of commenting here, is a sad testament to your moral ineptitude and revealing of your misguided priorities. I don't know whether to be sickened, or to just write you off as the most vile society to ever inhabit this planet.
May peace be with us all, in spite of your actions to the contrary.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:41 pmReply to Humanist:
Humanist...do you believe that was constructive in any way?
July 24th, 2006 at 3:43 pmI guess Cindy Sheehan shoud've been on American Idol...
July 24th, 2006 at 3:46 pmWell, Bush had to distract from this, too. A few snippets from CNN.com:
Wow.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:49 pm#63-Tripmaster,
I see nothing constructive happening here at all, no. It seems that you all would rather just complain about whatever subject and then attempt to paint yourselves as the victims of your own actions and inactions.
You tell me, what is your whining going to accomplish in regard to this current topic? Nothing, I can assure you. However, I offer an INCREDIBLY simple and non-violent option for you all that I can virtually guarantee will be successful, and all I hear are crickets. I'm astounded.
Peace.
July 24th, 2006 at 3:50 pmJunior Bush will break into his version of "I did it myyyyyyy wayyyyyy"
right before leaving on another 'bush clearing' episode of his pregnancy.
Fox is presenting a new reality series with their poster boy bush as the big 'star'.
It's called 'Getting Away with Fraud, How Your President does it'!
July 24th, 2006 at 3:53 pmHumanist
The Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon, I'm sure your very upset with it. Civilian casualties. "Murder" as you like to say. However, Hezbollah won't let lebanese civilians evacuate, even though the Israeli Defense Ministry has given the civilians flyers telling them to evacuate. You specifically call Americans and Brits murderers, yet you can't call members of Hezbollah, Hamas or Islamic Jihad murderers. Therefore, for all my liberal, moderate and conservative friends here on TP, let me ask you this....
Has any member of Al Quada commited murder????????
July 24th, 2006 at 3:57 pmCome on Humanist. Did Allah support 9/11? You call Americans murderers. What about Bin Laden?????
July 24th, 2006 at 4:00 pmHumanist is never constructive. Just arrogant and condescending. That's why I like him so much. He reminds me of Dick.
July 24th, 2006 at 4:04 pmHumanist
Your silence speaks for itself. How many people here on TP can't call Bin Laden a murderer? Are you with the "Humanist view"?????
July 24th, 2006 at 4:04 pmHas any member of Al Quada commited murder??????-JIM
Allow me to emphatically state that the world would be much better off were OBL and his cronies removed from the face of the earth. "Murder" is far too nice a word for what they've done.
Now, please stop perpetuating the silly notion that none of us can claim that Al Qaeda or any other terrorist organization are essentially murderers. Their agenda is clear.
July 24th, 2006 at 4:06 pmVacation during a time of war? Vacation from what? What substantial amount of work has he done in order to warrant such a break? He just came back from a G8 farce that he had little desire to attend.
July 24th, 2006 at 4:09 pmDrSinker
Humanist can't call Bin Laden a murderer..... What about Humanist.... So many of you have kissed up to him, after he called "ALL AMERICANS AND ALL BRITS" murderers. He called for unrest in our country..... He called for strikes...... But yet, he cannot say that Hezbollah or Bin Laden has ever commited murder........ Ask Humanist DrSinker......... He won't critisize a terrorist.....
July 24th, 2006 at 4:12 pmALERT ... THIS SOUNDS INCREDIBLE...
i'm not able to concentrate on listening to randi today, but from what i am hearing there is some information that needs to be read:
To no one’s surprise at this point, the freakin’ neocons wrote the plan for this war too...
Lebanon's Hariri Killed To Make a `Clean Break'
...More
Cheney Behind New Mideast War Drive:
Return of `Clean Break'
MORE PLANNED CHAOS !!!
WHAT ARE THEY DOING! ARE THEY CRAZY?!!
randi's whole page today is full of neocon craziness...
July 24th, 2006 at 4:43 pm"heckuva job, hicksie"
July 24th, 2006 at 4:45 pm#76- Katy - citing that freak felon, DemocRAT Lyndon laRouche to discredit Dick Cheney??? Poor Randi must be scraping the bottom of the barrel to retrieve LaRouche.....
July 24th, 2006 at 5:08 pm#59 So which American city will end up in ruins this year? I’m going to go with Jacksonville, Florida.
I'm betting New Orleans again on or about Aug 24 -26 hit by another H-Cane while Dubya is on his vacation shovelling horse manure which is no different than his performance in his everyday job.
July 24th, 2006 at 5:28 pmVacation during a time of war? Vacation from what? What substantial amount of work has he done in order to warrant such a break? He just came back from a G8 farce that he had little desire to attend.
Comment by Tasman — July 24, 2006 @ 4:09 pm
Presidentin' is hard work!
July 24th, 2006 at 5:41 pmwouldn't take too much to descredit that wart, but the name Lyndon LaRouche doesn't show up till the last sentence of the last paragraph on the whole article...
is he that scary to you? ...and THIS ISN'T? :
This time, Sharon and Cheney do not intend to wait five years to get their war. Unless they are stopped, their timetable is to have Israel launch war on Syria by November 2003. And heaven help the American GIs in Iraq if Sharon and Cheney get their way. As Lyndon LaRouche has demanded, "Beast-man" Cheney needs to be dumped from power within the next 30 days; and, along with him, the entire neo-con cabal. As Bush "41" and Karl Rove must understand by now, Cheney and his gang of "Clean Break" fanatics are the albatross around George W. Bush's neck, and time is running out.
only a few years too late... and time is running out...
July 24th, 2006 at 5:43 pmthe are in a hurry...
Lyndon LaRouche has as much credibility as horsefly droppings - not surprisingly, he's quoted by a "full of it" Randi....and you were so gullible as to pick up the ball and run with it...
July 24th, 2006 at 5:47 pmSeriously...
He's tuckered out from fighing any oversight from Congress. And all these speeches he's been giving, telling us about how we're fighting and tracking terrorists, is hard work. Spreading freedom and democracy in the Middle East...that's tough, too. A never-ending, thankless job. And that veto of the stem cell research bill just drained him. Let's not forget supporting a Constitutional amendment to ban homosexual marriage...must have been emotionally taxing. And his recent speech at the NAACP...I don't see how he had enought strength to stand at the podium. And let's not forget the near-indictment of Rove...you just know Bush was biting his nails over that one. Aged him at least 5 years. And with the elections coming up in a few months, well, the man has got to rest sometime!
July 24th, 2006 at 5:49 pmRegarding the proposed Firestone boycott due to the Fox News being on the shop's television, I would doubt the COMPANY selects what station its stores run on their TV sets. The last time I went to my local (Montgomery, AL) Firestone shop for an oil change, the store's TV was on the local NBC affiliate with "The Today Show" on, followed by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". A previous time, the shop's TV was on the local CBS affiliate (I recall seeing "The Price Is Right"--there was something on before that, but I can't recall what). It's far more likely the local store's owner or manager sets the TV to a channel and it stays there until a customer asks to change the station or the customer changes the station for himself/herself (the shops I've been to have the TV set at "customer level" so a customer can change the station if he/she wants to).
July 24th, 2006 at 6:11 pmWe can only pray there aren't any horrible brush-clearing disasters that strike while Bush is vacationing.
July 24th, 2006 at 6:14 pmIf anyone has their hand on the remote control, I recommend using it to actually learn something about the Middle East. The next Mosaic Special Report with live viewer call-in is on Wednesday. You can also catch the streaming version on the Link TV web site.
July 24th, 2006 at 6:16 pmtry again, this time post to the right article.
July 24th, 2006 at 6:17 pmIs anyone surprised? Celebrate while the violence erupts? After all this is the same sociopath who jokes about a blind man wearing sun glasses, asks a person in a wheelchair why he is not standing up like the others, asks the soldier who lost a hand in Iraq why he is not shaking hands, as a child,used to blow up frogs with firecrackers and jokes about not finding any WMD.
Speaking of about Iraq, here is the latest news:
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.
(...)
Mr Maliki, who is said to be increasingly isolated, has failed to prevent the violence. Other Iraqi leaders claim he lacks experience in dealing with security, is personally very isolated without a kitchen cabinet and is highly dependent on 30-40 Americans in unofficial advisory positions around him.
Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials
A Prime Minister with no cabinet of his own and who depends on foreigners in key positions for advise? What kind of a sovereign country is that?
July 24th, 2006 at 6:20 pmRegarding comment #11--Dr Sinker's "probably scheduled a long time ago?"--I'm not sure if that was supposed to be a question or if it was simply a punctuation typo, but so what? The President is supposed to be able to drop a prior commitment if there's a major crisis, but I guess, for Dubya, meeting some third-tier hack (and let's face it, he's not THE American Idol, merely the LATEST American Idol) is far more important than taking some personal initiative in ending the newest Middle East crisis.
July 24th, 2006 at 6:40 pm"President Bush will come face-to-face with the one man who has his voting record beat."
In what way did Taylor Hicks beat President Bush's voting record?
July 24th, 2006 at 7:36 pmkaty - disgree with Bush and Cheney all day long - but tune in AFTER you read the political opinions of LaRouche, the fruitcake.
July 24th, 2006 at 8:06 pmgee, does this mean that Bush is going to break out the "mission accomplished" banner again? Btw Mighty moron, is that Lyndon LaRouche? If so, I didn't that idiot was still around. I never watch and could care less about American idol(may be considered heresy by some- but what the hell, what are they going to do? send me to Vietnam?).
July 24th, 2006 at 8:16 pmOr are you going to let mighty aphrodite distract you and stir you up into a frenzy with its asinine assertions (that is what its here for, by the way, if you have not figured that out).
July 24th, 2006 at 8:37 pmHumanist
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No!Really?
Thanks for helping me avoid a frenzy stirring.
Turn up your iPod and get your tires at Firestone folks!
Comment by Grandpa Seth
July 24th, 2006 at 8:43 pm------------------
Are some of their tires still falling apart--resulting in the deaths of several individuals?
he has to regroup. it's exhausting. especially when his days on vacation out number the days in the whitehouse. don't we all wish we had a job like that.
July 24th, 2006 at 9:46 pmBush's trek to Crawford kicks off his annual Hurricane Party. It's kind of long because he doesn't know for sure when or where one will hit.
But rest assured they'll be plenty of barbequed boar and quickie messages while they wait for the big event. Once the excitement of the big event is over he will be flying around the coast racking up the photo-ops and showing Americans he really cares.
It's a good thing it's coming soon, because Bush is getting really bored with this Middle East conflagration thing.
July 24th, 2006 at 10:53 pm#36 - That's sick. I hope you will be able to prosecute.
July 24th, 2006 at 11:00 pmHere is a great video with Pat Buchanan, a conservative, slamming Israel's reckless and heinous behavior. I was touched....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jFZDbDyinw
July 24th, 2006 at 11:44 pmLots of heated comments on this thread from yesterday I see > Bush lover trolls are upset > lol.
July 25th, 2006 at 2:52 amYou would be surprised. If you want to really know what is going on with your government, don't talk to the press, the guys the Republican leaders talk to when sober, talk to the guys the Republican leaders talk to when drunk.
July 25th, 2006 at 8:49 am[...] As Mideast Crisis Grows, Bush Invites American Idol To The …Think Progress, DC - 18 hours ago… beat. Bush plans to host American Idol Taylor Hicks and the other Top 10 finalists next Friday in the Oval Office. It will … [...]
July 25th, 2006 at 9:02 amIf none of Us can be serious about the Sh.. that is happening all around Us..Then how can we fault a pampered little nepolean for having no ..clothes..to wear to his Ball ? VGF
July 25th, 2006 at 9:47 amMaybe they should call the event "Amercan Idle meets American Idol"
July 25th, 2006 at 12:51 pmIf the Idol judges are on the invitation list, will Bush try to give Paula a neck rub?
Better that Bush stick to singing than deciding. His decisions always hurt this country, but his singing only hurts his friends.
July 25th, 2006 at 12:55 pm[...] Here is the first one he posted at Think Progress, which might eventually get deleted: [...]
July 25th, 2006 at 7:13 pmBush clearly defines the words "BRAIN DEAD" !
July 25th, 2006 at 8:22 pm[...] And finally: President Bush’s meeting with American Idol finalists at a moment of heightened tensions in the Middle East “demonstrate a lack of seriousness.†“It can be tricky, when the Middle East is falling apart, to be spending time with the winner of ‘American Idol,’ ” said Darrell West, a political scientist at Brown University. “There’s the risk that people will ask, ‘Doesn’t this guy have something better to do? Shouldn’t he be solving foreign crises?’” [...]
July 28th, 2006 at 9:21 am[...] Violence in the Middle East continues to escalate. Iraq has descended into a civil war, with more than 6,000 Iraqi civilians killed in May and June. North Korea just launched seven missiles into the Sea of Japan, and Iran is aggressively developing its nuclear program; Afghanistan is “close to anarchy,†and al Qaeda “has not only regrouped, but it is on the march.” Sounds like the perfect time for President Bush to host the cast of American Idol at the White House this Friday… BUSH HOSTS AMERICAN IDIOTS [...]
July 28th, 2006 at 12:56 pm[...] President Bush has a tough upcoming month. No, it’s not because he’ll be struggling for peace in the Middle East, or to solve the problems in Iraq, or here at home. No, on Friday he’ll meet with the 10 finalists from the most recent American Idol program. Then it’s off to Crawford for nearly a month of vacation. Ah, the good life! [...]
July 28th, 2006 at 4:15 pmbush, as usual, basking in his own un-reality show as millions run for their lives.
July 28th, 2006 at 8:26 pmI wanted to correct a statement at the bottom of this story. It reads Bush will be on vacation from August 3-14 and again August 23-27. He meant to say that he will be working on those days and the rest of the year he will be on vacation at his ranch in Texas. Those of us living near by can’t wait for his second coming!
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