* at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy - pics>>>

[Kadie]

U.S. President George W. Bush (L) reacts as Merchant Marine Academy graduate Gabriel Whitney of Nashua, New Hampshire, prepares to give him a hug after he received his degree at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in New York June 19, 2006. Bush addressed the Academy's 2006 graduating class. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)


Gabriel Whitney, from Nashua, N.H., hugs President Bush after receiving his diploma at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., Monday June 19, 2006. President Bush addressed the graduating class, the first U.S. president to do it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


President Bush reaches to hug an unidentified graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y, Monday June 19, 2006. Bush became the first American president to address a graduating class of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)


President Bush, left, receives the Regimental Commander's Sword from midshipman Michael Mikulak, the regimental commander of the Class of 2006, after Bush addressed the graduating class of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., Monday June 19, 2006. At rear center is former chief of staff Andy Card, who attended the academy. Others unidentified. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


Gabriel Whitney, from Nashua, N.H., hugs President Bush after receiving his diploma at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Poiint, N.Y., Monday June 19, 2006. President Bush addressed graduates there, the first U.S. president to do so. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)


U.S. President George W. Bush (L) reacts as Merchant Marine Academy graduate Gabriel Whitney of Nashua, New Hampshire, acknowledges the crowd after he received his degree at the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in New York, June 19, 2006. Bush addressed the Academy's 2006 graduating class. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)


U.S. President George W. Bush reacts in this combination picture as Merchant Marine Academy graduate Gabriel Whitney of Nashua, New Hampshire, gives him a big hug after Whitney received his degree at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point in New York, June 19, 2006. Bush addressed the Academy's 2006 graduating class. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES)

[CottonBear]

1. "I love a man in uniform." n/t

[Waya]

2. Sheeeeesh,

...he looks like he's already on the sauce.....that early in the day.

[electron_blue]

3. Am I off base here? Look at the backdrop - doesn't it look like every

backdrop Bush has used for the last few years for every one of his photo-ops?

And yet, this is supposedly an event put on by the Merchant Marines. I suspect Bush's buddies provided the stage & backdrop for this -literally.

See what I mean? I just put in "Bush backdrop" in google images and look what pics came up:

http://images.google.com/images?q=backdrop+bush&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

[Kadie]

4. Staying the course, even with the backdrops.

You are right, they do look the same. I wonder who the company is that does all the backdrops, and what kind of contract they have with them.

[jmowreader]

18. They could be doing them in the White House basement

Wide-format inkjet printers are not all that expensive anymore--three to four thousand dollars will get you a nice one. Hang one off the back of a PC, get a copy of InDesign...presto! All the backdrops you want!

[Cornus]

5. Hope the protest was successful

http://longislandpeace.org/

Unfortunately, I couldn't make it.

[paparush]

6. Caption #6: President Overcome by Shock an Awe of new Grad

Shucks and Ewwwww!!

[badgerpup]

7. Talk about some uncomfortable body language...

Bush's body language is both stiffer than...well...a stiff and absolutley redolent of WTF?? HELP!!! I'M BEING...TOUCHED!!!
:rofl:

[Jed Dilligan]

13. If you look closely

He's afraid, specifically, of their crotches meeting... I say, because he knows he will get a boner.

[Justpat]

8. My father was a Merchant Marine captain in WWII

His ships were blown up twice. Both times he went back to sea as soon as he recovered. One time he and seventeen
crew members were adrift in the ocean off Brazil for 31 days with little water and no food. When they were finally
rescued, he weighed 68 pounds. He never shirked his duty and he served with honor and determination throughout the war.

My father hated GWB. He is spinning in his grave this morning, I'm sure.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. My husband, too, graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy

and was a marine engineer for 25 years. If GWB had tried something like this with him, he probably would have slugged him.

[Justpat]

14. Howdy

from one MM family member to another.

I am surprised at what a hard time I am having with this today. My father truly despised Bush and what he has
done to our country. He would have been disgusted beyond words at this photo op. My father believed that Bush
was the ultimate expression of the dumbing down of our country.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. That about sums it up...

With every passing day, I hate that "man" more.

[MADem]

9. Holy shit, these kids had to WORK to get theri commissions!!! NT

[Generic Other]

10. He looks scared of that big hulking grad

Little Napoleon always has to watch his back.

[Jed Dilligan]

12. Bush seems to be struggling

to avoid getting an erection from too much physical contact with this guy. Check out the body language.

[butterfly77]

15. The dumbest, goofy ....

I can't look any more my nerves are very sensitive when looking at him I might explode, I can't find the words to explain how irritating it is just to look at him.

[Tahkcalb]

17. Typical! Can't even control a single schoolboy!

Bush once again shows us his total lack of any leadership skills.
:puke: :eyes: :grr: