Bush got totally wasted at Olympics?

What? Our dear leader making a spectacle of himself abroad? Or a gallery of lucky shots? You decide! Check it out over at Gawker.

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W sez wrote:

It's all good!

Well, why not? It's not like he could do a worse job than when he's sober.

I liked this one:

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Thanks, man! Now the thread is NSFW!

Man that white bikini is skimpy. Excellent.

If it's safe for our president, it's got to be safe for work. I got to say that I watched those two play, but I never saw just how good she looks from behind. Best team uniforms evar.

The video that second picture comes from was on the front page of cnn this morning. I felt a bit jealous while watching.

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Kind of horrid if you're the leader of a powerful nation. Of course if I was at the Olympics I would be hammered trying to forget that I'm a crappy president and that eventually I might have to do something about Russia BEFORE August 28th. Then again maybe he's drinking to forget about Curling, that it even exists, and that Batman isn't real.

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The idiot doesn't even know which way the flag should be facing? And needs the wife to correct him? Wow, just simply wow.

Well the flag is the right way from his perspective hahahaha.

Curling is awesome, Scotland's greatest sport. Don't you be dissin' curling! A noble sport of skill, patience and endurance, exciting to the spirit and engaging to the mind. Why, it's nearly as much fun as Bocce, and that dates back to ancient Rome! Bocce on ice... It's like... Like a dream sport!

The idiot doesn't even know which way the flag should be facing? And needs the wife to correct him? Wow, just simply wow.

To be fair, the assertion is that HE WAS WASTED AT THE TIME! Duh!

Yeah! Curling rocks! How else are janitors supposed to compete?

He really does look like he's been drinking.

The National Enquirer reported that a couple years ago, too. (that George was back on the bottle.) They still get it wrong sometimes, but they have a very, very good team of fact-checkers. If you can ignore the spin and get down to the actual facts, they have a higher chance of being correct than most media sources.

Between their claims and those pictures, W relapsing into alcoholism strikes me as quite plausible.

Robear wrote:

Curling is awesome, Scotland's greatest sport. Don't you be dissin' curling! A noble sport of skill, patience and endurance, exciting to the spirit and engaging to the mind. Why, it's nearly as much fun as Bocce, and that dates back to ancient Rome! Bocce on ice... It's like... Like a dream sport!

Curling is a huge deal in my girlfriend's family. I didn't get it for years but after watching a few matches, it really grows on you. The strategy involved is nuts.

Guys, how will the Stewart/Cobert shows be able to exist without this man as your leader. Classic, just classic.

George W.... Making americans proud since 2001...

Scotland's greatest? Thought that was golf.

I thought Scotland's greatest sport was taggin' sheep and addin' smoke flavor to perfectly good Irish whiskey.

Yeah! Curling rocks! How else are janitors supposed to compete?

Or datacenter night shifters. Or supermarket workers (well, bowling works there, I guess.)

Scotland's greatest? Thought that was golf.

A common misconception, corrected in this thread.

Actually, guys, the best sport in all of Europe (nay, the world), is Shirling.

HantaXP wrote:

Guys, how will the Stewart/Cobert shows be able to exist without this man as your leader. Classic, just classic.

George W.... Making americans proud since 2001...

My theory is that once we get a Democratic president, Stewart and Colbert will somehow, some way, find fault with them, too. The popping sound you'll hear will be the heads of all the TV-watchers on the Right who thought they were both just filthy liberal commies.

My theory is that once we get a Democratic president, Stewart and Colbert will somehow, some way, find fault with them, too. The popping sound you'll hear will be the heads of all the TV-watchers on the Right who thought they were both just filthy liberal commies.

Well, for one, they've already been making fun of the democratic nominees pretty thoroughly, even Obama. And two, tv-watchers on the right don't pay any attention to Colbert or Stewart, just hate them generally, and even if they did pay attention, they'd have no trouble justifying their continued hatred for them.

There are plenty of idiot politicians on both side. They'll be fine.

Lewis Black was ripping on Clinton during his segments while Clinton was still in office. It's certainly not a one way street on The Daily Show. Who knows with Colbert, since he's really ripping on O'Reilly and his clones. I haven't watched lately, does Colbert ever riff on Olberman too?

On topic: While there's plenty to criticize about Bush, this thread just proves that the man could take a drink of water and somebody would criticize how he held the glass. Heaven forbid he have fun.

buzzvang wrote:

On topic: While there's plenty to criticize about Bush, this thread just proves that the man could take a drink of water and somebody would criticize how he held the glass. Heaven forbid he have fun.

Well, if he's actually drunk in those photos (no conclusive evidence, mind you), it's a problem, because he's an alcoholic.

It's his 134th visit to a foreign country and on top of holding the record for most foreign countries visited by a US president, Bush also racked up a record for most vacation days: 506, and counting. Is it too much to ask for someone to stop having fun and actually do his job? Competently for once?

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Maybe. I mean, the fun of the Olympics is laughing at the silly events. I can't imagine being a head of state and having to take stuff seriously.

It's his 134th visit to a foreign country and on top of holding the record for most foreign countries visited by a US president, Bush also racked up a record for most vacation days: 506, and counting. Is it too much to ask for someone to stop having fun and actually do his job? Competently for once?

I wasn't aware that, "Bush looks totally wasted at the Olympics. He's so stupid, roflmao," was really an indictment of his travel record. My mistake.

On topic: While there's plenty to criticize about Bush, this thread just proves that the man could take a drink of water and somebody would criticize how he held the glass. Heaven forbid he have fun.

Yes. Heaven forbid he has fun -- in a way that is demeaning to the nation he represents 24x7.
I think (and I believe most people would agree) that there is a difference between being clumsy with no ill intent and not holding a glass of water right, and getting sh*t-faced at a public event televised to 1 billion people worldwide.

The fact that posit this as an acceptable possibility just shows how Bush has managed to numb his constituents into allowing him these incredibly low standards that would not be tolerated for anyone else.

Well, Bloom County died out because Reagan left power; without that foil, Breathed just didn't have the comic energy to sustain the strip.

I think Stewart will be fine, since the modern Democratic party is full of vapid dimwits. They'll be an endless source of material. All he'll have to do is report their latest legislative efforts while trying to maintain a straight face.

But Colbert's thing is being faux-supportive of the Conservative power base, and if they're not in power, I'm not sure his schtick will work.

The fact that posit this as an acceptable possibility just shows how Bush has managed to numb his constituents into allowing him these incredibly low standards that would not be tolerated for anyone else.

Thanks for the insult. I prefer to think that the constant whining and ranting of angry lefties could make anyone on the fence skeptical of even valid criticism. Boy Who Cried Wolf syndrome.

Is there proof that he's sh*t-faced? Let somebody aim a camera at you during a public event and take rapid-fire stills. I'll bet at least 30% would make you look stupid, whether it's because your eyes are closed, your mouth is open or whatever. He's sitting there with his wife and daughter, for chrissakes. This is like taking that shot of Kerry catching the football and saying, "SEE! He's uncoordinated! He could never be president!" C'mon.

Oh wait, I'm a numb, uneducated Bushie. GET A BRAIN MORANS!