Drudge says clown Bernard Kerick had busts of himself made as gifts LMAO

[Proud2BAmurkin]

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President Bush on Friday nominated former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik to replace Tom Ridge as Homeland Security secretary.

During his time in NY, Kerik was immortalized for the ages in a 7-pound sculpture bust.

The NY Police Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises funds for programs to support NYPD officers, quietly spent about $3,000 for 30 busts of Kerik in 2002.

The 7-pound busts of "Kerik The Great" depict him in uniform, with a mustache and with his department name tag. Each is mounted on a wooden platform.

Pam Delaney, the foundation's executive director, said the group, whose stated mission is to improve the quality of police services through programs that cannot be funded by the city, was asked to create the busts by Kerik's aide. They were to be given to friends and visiting dignitaries.

Kerik "meant it as a nice gesture," a foundation official explained.

NEWSDAY learned of the busts through an anonymous e-mail message that said: "There are a few in headquarters and those who have them are laughing big-time."

None of the busts were given away and most of them remain at foundation headquarters at 345 Park Ave.

And now the move is on to prevent the busts from appearing on Internet trade sites.

[WI_DEM]

1. Is this another fool who cashed in on 9/11?

[Wickerman]

2. 30 busts for 3k?

Wow, they must truly be works of art! Are they made of plaster of Paris or Play- doh!?

[Straight Shooter]

3. Kerik thinks of himself as a great figure, worthy of immortality in bronze

"Kerik The Great"???

What ARE these people SMOKING?

edit: Well, I guess they aren't bronze. Probably a resin of some sort.

I can't wait for these to end up on eBay :)

[Fridays Child]

4. What an extraordinarily pompous ass Bernard Kerik is, and...

...quite possibly an even bigger meathead than Tom Tidge.

[AmerDem]

5. Kerick thinks of himself as Julius Caesar

sadly, he is cut more from the cloth of Beetle Bailey.

[JHB]

8. We should be so lucky!

Beetle has no delusions of grandeur and actively avoids positions of responsibility.

[DoNotRefill]

6. PDs around here sometimes give...

engraved "commemorative" pistols to serious VIPs. Giving busts instead may not be such a bad idea.

[LizW]

7. You could not make this kind of stuff up if you tried.

It just gets weirder and weirder.

[skypilot]

12. "You could not make this stuff up..."

Unfortunately, Drudge could. Although this guy sounds like a real putz, I'm just a little bit skeptical about this story. I will have to do some more research and reading before I accept it.

[rkc3]

9. He sounds eminently qualified to serve on bush's cabinet.

Loyal and loony.

[RadiDem]

10. A few intersting facts about Kerik

1) He worked in Saudi Arabia protecting the Royal Family

2) He was the 'recipient' of the infamous Mohammed Atta ''miracle' passport 'given' to him by an unidentified person from who he sought no further information

3) He's a 100% AWOLBush whore

[Johonny]

11. I am Kerik