Bush "Mussolini" photo, huge, on frontpage NY Times today --

[DeepModem Mom]

Link to frontpage image:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/pageone/scan/index.html

[mark11727]

1. Looks like Doctor Evil to me...

[complain jane]

4. LOL

WTF is he wearing now? Is that the new "uniform"?

[Gasping4Truth]

27. Emperor Buxus shows off his brand new gladiator outfit N/T

[DeepModem Mom]

28. Hi, G4T -- welcome to DU!

[wicket]

30. Does that make Cheney Number 2?

Or Mini Me? LOL!!!!! :D

[UL_Approved]

2. What is the story about

This needs more information than a photo. Simply posting pictures of the chimp is like fetish photos of the mentally handicapped.

[Maple]

5. The photo IS the story

Note the 'uniform' he's wearing.

[DeepModem Mom]

6. The story does not appear on page one -- here it is:

Bush Offers Praise and Caution at Marine Base
By DAVID E. SANGER

Published: December 8, 2004

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., Dec. 7 - President Bush made an emotional visit on Tuesday to the Marine base that has been home to nearly a sixth of all the American troops killed in Iraq. Yet even as he praised the role of American forces that retook Falluja last month, Mr. Bush spoke cautiously about the ability of Iraqi forces to defend themselves.

Mr. Bush flew across the country Tuesday morning for the sole purpose of making the visit here, spending more than two hours in a closed session with about 50 families of marines who had been killed or wounded, and then returning to Washington.

"The enemies of freedom in Iraq have been wounded, but they're not yet defeated," he said at an athletic field here, describing how troops from the First Marine Expeditionary Force had gone "block by block, building by building" in taking Falluja back from insurgents. "We found blood-stained torture chambers where hostages had been executed. We found videos of beheadings and brutal terrorist attacks."

It was Mr. Bush's first visit with troops here since he flew onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Lincoln as it returned to San Diego 18 months ago, when he declared the end of active combat in Iraq under a sign reading "Mission Accomplished." White House officials now concede that they learned a hard lesson about the price of raising expectations about quick military victories....

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/08/politics/08bush.html

[SaveAmerica]

10. Direct response to Kerry photos at military funeral?

"Mr. Bush flew across the country Tuesday morning for the sole purpose of making the visit here, spending more than two hours in a closed session with about 50 families of marines who had been killed or wounded, and then returning to Washington."

I don't have a link but I wonder if this is in response to the picture that's going around of Kerry attending the soldier's funeral who died in Iraq recently.

[intheflow]

3. Whoa--the freaky photoshopped picture on the front of the Times?

I have lost all respect for that rag.

Check out this Du thread about this very picture: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[zat]

8. Link not working......

Hey intheflow could you please repost the link?

TIA,
zat

[LynnTheDem]

11. It's NOT photoshopped.

Maybe you're thinking of the shopped photo bushCartel did during the campaign?

This photo is 100% real, showing the tinpot dictator in his new "semper fi" (on his right) "george w. bush commander in chief" (on his left) fake pretend wannabe uniform.

AWOL wears a uniform whenever he can. So did Hitler. And Stalin. And Mao. And Mussolini.

And Hussein.

[doni_georgia]

22. Bush wearing the uniform is the REAL story here

No other American president has ever put on a military uniform while in office, including all the presidents we have had that were known for their military service. Eisenhower never did it, neither did Grant or George Washington for that matter. One of the major concepts of our government is that we have a CIVILIAN commander in chief. Throughout history, the world's most evil dictators have donned military uniforms to play psychological games with the people of their country - but more importantly they did it to play with the minds of the world. What Bush is saying to everyone by wearing this uniform is that he is a "war" president and he will attack whomever he needs to do carry out his policies. It is a fear tactic. It is an abomination in the face of our republic. He is demonstrating that he has far more in common with Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Hussein, Castro, and the other dictators of the world than with those people who have taken a stand for freedom. We need to write LTTE to the major papers and write letters to the broadcast news networks demanding that someone address this.

[erpowers]

41. Some Parts Photoshopped

Some parts of the picture may have been photoshopped. I think some of the soldiers may have been photoshopped.

[DeepModem Mom]

42. Photo credit reads: Denis Poroy/Associated Press...

so is not a WH photo. I know nothing about photo-shopping, however.

[GregW]

44. 'May' have?

You need to be a little more definitive in your subject line.

[intheflow]

55. I think it looks faked.

That's what I'm saying. It's a too 3-D.

[JohnnyRingo]

7. At first I was embarassed for him

...Now I chuckle every time I see it.

It's like he's living that old series: "That's My Bush".
Laura buy's him a goofy jacket for Xmas and now he has to wear it to greet the troops.

[gottaB]

9. I am so sick of all the comparisons of Bush to Hitler

Mussolini is obviously the more apt comparison.

[LynnTheDem]

12. And Hitler SERVED in the German military

Unlike AWOL bush.

[leftchick]

19. busholini!

has a nice ring to it! I dunno though. Give him a mustache and a shotgun and he looks like his brother dictator saddam!

[JohnyCanuck]

43. At least Mussolini got the unreliable Italian trains to run on time.

so you could say that Il Duce did have one positive achievement to his credit. That's one positive achievement more than Pretzeldent Blowhard will have to his account when he leaves office, I'm sure.

[jdots]

13. Its Sargent Pecker's Lonely Hearts Club Band

when does he start wearing a sporty little dictator outfit?

[American Tragedy]

14. glad I'm not the only one who thought he looked like a 3rd world dictator

in his tight little pseudo-military jacket with the huge epaulets and girly personalized embroidery.

It almost looks too insane to be for real.

[UL_Approved]

15. It looks like a cross between millitary and mob

On second viewing, it looks like a cross between Stalin's uniform and a mob sweatsuit. Comedy at it's finest.

[RadicalMom]

18. My thirteen year old daughter took one look at Bush..

and said in her best teenager sarcastic tone, "oooo, nice outfit!" How does one explain the choice of apparel except to question His (I'm considering adopting the capital "H" to properly show respect) mental mindset.

[DeepModem Mom]

23. Welcome to DU, RadMom --

I like your daughter!

[American Tragedy]

31. I like your daughter's style

I hope you're getting her properly indoctrinated educated in American progressive politics.

[peacebird]

53. your daughter ROCKS!

the emperors new clothes, can't fool the kids, eh?

[donheld]

16. Generalissimo Bush

I think thats the name that fits

[Deb]

17. A weed in a flower garden

Thanks for posting this.

[Englander]

20. The next version of this ridiculous jacket will have ......

a "W" armband...

[The Zanti Regent]

21. Suck Suck Suck goes the Screw York Times...

...anymore the Screw York Times is engaged in a contest with the Whoreshington Post to see which paper will out suck the other!

[DeepModem Mom]

24. I'm guessing some at the NYT were aware of the negativity this image...

would have for some readers, when they made the decision to highlight it by posting it on Page One -- while placing the accompanying story on an inside page.

[doni_georgia]

25. My LTTE to the New York Times

To the editor:


Upon arising this morning and viewing the front page of the New York Times, I was shocked and thought that surely I must still be dreaming. The cover showed a photograph of President Bush addressing the troops while once again donning a military uniform. The photo accompanied a story further back in the A section, but the photo was the real story. Since when in the history of this republic is it okay for our civilian commander in chief to wear the uniform of any branch of the armed services? One of the tenets of our democracy has been that we have a civilian Commander in Chief. This picture drew to mind similar pictures from history - pictures of Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Castro, and even Saddam Hussein - pictures of men who wore military uniforms to psych out the people of their respective nations and the world. This begs the question, is George W. Bush doing the same? What message is he attempting to send by appearing before a throng of military personnel dressed as a military commander? Never in the history of this country has this happened before this president took office. Eisenhower never returned to his uniform, nor did Grant or even Washington - all of whom were great military leaders. I am utterly appalled at this president's lack of protocol and at the precedent that this sets. What kind of message does this send to the world? It is an embarrassment, and the people of this nation should be outraged.

[DeepModem Mom]

26. Excellent, dg!

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

48. I second that, great letter!

[NoSunWithoutShadow]

49. Hope we see your letter in the NYT tomorrow. Good Job!

[bklyncowgirl]

29. That boy just loves to play dress up

What's with the big round insignia thingy on his right breast and are those military service ribbons he's got on his left breast?

What an ass.

[LizW]

32. Bush is going to claim that the Marines gave him the jacket

Mark my words. If the press begins to mutter that this outfit is inappropriate and strange, Bush will blame it on someone else.

[BiggJawn]

33. Il Douche

All he needs is a hat, and the Ted Rall look will be compleat....

[ObaMania]

34. Now that you mention it...

.. it does look like a Mussolini jacket! :wow:

[Rush1184]

35. Here is a better shot of him in the uniform...

Sometimes I wonder if Bush and Co. do this shit just to see if they can get away with it.

[DeepModem Mom]

36. "George W. Bush, Commander in Chief," is written...

I believe, on the right of the jacket, as pictured.

Thanks, Rush!

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

47. Hmmm..Didn't one of them there apes

in the Planet of the Apes wear a Nehru-type jacket like that?

Not to be critical, you know...

But the resemblance is astounding...

[hollowdweller]

37. Somebody PLEASE combine this with pics of Mussolini, Castro and Hitler and

Put some quote at the bottom about tyrants and military and then send it to all of us to e mail to everybody!!

[Gasping4Truth]

38. And combine it with this one ...

Poppy shows how it ought to be done.

[DeepModem Mom]

39. Whoa, that's revealing!

GHWB, whatever one thinks of him, is a man of accomplishment in life, comfortable in shirtsleeves among these men, secure that, at least, due to his military service and the offices and positions he held, he was no fraud as CIC. And there's W, with so many father issues, and so little personal accomplishment, who has to dress up to convince himself and others that he is, in fact, CIC, even to having it printed on his jacket -- what a pitiful little man.

[Swamp Rat]

40. 21st Century fascist dictator

[TrustingDog]

45. Leisure Suit Larry does some more hard werk.

what a dangerous assclown he is. and even more scarey is how some idiots lap this busholini caca up like it's a good thing.

[secedeeconomically]

46. Hey i new Mussolini

Mussolini was a good friend of mine. And you sir ar no Mussolini lol.
Besides Mussolini was a much better dresses.

[donsu]

50. be nice - smirk's just jealous of Castro's jackets

nt

[Logiola]

51. someone needs to make..

A website, or a traveling gallery show with one wall of all these bush photos and the opposite wall of all famous dictators in similar photos. just for quick comparison..

[Harlan James]

52. The Jingo Gringo

Mr. Bush, we have met Juan Peron, and you, you sir
are no Juan Peron.



But is Pickles Evita?

[wordout]

54. the arrogant kings new clothes

an angry caller on c-span last nite commented how passage of this intel bill makes bush the "king".

indeed, he is.