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Bush's
Groom and Gloom
BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
As reported in the Washington Post, the
White House is quite peeved that video of Bush getting groomed and
acting jolly was broadcast prior to his "we're bombing Iraq"
announcement:
The White House is vowing a strong retaliatory
response after the BBC aired live video of President Bush getting his
hair coiffed in the Oval Office as he squirmed in his chair and
practiced on the teleprompter minutes before Wednesday night's speech
announcing the launch of military operations against Saddam Hussein.
(See: Link)
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Many BuzzFlash Readers have asked us where they can
see these videos. You can download videos of that broadcast from the
globalfreepress web site at the URL below:
http://news.globalfreepress.com/images/wonk/VariousMovies2/
[Link Update: BuzzFlash Readers have been having
difficulty accessing the above link, we imagine due to the traffic.
You may find more luck trying it again later in the evening or over
the weekend, or you can visit the The Smoking Gun for a shorter
version of the footage: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gbhair1.html.]
As reported by Knight Ridder Newspapers (See: Link), "Minutes before the speech, an internal
television monitor showed the president pumping his fist. "Feels good,"
he said." Although BuzzFlash could not accurately point to that moment,
something else about the broadcast bothered us.
When you watch the videos, think about the fact
that Bush is about to tell the world that he's sending our soldiers to
possibly die, but definitely to kill innocent people in Iraq as our
military bombs and shoots its way to Saddam. Think about that and
contrast that with Bush's jovial, playful attitude, seen unfiltered in
the Dutch broadcast (digitized in the 11.3M
"BushGroomed2.mpg"):
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Hey, Bush, it sure is funny thinking about all
those innocent Iraqi women and children who are going to die painful and
horrible deaths because of your bombs, isn't it? Just downright
slap-happy funny. We bet you haven't had this much fun since you mocked
Karla Faye Tucker's plea for clemency (See: Link) and
executed at least 135 people while Governor of Texas (See: Link | Link 2).
And then the show really begins and Bush puts on
his face of concern and tempered anxiety. What a farce. What a shameful,
despicable farce. Every moment fabricated.
And now, back to the war coverage.
W DOESN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO
WATCH THE BOMBING 03-21-03
Ari Fleischer is taking
fairly hostile questions from the press right now.
Apparently the
folks in the press are nearly as horrified by the bombardment
as I
am.
Ari just admitted that W didn't watch the bombing. What a
coward, huh? You
ought to see what YOU have authorized. It's YOUR
doing buddy.
How many times is Ari going to make that lame and
completely discredited
9/11-Saddam-Al-Qaeda link
argument?
This is an immoral administration that will say or do
anything to advance
its goals.
Today is certainly all the
proof you need of that.
Update: I'm told W is already on his way
to take a weekend off at Camp
David. We're in the middle of a war and
this joker leaves Washington?
Now that's commitment to his job,
eh?
He ordered the airstrikes and then,
with his tail between his legs, W promptly headed out of
town
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