Maureen Dowd: " W Won't Read This"

[seafan]

...snip

"No, I don't feel in a bubble," Bubble Boy replied, unable to see the bubble because he's in it. "I feel like I'm getting really good advice from very capable people and that people from all walks of life have informed me and informed those who advise me." He added, "I'm very aware of what's going on."
He swiftly contradicted himself by admitting that "this is the first time I'm seeing this magazine" - his version of his dad's Newsweek "Wimp Factor" cover - and that he doesn't read newsmagazines.

...

W.'s contention that he's informed by people from all walks of life is a joke, as is his wacky assertion that he can "reach out" to the public more than Abraham Lincoln because he has Air Force One. Lincoln actually went to the front in his war, with Minié balls whizzing by. No phony turkey for him.

The president may fly over all walks of life in Air Force One or drive by them and hide behind dark-tinted windows. In his bubble, he floats through a comforting world of doting women, respectful military audiences, loyal Republican donors and screened partisan groups - with protesters, Democrats, journalists, critics and coffins of dead soldiers kept at bay.

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The president's bubble requires constant care. It's not easy to keep out huge tragedies like Katrina, or flawed policies like Iraq. As Newsweek noted, a foreign diplomat "was startled when Secretary of State Rice warned him not to lay bad news on the president. 'Don't upset him,' she said."

Heaven forbid. Don't burst his bubble.

http://edstrong.blog-city.com/maureen_dowd_all_becomes_clearbush_feels_nothing_in_his_bubb.htm
(scroll down a short way)

[Skittles]

1. maybe you should have burst his bubble before he was installed Ms Dowd

but then, you were too busy worrying about what Gore was wearing

[seafan]

2. Right on. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

7. Yea, it was them damn earth tones,

who knows what kind of tragedy would have befallen our nation if earth tones had came to power.:sarcasm:

[Captain Hilts]

8. She fried Bush in her columns. nt

[phantom power]

9. Maybe she has a memory-cleansing bubble of her own.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Oh my

he's more delusional than I thought. To compare himself to Lincoln---the only thing they have in common is the name of their political party (and the Republican Party of Lincoln looks nothing like the repuke party of today). Lincoln not only faced hostile fire (when Early did his raid on Washington), he himself had volunteered for the Black Hawk War, and told folks that the only blood he'd shed had been from mosquito bites-so he served but didn't try to puff up his military experience. I also think it striking that one of Lincoln's earliest memories was giving a War of 1812 veteran a fish he'd caught "because my father always told me to be kind to veterans". Can't imagine the Connecticut Cowboy doing that. I sort of hope Lincoln's ghost can penetrate Bush's bubble and haunt him into having a conscience.

[Burried News]

4. Now now Maureen - he's our President for the next three years and

we simply must learn to be loyoil Murcans like our man Joe.

http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/byebyebirdie/putonahappyface.htm
Song: Put On A Happy Face Lyrics
Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
It's not your style;
You'll look so good that you'll be glad
Ya' decide to smile!
Pick out a pleasant outlook,
Stick out that noble chin;
Wipe off that "full of doubt" look,
Slap on a happy grin!
And spread sunshine all over the place,
Just put on a happy face!
Put on a happy face
Put on a happy face
And if you're feeling cross and bitterish
Don't sit and whine
Think of banana split and licorice
And you'll feel fine
I knew a girl so glooming
She'd never laugh or sing
She wouldn't listen to me
Now she's a mean old thing
So spread sunshine all over the place
Just put on a happy face
So, put on a happy face

[awoke_in_2003]

5. Great song

and great pic of Sen. Palpatine :)

[Historic NY]

6. She should have used a pin, on the pin head........

a long time ago.

[edhopper]

10. Quote from Modo

"As Newsweek noted, a foreign diplomat "was startled when Secretary of State Rice warned him not to lay bad news on the president. 'Don't upset him,' she said."

My wife pointed out that this is a perfect example of the behavior in an alcoholic family. The women around him are enablers, and the priority is not to upset Dad or he'll get mad.
And they called Clinton "trailer trash".

[BayouBengal07]

11. Wow.

"I just talked to the president-elect of Honduras," W. said. "A lot of my job is foreign policy, and I spend an enormous amount of time with leaders from other countries."

Can you imagine Bill Clinton saying that? Makes me so embarassed!

And how prevalent is it that our dead soldiers are being sent home in freight on commercial liners? I would be seriously pissed off if a family member came back like that. Hell, it pisses me off anyway.

[indepat]

12. Tell me only what I want to hear?