WTF?

No kidding... what are they so happy about?

-- orbitboy [Read orbitboy's other letters]Permalink Thursday, June 14, 2007 07:22 AM

"Let's maintain the view that reality is a fantasy."

My dear, sweet cousin was teaching there when the shootings occurred. We are DAMN LUCKY we didn't lose him like so many others lost their loved ones. So when I saw the SMILES in this photo, I didn't think it was inappropriate,

I FELT LIKE I'D BEEN PUNCHED IN THE GUT.

I can only imagine what the other families must feel.

I'm sorry, I know many people have mentioned this, and yes, there is some part of my brain laughing at Gonzo in this pic, but I'm still trying to catch my breath.

crashes into the black hole of stupidity and collapses the universe into a photo op of dumb shit eating grins.

The picture is perfectly balanced without his tiny, smirking, shrinking self.

George does love sticking it to us, doesn't he? What's the definition of an illegal enemy combatant again?

This is about the V.Tech shooting. Why ON EARTH are they smiling?

What's next, a "thumbs-up" photo of Bush in a flight suit front of Columbine high school?

...is this photo supposed to prove? That Gonzales is short? That members of the Cabinet sometimes smile at inappropriate moments? Or that War Room can fire a cheap shot just as effectively as Rush Limbaugh?

Good job, War Room; it proves all three pretty effectively.

Orbitboy wrote: Maybe "Anonymous" needs to educate us--and apparently Tim Grieve in particular--what War Room should REALLY be about. Obviously "fun" and "humor" should never be on the menu."

My only point is that this was neither.

I think what they're all smiling about is the fact that this is one of those rare red-letter days at the White House where it actually looks like anyone has been doing their job. As opposed to outing covert CIA agents and obstructing justice, or throwing American citizens in jail indefinitely without charges, or taking us to war under false pretenses, or spying on American citizens without a warrant, or standing on an aircraft carrier declaring victory decades too soon, or....

can give us an example of a joke that offends no one. I have a pet chicken who gets really pissed off when people keep bringing up his lame reasons for crossing the road.

I think the letter writers have done a better job than Mr. Grieve of hitting the real issue here. It's weird that they're smiling and doing a photo op about this report. The facts that Gonzo is short and he isn't standing RIGHT NEXT TO the president is meaningless.

It's dumb when the right wing gets all goofy about John Edwards' haircut. This is even dumber.

Who cares if Gonzo is short? Would he be a better AG if he was a foot taller, but did all the same stuff?

Focus on his actions, not physical characteristics.

short jokes are cheap shots... not worthy of this site... and when used to describe someone of mexican descent, inappropriate.

i'll never be accused of not having a sense of humor... i worked at comedy central for 8 years for heaven's sake. i appreciate good humor as much as the next person.

but despite my name (which btw is out there for all to see... i hate it when people hide behind goofy screen names) i am hispanic... and i DO take offense at the connection between short and mexican.

and to top it off, i do not even believe the "little fella" comment even has a conscious connection between "gonzalez" and "mexican" i doubt grieve meant it that way at all... but it's there. i take exception to the breakdown in editing. imho, it should have been caught.

Day Late and a Dollar Short

needs to educate us--and apparently Tim Grieve in particular--what War Room should REALLY be about. Obviously "fun" and "humor" should never be on the menu. I used to think that we were here making fun of a proto-fascist regime, not apologizing for it. If I wanted to give Bush a shoulder to cry on, I'd be over at Little Green Footballs.

She has class. She's smart and dignified. I can't believe she's a Republican.

I don't care how she dresses. Here's the deal, folks:

Men in power wear pretty much the same variation on one thing: The dark business suit with a mundane necktie. Women in business and politics do not have a similar daily bland outfit for their daily wear. (Except Condo Rice, who would love to wear a grey Chairman Mao suit every day if they would let her.)

Also note, Spellings is taller than the Chimp, the Chimp's chump, and that other tool in the photo.

It's not that I'm not overly sensitive about short jokes. It's just that it is lame filler for War Room. He is actually not marginalized in the photo, so Tim apparently went with the short joke.

They were not the targets!(Unfortunately)

Anybody who is so hypersensitive to short jokes and the FACT that Gonzo was born without a neck and looks like a toad frog needs to get off their politically correct high horse.

Alberto IS short. That's a FACT. Alberto has no neck. THAT is a FACT. Alberto is a little stooge who would eat the undigested peanuts out of Bush's feces.

Oh, and he's Hispanic.

So?

Margaret, Margaret, Margaret . . .

not a particularly good fashion choice for a muffin-top. Might want to re-think that big bow around your waist.

But boy has it gotten really stuffy here in the War Room letters section today. Jeez, some of you need to get over yourselves. Heaven forbid anyone should ever have any fun at Bush or Gonzalez' expense...

...I'm far too distracted by that complete "fashion don't" to even think about anything else in that picture.

The fake smile is what you do when you get photographed. I was never good at it, so people think I'm "unhappy."

Politicians have to be seen smiling all the time, or all the children will think something is wrong. You're not smiley! I can't vote for you!

But how stupid are you to think you should smile when you are giving/receiving a report about Virginia Tech? The smiles are much more disturbing than the AG's place in the picture. He ain't going nowhere until January, 2009.