BUSH: "I know a prairie fire when I see one!"

[Bluebear]

(How, pray tell, El Pretzeldente? Did some of your "brush" catch fire while you were "clearing" it at your "ranch"? Did they have prairie fires at school in Massachusetts or Connecticut? At your family digs in Maine?)

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New York, Mar 13: The pulling out of an Arab company from the controversial US ports deal might have saved President George Bush from a confrontation with his Republican Party colleagues in the Congress but it may also mark the moment he turned a "lame duck", according to a media report.

"The company was okayed by the administration to run several US ports but the deal came under severe attack. The most politically injurious fallout could be new constraints on Bush's ability to play what had been his strong card-his national-security credentials," the Time Magazine said.

The magazine quoted White House officials as saying that Bush quickly realised the Dubai Ports affair was a fiasco. "I know a prairie fire when I see one," Bush told an aide. The withdrawal by the company enabled President Bush to escape a fight with Republican-controlled Congress that had the public overwhelming on its side, the report said....

Just 16 months after the President's re-election, time said his Capitol Hill allies are in a "funk," pointing fingers and worrying about their survival in November's midterm elections. Even Bush loyalists fear the commander in chief is in a "hole with no ladder", it adds. In an acknowledgment that he needs to offer a more convincing message on Iraq, time said the President is scheduled to deliver a series of three speeches this month that aim at persuasion, a departure from his usual hallmark of repetition.


http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=281418&sid=WOR

[NYC]

1. In a hole with no ladder.

...Even Bush loyalists fear the commander in chief is in a "hole with no ladder"...

I like that.

Is that hideous picture of Bush current?

[Bluebear]

5. Yes within the last few weeks. nt

[katinmn]

8. A photo is worth a thousand words. I shall keep it for future use as well.

[niyad]

2. an earlier thread attributed that quote to "the texas rancher", to which I

naturally, objected, since he (assuming they were referring to bush) is neither a texan nor a rancher, nor, do I suspect, has he ever seen a prairie fire.

[katinmn]

3. LOL! I love that last sentence.

...time said the President is scheduled to deliver a series of three speeches this month that aim at persuasion, a departure from his usual hallmark of repetition.

:rofl:


World :spank: Bush.

[rodeodance]

7. Jr is to be 'candid' about the Iraq war says the WH. umm..

[NYC]

9. ...a departure from his usual hallmark of repetition...

I just want that to be in the subject line for people who don't read all the posts.

That is really offensive. (True, but offensive.) :)

[Oversea Visitor]

4. Haha

He sure did not know Katrina when he looks at it.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

23. good one!

lol

:hi:

[rodeodance]

6. lame duck. we can only hope.

[Texacrat]

10. I think this is a spoof

n/t

[Bluebear]

11. Well it's not a spoof. It's a news site.

What made you believe it to be a parody? Everything Bush says SOUNDS like one, I know...

[JI7]

12. ewww

ugly ass prick

[0007]

15. My poor eyes!

[Dem2theMax]

13. the commander in chief is in a "hole with no ladder",

Attention EVERYONE on the planet Earth: Do NOT, under ANY circumstances, throw him a rope.


Dear God in heaven, that is one ugly picture. I always try to avoid seeing pics of * as they give me the creeps.
This one somehow got in front of my eyes.

Next time, give a gal a warning. OK?

[radfringe]

14. if he "quickly realized" Dubai was a fiasco

why did he throw gas on the prairie fire by threatening a veto?

no public appearances on prime time to "persuade" the american sheeple they were just reacting to fear created by 5 years of booga-booga terror alerts...

sorry -- but "dubya" only realized "dubai" was a fiasco when someone told him it was a fiasco - prior to that he didn't know it was a fiasco

[Bluebear]

16. Eggfarkinzactly.

He had no damn clue it was a fiasco, he thought he could puff his puny chest out and get his way as he has 1000 times before. He threatened vetoes, he insisted it was a done deal, he had NO clue that the American people felt the way they did, and once he realized THAT he said he didn't care. Prairie fire my ass.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

17. A hole with no ladder? Like a spider hole?

Even Saddam's hole had an exit strategy.

Bush has always been one mean, sadistic bastard. If he's cornered he'll get even meaner. Waiting for him to stick that last firecracker up America's ass and blow us all away.

[EFerrari]

19. We have a two year old in the White House.

An autistic two year old.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. O Lord

He's turning into the guy on the right in this picture...

http://www.onastick.com/


Hello, Walter. :D

[AzDar]

20. Goddamn, that pic of * is scary..looks like a cross between

a chimpanzee and Mussolini: Chimpolini!

[Bluebear]

25. Chimpolini!!!!

:rofl:

[Neil Lisst]

21. I know a borrowed line when I see one ...

Bush borrows lines from real country folk.

This guy bought a flat piece of land in the late 1990s so he could call it his "ranch" and go to it like Reagan did his. Bush has tried to mimic Reagan, except he lacks Reagan's congeniality.

You will never see Bush next a horse. He's scared.

[BushOut06]

22. Of course he does - he is the Gopher King after all - n/t

[yellowcanine]

24. He also said one time that "I've been to war". Rove must have a set of

macho lines for him to use as the occasion demands.

[Bluebear]

26. I think you're on the mark.

"Open book to page 22, repeat macho prase #3"

[yardwork]

27. he's got some gin blossoms blooming