Bush tap dances while waiting for McCain.
Today, President Bush is meeting with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for lunch at the White House, where he is expected to endorse his presidential bid. He was so excited for the meeting that, while waiting for McCain to arrive, Bush stood outside on the North Portico and entertained the press corps by tap dancing, doing a goofy walk, winking, and smiling. Watch it:
MSNBC’s Tameron Hall was so distracted by Bush’s antics that she interrupted her guest to say, “I’m sorry, this alert just in. The President was tap dancing. … I don’t think I’ve seen him in a better mood.”
UPDATE: Michael D. Shear of the Washington Post has more on Bush’s dancing.
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The meds must have kicked in…
March 5th, 2008 at 12:27 pmThe meds must have kicked in…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 5, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
.. kicked in…. with the booze.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pmI never seen a president so excited about finishing off his own party.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pmperhaps Bush did a freudian slip, calling Craig, pagng Larry Craig. :-)
March 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pmJerry Lewis for president ?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pmYeah, isn’t junior and what he’s been involved in just a barrel of laughs.
I’m sure his daddy is proud.
dtta
March 5th, 2008 at 12:34 pmAs he waits to bestow dubious honors on George Bush III…
March 5th, 2008 at 12:35 pm.. kicked in…. with the booze.
Comment by Wayne — March 5, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
I’d say, I hope no one is letting him drive, but then, he has been driving… the country… face first into the ground for 7, going on 8 years… ouch.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:36 pmnext week pole dancing!
March 5th, 2008 at 12:36 pmtap dance = fiddle; USA = Rome; Shrubya = Nero;
March 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pmDrunk-assed idiot.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:39 pmActually, it’s Dick Cheney fiddling with the zapper control, rehearsing…
March 5th, 2008 at 12:39 pmSee what happens when Cheney cuts the strings…
March 5th, 2008 at 12:40 pmYup. GDumbya’s all liquored up again . . . and it looks like Cindy’s all drugged up again. Ought to be a fun lunch. LaLa couldn’t wait outside with her martini in hand.
As for GDumbya tap-dancing. That’s not news. He’s been doing that continuously for seven years . . . with his thumb up his arse.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:40 pm“The meds must have kicked in…
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 5, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
.. kicked in…. with the booze.
Comment by Wayne ”
If he is doing both, then hopefully soon he might have a hell of a heart attack.
Anybody want to set up some wagers on this?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI was gonna say that he’s in a good mood because he thinks he sees the light at the end of the tunnel, when he can finally get Unca Dick off his back and git on down to Texas and clear shrub — er, I mean brush.
But then I realized he’s probably just on another bender.
I see I’m not the only one to reach that conclusion.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:41 pm…while some kid gets his ass shot off in Tal-afar, and some of our missiles blow up some poor kids and their mothers in Somalia
to say that George Bush is the patrician version of Charles Manson is no stretch at all.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:42 pmNero fiddled and Bojangles Bush danced.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:43 pmHell yes he’s happy…Gas price’s still going up, his saudi buddie’s are happy, lot’s being spent on his war’s, the senate about to cave to the illegal wiretapping, he has his 2 book library all signed up with foreign money, all the booz and drug’s he want’s and about to put another dictator in charge to finish off his legacy…..What more would an insane mad man want.?…….Blessings
March 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pmYa Know;
March 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pmI have seen little movie clips of the First Adolph doing a little tap dance. I wonder if Crawford has bunkers?
I need to hear the audio to determine whether he’s got tap skills, or is just a hack. Looks like a stunned sasquatch.
But maybe he is good for something: Busking for change on a street corner in New Orleans.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pmCBS bosses hiding truth - Dan Rather
Dan Rather slammed CBS Tuesday for trying to keep his court fight with the network out of the public eye. The newsman - who has filed a $70 million lawsuit against the Tiffany network, where he anchored the “CBS Evening News” for 24 years - said “corporate overlords” are conspiring to withhold several key documents.
The 76-year-old was back in Manhattan Supreme Court for a hearing on his suit, which accuses CBS of sidelining him to make nice with the White House following a September 2004 report that questioned President Bush’s Vietnam-era military service.
“It is a fact that corporate overlords working in secret collusion with the powers in Washington are intruding far too often in far too many newsrooms,” he said.
The documents that Rather wants to see include a CBS-commissioned private investigator’s report that he believes could back up his version of the disputed story about Bush’s stint in the Texas Air National Guard.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world 2008/02/27/2008-02-27_cbs_bosses_hiding_truth__dan_rather.html
March 5th, 2008 at 12:45 pmWith his two friends Mr. Jack Daniels and Mr. Weed Bush can do almost anything. Now I guess he’s dancing lesson were from his African visit with his paid friends. Funny how racist always want to be around blacks much like the History of America. When the slave owners came out to listen and watch the slaves party. Some things never change.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:47 pmHe’s just in a good mood because he thinks he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. A few more months and he gets to foist this nightmare/mess off on some other sucker!
Unfortunately fer Botch, that light he sees is actually The Freight Train of History bearing down on him and his admin. Kinda like a Road Runner cartoon. Geo Botch = Wiley Coyote…
March 5th, 2008 at 12:47 pmOh darn — I can’t watch the video where I am. Is he any good? Or would he be laughed off Broadway?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:48 pmI don’t think Bush actually likes being President. He gets woken up sometimes late at night. People want him to read reports about how terrorists are planning imminent attacks in America. He has to occasionally have open press conferences.
After he retires he can retire to the million dollar a pop speakers circuit and spend the remainder of his time in the lavish opulence of Qatar with his brother Neil. Hopefully, war crimes charges will prevent him from returning to this country.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:49 pmAlthough we talk about him not intending to give up the reins I think he can’t wait to skeddadle! Presidentin’s hard!
March 5th, 2008 at 12:50 pmis Bush doing coke again?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pmMcCain sold his soul to get his long time wish, the fat cats will keep donating to keep their pockets filled, who cares about gas prices if you are ultra rich. Who needs responsible, affordable healthcare when the gas price is high and the war keeps rolling on. It isn’t their kids getting blown up.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pmOr would he be laughed off Broadway?
Comment by missmolly — March 5, 2008 @ 12:48 pm
He’d be laughed off a street corner. This is a man responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, including children and women.
To see him all giggly and dancing makes me wanna puke. Can you say “War Criminal”, children?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:52 pmis Bush doing coke again?
Comment by dim wit — March 5, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
Hah… he switched to Pepsi… Diet Pepsi… it’s the calories.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:53 pmI don’t mean to beat up on the Bushboy here, but shouldn’t he have waited until McBush got there and then entered. said what he had to say then defer to McBush. He screwed the whole thing up. Did Chainey really cut the cords, now he is just letting him do his thing?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:55 pmI don’t think Bush actually likes being President.
Comment by fletc3her — March 5, 2008 @ 12:49 pm
He has as much as already said this, fletc3her. I think that’s why he gets his picture taken riding his bicycle so often. It’s his way of saying, “Waaah! I don’t like bein’ Presidunce. I wanna be 13 again so I kin ride my bike all day ‘n blow up frogs w/ fire crackers ‘n sit on Granda Prescott’s lap ‘n hear stories about Uncle Adolph…”
March 5th, 2008 at 12:57 pmHow presidential. I am so proud to be an American these days.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:59 pmduby is so high…
and what a gentleman that mcSAME is… in such a hurry to
kiss duby’s ars, he didn’t even wait for his trophy wife…
what a guy…
March 5th, 2008 at 1:00 pmall he cares about is campaigning.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:05 pmPsychotic little bastard. Someone ought to shoot him.
And no, I’m NOT sorry for saying that.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:07 pmHah… he switched to Pepsi… Diet Pepsi… it’s the calories.
Pepsi Zero, based on his hyped, physical over-stimulation.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:09 pmOf Jolt Cola… w/ twice the caffeine!
March 5th, 2008 at 1:10 pmGod how I wish he would just tap dance his way out of our lives.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:11 pmHave you ever had a few too many drinks, without the ability to “relieve” yourself in a public area? That’s exactly what Dubya looks like. Impatient, bladder hurting, and light headed. What’s one to conclude???
March 5th, 2008 at 1:15 pmWhat’s one to conclude???
Comment by DRxJ
He forgot to put his diaper on?
March 5th, 2008 at 1:16 pmWhat I find MORE disturbing than Chimpy’s little tap routine, is the positive giddiness of the news readers’ voices as they talk about Bush, and McCain (the “heir apparent”).
Wankers.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:20 pmYou see if only that cameraman had shifted slightly to the right we would have seen the organ grinder.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pmStupid is as stupid does.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:22 pmit’s not nice to keep your bride groom waiting like that.
of course bridesmaid Cindy was there to help McCain with his dress.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pmSo how pissed is Cheney gonna be at McCain for making Bush wait in front of reporters like that?
March 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pmMy guess is that when he realized that McCain was running late and he looked out at the press like a deer in headlights, he figured he had better do SOMETHING to distract them so they couldn’t start asking any questions. Anyone remember the Ashley Simpson SNL debacle? Pretty good impression. This dimwit is an embarrasment to our Nation. The fool belongs in the darkest, dankest jail cell we can find and here he is showing the world (yet again) just what a foolish child he is.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:24 pmAnyone remember the Ashley Simpson SNL debacle?
Comment by A Patriot Acting — March 5, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
It makes me think more of Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau, after he’d spilled some rice in his hallway and his neighbor stared at him like he was an idiot.
He did the exact same soft-shoe that Bush tries to perform.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:29 pmIt seems that they made McCain stop at the gate, take off his shoes and relieved him of his nail clippers. They also drew all but 3 ounces of fluid from the limo’s tank, power steering pump, crankcase, brakes, radiator and windshield washer reservoir.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pmThis last week, the USA has supported a Colombian military incursion into Equador, violating Equadorian territorial borders and initiating a very serious crises in South america. Las month Colobia was visited by the War Criminal Rice and days before the ilegal incursion, Joseph Nimmich, another war criminal, was also in Colombia. All South American governments are condemning Colombia’s move. Bush has sided with Colombia and expressed his support. I hope to see this war criminal tap dancing on the way of his own execution for War Crimes!
March 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pmh o l y c r a p . . .
HEY TP!
I WANNA SEE THE CLIP OF HILLARY ON FOX & FRIENDS,
CHUCKLING WITH AND THANKING KARL ROVE FOR HIS SWEET
REMINDER TO HER ABOUT PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAYS !!!
OK? PLEASE? CAN YOU POST THAT ONE??? PLEASE?
holy crap… how can she even THINK that is a good idea…
disgusting.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:31 pmWas that the constitution that he was tap dancing on?
Bush/Cheney
March 5th, 2008 at 1:32 pmHague Trials ‘09
Shuffle off to Hell.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:36 pmbut when will he show us some of his cheerleading routines?
March 5th, 2008 at 1:39 pmComment by katy — March 5, 2008 @ 1:31 pm
That ain’t happening on TP. :-D
March 5th, 2008 at 1:40 pmI have been watching MSNBC for the last 20 minutes with Brian Williams gushing about McCain with Chris Mathews.I think we need to start a fund and send these two bibs to sop up the man drool. Williams has become a joke.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:43 pmLooks as if he is doing the peepee dance to me.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:43 pmLike him or hate him, the guy’s an entertainer.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:43 pm58 - by that standard, your average bobblehead doll is also an “entertainer”
March 5th, 2008 at 1:45 pm(the “heir apparentâ€).
Wankers.
Comment by Zooey — March 5, 2008 @ 1:20 pm
Wouldn’t that be “the Herr apparent”?
March 5th, 2008 at 1:45 pmI know that Putin chose his successor, but now American presidents choose theirs?
March 5th, 2008 at 1:47 pmOf course Bush supports Columbia. They need that steady flow of coke to keep the war on drugs alive and well.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:52 pmJustice will be served when he’s doing the air tap dance at Den Hague.
March 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pmzooey! can you get it?
i want to see it! just heard the audio on ed’s show…
i mean, gag…
March 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pmWouldn’t that be “the Herr apparent�
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 5, 2008 @ 1:45 pm
Oy, that too. :P
March 5th, 2008 at 1:55 pm“peepee dance”
- IgnoranceIsNotBliss
L *snort* O L
March 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pmkaty,
I just found it. I’ll put it on TheZoo. :-)
March 5th, 2008 at 1:56 pmthanks - but don’t compromise yourself! really!
March 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pmWouldn’t that be “the Herr apparent�
Certainly not “hair apparent”.
BTW: WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama survived defeats in three primaries Tuesday with his lead in the delegate race essentially intact.
Winning primaries by less than 15% was/is not enough for Hillary to take the lead.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:01 pmh o l y c r a p . . .
HEY TP!
I WANNA SEE THE CLIP OF HILLARY ON FOX & FRIENDS,
CHUCKLING WITH AND THANKING KARL ROVE FOR HIS SWEET
REMINDER TO HER ABOUT PRESIDENT’S BIRTHDAYS !!!
OK? PLEASE? CAN YOU POST THAT ONE??? PLEASE?
holy crap… how can she even THINK that is a good idea…
disgusting.
Comment by katy — March 5, 2008 @ 1:31 pm
Hillary and McCain; Two lows do not make a high.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:03 pmWhy, oh why, does he insist on setting new lows for the Presidency? I absolutely give up on believing he can’t do anything worse. This train-wreck of an administration has new and exciting lows to hit before it slouches off into the sunset!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:05 pmImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution and Save my Sanity!
Simple explanation for GWB behavior this a.m.-
Light bulb burned out in the WH bathroom & he took black beauties instead of the usual percocet/adderall combo.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pmDance monkey. Dance!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:08 pmAdd tapdancing to the list of things he can’t do well.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:08 pmthanks - but don’t compromise yourself! really!
Comment by katy — March 5, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
Have you been to one of our cesspool parties? ;)
The post is up.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:09 pmFrom TPZoo:
From Wiki:
Omens may be considered “good” or “bad”, but the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word “ominous”.
Yea, I’d say it’s an OMEN alright…
March 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pmthanks zooey!
i’d post that at the zoo, but it wants me to register, yet again, and
i can’t get to it now…
left you a plug at the fast thread too…
March 5th, 2008 at 2:14 pmoh, meant to say - great thread layout on that!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:15 pmoh yea, the cesspool parties… heh…
March 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pmYea, I’d say it’s an OMEN alright…
Comment by DieNowForPeace — March 5, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
Nice one. ;)
March 5th, 2008 at 2:26 pmThanks, katy. You know I have to add my snark. :)
March 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pmThe Emperor fiddles while Rome burns - typical, predictable, and not really news. [sets aside atheism] And where is God in all of this? Bush claims that God speaks through him and that enables him to do his job. If that’s the case, what does that say about God? A lot and none of it good. IMPEACH GOD! If he chose Bush to be his emissary he must be incompetent. [Picks up atheism and resumes normal operation]
March 5th, 2008 at 2:30 pmCan’t we just play “taps” on this administration already?!
March 5th, 2008 at 2:30 pmDecent break-down of the primary elections (if you can stand all the bullsh*t banner ads):
http://www.dallasnews.com/elections/delegates.html
March 5th, 2008 at 2:35 pmYou’ve all heard the term ‘dancin fool’?
Yup.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:39 pmWell, in Bush’s defense, it is like 60 degrees in Washington after two weeks of 30-degree weather. Everyone in this town is a little giddy today.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:43 pmtoasterhead, you are a really decent person. So decent, in fact, that I’m not going to give you any grief about defending that man.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:51 pmWell, in Bush’s defense, it is like 60 degrees in Washington after two weeks of 30-degree weather. Everyone in this town is a little giddy today.
Comment by toasterhead — March 5, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
Maybe he just had to pee.
March 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pmSo decent, in fact, that I’m not going to give you any grief about defending that man.
Comment by mary — March 5, 2008 @ 2:51 pm
Thanks!
Also - I’m probably just giddy on account of the weather. :)
March 5th, 2008 at 3:07 pmWhat a shame that vaudeville has ceased to exist ; that was quite an audition ……………..
March 5th, 2008 at 3:42 pmThere are 28 different kinds of anti-depressants….. in his blood stream.
March 5th, 2008 at 3:42 pmI thought Bush would write a note to Condi if he had to pee.
March 5th, 2008 at 3:43 pmTo the tune, “If I only had a Brain”, from the Wizard of Oz.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:11 pmMaybe the Dancing Chimp can dip into Cindy McCain’s pill collection and calm down a bit.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pmI hear Bush was giving us a glimpse of his act at the RNC’s minstrel talent show.
March 5th, 2008 at 5:46 pmThe Emperor fiddles while Rome burns
Comment by EvilPoet — March 5, 2008 @ 2:30 pm
My thoughts exactly. history repeats itself and America now has it’s own Nero.
The current wars’ ultimate cost will be in the neighborhood of 3 trillion dollars, our country is and will be mired in debt causing the dollar to tank and it will tank even further once the flood of petrodollars is released back by the oil producing nations… while oil prices hit an alltime high.
And I got news for you this is just the begining, your money is going to be worth a lot less while commodities go sky high, food gas…everything.
Meanwhile the demented sociopath who holds the office of U.S. President doesn’t have a care in the world and dances around like a 3 year old.
March 5th, 2008 at 6:06 pmI just realized maybe that dance was a happy jig because oil hit $104 a barrel today.
March 5th, 2008 at 6:07 pmMaybe he had to pee?
March 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pmWhat a great lunch this must have been. McGrumpy has alzheimers, Brush is drunk, and Laura and Cindy are doped up on painkillers and Xanax. Yep, and before he came out for his dance routine Brush killed a puppy to really get himself in a good mood.
One day we’ll again have a President that demands the respect of the office. Until then we’ll have to resign ourselves to seeing Chimpy the Dancing Moron.
March 5th, 2008 at 6:23 pmMaybe he just had to pee.
Comment by gummitch — March 5, 2008 @ 2:58 pm
They make him wear Depends so they don’t have to worry about him wetting himself.
March 5th, 2008 at 6:25 pmDon’t forget the MSNBC reporter who interrupted her show to say how happy Bush was, liked she was relieved and happy that her king is happy.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:55 pmThis guy is such an embarrassment, and yet the MSM still find a way of praising him. Bush was/is the MSM’s boy, and they still can’t admit they are complicit in his presidency.
What a ghastly display of indignity. Embarrassment, indeed.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:33 amHe’s been tap dancing for seven years, now. Idiot!
March 6th, 2008 at 7:40 amYou know Bush is so funny and endearing , you almost forget he’s an accused WAR CRIMINAL , but if you juxtapose his buffoonery with the bodies of DEAD Iraqis , blown up by b-2 bombers or the armless, legless people laying in dirty hospitals in Baghdad , or the pictures of 25 thousand Iraqis languishing in U.S. controlled prisons, with bad water and food and no rights what so ever, it brings it all home . Oops, pictures from Foreign media , I mean .
March 6th, 2008 at 5:46 pm