Joe Scarbourgh msnbc is saying the NYT tried to make a fool of JR

[rodeodance]

with all the pics on the front cover today.

[Fenris]

1. Wouldn't it be fairer to say the president made a fool of himself?

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

5. sure--but I also think the nytimes played it up (not that I care).

[Marie26]

18. Me too

Four front-page pics of a ten-second incident? If it weren't Bush, I'd think it's a little unfair. Since it's Bush, I'm loving it. Who says we have to be consistent?

[rodeodance]

2. he said Jr had a very imp. mission overseas but instead ot talking of that

the NYTimes tried to embarrass him.

[rodeodance]

3. the pics were posted on DU earlier today (someplace).

[MarianJack]

7. The NYT Doesn't Need To Do That.

When a man is too stupid to go to an open door, he's pretty much embarrassing himself

[tridim]

16. Important mission.. Ok, then I guess * will call a press conference asap

detailing exactly what his mission entailed? Or is * just going to just keep it to himself.

[Garbo 2004]

23. A mission so important that the Administration downplayed expectations

that anything would come of it?

Bush's Asia Trip Meets Low Expectations
By Peter Baker and Philip P. Pan
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, November 21, 2005; Page A01

BEIJING, Nov. 20 -- When President Bush was flying toward Asia a week ago, his national security adviser, Stephen J. Hadley, predicted to reporters in the back of the plane that the four-nation trip would yield no "headline breakthroughs." He turned out to be right.

As Bush wrapped up his stay in Beijing on Sunday and prepared to head home Monday after a brief stop in Mongolia, the trip has produced no real breakthroughs of any sort. On a wide variety of issues, from trade to security to human rights, Bush won no concrete agreements from any of his summit partners. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/20/AR2005112000827.html

[iconoclastNYC]

27. he should have accomplished something then.

this was the most newsworth aspect of his stupid trip. he didn't get anything done because the rest of the world know's he's a fake president and that american democracy has been hijaacked.

[LisaLynne]

4. That's the way they think.

Anything embarassing should be covered up. No matter if it's the truth. That doesn't matter -- you have to hide it. If you don't, you're not patriotic.

[Rick Myers]

6. Ole' Joe just seems to go the way the wind blows!

The ONE thing Dubya is PERFECTLY CAPABLE of is making a fool of himself.

[rodeodance]

8. Joe gave quite a speech just now--smashed the nytimes.

[rodeodance]

11. oh well---jr should have a sence of humor and laugh it off.

[goclark]

31. Remember Monica and that silly little Tam and their hug?

They had that image in our face for many a year, night and day.

So if Jr. could not figure out how to have an "Exit Strategy" that goes along with his total package regarding the war.

I don't feel sorry for him one little bit.

And, the Democrats are not doing it to him, his buddies at the TIME have decided he has got to go.

[stewert]

9. Drudge Had it Too.......

Drudge reported it too, was he also trying to make a fool out of Bush ?

Scarborough is just an idiot, if Clinton did something like that Scarborough and his right wing friends would talk about it for a week.

Plus Bush dont need the media to make a fool out of him, he does a hell of a job all by himself.

[spindrifter]

10. What bull--and, yes, the

picture of it is on at least one of the other threads. There has been plenty of coverage of how this trip to Asia was a throw away and that no one really believed anything would get accomplished--except letting the pres. show how something as simple as a locked door could flummox him and letting him yammer about China letting the Christians worship as they pleased.

[rodeodance]

13. yes, it seems that the biggest thing talked about was china, christians

and Jr's comments on it.

[acmavm]

12. Important mission? What? Lecturing the Chinese on the way they govern

and recognizing wishing blessings on all the Chinese Christians to the exclusion of the rest? Being an arrogant ass (as usual)? Making references to Taiwan knowing that's just gonna cause ill will?

bush** disgraced us and himself (again, as usual).

[rodeodance]

14. as Mary Robertson said today---jr has no credibility at this point--as

he tries to talk of Russia and china about rights. there was an article on DU with her comments today.

[MN ChimpH8R]

15. Nature beat the Times to making

Chimpy look like the fool he is.

[Canuckistanian]

17. All the photogs were supposed to turn their cameras off?

Since when does a president expect discretion on a public stage? That went out with FDR in a wheelchair.

[yellowcanine]

19. So the NY Times made him do it so he would look foolish? The swine!

[jsamuel]

20. Somebody call a WHAAAAmbulance!

[LittleClarkie]

21. I thought Repubs believed in personal responsibility

Bush made the faces at a camera. It's his problem if they get published, not the NYTimes. Why should they withhold pictures just because the dumbass doesn't know how to be digified.

[bluedog]

22. once a fool ........always a fool ..too bad Joe

[WiseButAngrySara]

24. "No Exit" and No Exit Plans for this Fool ! ....n/t

[Jim__]

25. Well, the Times had help ...

... from jr himself.

[against all enemies]

26. My right-wing paper also had the pictures. Also a story on how

Bush's comments: 1) Democrats had same intelligence, 2) Commissions found pre-war intelligence not misused, were untrue. The worm has turned, even pro-Republican papers are in on the pig pile.

[iconoclastNYC]

28. If you are going to get smeared as

Liberal despite the fact that you've spent the past 15 years moving to the right, you should be able to have fun once in a while with that reputation. Bravo NYT.

[IChing]

29. Joe say NYTs mean to Bushlum, Bushlum agree with Joe

*sniff... sniff...
whys they pick on poor Bushlum....
whys they make poor Bushlums crys?!?
poor Bushlum jest wants to leave room and not eet nasty chips.
and they laughs...
they laughs....
*BUSHLUM* *BUSHLUM* they nots laughs longs... no, no, no, no....

[samsingh]

30. more repugs crying like babies

when they're found out.

[Walt Starr]

32. Joe's right!!!

As if Junior hasn't made enough of a fool of himself, now the NYT has to step in and print actual pictures of the moran (sic) making a fool og himself! That's unthinkable! That's downright un-Bushevik which is to say un-Patriotic!

:sarcasm:

[LittleClarkie]

33. "Don't try to make a fool out of ME!"

"I can do THAT all by my little self, thank you very much!"