Bush Drops In on a School, in a Crucial Campaign State

[teach1st]

The accompanying picture alone is worth it...

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/politics/campaigns/05CND-BUSH.html

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President Bush traveled today to Missouri, a state vital to his re-election hopes, to promote one of his signature domestic policy items, his education initiative.

Mr. Bush visited with educators and pupils at the Pierre Laclede Elementary School in St. Louis, which he said had "defied expectations by raising the bar and believing that every child can learn."

Tonight, Mr. Bush is to attend a fund-raiser in St. Louis, an event expected to bring in nearly $3 million for his re-election campaign.

At the school, the president gave about 50 fourth-graders a day to remember by visiting with them and their teachers and principal, Yolanda Moss. Had he always wanted to be president, one child wanted to know.

[teach1st]

1. The picture

[Lone Pawn]

4. missing caption

Now, y'see, this here is how much money y'all can save if we were to just cut taxes again!

[Don Claybrook]

5. No photoshop necessary n/t

[tnlefty]

6. The expressions on their faces are priceless!

The young lady in the picture looks really thrilled doesn't she?

[onebigbadwulf]

9. And Pickles was tellin me that Ne-gro kids were THIS big. Silly pickles.

[acmavm]

11. The guy looks absolutely tanked to the gills. I'm not sure he should be

allowed around kids.

[peekaloo]

12. Our children is learning cuz he raised the pie this high.

Jebus it's Spicoli from Fast Times, "dude, more pizza".

[shanti]

20. CTFU!

party on, chimpy!

[Oilwellian]

17. The man looks....

completely blitzed. His eyes look like two pee-holes in the snow. I'm wondering if the children aren't smelling alcohol on him. That would explain the confused and concerned looks on their faces.

[leesa]

18. Man, he looks loaded to the gills! Always an elementary school...

no one any older would buy the snake oil he peddles.

[PaDUer]

22. The children don't

look amused..but he looks like he's on something..Wonder if Rushie gave him a few on loan?

[dusty64]

25. Ugh.

Is chimpy telling the kids how high he was this weekend? You know its election time, he's trotting out the children again. :puke:

[Lone Pawn]

2. In response to the child's question:

"Have you always wanted to be president."

"Well, ah, I think I did--I mean, I wanted to...I may have...I love America and families...now, you see, I can't quite recall--I don't remember much of--that is to say--anything that I may or may not have done between 1970 and 1992. I can, however, assure you that I committed no criminal acts in that time, and would like you to remember I was cleared on all charges."

[Ilsa]

3. Bush at a school?

Watch out for the terra-ists.

[madrchsod]

7. boy is that picture

going to be "farked"... yup ,3 million fucking dollars from all those folks he gave a tax break to. "and the money keeps rolling- rolling on in"

[Cocoa]

8. Bush pretending to care about kids

when he really sees kids as cannon fodder for his wars.

:puke:

[mrdmk]

10. More lip service

Why is "No Child Left Behind", written on the blackboard?

Somebody get me a bucket! :puke:

[babzilla]

13. Had he always wanted to be president, one child wanted to know.

"No," Mr. Bush replied, "it can be pretty hard."

A telling reply. I truly believe that he doesn't want to be president, he doesn't like the hard part.



Caption for the girl on the far right: Maybe its true when they say Anyone can grow up to be president.

[Skittles]

14. DID HE HAVE HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH BLACK KIDS ????

THAT'S HIS USUAL SCHOOL PHOTO-OP.

[shanti]

19. GMTA, skittles!

it seems like every big photo op that that dungheap is in has black people in it. he makes me :puke: with his whoring hypocrisy!

[sistersofmercy]

15. Bush* has been to St Louis quite a bit in the last year...

In fact, the infamous warehouse photo where bush* was in front of the crates from china, was shot in St Louis. What's so truly ridiculous about this current little stunt is St Louis city schools have been in a major crisis.

[Norquist Nemesis]

31. He's been to St. Louis alot

so he can practice aircraft landings on the landing strips at McDonnel Douglas. (Brown bag of dough precedes him via envoy)

[Jazzgirl]

16. Hmmm...wonder how many words he mispronounced?

n/t

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

21. OMG....

"Any of y'all done acid? You can see the coolest trails... no billionaire left behind.... *drool*

[newyawker99]

34. Blech!

:puke:

[kath]

23. GACK! No red, white and blue banner, but they had to write that stupid

"No child left behind" shit on the blackboard.

Excuse me while I hurl.

[revcarol]

24. This was the tax-payer paid part,

to get him to a fund-raiser to get 2.5 $$million.:puke:

[susu369]

26. No child left behind

really means: no child's behind left, we'll kick them all.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

27. i saw bush*s staged talks with the school admins and facality....

they were all seated on a satge and bush* had a sheet music stand in front of him with his script.... he was reading and preparing to answer each question ...( no one else had a stand) and he had to follow it turning page by page ...it was so telling....that all the questions from these women were scripted by rove....and he had to read all the replies...so fucking sad

[ElsewheresDaughter]

30. that should read "faculty"....edit timed out

[aeon flux]

28. Why is Bush always hanging around elemntary schools?

its where his intelligence level is at. (Not to insult the intelligence of elementary students).

He'd be heckled to death if he stepped foot on a college campus. Can't risk the negative publicity. But elementary schools are safe for photo-ops - the very young kids there won't know any better.

Let's exploit the little 'uns for a stupid photo-op with dumbass.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

32. They ask easier questions and are better photo ops....

[Thor_MN]

35. Just watched "I remember Mama" (1948) again

In the movie, the youngest child has a male cat that she decides to name "Elisabeth." Her older brother points out that it is a tom cat. She replies in a petulant voice, "He's Elisabeth and he's gonna stay Elisabeth!!" In other words, "I don't care about the facts, I'm going to do whatever I want." Makes perfect sense to me that Doubledip is drawn towards 1st-3rd grade children - they are just like him.

[bushisanidiot]

29. "Hey, President Dumbass. Kindly Remove Your Elbow From My Eye."

what total disregard for the kids he is sitting next to. If there was a curly blond haired girl with pretty blue eyes sitting next to him, would he still have his frickin elbow in her face?

drunk idiot president.

[foo_bar]

33. here's the moveon.org version