Bush "Wellwishers" Endure Uncomfortable Photo-Op >>>

[Stephanie]

What he puts people through whenever he requires an admiring audience as backdrop!













A little boy reacts as other wellwishers brave the powerful blast of rotor wash from Marine One when U.S. President George W. Bush took off from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, June 28, 2005. President Bush will try to shore up wavering support for the Iraq war on the first anniversary of Iraq's sovereignty, with an address to the nation on Tuesday night from the military base at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, telling Americans it is essential to keep fighting to stabilize Iraq despite the prospect of more bloodshed. REUTERS/Jason Reed

http: //news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050628/ids_photos_ts/r853363279.jpg

[linazelle]

1. Nothing unnatural about noise and wind when an aircraft is taking off.

What's the point?

[Bleacher Creature]

2. Two Thoughts

A) Nobody forced them to be there.

B) Check out the demographic makeup of the crowd (which will be very different tonight). People should reconsider their criticisms of Howard Dean.

[liberal N proud]

3. Those aren't well wishers, they are people they pulled off the tour

They do have a White House tour again, don't they?

[xray s]

4. Just imagine how he'll react when he gets his draft notice in 10 years

Don't worry kid, your parents hero, Dubya, will leave his mark on your future.

Might as well get used to blasts of wind from military aircraft. You'll be seeing a lot of them close up in Iraq.

[ComerPerro]

5. Maybe someday those kids will be able to fight in Iraq

For President Bush, during his fourth term!

[AX10]

6. Those kids should go and fight in Iraq.

[medeak]

7. #ush looks a little dejected? n/t

[freeplessinseattle]

8. Is that lady in the 3rd pic saying the pledge of allegience?

or does she just have heartburn?

[toey]

9. anyone else notice

in the second picture, he can't even look the marine in the eyes

[Stephanie]

10. a friend who works at a NY hotel said that staff are not allowed to look

at him - they must serve the room service without looking at him -

[im10ashus]

20. That's because if you make eye contact...

...it's giving him permission to eat you alive. Or feed you to KKKarl.

[Bluebear]

11. No eyes may look upon the King

Remember the last inaugural? Marching bands and the like were instructed NOT to make eye contact with Him.

[htuttle]

12. There used to be a gorilla in our local zoo like that

If you looked him in the eye, he'd start throwing his feces at you.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

13. Are you familiar with..

..the concept of a snapshot?

[kick-ass-bob]

14. I think he just has to concentrate on walking up the steps.

:P

[Ready4Change]

15. 2nd pic doesn't fit.

1st pic: Bush getting onto Copter on White House lawn. Marine (white) saluting.

2nd pic: Bush getting onto something. Large jet in background. (So clearly not WH lawn anymore. Assume he's boarding Air Force One at Andrews?) White and Black military personel saluting. (Air Force?)

3 pics: People with greenery in background affected by helicopter propwash. Appears likely to be back at WH lawn.

Now, why insert a pic of Bush boarding AF1 at a location separate from the WH, well wishers, and propwash?

Oh yah. Needed to find a non-white guy somewhere.

[Stephanie]

21. you're right - I didn't notice that one was Air Force One

It was on the same Yahoo page as the others - looked sequential to me:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050628/480/mdcd10106281839

President Bush, center, is saluted by Air Force officers as he boards Air Force One en route to Fort Bragg, N.C. Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

[KoKo]

16. And the little kids see....EWWWWW the Emperor has No Clothes, Mommy!

[wtmusic]

17. Some Democratic wellwishers

I ran into on my trip to DC:

[BringEmOn]

18. Operation Enduring Freedom

[havocmom]

19. Photo's 3-5 should be preceded by one with the chimp pointing his finger

as he likes to do...

Gads, we told you not to pull that finger!