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Remember how people claimed that Bush would restore dignity to the White House, something supposedly missing from the Clinton years?  Well, this is what we got – a frat boy: He loves to cuss, gets a jolly when a mountain biker wipes out trying to keep up with him, and now we’re learning that the first frat boy loves flatulence … Read More

An Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted this week found President Bush’s approval rating has dropped to 33%, matching his all time low. "His handling of nearly every issue, from the Iraq war to foreign policy, contributed to the president’s decline around the nation, even in the Republican-friendly South." In the generic congressional poll, Democrats lead Republicans by a whopping 55% to … Read More

Yup, I agree.  Bush sometimes sounds like a college student who is trying to speak authoritatively in class, when in fact it’s clear that he hasn’t done the required reading. Exhibit A: "We discussed a lot of issues. The Prime Minister has laid out a comprehensive plan. That’s what leaders do. They see problems, they address problems, and they lay … Read More

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With Taylor Hicks and the rest of the American Idol finalists visiting Bush yesterday, it seems that everybody in the White House wants to show off their talent. Here’s Condi Rice at yesterday’s gathering of ambassadors in Maylasia, giving a piano recital. And check out White House Press Secretary (and former Fox fiend) Tony Snow playing the jazz flute.  Not … Read More

Well, that’s what she said. I guess that makes sense.  What with everything going to hell in a handbasket, Condi would look pretty silly getting up in front of a bunch of diplomats and singing "Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses".

Well that’s one way to look at this: According to the poll, 65 percent say they feel less confident that life for their children’s generation will be better than it was for them. The poll was taken July 21-24. Now that’s pretty bad, but look how people responded to the same question when it was asked three months after 9/11/2001. … Read More

This is a bit old, and really needs to be updated in light of recent events, but it’s still a goodie: Funny, but he forgot this: RELATED:  Shake’s Sister has some snark of her own.

"A mysterious change seems to come over Americans when they go to a foreign land. They isolate themselves socially. They live pretentiously. They’re loud and ostentatious. Perhaps they’re frightened and defensive, or maybe they’re not properly trained and make mistakes out of ignorance." — The Ugly American, William Lederer & Eugene Burdick I’m going to go with "not properly trained". … Read More

What an embarassment. Here’s your President, caught unaware that he was miked, talking to some world leaders.  First, chomping with his mouth full on a dinner roll, he responds to Blair’s proposition about sending international peacekeepers to quell the situation in Israel and Lebanon: "See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah … Read More

Here’s what the US Code says: TITLE 4 > CHAPTER 1 > § 8 § 8. Respect for flag (g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature. Here’s a picture of Bush today, in Vienna Austria … Read More

Enjoy these photos of Pierce Mallon Bush, George’s nephew. By the way, he’s 20 (underage for drinking).

From McSweeney’s Lists: Gilligan invades a neighboring island of cannibals. He mistakenly believes that Mary Ann and Ginger would be a sufficient force to secure the island, and Skipper erroneously claims they would be welcome as liberators. A hurricane hits the island. Gilligan does nothing to help, but tells Mrs. Howell, "Lovey, you’re doing a heck of a job." Skipper … Read More