Not Bush’s Lap Dog

Wes Messamore on “conservative” groups that were not behind Bush.

Then, in the comments section, he nails it:

Boy meets GOP. Boy falls in love. Boy becomes man. Man becomes disillusioned. Man becomes libertarian.

The Nerve

Chrysler took out a $100,000 ad in The Wall Street Journal thanking the country for bailing them out. Radley Balko says it best:

Chrysler spends $100K on a full-page ad…thanking American taxpayers for a bailout most of the public opposed, Congress never approved, and that you average taxpayer had no choice but to help fund, lest he go to jail.

Mark Cuban chimes in as well:

Does it make it worse that its a business publication where the readers might just recognize the stupidity of wasting money on ad dollars that doesn’t even try to sell the product ? How does it make the next unemployed Chrysler worker feel that their entire year’s salary just went for a single, ridiculous ad ?

I think a donation to the future George W. Bush presidential library is more appropriate, since he’s the reason they got a bailout in the first place. As I’ve said before, the American people said no, Congress said no, and then somewhere along the way, Bush became Emperor.

Merry Christmas Big Three….er…I mean UAW.

Should look more like this:

The Amazing Internet

Check out all these things people have done with the Bush shoe video in the past few days.

Don’t forget to play the new video game!

Amazing isn’t it?

Bush Handled it Like a Champ

If a wild eyed man came running and shouting at you while hurling his shoes at your head, how would you react?

Well now we know how President Bush would. And I’m impressed. The man in the video chucks his shoes at the president, and Bush barely flinches. He doesn’t duck under his podium or run away. He holds his ground.

Heck, I’m proud of him. Many of us have criticized his policies and called the president names we probably wouldn’t repeat in mixed company. But man, when it comes to everything else, this brush clearin’, mountain biking, shoe dodging president is one tough Bad A.

A couple of questions though: Why does it take so long for the Secret Service to react? What if Bush had been hit? What’s the penalty in Iraq for throwing shoes at foreign heads of state?

Here’s the video:

“You fight like a woman. Really, who throws their shoe?” -Austin Powers

UPDATE:

BUSH REACTS: “So what if the guy threw his shoe at me?” Bush told a reporter in response to a question about the incident.

“Let me talk about the guy throwing his shoe. It’s one way to gain attention. It’s like going to a political rally and having people yell at you. It’s like driving down the street and having people not gesturing with all five fingers. …

“These journalists here were very apologetic. They … said this doesn’t represent the Iraqi people, but that’s what happens in free societies where people try to draw attention to themselves.”