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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 12:00 AM

Yeah, but who among us wouldn't love to have a beer with George W. Bush?

How the media characterizes the candidates.

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007 02:07 PM

Presidential qualities

CNN's Alina Cho on Mitt Romney, "He looks great, sounds great, smells great...". And Chris Mathews on MSNBC's Hardball, about Fred Thompson: "Can you smell the English leather on this guy, the Aqua Velva, the sort of mature man‘s shaving cream..."

This kind of insipid coverage will get us another unqualified imbecile in the White House once again.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 02:09 PM

I would like to spill a beer on the president.

Does that count?

It would be a Bud or Coors or Miller Lite though. Not an actual beer.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 02:46 PM

I don't care if you hate Hillary Clinton

Just the idea that if she wins Chris Matthews head will explode in a gout on live TV AND HE STILL WON'T SHUT THE FUCK UP makes me giggle.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 04:58 PM

Giuliani is "America's Mayor"

I think he trademarked it.

Wolfe Blitzer mentions Giuliani as America's Mayor at least once each broadcast.

America's mayor, Rudi Giuliani was having a little trouble with one of his staffers today. It seems the boy has that white line fever. He's getting a deviated septum from all that good old Colombian Marching Powder that Bernie Kerik boosted from the NYPD evidence lockers - enough to keep Giuliani and his staff rockin' the free world well into 2010.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 05:09 PM

GWB 43 is a teetotaller

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teetotaller

This means that the media narrative that GWB43 is a guy you can have a beer with is a 100% phony. GWB43 became a born again in his early 20's and has sworn off the sauce ever since. He had an overnight conversion and became a teetoaller. So, you CANNOT HAVE A BEER WITH HIM. It would pretty much break his pact with god.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 06:06 PM

Count me out.

I don't like beer and I certainly don't like to drink with spoiled frat-boy cowards. They stick you with the check and key your car on the way out.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 07:01 PM

GWB "teetotaler"?

Funny how the National Enquirer had leading edge news about OJ and Clinton / Monica, but when the subject is Bush, they just don't have no cred.

For those who don't read the headlines when standing at the supermarket check-out stands, the Nat'l Enquirer says Bush is drinking again, and Laura is so PO'd, she is sleeping in a different room.

I have no idea if it is true or not, but I DO know they had the story on OJ and Clinton.

And I also know that, judging from the results, I could not tell if Bush makes policy while sober or drunk.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 07:28 PM

Actually

Bushie strikes me as the kind of guy who would be very uncomfortable hanging around with a regular Joe. If you said anything to contradict him or disagreed with him, he'd get that pissy "I'm the King so STFU" look on his face, say something cutting, and walk away.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 07:32 PM

fall off the wagon, stop killing people

offhand, no, I don't think I'd care to have a beer with GWB. But if his self-righteous blood-thirstiness could somehow be cured by getting him to go back to being a drunken wastrel with no ambition, I think I'd gladly drink to that, and with him. Besides, his folks can afford a new liver.

anonymous insurance salesman

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 09:27 PM

I wish I could have had a beer with him back in 1970, just him

and a couple of skanky whores in a motel room and me with a Polaroid camera.

Think how much different the world would be today if his political career never even got off the ground.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 09:54 PM

So long as he didn't have a beer, too

I hear that Junior was always a mean drunk. Inclined to pick fights, lose control. Had it out with Daddy after running the car into the trash cans. Accosted a newspaper pundit in a restaurant, they guy being with his wife and small child at the time.

Besides, I don't drink "Texas Pride." Life is too short, yada yada.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:46 PM

Bring it on!!

Sure, I'd love to sit down with Georgie and have a few beers... maybe ask him why his little girls aren't "serving" the nation; needle him about giving Andrea Merckle the 'ol "shoulder rub"; ask him if Laura puts out anymore... (could be why he's so hot to bomb Iran).

Yeah - a few beers would be great... BRING IT ON GEORGE!! Woo-HOO!

Then I'd kick his ass.

One can dream can't one? =]

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:58 PM

The Great Satan

One thing Hussein had right. I would not want to be in the same room as bush. I'm happy to be living outside of the US, as I did during most of the Nixon regime.

Thursday, June 21, 2007 02:49 AM

A Beer With Bush?

OK...I'd have a beer with this numbnuts, but, I draw the line at a line...of coke...with this dunderhead. He rules this country as if he had half of Columbia up his nose. No thanks!

Thursday, June 21, 2007 03:35 AM

I wonder why

Blitzer doesn't ask "America's Mayor" why he likes to cross dress? Maybe all American Mayors cross dress and so it's a mute point.

To this end I would like to propose that we do an official poll: Contact all of Americas Mayors and ask them for whatever reason if they are male had they ever worn a woman's dress, publicly or otherwise, or, if female, have they have ever worn a three piece suit with wing tips.

Simple enough eh? I mean if this isn't a Christian Right morals issue, nothing is. Maybe.

Collate the results and have Blitzer announce them in his Situation Room. Then we would all be able to better ascertain why Giulliani is indeed "America's Mayor...

Thursday, June 21, 2007 04:15 AM

Media

The lack of any balance in the media is one of the biggest problems facing America today. How do you fix it? Step one is for the people to stand up and demand a media that is fair.(and I don't mean fair as in Fox) If they don't want to listen and they won't, then stop paying any attention to them. See just how long they last with out good ratings. We should not have to ask the media to play fair they should having beeen doing it all along.

Thursday, June 21, 2007 05:37 AM

Romney looks like a President?

Really? Because my shallow observation is that he looks like he should be serving Cliff and Norm a few beers at Cheers. His hair is overdyed and overgreased. He's the one in the crowd who most needs a makeover, in my opinion. He looks ridiculous.

Thursday, June 21, 2007 06:28 AM

Real disconnect or real clever

That the man who professes Jesus as his personal savior what saved him from the demon rum would also portray himself as the buddy to drink the aforementioned evil alcohol with him.

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