State Dept. employees deface portraits of Bush, Cheney and Rice with ‘fake mustaches.’
State Dept. employees deface portraits of Bush, Cheney and Rice with ‘fake mustaches.’
In 2003, Bush administration officials took down historic photos depicting significant moments in American diplomatic history. They replaced them “with huge color glossies extolling the diplomatic feats” of the Bush administration. Recently, however, things have taken “a turn for the worse” as unhappy State Department employees took matters into their own hands:
Outside the State Department ’s press briefing room on the department’s 2nd floor hang large official photos of Bush, Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney. The pictures were, er…modified by persons unknown. (We did not personally witness this, we must admit — or we’d have a photo to post). We’re talking fake mustaches and the like. The defacements were promptly cleaned up. They reappeared.
McClatchy’s “Nukes & Spooks” blog asks, “Further evidence that the Bushies are losing control as they enter their final months?”
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LOL!!! This is hysterical. I bet it really ticked those thugs off! How I wish there were pictures!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 pmSharpie markers all around!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 pmMusta been all them libruls in the BushCo State Dept!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:54 pmAll the respect they deserve.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:55 pmActually, these were not defacements, but an attempt to repair Bush’s impish smirk.
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:56 pmFreedom Medals all around. MT, you didn’t do this did you?
Now THAT’S some G-damned diplomacy! Funniest thing I’ve heard all week. That one with Bush and the big brown mustache? No, that’s a new photo. It was taken right after the Saudis gave him a dirty sanchez last weekend!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:58 pmlol – I can’t help but wonder if any of the mustaches resembled Hitler’s.
There’s probably a security camera focused on that hallway now!
May 22nd, 2008 at 5:59 pmHopefully, these pictures will be replaced with the originals on January 20th, 2009 and these Bush photos chalked up to just a very embarrassing part of America’s history. Or perhaps they can be sent to be hung in the gas station in Crawford, TX that will house the Bush Presidential Library
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:00 pmHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
I salute those American patriots! Good job!
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:00 pmAdd this to the list of “mysteries” (along with the disappearance of Iraq reconstruction money, location of Saddam, location of e-mails, etc) that the Administration fails to solve.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:02 pmLocation of Osama, that is.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 pm“Diplomatic feats”…?
What diplomatic feats??
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:04 pmSo this is it. The writing is literally on the wall.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:05 pmThat is frickin’ hilarious! Next thing you know, the Secret Service will be tripping the Chimp. ;)
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:10 pmHere’s to the American Spirit; it’s still alive and well! It may not be the Boston Tea Party, but the State Department Beautification Inititiative shows that the spirit of 1776 still lives! To quote Susan B. Anthony, ‘Resistance to tyrany is obedience to God’.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:13 pmImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution! And promotions to the American Artists at the State Department!
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.
Hey,maybe someone could slap a sticker on dumbya’s back that says “IMPEACH ME!”
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:20 pmTurn about is fair play. After all, Bush, Cheney and Rice have been defacing America for the last 7.321 years…
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:24 pmI wonder what the administration will do to stop this?
If they installed hidden video cameras or posted a guard in the hall it would be more than they’ve done with more important problems.
Now we need a copy of that picture made available for all to try out their artistic skills on. Post them everywhere. I can even see an ad for the Famous Artists Art School… “Can you draw a mustache on the monkey/”
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pmI hope they go for the trick where the one guy kneels down behind Chimpy and the other shoves him over.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pmbwahahaha — little hitler mustaches, i presume…that’s excellent.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pmIf the State Department were really honest, they would place photos of this along the press briefing room.
http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0412/purplehearts_20.html
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 pmI was waiting all day for something to smile about. Thanks TP!
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:36 pmInterspersed among photos like those would also be more photos of realism, such as this one.
http://www.freewayblogger.com/warisalie.htm
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:37 pmI have a feeling that once Bush is out of office and can no longer destroy peoples’ careers, we will see all kinds of whistle-blowers coming forward pointing out incompetence or outright criminal behavior from this administration.
We’ve already seen many cases (Mike Brown from FEMA, Christie Todd Whitman at the EPA, David Kuo from Bush’s faith-based programs, etc.), so I have a feeling the number of people who come forward will be enormous.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:46 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
I hope they go for the trick where the one guy kneels down behind Chimpy and the other shoves him over.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Very “Larry, Curley & Moe.” :-D
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:46 pmStunning! Graffiti at state, call homeland security!
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:48 pmFear is rampart!
Who will save us from these terrorists?
I bet its the Iranians! Or at least the pen must be Iranian
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 pmI can’t wait for the “Kick Me” signs to start showing up on their backs….
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 pmA ‘dirty sanchez’ on a picture of bush.
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:58 pmpriceless!
Fake mustaches for a fake President!
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 pmHave you ever before seen such a cult of personality imposed by the a President? This is like pictures of Stalin, Saddam or maybe Hitler. This is not what you expect in a democracy. Remember HUD and the personal tribute to himself?
Ok, I know FDR’s pictures appeared all over the country. That was a little different. He did not go out posting them. People liked him and did it on their own. That is different. This is just spooky.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:26 pmWatch the Repugs call for an investigation. They are good at steroid users and mustache artists. Torture and cover ups? Not so much.
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 pmCondi? With a mustache?
May 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 pmRrrrrrowwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr….
(Sorry, couldn’t resist. Hope I didn’t spoil anyones dinner…)
Love it! I just love it!
These enhanced photos will become very valuable so hold on to them.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:28 pmCouldn’t happen to a more deserving person. LOL….
I bet if you did a poll of mothers of George W. Bush, you’d find that 100% thinks that he’s a berk and an a$$.
Cheers,
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:36 pmActually, I’m more shocked at the lack of security cameras. That said, Well done!
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:41 pmPriceless. Now, if only somebody would come forward and testify about what has really been going on in the State Department, let alone the DOJ.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:53 pm#28 galmud:
I bet its the Iranians! Or at least the pen must be Iranian
Yes. They have stamped on the barrel, “This pen made in the Revolutionary Islamic Dictatorship of Iran and we’re gonna getcha.”
Just like the mortar shells that Iraq is sending to Iran, labeled in English and labeled with American date formats.
Cheers,
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:04 pmWorking at the State Department for the last 7 years must be absolute hell.
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:21 pmThe REAL mystery is WHERE did they find ANY “Great Moments In Bushland Diplomacy” let alone enough to line a hallway . . .
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:45 pmHe who painted those mustaches should be held as a HERO!!!!!
May 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 pm#40 (I said):
Just like the mortar shells that Iraq is sending to Iran, labeled in English and labeled with American date formats.
Should have been “Iran is sending to Iraq”. But you folks knew that….
Cheers,
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 amthe emperor has no clothes on, but he has been seen sporting a new mustache.
lol, highest praise for the anonymous white house artist
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:40 amFrom Kimya Dawson “Loose Lips” (featured in the movie ‘Juno’):
shysters live from scheme to scheme and my 4th quarter pipe dreams
May 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 amare seeming more and more worth fighting for
so i’ll curate some situations, make my job a big vacation
and i’ll say F**K BUSH AND F**K THIS WAR
my war paint is sharpie ink and i’ll show you how much my shit stinks
and ask you what you think because your thoughts and words are powerful
they think we’re disposable, well both my thumbs opposable
are spelled out on a double word and triple letter score
How childish and stupid. Liberals always thinking with their feelings not their heads. You got a problem with some one confront them with wit and wisdom not childish crap like this. Just shows the disrespect and how self absorbed these people are.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:09 amHope your people get Happy when a democrat gets in there…you think we have a defecit now just wait.
I’m in the U.S. Foreign Service, and will be heading back to the State Department for a couple of months in July. I’ll keep my eyes open! Unfortunaley, cameras are not allowed, thus I will not be able to take any photos.
PS: This is a favorite site of State Department Employees. Unlike the DOD, most of us lean quite a bit left.
May 23rd, 2008 at 2:40 amReally the Condi’s portrait needed another mustache?
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:54 amThis is a message for rkrapidcity. Have you been living under a rock? Do you recall how the Democratic President Clinton eliminated the deficit and created a surplus? And don’t go off on how he screwed an intern: Bush and his inbred junta have been screwing the nation!
As for a response to this blog, my only regret is that they didn’t use permanent ink! They have put this country through a shredder and should hide in shame.
May 23rd, 2008 at 9:01 amrk; GO PHUCK YOURSELF!!!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 amThese anonymous Rembrandts deserve the Medal of Honor (at least the Medal of Freedom)
However, like the cult of Hitler, or the cult of Stalin, the cult of Bush would send them to a one-way trip to Gitmo for “water-sports” if ever identified.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 amA full investigation will follow. Suspects will be rounded up, sent to GitMo and waterboarded until they ‘fess up.
May 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 amHA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
I say it’s time to have a little light mood-lifting, cheery entertainment after the beastly heavy downer times we’ve been experiencing the last 7 years or so.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
Just wait for what people do when the trappings and protection of the office evaporate when Bush leaves! This is exactly what you get for buying or extorting loyalty instead of earning it….
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:15 pmI am surprised that there are no cameras overseeing these walls since we are a camera happy nation. You reap what you sow, as the old saying goes.
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:52 pmNICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:07 pmI’d have put in horns and beards too
May 24th, 2008 at 12:35 amA patriot acts.
May 24th, 2008 at 8:39 pm