We don't want to have a beer with your alcoholic pResident. An open letter to the corporate media.

[Bjorn Against]

Dear corporate propagandists,

In 2000 you told us that George Bush was appealing because he was the type of person you would like to have a beer with. Of course you knew full well that Bush was a recovering alcoholic, but that didn't seem to make a difference to you, you wanted us to give him the opportunity to put his finger on the nuclear trigger in the hopes that we all might be able to get drunk with him.

It didn't matter that this man had no experience that could have possibly qualified him to be President. It didn't matter that this man had brought financial ruin on every company he worked for. It didn't matter that this man's family had so many skeletons in their closet that they could not get the door shut. It didn't matter that the man spent his early years going AWOL so he could snort his coke and drink his booze, because dammit that is the type of guy we all supposedly wanted to drink up with.

The American people did not want to go get drunk with this man however, and they certainly did not want to get drunk with him while he had the power to unleash the destructive power of the world's largest military. No, the American people did not want to go out drinking with this man, and so they defeated him in the 2000 elections.

You would not admit to his defeat however, instead you pretended that he won. You knew that his "victory" came about only as the result of illegally purging black voters from the voting rolls. You knew about the fraud, you knew about the intimidation but you ignored it. And so your recovering candidate took power, and you most certainly got to have your beers with the pResident because from that day on it was obvious the man was drunk off his ass.

He was so drunk he did not have time to listen to those stories about how Osama bin Laden was "determined to strike in the U.S.". Unfortunately those stories he ignored turned out to be true, soon over three-thousand Americans were dead and how did your alcoholic pResident respond? He responded by reading a children's book about a girl and her pet goat.

It wasn't long after the attacks that the video of your man reading about goats got leaked onto the internet, many of us had already seen it long before Michael Moore decided to put it in his film. You knew full-well what George Bush was doing on September 11th yet you ignored it, you pretended that he was a true American hero who acted courageously to protect his nation. You kept drilling it into our heads that George Bush was going to stop the terrorists from destroying our nation, and he was going to spread democracy around the world in the process.

You told us that in order to save our nation this man you propped up as a hero needed to go into Iraq to rid that nation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. It didn't matter to you that people like Scott Ritter, the former chief weapons inspector in Iraq, said there were no WMDs. It didn't matter that the International Atomic Energy Agency was not expressing any confidence at all that there were really WMDs in Iraq. You ignored these voices though and you told us that there was no doubt Saddam possessed these weapons and that he posed a threat to America.

You lied, and hundreds of thousands died because of your lies. You are not journalists you are propagandists, and you are responsible for the mess that we are in today.

At least you got to have your beer with the pResident though. The rest of us however decided not to drink up with you. We don't drink with madmen, and we won't drink with you.

Sincerely,

Citizens Against Drunken Frat Boy pResidents

[katsy]

1. k/r

:kick:

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[EST]

2. Beautiful!

[ms liberty]

3. Get thee to the Greatest Page! K&R n/t

[maryallen]

4. Bravo!

Well done.

[GCP]

5. Excellent - why don't you submit it as an op-ed to your local paper?

I know mine would give it a look at least.

[lutefisk]

6. I never put that together: "Have a beer with" the "alcoholic guy"

Excellent! Thanks. That was so obvious it just went right by me, I guess.

I think the whole thing with Chris Matthews and the rest of the media whores gushing way too much about how every regular Joe out there would love to have a beer with Bush began as a way to deflect from and diffuse Junior's long term love affair with Jim Beam. Typical republic party strategy- co-opt the criticism and take away its power.:toast: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:

[greyghost]

7. Definitely....

K&R worthy

Well said!:kick:

[Erika]

8. W represents the elites and the dumb downed bushbots

He is a president who never was and should have never been

[Diane R]

9. This has been recommended 13 times in 13 minutes.

[jedr]

10. Powerful!

Just e-mailed this to many friends.:wow:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

11. Very good stuff.

Bookmarked.

[ninkasi]

12. Excellent!

K&R

[Berry Cool]

13. another k&r n/t

[Straight Shooter]

14. "... family had so many skeletons in their closet that they could not get the door shut."

:rofl:

K&R

[Bjorn Against]

15. And I hear that they have a huge walk-in closet.

[fooj]

16. Wow. Awesome letter!

Send it in to your local paper!

[blue cat]

17. Please, please

send to as many news organizations as possible.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

18. All so called "journalists" need to examine

what they are striving to accomplish in their careers. We cannot be a free country with a press that functions only as leverage for a paid political message. Money has replaced integrity as the draw to the trade. Sad days indeed.

[DFW]

19. Brilliant post !

I took the liberty of passing it on to some friends at Air America.

Hope that was OK...........

[Judi Lynn]

20. Sheer perfection. Serious, right on target. IF ONLY the people who did this could see your remarks.

They really need to know we all see them as completely responsible, and know how much we hate what they did. Journalists have NEVER done this poorly for the public, not ever. They have betrayed our national interests, betrayed the interests of the human race.

Sure glad you wrote this. Hope it gets around. Thank you.

[Senator]

21. PS: We Don't "Blackout" When OUR Elections are Stolen

We never "get over it." We never stop prosecuting the case. We never stop convincing other Real Americans.

Consequently, your drinking buddy will never be remembered as a President of the United States. That remains an elective office.

And so if you'd like to "unify the nation" -- which btw, would bring back some of the hundreds of billions in lost trade revenues that have found their way to other parts of the globe due to your binging with the bushkid -- you might find it worth your (and our) while to get a jump on "unappointing" (impeaching) him right quick. It's good for The People AND the profits.

It could even start us down the path to Redemption of Our National Soul.

---

[tbyg52]

34. Say! Is "you were never really elected" grounds for impeachment? nt

[Senator]

48. Easily. Sure, anything a majority in Congress would vote for...

...is sufficient to impeach and remove with.

But willful election fraud in Florida 2000 and/or Ohio 2004 (and other states) is about as high a crime/misdemeanor as you can get -- circumventing the sovereign will of the American People.

It's even worse than Terrorizing the Nation with a bomb-scare of "Mushroom Clouds!"

However, I would submit that the Torture/Geneva violations -- which constitute crimes against humanity -- would be a more serious charge.

Sadly, our DC Dem "leadership" chooses to continue their complicity with those ongoing atrocities. Perhaps earning themselves a seat on the eventual bus to The Hague.

====

[hang a left]

22. The Media co-signed this bs war and have propped up this administration

when even Satan would have stayed mum.

I don't know who I hate more; **, Karl Rove, or the media.

[mod mom]

24. Nand now they have the AUDACITY of calling scandal fatigue and how it could

backfire on the DEMS. Enough of their BS!

[cooolandrew]

23. Outstanding letter, they really are the most guilty in these last 6 years. The GOP couldn't of ...

... sold the war without them.

[Judi Lynn]

25. Kick.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

26. What a great summation of the disgusting boot licking in which the corporomedia has engaged.

Well done.:toast: :kick: MKJ

[Frank Cannon]

27. No one wants to talk about the fact that he's STILL drinking.

I've seen people on this board rush to the little cretin's defense, saying he stopped drinking YEARS ago. Oh, yeah? How the fuck do they know? Because the NYT says so?

It's OBVIOUS that he's still crocked. It explains his falls, his pretzel mishap, his constantly slurred speech, and every other bizarre aspect of his behavior. He's not insane or stupid (although he has definite sociopathic tendencies); he's just constantly fucked up. I believe his constant vacations to Crawford are either spent on wild benders or on trying to sober up for the next big trip somewhere.

K & R 'ed. We need to talk about this as much as possible and get this out there.

[The Wizard]

55. If he's not drinking

maybe he should be. Some Congressional committee should demand a breathalyser.

[Frank Cannon]

56. A breathalyzer test would be great. I'd settle for a standard...

field sobriety test. You know, walking a straight line, touching your finger to your nose with your eyes closed, that sort of thing--all those cerebellar functions that are the first to go when Demon Rum is in action. There is just no way that the chimp could pass any of those tests at any given time.

I would give my left testicle if someone in the mainstream media would just ask him, "Mr. President, with all due respect, have you been drinking?" Just getting the question asked would be half the battle won. But I know my left testicle is perfectly safe, because no matter how outrageous and ridiculous our Commander in Chimp behaves, no one would DARE bring up the possibility that he's operating under the influence.

[Dr. Death]

28. Very nicely written, please submit it to your local paper

[The Count]

29. Thank you for speaking for me! This so needed to be said - long time ago

In fact I'll save it for when they'll attack Gore.(again)

[donkeyotay]

30. Absolutely lovely. Roll this paper up and beat em with it. They know who they are,

and we know, too.

:thumbsup:

Another member of "Citizens Against Drunken Frat Boy pResidents" and Lyin Corporate Warmongering Press.

[Auggie]

31. k/r: I despise that rationalize for voting/doing anything

I heard it several times from people in 2000 and 2004 who planned to vote for *.

Next time someone says it to you in person, remind them how stupid it makes them look.

[janetle]

32. His Antics during press conferences....

...I have never understood why the press corps just always always gives this incompetent man pass after pass after pass. The huge elephant in the room has always been what a ridiculous president this man has been. His inabilities have always been so obvious at the press conferences and then everything is ignored--his misstatements, his repetitions, his tics, his stupid insults and jokes--and they act like this is all normal???

[rhett o rick]

33. Hey, hey don't blame Bushy's problems on beer. Beer is good.

Bush is an idiot and is being used by the corp fascists. They told him he could be king and he believes them. They will drop him like a hot potato when they are done with him. I think they will replace him with John Bolton or Wolfy.

[ck4829]

35. K&R, I'm a teetotaler

I don't care about who I would like to have a beer with, because I don't drink alcohol, I want someone who can be a good President, and Bush has not met that standard.

[Th1onein]

36. Please don't keep this light under a barrel

Send it to your local paper. Better yet, send it to all of the small newspapers you can find. They'll print it. And all politics is local.

[Raster]

37. 75! The propagandists are as guilt, if not more!

The world will long rue the day that illegal action by the SCOTUS foisted this madman and his collaborators up on us. If the prize is having a beer with dumbya, I'm heading to rehab!
:kick:75!

[neuvocat]

38. Well done

The relationship with him and the media is typical of millions of alcohol or drug riddled dysfunctional relationships-the media enables his abusive behavior by rationalizing it and saying "It must be my fault or someone else's fault. Oh that poor man having to suffer with being so moral and having to deal with 911 and terrorists!"

[tbyg52]

39. IT'S THE CORPORATIONS, STUPID!

With the corporate media at the top of the list.

When are we going to stop giving these pseudo-persons so much power?

Start by putting time limits on corporate charters and make them *prove* they should be renewed.

Start by making television and radio stations actually justify their licenses of the *public* airwaves, instead of referring you to documents located at their stations that you can view only during business hours, running PSA's only in the wee small hours of the morning, charging through the nose for campaign ads instead of providing them free, etc., etc., etc.

[MasonJar]

40. Please send this to everyone atop these so-called news organizations,

print and radio and tv.

[cascadiance]

41. Your post reminded me of that Smoking Gun clip showing people "having a beer" with Bush!

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/packageart/bush/bush_tsg.mov

Ask yourself after watching that clip (it's Quicktime BTW) if you really want to have a beer with that bum! Is that really worth voting for him even if you do (which most of us here wouldn't care to!)?

[ejbr]

42. I am usually a happy drunk,

but I dare say that if I had a beer with the pResident, I would become an angry drunk and kick his ass. And given that he stole both elections, I could sleep that night knowing that I didn't affront our country.
:dem:

[mnhtnbb]

43. Definitely send this to your local paper for a guest op-ed

[peaches2003]

44. Great Post!

I can't imagine anyone more boring to have a beer with, have dinner with, or spend any time with. He would have nothing of interest to say, would be yukking at his own stupid jokes and checking his watch to see when he could leave.

Now Bill Clinton- what fun and what a great conversation you could have over dinner with him.

[Cabcere]

45. Great post. K&R!

:thumbsup:

[democrank]

46. One of DU`s best pieces ever.

Thanks.

I`m still back at the "man reading about goats" part. The video of Junior Bush, MY PET GOAT in hand, paralyzed with fear and waiting for his next orders, should have been a red flag for anyone with a conscience in corporate media. How long did Bush sit there? Seven minutes? Who was in charge? Who/what else was being attacked? Any nuclear devices?

Corporate media took the easy way out. Instead of demanding accountability, they made a folk hero out of a craven, narcissistic bully.

[noiretextatique]

47. amen!

perfect, beautiful, succinct, and accurate.
:toast: :evilgrin:

[nam78_two]

49. K&R.nt

[NanceGreggs]

50. It just doesn't get any better ...

... than this!

Stunningly brutal, and dead-on!!!!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :patriot:

[Uncle Joe]

51. Personally, I would rather drink a bucket of warm piss with Al Gore

than have the coldest best brew out there with any of them. This open letter rocks!

:yourock:

Thanks for the thread MN Against Bush

Kicked and recommended

[Cha]

52. Straight to the Heart

of the Matter! Yeah! Hell NO we don't want to have a beer with your alcoholic president(sic) and fucking 6 years later I think even the corporatemediawhore know WHY!

[malaise]

53. Great post

K & R

[ooglymoogly]

54. Great rant....belongs on the front page. k & r

[mzmolly]

57. Rec #112.

:toast:

[Stephanie]

59. The press quite literally drinks beer with Bush >

So cozy >

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2005/08/26/BL2005082600706_pf.html


washingtonpost.com
Bush's Secret Dinner -- With the Press

By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Friday, August 26, 2005; 12:00 PM



About 50 members of the White House press corps accepted President Bush's invitation last night to come over to his house in Crawford, eat his food, drink his booze, hang around the pool and schmooze with him -- while promising not to tell anyone what he said afterward.

It's something of a Bush tradition, a way of saying thank you to journalists for whom an extended stay in the Crawford area is anything but a vacation.

And in spite of all the recent press demands for senior administration officials to stay on the record more often, the press corps can't resist an offer of face time with the president, pretty much no matter what the conditions.

Nevertheless, I'm told that several reporters expressed squeamishness about last night's event, particularly as the press-pool vans drove by antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan's "Camp Casey" site. And later, a small handful watched askance as the rest fawned over Bush, following him around in packs every time he moved.

The Associated Press reports: "President Bush played host to the White House press corps Thursday night for a private off-the-record dinner at his ranch.

"The casual affair of fried catfish, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade cheese and chocolate-chip cookies followed a tradition in which Bush and his wife, Laura, have the press covering his annual August vacation out to the their ranch in central Texas as a sort of thank-you.

"The event was not held last year because of the busy campaign season. The invitations to the reporters were issued on the condition that they not discuss conversations at the event."

My sources (in this case, I should point out, not from The Washington Post) provided a few more details.

The president and the first lady greeted everyone personally in an informal receiving line. Both were dressed casually, Bush in jeans.

The dinner itself was held poolside. The reporters and camera crews were invited to bring swimsuits, but no one opted to strip and swim.

The beer, as usual, was a Texas brew: Shiner Bock.

The topics of conversation included the antiwar protests, the twins, sports, and Bush's summer reading list.

Unlike the event two years ago, there was no tour of the property.

Several senior White House aides attended and also spoke to reporters off the record, including deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch II and deputy chief of staff Joseph Hagin.

One Bush touch particularly appreciated by the working media: Invitations were sent out at the last minute, so that only the reporters and photographers already in the area could attend -- preventing any bigfooting by the media elites in Washington or New York, or on vacation themselves.

[Bjorn Against]

60. Thank you for posting that...

That was a VERY interesting article, and while I was unaware of that meeting it was certainly very relevant to what I wrote in my OP.

[Cabcere]

61. Kicking this again. n/t

:kick:

[Cobalt Violet]

62. I want to join Citizens Against Drunken Frat Boy pResidents.

:kick:

[bling bling]

63. And that's why the media will be viewed with disdain by posterity.

Their legacy will be incapsulated showing the future what a humiliating display of sloppiness, greed, and laziness looks like. And what makes it even more shameful is that it was THIS bad by choice. They could have done the right thing but again and again they have chosen to let the country down.