Perino: McCain and Bush have always been ‘buddies.’
Perino: McCain and Bush have always been ‘buddies.’
On Fox and Friends this morning, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino called President Bush’s anointment of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) as his chosen successor “a significant and symbolic moment.” Perino then described Bush and McCain’s friendship, including how after the 2000 primary, “McCain went on to work his tail off to help this president.” She said that they were never “enemies” or “rivals,” but always “buddies.” Watch it:
Bush and McCain’s embrace yesterday was a “symbolic moment.” Symbolic of the fact that McCain represents a “third Bush term.”
Transcript:
KILMEADE: And let’s talk about what was going on yesterday at the White House. What was it like?
First off, the president waiting for John McCain, who’s a little tardy, decides to dance a little — a little some of those African moves he brought back with him.
PERINO: Yesterday might have even been better than the African moves.
KILMEADE: Actually, this is an Irish jig.
PERINO: Yes.
KILMEADE: All right. So the president having a good time with the press. Seemed relaxed. Could you bring us behind the scenes when the senator and the president were together?.
PERINO: Sure. There was a wonderful atmosphere. It was a great morning yesterday. A great day. And the sun came out. And we were excited in the White House to have Senator McCain there. It was a really significant and symbolic moment for us.
Right before they went out to do their statements, I had a chance to talk to them a little bit. And they were having a chat about old times and in 2000, how they worked together and went on the campaign bus together.
And Senator McCain said, I remember when we were on that bus in central Florida, and the rain was coming down, and people were lining the street and jumping up and down, and that’s when I knew that you would be president.
KILMEADE: Well, listen to this. Everyone likes to write enemies, long-time rivals. True?
PERINO: Absolutely not. And while I think that might be a good story line for some people to say, to try, it’s simply not true. I would say that hasn’t been true ever. But certainly after they were competitors, then, in 2000 and 2004, Senator McCain went on to work his tail off to help this president.
KILMEADE: Absolutely. And you can make a strong argument the president doesn’t win if John McCain doesn’t help him. So now they are buddies.
PERINO: He was crucial to the president winning.
KILMEADE: Absolutely.
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buddies?
rotfl!
March 6th, 2008 at 11:15 amPerino: McCain and Bush have always been ‘buddies.’
Butt-buddies?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:17 amYeah, buddies ever since Perino was in kindergarten.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:19 amWith friends like either one of them, who needs enemies?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:20 amAfrican moves?
Oh right....like Gregory Hines or Sammy Davis Jr.
Here's a prediction: If Obama becomes President, you will never see him tap-dancing at a Press Conference.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:20 amPERINO: He was crucial to the president winning.
Yeah, McCain and his illegitimate black child.
~Hussein Zooey
March 6th, 2008 at 11:21 amMcCain Viagra commercial.....Have more fun with your buddies, take viagra.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:22 amShe can't remember. It isn't her fault, she is both ignorant of fact and knowledge. She thinks the King is smart. Is that enough to convict?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:24 amShe meant "butt-buddies".
March 6th, 2008 at 11:25 amSure and next Perino will say is would you like a RePUG double decker, One layer of Bushco and one of Aged MacBush cheese with Rove mayo.
Oh and would like that in meal form with $4.00 gas and a pile of Renzi fries.
obtusehussyman
March 6th, 2008 at 11:25 amFriends are friends, pals are pals, but buddies.....
A∞Ω
March 6th, 2008 at 11:26 amcan 2 piranhas really be buddies?
cannibals more likely
March 6th, 2008 at 11:26 amHmm, I seem to recall a large dagger sticking out of McCain's back circa 2000 campaign...>???
March 6th, 2008 at 11:27 amWhy, oh why does this Administration believe it can re-define reality by changing its script? Lincoln was right when he said you can fool some of the people all of the time, but, as Lincoln also said, you Cannot fool all of the people all of the time. Once again, this Administration hits yet another new low.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:28 amImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Can't wait for the McSame campaign video, with Dumbya dancing the softshoe while singing "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Buddy..."
The ads for the democratic nominee (whoever that is) this fall are just writing themselves; the more McSame appears with Dumbya throughout the campaign, the better. And if McBush decides to spend the next 7 weeks kissing Dumbya's a$$ at every possible occasion rather than focusing on why the citizens of this country should turn off their brains for a minute and vote for him this fall, all the better yet...
-Abu Dog Hussein
March 6th, 2008 at 11:30 amFrom Crooks & Liars:
Ahh….the benefits of being a Bushie: you never have to apologize for your lack of knowledge.
Dana Perino appeared on NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me†and admitted that she RECENTLY had to ask her (British) husband if the “Cuban Missile Crisis†and the “Bay of Pigs†were the same thing.
Keep that in mind the next time she says, “let’s take a historical perspective on this…â€
dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb
March 6th, 2008 at 11:32 amWeren't Shrub and Dick (via KKKarl Rove) responsible for outing the "black baby" story in 2000?
Yes, that's Republican bubby-ism at it's best.
Anything for a win.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:32 amWhy is Perino wasting herself away to be a stepford wife?
Please change course, Dana. It isn't too late.
McHussein
March 6th, 2008 at 11:34 amIf the Democrats are smart, and I know they aren't, they'll run this sound bite 24/7 in the fall.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:36 amWell, if this is true, is shows a lot about McCain's personality. It's ok to savage your "buddy" by spreading lies and innuendo. With friends like that, who needs enemies?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:36 am"Why is Perino wasting herself away to be a stepford wife?"
Comment by McWars — March 6, 2008 @ 11:34 am
Exactly why do almost all Republican women look like Stepford wives? It's creepy.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:37 amOther "buddies" and their life paths to consider:
Thelma and Louise
March 6th, 2008 at 11:40 amBonnie and Clyde
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Jesse and Frank James
Bugsy Seigel and Whitey Krakow
Exactly why do almost all Republican women look like Stepford wives? It’s creepy.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake — March 6, 2008 @ 11:37 am
One almost expects someone to uncover a factory where stepford/Harriet Nelson/bimbo clones are cranked out with a big "R" stamped on their buttocks.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:40 amI'm glad that McCain can forget things like how Bush savagely attacked him and his family the last time around.... Sort of like how he forgot how he was tortured and how inhumane that is....
I'm sensing a pattern
March 6th, 2008 at 11:41 amForgot:
PatrioticHusseinChristian
March 6th, 2008 at 11:41 amanointment?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:41 amclearly, part of the ritual involved drinking kool-aid from the repugnican ceremonial cup.
it's official! mcsame is now a subservient puppet of the necon (lunatic) extremists.
KILMEADE: Actually, this is an Irish jig.
PERINO: Yes.
interesting. i seem to recall a famous video/picture of Hitler dancing the jig too. go figure!
March 6th, 2008 at 11:44 amThey've *always* been buddies...??
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OK, Dana, whatever you say... I believe you. I really do. Honest! I mean it. I really, really mean it. Of course, I mean it. I believe you. I totally do. Yep. Really.
~Hussein Annie
March 6th, 2008 at 11:45 amAll Irish jiggers should be emailing the White House, demanding an apology, and of course, a resignation.
RHUsseinCerious
March 6th, 2008 at 11:45 amAnd I'm sure that the "black baby" smears in SC in 2000 was just one buddy having a bit of fun with another buddy, right?
oops -- I just scrolled up and saw that I am only about the gazillionth person to point this out. If it's so easy for us to remember this, why is it that the entire GOP seems to have amnesia?
~ Miss Hussein Molly
March 6th, 2008 at 11:48 amjig
Pronunciation: ( jig), [key]
March 6th, 2008 at 11:48 am—n.
3. Obs.prank; trick.
4. the jig is up, Slang.it is hopeless; no chance remains: When Congress finds a table or the American people elect a Democrat as President, the burglar-in-chief will know the jig was up.
why is it that the entire GOP seems to have amnesia?
~ Miss Hussein Molly
"What's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget."
- Barbara Hussein Streisand?
March 6th, 2008 at 11:50 amcant wait for Peroxide's autobiography:
March 6th, 2008 at 11:54 amNO-NOTHING TELLS ALL
"And then, after all the laughing and giggling at lunch, they went up to the Lincoln bedroom, stripped down to their skivvies and had a super fun pillow fight, and then painted each others nails!"
Give me a break, Dana. This is so sickeningly sweet I'm ready to puke. This is just another page in the play book to establish a third Bush term.
March 6th, 2008 at 11:55 amI noticed the SOP ("Standard Operating Procedure") ofthe Fox host there at the end:
"And you can make a strong argument..."
They ALWAYS do that on Fox... the host ALWAYS ends up saying something to "help" their "pro-Bush" guest(s) make their point.
Anyone else notice this? It happens EVERY show.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:04 pmI think it's safe to say that anything Perino says should be taken with a whole shaker of salt -- perhaps even a mine full -- not just a grain. Even if she weren't the official mouthpiece for the Bush administration (which by itself is more than enough to bring the veracity of anything she says into question) -- let's remember that this is the same woman who publicly admitted that she had to ask her husband (her British husband, yet!) what the Cuban Missile Crisis was because she didn't know! When you work for the White House and your non-American spouse knows more about your country than you do -- and worse still, when you're foolish enough to admit it on the record -- it doesn't make either you or your boss look very good, and that's an understatement.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:09 pmI recently listened to a discussion of McCain's attitude toward the White House in 2001 through about 2003 and it was pretty clear he was doing whatever he could to stick it to Bush. This is actually when he got that "maverick" label, because he was doing what he could to frustrate their agenda.
But, whatever. If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas and if he thinks that wedging himself into Bush's pants will help him, he's mistaken. He may pick up reluctant support from the 27% Conservatrons but he will lose far more support from Independents and moderates who are thoroughly disgusted with the Bushies.
--gumhusseinmitch
March 6th, 2008 at 12:13 pmBreaking News:
The Fed says Americans' percentage of equity in their homes has fallen below 50 percent for the first time on record since 1945.
Vote for McSuckup and the world is doomed!
March 6th, 2008 at 12:14 pmIt's true!! They are buddies.....very CLOSE buddies.
Look here ---> mccain*hearts* dubyah
March 6th, 2008 at 12:14 pmWeren’t Shrub and Dick (via KKKarl Rove) responsible for outing the “black baby†story in 2000?
Yes, that’s Republican bubby-ism at it’s best.
Anything for a win.
Comment by DieNowForPeace
They were also responsible for calling him a traitor to his country by implying that he gave intel to his captors while he was being tortured.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:21 pmThis is the biggest suckup story for money of the year.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:24 pmWe are all doomed if McBomb gets in.
If the Democrats are smart, and I know they aren’t, they’ll run this sound bite 24/7 in the fall.
Comment by Frosty Cupcake
I think you are going to see a different Democratic party this fall. I think they will run this and all dumb things that McBush has said until the Sheeple finally realize that McBush is NOT a "maverick", he is a Panderer Extraordinarie.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:25 pmThey were also responsible for calling him a traitor to his country by implying that he gave intel to his captors while he was being tortured.
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins
Yet not a single soul in the MSM (maybe Olbermann) has mentioned the filthy past of these "bosom buddies".
March 6th, 2008 at 12:29 pmI think you are going to see a different Democratic party this fall. I think they will run this and all dumb things that McBush has said until the Sheeple finally realize that McBush is NOT a “maverickâ€, he is a Panderer Extraordinarie.
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins — March 6, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
Simple message: "Do you really want four more years of Bush?" and then run a montage of photos of McBush love.
--gumhusseinmitch
March 6th, 2008 at 12:34 pmGeorge Orwell - (just 24 years too early)
March 6th, 2008 at 12:43 pmPerino really is the face of the hardcore 29% who think Bush is great. It is amazing to see first hand how someone can be so obsequiously loyal to such a contemptible person.
March 6th, 2008 at 12:46 pmBuddies or is it brown nosers????
March 6th, 2008 at 12:55 pmBetter check Mc Cain's pics for tell tale signs....
Does it ever make these people sick that they have to lie about everything just to make shrub look good?
IgnoranceIsNotHusseinBliss
March 6th, 2008 at 1:00 pmSo all that nonsense about siring half-breeds with Vietnamese prostitutes, and black babies, losing your mind in a POW camp and giving away state secrets was just joshin' around amongst butt buddies?
McCain is a whore and loses votes and respect when he aligns himself with Chimpfck. He would gain both if he came out and said that Bush is a petulant and stupid POS and he will bring sorely needed change.
I am glad he doesn't though. That kind of honesty would garner some support.
Abdul nanlichi
March 6th, 2008 at 1:01 pmIt’s true!! They are buddies…..very CLOSE buddies.
Look here —> mccain*hearts* dubyah
Comment by Dr. Matt — March 6, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
how......touching?
-LividHusseinLib
March 6th, 2008 at 1:04 pmIt’s true!! They are buddies…..very CLOSE buddies.
Look here —> mccain*hearts* dubyah
Comment by Dr. Matt — March 6, 2008 @ 12:14 pm
HEY!
HEY!
keep that republican-type of behavior where it belongs - in bathroom stalls!
-LividHusseinLib
March 6th, 2008 at 1:07 pmDeny the obvious. They still use Karl Rove's number one rule. No surprises there.
March 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pmDoes she ever see reality?
March 6th, 2008 at 1:47 pmThank God there will NEVER be this hypothetical third Bush term because McSame will LOSE bit time this fall to either Obama or Clinton.
March 6th, 2008 at 6:28 pm45 - look up a bio on members of the manson family - explains bush-worship to a "t".
March 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm