White House ‘downplays Gore visit.’
By on Nov 26th, 2007 at 10:45 am
White House ‘downplays Gore visit.’
President Bush will today host the 2007 Nobel Laureates and will meet personally with Al Gore in the Oval Office “before a photo opportunity with the other Nobel winners.” But USA Today’s David Jackson writes that the White House is “playing down expectations” for the Gore meeting, as well as for Bush’s other meetings with the prime minister of Israel and the president of the Palestinian Authority.
UPDATE: Bush and Gore will meet privately in the Oval Office for what the White House concedes is a “photo opportunity.”
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This has GOT to be embarrassing for BuschCo… everyone will want to shake Gore’s hand and they wiil totally ignore poor Georgie!
How long until the trolls show up on this thread?
3… 2… 1… Rolling TrollBlatherâ„¢!!!
November 26th, 2007 at 10:48 amThis white house is all about downplaying, lowered expectations and diminished returns.
It’s the only thing they do well.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:48 amMr. Gore, be sure to wash your hands if you dare shake the war criminal bush’s blood soaked hands.
November 26th, 2007 at 10:49 amShame Turdblossom won’t be there to serve the vanilla ice cream…
November 26th, 2007 at 10:50 amHopefully, Gore will rabbit-punch W in the kidneys and dump him on Pennsylvania Ave for the masses to deal with as they see fit.
Gore has about 80lbs on W I’d guess.
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November 26th, 2007 at 10:50 amMr Gore will once again set the bar for gentlemanly behavior and set aside partisanship whilst in the midst of the scumbags that Bush calls a staff…
November 26th, 2007 at 10:51 amOf course I have no expectations for the Gore visit and can easily see why the WH would downplay any such expectations.
But doesn’t downplaying expectations for the mideast peace conference at this early stage play badly for the WH ? Are they admitting that they haven’t done anything of note ?
November 26th, 2007 at 10:54 ami was some video this morning, the two of them on the driveway…
as they turned to walk toward the “house”, gore placed his hand on
November 26th, 2007 at 10:54 amdubbys back and prompted him forward, allowing himself to be still
facing the reporters and cameras, still talking to them…
it was so stately, so masterly…
it was great…
.
The soft bigotry of low expectations.
Chimpy’s motto.
-GSD
November 26th, 2007 at 10:55 am“Playing down expectations” sounds like shorthand for “not making any microphones available, and preventing any questioning of the laureates by the press…”
November 26th, 2007 at 11:00 amNot matter how much the White House may downplay or lower the expectations for anything that GDumbya does, it can’t even come close to the actual expectations that most Americans already have for the Chimpocracy.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:09 am…the White House is “playing down expectations†for the Gore meeting, as well as for Bush’s other meetings with the prime minister of Israel and the president of the Palestinian Authority.
Americans in general have ‘played down expectations’ for any substantial outcomes with the Bush Sadministration. After 7 years of smoke & mirrors, the public has reached a consensus that Bush is a lying sociopathic narcissist bordering on chronic bi-polar disorder. In addition, he’s a smart-assed jerk who likes to demean others.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:09 amI hope to God that Chimpy chokes on his own bile.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:11 amCross-posted @ firedoglake:
Gore’s a southern gentleman.
I have this mental picture of him walking up to Bush, shaking his hand, tilting his head slightly and shaking it slowly as he gives him the sympathetic smile reserved for someone who’s dumb as a bag of hammers and doesn’t know it, and saying simply..
“Bless your heartâ€
November 26th, 2007 at 11:15 am“Mr Gore will once again set the bar for gentlemanly behavior” …
… which will once again be transsubstantiated by the brain-dead Right into Mr. Gore being a snob, a crank and a traitor.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:15 amthe village idiot hosting nobel laureates.
of course they’re going to downplay it.
who will be more humiliated by the fiasco? georgie the clown or the laureates?
November 26th, 2007 at 11:17 amIt should be noted that this makes Al Gore the most lauded, decorated and honored Vice President in history.
Think you’ll hear that on Fox?
November 26th, 2007 at 11:24 amI have this mental picture of him walking up to Bush, shaking his hand, tilting his head slightly and shaking it slowly as he gives him the sympathetic smile reserved for someone who’s dumb as a bag of hammers and doesn’t know it, and saying simply..
“Bless your heartâ€
Comment by KestrelBrighteyes — November 26, 2007 @ 11:15 am
Wow. That’s priceless…..and quite probable. :-D
November 26th, 2007 at 11:25 amA former vice president who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and who actually won the presidency will shake hands with the man who avoided military service and stole a presidential election.
Only in America.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:27 amI watched “Idiocracy” this weekend….this scene would fit right in. :o/
November 26th, 2007 at 11:38 am“…the White House is “playing down expectations†for the Gore meeting…”
What expectations?!? That Gore would hold up two fingers as “rabbit ears” behind aWol’s head when they take photos?
November 26th, 2007 at 11:39 amLeftside Annie:
“I watched “Idiocracy†this weekend”
What a great movie. Only I don’t think we’re 500 years away, I think we’re 50 years away.
Brought to you by Carl’s Jr.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:52 amIn other words, same as usual for the bushco WH.
November 26th, 2007 at 11:54 amNot a single troll… guess they just can’t stand this one…
November 26th, 2007 at 12:06 pmI’m “expecting” bush to shake gore’s hand, turn to the cameras and say something like ” watch ya bin up too, greenguy? hehehehe” Is the whitehouse saying it’s going to be worse than that?
November 26th, 2007 at 12:08 pmBrought to you by Carl’s Jr.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake
Idiocracy Funny but ultimately sad, because it’s true: A world in which nobody thinks for themselves, hmm.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:08 pmThe pretender and the man in the iron mask.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:14 pmIdiocracy Funny but ultimately sad, because it’s true: A world in which nobody thinks for themselves, hmm.
Comment by DieNowForPeace — November 26, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
“Welcome to Costco. I love you.”
Funny and sad, true.
November 26th, 2007 at 12:20 pmWear rubber gloves when you shake satan’s hand there Al, the taint never wears off.
Advice for photo- do the “Rabbit ears behind his head” move, it would make the photo worth a small fortune.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
November 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pmWHAT AN EMBARRASSING SITUATUION… THE GUY WHO HAD THE ELECTION STOLE FOR HIM MEETING WITH THE GUY WHO WAS ACCTUALLY ELECTED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO GOVERN BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION FRAUD!
November 26th, 2007 at 1:15 pmPredictably, the conservative chattering class and its amen corner in the right-wing blogosphere are apoplectic about the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Al Gore. But their rage and angst about the Nobel Committee’s “politicized awards” for “mass exaggerators” and “deceptive rhetoric” isn’t merely a function of the inconvenient truth of the success of Gore’s global warming campaign. No, the rugged individualists of the right are just hopping mad that they never win prizes designed to recognize contributions to, well, the rest of humanity.
To remedy this perpetual slight, then, here are:
November 26th, 2007 at 2:37 pm“Conservative Nobel Prizes We’d Like to See.”