WHAT rational person could look at this PHOTO & not think he's incompetent

[Bluebear]

Is this 2005? Is this a President or King of the Dollhouse? THIS is restoring honor and integrity to our White House? Disgraceful.

[Lindacooks]

1. What a little, little man.

[Bluebear]

2. The set, the coloration, it is all so LAUGHABLE. nt

[LSparkle]

17. That set looks like one of Pickles' awful plaid suits

[tulsakatz]

13. that's true.........

...only a little man would need that much of a display to make himself seem important.

Truly important people don't need to make such a display. By their very nature, they show the world their importance......and not by repeating stay the course, stay the course over and over again!!

This little man just doesn't get it! The people are against the war and they're not getting on the war train again without some kind of evidence or strategy.

[Karenina]

26. Little man...

http://www.hermes-press.com/reich.htm

[ginnyinWI]

3. That set looks so---well, Fascist.

Will he next have the troops goose-stepping?


They think that if they scream, "Victory" loud enough, they'll get it.

[Sapphocrat]

10. Fascist *and* religious.

The set piece looks like an altar.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[depakid]

14. It looks fascist because it is fascist

and a good 40%+ of Americans like fascism. 10%+ more can be persuaded to get in line when necessary. That's how we got to the point where we are- and it doesn't look like there's any going back without a great deal of hardship first.

[Pam-Moby]

4. They are trying to put lipstick on the pig. n/t

[JuniperLea]

5. This couldn't be less impressive

Where are the flash-pots? Where is the giant, bald head? The thunderous voice that shakes the stuffing out of any scarecrow?

Too late for smoke and mirrors, W! Toto done moved the curtain;)

[troubleinwinter]

6. Clinton 1999

[Bluebear]

7. Beloved. Out with the people, not military screened audiences. nt

[troubleinwinter]

21. Beloved by people of other nations too. A few more here.

He also "took questions from students"!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2284480&mesg_id=2285930

[madokie]

46. I've often wondered if Clinton ever felt fear when he was

mingling with the crowd, they wouldn't let him actually mingle but a lot of glad handing, :hug:. If he did I never sensed it.

[SmokingJacket]

56. Don't make me cry!

:cry:

I didn't appreciate him enough at the time. I was always bitching and moaning about how he wasn't lefty enough. If I only knew what was coming!!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[shraby]

8. What is that crest??

[Wickerman]

20. naval academy n/t

[theantirobot]

9. You all should be ashamed of yourselves!

This is our commander in chief. What cowards you are! Cut and run! Where is YOUR plan for victory! Honestly, I hope the thought police come knocking on your door. Mocking and questioning our leader, what is the world coming to?

[Straight Shooter]

22. Welcome to DU, theantirobot.

And don't forget our little *sarcasm* smilie. ( :sarcasm:)

:hi:

[Enraged_Ape]

11. HA HA!! He looks like King Friday from Mister Rogers' show!

Someone's gotta Photoshop the Trolley in front of him.

[Sapphocrat]

18. ...

:spray:
My God, you're right. If King Friday were a fascist priest... and if "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" were shot in Las Vegas.

[...of J.Temperance]

12. It looks like something from "The Queen of Spades"

So it does...I'm looking for where the pawns and Knights are going to pop out from.

This is definately Junior's WEIRDEST stage set YET.

Oh heck...SOMEBODY please wake us up, it's got to be all a bad dream.

[bluedawg12]

15. Neuvo fascist decor. The old fascist decor

was seen in mid-20th century Riechstag rallies.

[goclark]

16. That is his sandbox that he is standing in ...ROTFL

The more I look at it the worse it gets, from every angle it is a horror.

[tridim]

23. The worst part is, some WH graphic designer actually sat down

and came up with that atrocity and thought it looked good. And then Bush's people checked off on it because they thought it looked good too! It's no surprise that 95% of the best graphic designers I've met are extremely Liberal.

[goclark]

32. Donald Trump would fire that guy ---

I can't imagine that is the best he could come up with -it's terrible,just terrible.

[Straight Shooter]

19. bush in his playhouse

[dweller]

24. WHAT fri**ing PLAN ?!?!?!

:argh:

:banghead:


:grr:

... little fascist jerk! ...

:mad:


dp

[ladjf]

25. It's difficult to believe that a major institution like the Naval Academy

would allow such "tacky" stage props to be exhibited in their auditorium as background for a major political speech.

[alfredo]

27. He needs a Peacock throne.

An imperial president needs imperial trappings.

[newswolf56]

28. What it looks like -- and I say this with a cold chill -- is something...

from Franco's Spain: Bush as el Caudillo, fascism, theocracy and all.

[DRoseDARs]

29. If Bush** were eating some watermelon, this picture would be perfect...

Aw, that's crap. Photobucket resized my watermelon-eating Hitler .gif :thumbsdown:

[hippiegranny]

30. he looks like a dwarf

no disrespect meant towards little people. I'm quite short myself.

[Gabi Hayes]

31. Here's the first "draft" of that set

[Batgirl]

33. here's the second draft

rejected because it was too understated.

[Bluebear]

34. *snarf

[Gabi Hayes]

35. pretty good, but could use a little bitty swastika for a period

or somesuch

swastikas are so evocative

[Gabi Hayes]

36. here's another one they seriously considered

[Batgirl]

37. whoa

swastikas and penises, it doesn't get much more evocative.

[Teaser]

60. I'll tell you my secondlife name

if you tell me yours :)

[goclark]

40. Funny! nt

[iconoclastNYC]

38. My photoshop

[Bluebear]

39. :shudder:

That's all. Shudder.

[goclark]

41. The side by side let's us know where the set decoration ideas

flow from, how shameful.

I have no memory of ANY US President going for these kind of Phony Ops.

[otohara]

42. Wow, That's Scary, All * Needs is the

mustache. But then they'd scream how mean we were over here at DU.

[Gabi Hayes]

43. whoaaa, where'd they get that stupid lookin' Waldschmeerian

heraldic BS?

where's our neoBismarck for the addlepated King Ludwig?

time for him to take up swimming?

[kliljedahl]

47. That's excellent

it's now my new wallpaper


Keith’s Barbeque Central

[Ilsa]

44. What is that other emblem? Not the NavalAcademy's crest, but

to the left on the crest on the back wall. It appears to have six ovals with writing on them.

This is really awful and over the top.

[goclark]

45. They claim they hate the Hollywood stuff but they

need a new Set Designer quick.

Shhhhh,let's not tell them. :)

[lonestarnot]

48. Just what a pile of crap!

[Swamp Rat]

49. Here ya go Bluebear:

[Bluebear]

51. Danke sehr....

He IS chanelling!

[USA_1]

50. "victory"

the name of the cheap gin made widely available in Orwell's 1984

[SeanQuinn]

59. And cigarettes as well. nt

[ultraist]

52. This has got to be their hokiest set/prop and PR campaign yet.

:puke:

If not the worst, a very close second to "Mission Accomplished" complete with the Navy ship set and costume.

And to think, it's OUR TAX DOLLARS that pays for his sets and props. :grr:

[tiptoe]

53. The term "incompetent" can misrepresent and thereby excuse what's going

on below the surface:

Death Mask: The Deliberate Disintegration of Iraq

...The recent revelations about the virulent spread of death squads ravaging Iraq have only confirmed for many people the lethal incompetence of the Bush Regime, whose brutal bungling appears to have unleashed the demon of sectarian strife in the conquered land. The general reaction, even among some war supporters, has been bitter derision: "Jeez, these bozos couldn't boil an egg without causing collateral damage."

But what if the truth is even more sinister? What if this murderous chaos is not the fruit of rank incompetence but instead the desired product of carefully crafted, efficiently managed White House policy?

Issue brought up on this DU thread: The mess in Iraq is going exactly as planned.

"Incompetence" has been a term frequently deployed (e.g. by Al Franken) to describe Bush admin performance. Perhaps "deliberate incompetence" is more appropriate for describing means employed by Neocons - as policy - for their "crony-capitalist friends" to address opportunities for "inventing/exploiting chaos" whether in the Middle East or New Orleans.
"Oops" - Mike Brown ala FEMA was "incompetent" in response to chaos and death in New Orleans (yet praised by * "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job!")
"Oops" - Rumsfeld was "incompetent" for ignoring advice on size of force required to win in Iraq, and allowing 800 tons of already-bunkered explosives to be "stolen". (Looting = an expression of freedom in Iraq.) Resignation not accepted by Predator Bush 3 times.
"Oops" - Paul Bremer was "incompetent" for disbanding the organized Iraqi army and delaying the release of payments to sustain them. "What he knows about Iraq could not quite fill a thimble. What he knows about any part of the world would not fill a thimble..." "When asked what he thought of reports of $9 billion missing from the funds to rebuild Iraq he said 'I suggest you not worry, as that $9 billion was Iraqi money, not US money.'" (He earned a Bushie Medal of Freedom.)
"Oops" - Condoleeza Rice (PhD) was "incompetent" as NSA for an apparent inability to comprehend "Bin Laden determined to strike inside US" (Last cluster of "incompetent" "turning Aspens" had her re-positioned as Secretary of State.)
"Oops" - Wolfowitz (as Deputy Secretary of Defense under Rumsfeld) was characterized as "incompetent" for ignorance of the number of troops killed in Iraq (off by 100%). He also argued fewer than 100,000 troops would be necessary in the war. This "incompetent aspen" was re-directed to work his ways as the President of the World Bank.

Text and video of an SNL skit on the "incompetence" of other Bush appointees: "WE'RE ALL UNQUALIIFIED!!..."

[SoCalDem]

54. AP enjoys making him look small

[newyawker99]

55. "Plan for Victory" is so lame.

:puke:

[mwb970]

57. Anyone remember "Jewel Of the Nile"?

There is an incredible scene toward the end when the Great and Villainous Leader gives a propaganda speech amid huge jets of fire and other pyrotechnics, like the kind of setting Bush will probably be using by this time next year.

(Of course, Michael Douglas brings the whole thing down and - well, go rent the movie. It's a fun one.)

[Fire Walk With Me]

58. A very impressive setup! I'm convinced that they have a plan for victory!

:sarcasm:

[MN ChimpH8R]

61. The Big Dawg

could look more "presidential" standing at a simple podium answering non-scripted questions off the cuff than the Chimp can even when invoking the shades of Joe Stalin, Leni Riefenstahl and Joe Goebbels.