BUSH PULLS OUT OF SPEECH TO MPS - branded chicken

[dArKeR]

GEORGE Bush was last night branded chicken for scrapping his speech to Parliament because he feared being heckled by anti-war MPs.

The US president planned to give a joint address to the Commons and Lords during his state visit to Britain.

But senior White House adviser Dr Harlan Ullman said: "They would have loved to do it because it would have been a great photo-opportunity.

"But they were fearful it would to turn into a spectacle with Labour backbenchers walking out."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13631331_method=full_siteid=50143_headline=-BUSH%2DPULLS%2DOUT%2DOF%2DSPEECH%2DTO%2DMPS-name_page.html

You've got it half right UKers. He's a sleazy coward when he's not sleeping like a chicken.

[onebigbadwulf]

1. So basically he

is going to go to london, hide from the public, give a speech to 700 of his cronies, get a round of applause, and go home.


Sounds like a great trip after hanging out in camp David all weekend.

[Skidmore]

2. And this is going to cost the taxpayers and the Brits mega bucks

and for what? Blair & * get to hang out to get their stories straight and cry in their beers one more time.

[johnfunk]

35. Maybe Labour should bill Chimpy McFlightsuit

That's a lot of money wasted on planning and putting the pieces into place for Monkey Boy's speech. Parliament should assess the man-hours and expenses and bill Karl Rove.

[truthisfreedom]

13. THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH TAXPAYERS WANT TO KNOW THE EXACT FIGURE

that this is costing both of our countries. the exact dollar figure that we are all spending so that chicken george can go hide in the UK and have his fake photo-op.

[Whoa_Nelly]

38. He would be interrupted

and since he isn't an extemporaneous speaker, much less cogent enough to put together a witty reply in the form of a complete sentence, speaking in Paliment would be the worst of all possible public scenarios for him.

Besides, Rove said, "No!" :evilgrin:

[loudnclear]

90. Wouldn't you love to see Bush during "Questions" like Blair does?

Live, on TV with the Brits throwing the questions to him. I doubt that he would be able to understand the questions on his own.

[emad]

3. Various politicians and journalists on UK TV this weekend

said that this visit is pure electioneering. Ex-Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said he found the trip "baffling". Others said it would be a huge humiliation for Bush to address either/both houses of Parliament because of the predicted jeering, derision and mass walkout that would ensue.

[CaptainMidnight]

8. i am baffled too

I think something's up.

Captain Mik

[radfringe]

81. something is up? naaawww

Blair the Poodle can't get the seats electrified in time to guarantee Baghdad Bush a standing ovation

[glarius]

26. He'll have to dodge the "toppling of his statue in Trafalgar Square!"

I saw s piece on TV yesterday, where a British woman artist has created a statue of Bush, which they are going to errect in Trafalgar Square and topple (a la Saddam's statue in Baghdad) while Bush is there....Sounds like fun!!!

[truthspeaker]

33. Robin Cook

Cook pointed out that Clinton, who he said did a lot more for the UK than Bush, never got a state visit, so why should the Shrub?

My theory is this was planned in March; they expected the Iraq war to be over by now and wanted a victory visit to help both their political prospects.

[Minstrel Boy]

34. and don't forget they'd originally planned

a victory parade!

[JoFerret]

46. It was planned in 2001

before the BushAdmin squandered the world's goodwill following the WTC etc.

[Malva Zebrina]

4. actually he is going to London so that Laura

can make a fashion statement. She will be using , as usual, "American designer" clothing although I have not noticed any American designer willing to come forward and take responsibility for the atrocities she drapes upon herself. I would think Waverly might be interested in claiming at least a little of the stage--

I thought I did read a while ago that Bush demanded a standing ovation if he spoke in Parliament--He said if he were not guaranteed that, he would refuse to appear--or did I dream that? So many outrages to keep track of daily. :eyes: Probably Blair has, unlike Howard, not much control over what the Parliament would do to Bush--that is certainly dangerous to expose him to that--imagine Bush standing there, riveted to his place on the floor near the teleprompters, ready to embarrass Americans once more with his atrocious stupid use of the language,his stuttering and malaprops, and unable to escape the probing, revealing eyes of the camera, and half the members of Parliament get up and walk out on him!!!--Can't lie about that--only thing left to do would be to declare war on the British Parliament, or find a way to punish them, which is not beyond Bush's capacity or intents.

[screembloodymurder]

6. She looks like she stepped out of

a 1950's issue of Life Magazine.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

17. Or what fell on a flat rock from the north end of a south-bound cow.

[RC]

30. You saying pickles is wearing barbs hand-me-downs?

[maxsolomon]

91. meee-ow!

break it up ladies!

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. I don't believe they have teleprompters

in the Parliment. No Brit would ever get elected to higher office that needed one. That's probably another reason why W is pulling out, he would just fall apart and start sputtering inanities if he had to go without his teleprompter and earpiece.

[schultzee]

44. He definitely uses telepromters! Just look at his face. He can't speak

more than 2 words without assistance from someone. He is dyslexic.

[DoYouEverWonder]

64. Being able to speak the English language

has nothing to do with being dyslexic. It has everything to do with be a lazy, drunken, arrogant spoiled brat who has to live inside a bubble.


(My son is dyslexic and is very articulate.)

[Malva Zebrina]

77. David Boies, the lawyer for Al Gore who argued before the Supreme

Court, is also dyslexic, as he has revealed. Boies did not look to me as though he is inarticulate. Bush is indeed, not dyslexic--he is simply lazy and stupid with a low IQ--that is the fact.

[Jawja]

14. The White House

demanded a standing ovation for him to speak before the EU. One could not be guaranteed, so they declined to have him speak.

[KoKo]

21. Too Funny Marianne! You gave me a laugh to start my day with!

:D

[Benhurst]

22. I, too, remember reading about his demand for an ovation. n/t

[radwriter0555]

24. She wears SKAASI. The OLD LADY designer BARBARA uses and

has for 40 years.

The guy can't see anymore apparently.

[Mokito]

75. The guy can't see anymore apparently.

That explains alot!

[calimary]

79. I remember that. In a sketchy way, though. I think it was a European

Union gathering - on the continent. And yes, from what I recall, the White House did demand a guarantee of a standing ovation if His Lordship was going to make a speech. The group refused to give such a guarantee, so the speech was scratched.

Sorry, I don't have a link. It was about a year ago, or so.

[dArKeR]

5. Can someone post the Mirror Headline pics!

I missed 2 days ago. It says 'Bush Off' which obviously means Fuck Off. Get a little of what our friends in England think of Bush?

Today's is 'Chicken George'

http://www.mirror.co.uk/frontpages/

I've got no webhost to post them on! UGRR.

[Maeve]

7. You mean this?

right-click on the image, get properties and post the whole URL

[truthisfreedom]

11. and this "bush off" from friday?

[dArKeR]

16. Yes, those are the ones! Fuck Off is pretty tough wording! I honestly

Bush should call off this trip. I think there is a real chance the UKers will try to rush Bush. And we don't want our moral friends to get hurt! The SS has some kind of machine gun they all carry. I saw them when Bush SR. put the hit on Reagan. (As you all probably saw in the TV footage. The SS all pulled out these mini-machine guns. Who knows what great weapons they carry decades later?)

[T_i_B]

84. Jonny Wilkinson rules!

:bounce:

[loudsue]

89. Thanks Maeve!! I never could figure out how to do that!

But it works!!!

Thanks!

Sue

[zbird]

10. Here's your "Bush Off".

[truthisfreedom]

12. hahahaha.

exact arrival time as my post. 8^) congrats.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

15. Once AWOL, always AWOL. A gutless NeoCon wonder.

[rocktivity]

18. The UK ain't the US, Georgie

You can't corral protesters like farm animals there!


rocknation

[0007]

42. da farm animals will soon be out of control if junior isn't...

sent to his room.

[mbperrin]

19. Damn, I hate to see him get credit for being a whole chicken.

He's really just a piece of chicken shit!

[Benhurst]

20. Bush's speech has been moved to the Banqueting House at

Whitehall, built by Charles I. It was from the Banqueting House that Charles, Britain's last monarch to claim he --and he alone -- ruled Britain by Divine Right, walked out onto a specially-built scaffold to be beheaded by an act of Parliament.

Are the Brits sending some sort of message here?

[emad]

23. Guildhall - not Whitehall.

In the City of London.

[Benhurst]

25. From the article in the Mirror:

"The only speech Mr Bush, who will stay with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, is now due to give will be to an "invited audience" at the Banqueting House in Whitehall."

From the Encyclopedia Britannica:

"The sentence (the beheading of Charles I) was carried out on a scaffold erected outside the banqueting hall of Whitehall on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 30, 1649."

:shrug:

[emad]

31. Maybe a Mirror typo. The place in Whitehall is usually the

Great Hall, Westminster. Didn't know they had any catering facilities there! Whereas Guildhall is where all the major government banqueting goes on......

[Benhurst]

36. I hope it wasn't a typo. The Banqueting House would make a

great setting for the tyrant's speech.

[Spazito]

37. Bush won't go to Guildhall, here is a link to the article...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5-890642,00.html

[emad]

41. If they mean the Great Hall in Westminster that's the place

where old crocs 'lie in state' as in cheatinglyingsonofabitch as well as 'lying in state before the funeral'.

A banquet where revenge is best served cold?

[Spazito]

45. LOL Well, the British are masters at the understatement as well as....

using irony to make their point so it wouldn't surprise me.

[Matilda]

47. Thank you for the link ... it fits; if he goes to the Guildhall

he'll have to face Lord Mayor Ken Livingstone, and he wouldn't do
that, because Red Ken has made it quite clear what he thinks of
Bush. So - no speech in Parliament because he's afraid of hecklers,
no Guildhall speech because he's afraid of meeting Ken Livingstone,
and no parade down the Mall because he's afraid of protesters. Just
what is he going to do? Play charades with the Queen the whole time?

[emad]

51. Bow Street Magsitrates Court is where all known felons are

taken to be indicted before being flung in the slammer at Bellmarsh Jail (if they're politicians like the perjurous Jonathan Aitken and Jeffrey Archer) or the Tower of London (if they've affronted The Monarch)

Alternately there's a nasty little amusement mall called The London Dungeon. Or the Isle of Dogs Sewage Works might be a good place to while away some time...

[LibLabUK]

54. Hehehe

"Alternately there's a nasty little amusement mall called The London Dungeon. Or the Isle of Dogs Sewage Works might be a good place to while away some time..."

Or tie him to the goalposts at a Millwall home game wearing a Man U shirt :)

[emad]

59. Carole Capilin might want to give him a holistic cellulite massage

on GMTV with some of her special recipie flabscrub

[LibLabUK]

52. Umm... not to be pedantic or anything, but.

Ken Livingstone isn't Lord Mayor. He's the elected Mayor of Greater London. The Lord Mayor is selected by the Corporation of London and his constituency is restricted to the square mile City of London.

[Starpass]

65. The Banqueting House/Hall is on Whitehall between

Parliament and Trafalger (sp.?) Square and was the only thing left from the old place that stood there and burnt down. It's open for public tours so I wonder if they would have him speak there??? It was indeed the place Charlie lost his head!!!

[ze_dscherman]

39. He skipped the banquet/speech in Guildhall

bush* didn't want to be seen in proximitiy with all those financial types, IIRC. no kidding.

[Benhurst]

87. It turns out it was the Banqueting Hall, Whitehall, after all

From the BBC:

Banqueting Hall, Whitehall :: James Robbins :: 1325GMT


President Bush has been speaking now for a few minutes. We haven't yet got to the critical passages, but the president will be asserting the right of America to fight for peace and freedom and the importance he attaches to what he calls "effective multilateralism".



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3279581.stm


What a perfect setting for an unelected tyrant!

[Benhurst]

88. Banqueting House built by James I in 1619, not by Charles I, as

I mistakenly posted. Sorry about that! :spank:

[Plaid Adder]

27. Hey, Dr. Harlan Ullman!

Wasn't he the genius promoting "Shock And Awe"? And he still has a job! That says it all about this administration, really.

Faugh,

The Plaid Adder

[Ganja Ninja]

28. There’s a lesson to be learned from this.

If you stand up and fight these bastards they will run.

[0007]

29. So junior the 'UNITER' is gonna hide behind the Queen?

Now where is integrity and honesty?
I'll tell ya where intergrity and honesty isn't!!

[The Zanti Regent]

32. I hope the Queen tosses him in the street

Right smack dab in the middle of the Protesters!

[schultzee]

49. He went AWOL. He is a coward and a titty baby,

Wa wa wa i wanna war wanna war gimme a war. He can't handle dissent, or even know that someone has another opinion.

[bluedog]

40. the visit 19 July, 2001

Remember that one...where he had lunch with the Queen and his daughter had was with themm ....she showed up looking like trash????

[SodoffBush]

43. There are just so many times one can use the same line over and over

about being "lucky" to live in a free country. The Chimp would have to add to his speech parenthetically, "You'd better believe I don't allow Americans to pull this crap."

[Malva Zebrina]

48. oooohhhh--pretty dining room--

do you think he will elbow and bully everyone out of the way so he can sit on that throne?

[Garion_55]

50. Here is a picture of bush backing out of the speech...

[lancdem]

53. Bush isn't just a whistle-ass

He's also a candy-ass. :)

[kskiska]

55. One of these things is not like the other…

Previous world leaders, including Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and Francois Mitterand, have all given speeches to the Lords and the Commons while visiting Britain.

Why is there no explanation as to why other (I hesitate to use that word) leaders have no problem with speaking to Parliament?

[belle]

82. Um, because some things go without saying?...

[Spazito]

56. I am trying to figure what the best odds are on whether Bush will pick..

his nose or his ass first during this fiasco.

[belle]

83. Maybe we'll get really lucky and he'll channel his Pops, & puke on t'Queen

[bif]

57. So why exactly is he going?

Total waste of tax dollars. At least he won't be fundraising over there. Or will he?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

58. Conrad Black's got some free time these days.

Maybe he and Shrub could commiserate.

[omshanti]

61. He's going to London to look at the queen...

maybe he'll frighten a little mouse or two while he's there.

[lebkuchen]

60. Drudge posted that 1 in 3 Brits think Bush is "stupid"

After the Chimp's visit to the UK, I'm sure he can make it 3 for 3.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash.htm

[wabeewoman]

69. I didn't know the majority in Britain FAVORED

the war.

From Drudge: For the first time a majority said Britain and America were wrong to go to war with Iraq by 45% to 43%.

The question has been asked repeatedly since March and when US troops entered Baghdad in April voters were in favour of the war by 66% to 29%.

[LibLabUK]

71. It's not as simple as that.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2832963.stm

From March 8, BBC News Online:
"...an ICM poll suggested 52% opposed military action in Iraq.

But 77% of those who support war against Iraq said there must be a second UN resolution.

The need for a second UN resolution is reinforced by the fact that just 15% of the public as a whole would support war without one."

[tom_paine]

62. Yep, my God what a coward!

As cowardly as Stalin as Hitler. Not quite as murderous by a couple orders of magnitude, but I think that is only because of the age he was born into.

[Starpass]

63. Isn't this pathetic!!

This guy and his handlers absolutely cannot stand anything but cheers. They stage everything. When they can't, they avoid. He must have gone nutso about the distractors at this speech in Australia. The American people need to be told this and they need to see what a coward this guy really is...not to mention such a nutso wack job that he can't handle anything!!!

[DoYouEverWonder]

66. Could this be a set up?

http://www.news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1266582003

Bush’s controversial trip has already threatened to inflict political damage on the Prime Minister, but it emerged last night that Blair has laid extraordinary secret plans to defy intense political criticism and heightened security fears by allowing Bush to speak in Parliament during his visit. Downing Street has warned senior MPs in charge of scheduling daily business in the House of Commons to prepare to “clear the decks” in preparation for a presidential visit on Wednesday.



So according to the Scotsman on 11/16/03 Blair has made a secret deal for Bu$h to speak to Parliment, but the Mirror comes out with a story saying W pulled out? Something is fishy here.

The theme of this trip was to lower expectations and then let Bu$h show the Brits what a charming regular guy he really it. Hence the puff private interview with David Frost. Could this be a set up to get everyone squawking about what a chicken W is only to have him do a 'surprise' turn around and speak to Parliment after all?

So who is telling the truth, the Scotsman or the Mirror?

[LivingInTheBubble]

70. I doubt he will address parliament

unless they lock Robin Cook, Claire short et al in a cupboard first!

[LibLabUK]

72. Hmm

It would be awesome... you'd not be able to hear Bush for all the jeers he'd get from the Government backbenches and those of the Liberal Democrats.

The Speaker would probably get a sore throat from calling "Order, Order" so much.

[JawJaw]

86. Bush In Parliament

I'm sure they've got an exact replica of the House of commons debating chamber up at the Granada TV studios in Manchester.

Maybe he'll do his little speech there to an invited audience (his spooks dressed up as MPs). Or maybe they'll do it on the cheap with a matte background and some "Banana Splits" canned laughter??


On a serious note, I heard on BBC radio this morning that one eighth of the TOTAL British police force was going to be protecting shrub's sphincter this week!

[LibLabUK]

67. So...

Is Bush actually going to make a public appearance in Britain?

Or will he be spending all his time at the Palace, No. 10 and in an armoured car?

Is an itinery available at all?

[dbt]

68. Hmmm. By his own "logic," the terrists have won.

"Deeply stupid little oil-spiv," as the Brits say.

:evilgrin:
dbt

[nolabels]

73. Thank you UKers, guess we really are Allies after all

Looks like a avalanche of chicken jokes to follow

[banana republican]

74. People have died

so that he would have the freedom to address the commons and he backs out????

[radfringe]

85. Where's his "bring 'em on" bravdo now?

sure sure, big brave baghdad-bush shouting that we will no back down, we'll hunt 'em down, yadda yadda yadda - all well and good when he's "safely" positioned with a hand-selected "audience"

but when push comes to shove and he has to face opposition -- he WHIMPS out

[xxqqqzme]

76. squatter ONLY

delivers speeches when KKKarl has complete control over the adoring attendees. Whoops, they don't control Parliament.......yet!

[ElementaryPenguin]

78. Brave, Brave Sir AWOL turned and ran - as per usual!

Doin' his Chickenhawk thing! Chimpy is gifted at stayin' out of harm's way!

[geniph]

80. My gawd, this is embarrassing

I'd like to make my apologies to the citizens of the UK for the AWOL chickenshit whistleass that our Supreme Court has foisted upon the world. A President - even a pResident - who is too much of a coward to speak in front of a political body is indeed a worthless creature.

What, precisely, is the point of this little junket if he's not going to speak to Parliament? So he can have dinner with Liz? As a taxpaying citizen, this is an outrage; my tax dollars are paying for his little UK vacation.

If one cannot tolerate dissent, one should stay out of politics. The problem is, his handlers have always kept him so isolated from any kind of active debate or dissent, that he truly has no clue how to handle it. He loses his temper and flies into a pouty little rage, and I guess they figured that would ruin their canned photo-op. He does much better in his cute little stuffed-jock flightsuit costume in front of an audience who is required by law to act admiring when ordered to do so.

Maybe he was just disappointed he didn't get a robe and a white wig. He seems to have a thing for costumes.
:eyes:

[Entente]

92. Turn against the royals!

Why not turn against them?

They pushed the Bushes on Britain against the wishes of the people, yet let them foot the enormous bill. WTF????



Who the f===ck do they (the queen and ryals) think they are?

[loudsue]

93. I'm still trying to figure out WHY the Queen invited him???!!!!

:shrug: She KNOWS he is despised....she knows he's despicable in every way. The Queen is NOT stupid! She is smart enough to know junior IS stupid. Why would she dirty her hands with him? Was this shrub's idea...and the Queen got put in a bad place if she said "no"? She can't have such contempt for the opinions of her minions. She can't really afford to ignore public sentiment and public polarization, can she?

Why...I keep asking myself...is this charade even happening?

:kick: