Yes They Did! Mall Throng Sang 'Hey Hey Goodbye' as Bush Flew Off!

[Demeter]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Yes-They-Did-Mall-Throng-by-Dave-Lindorff-090120-980.html

By Dave Lindorff

Here's a clip

http://eyeblast.tv/public/default.aspx

of the crowd on the Mall chanting "Sha na na na, Na na na na, Hey, Hey! Goodbye" as Bush, no longer the president, took his last ride out of Washington.

What a wonderful send-off!

Notice too how the "reporters" narrating the scene completely ignore the public display of disaffection for the departing "Decider". Journalism at its best.

Hopefully though, we'll see Bush again in DC, along with Dick Cheney, but this time in the dock before a grand jury war crimes panel.

Stay tuned.
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DAVE LINDORFF is a Philadelphia-based journalist. His latest book is "The Case for Impeachment" (St. Martin's Press, 2006 and now available in paperback). His work is available at www.thiscantbehappening.net


THIS IS THE PUBLIC, GIVING THEIR PUBLIC IMPEACHMENT AND CONVICTION OF BUSH AND CHENEY. SINCE PELOSI STIFLED THE PUBLIC VOICE IN CONGRESS, IT WAS OUR ONLY RECOURSE.

THOSE WHO CALLED IT SHAMEFUL CAN STFU.

AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT. FOR ALL OUR SAKES. MORE OFFICIAL CONSEQUENCES BEGIN TO LAND ON THE DIABOLIC DUO AND THEIR ARMIES OF HOMEBOYS. AMERICA NEEDS CLEANSING.

[grannie4peace]

1. beautiful!!!! on the daily show last nite they played

bushes entrance to the inauguration stage with the BOO's. it was awesome!!!now is when he really has to start living with himself!!!

[liberal N proud]

2. That in addition to some singing the same as bu$h emerged from

Capitol before at the ceremony.

I don't have a link to the video of that but I remember seeing it on Tuesday and someone posted it again Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

[MichellesBFF]

3. Really hard work

To get 2 to 3 million democrats to sign a loyalty pledge to Bush.

[Hissyspit]

18. See my post #17.

[peace13]

4. Yes we did!!!!.

It moved through the crowd as a wave in a stadium. It is true we were not Obama-esque but it felt good and was needed. Eight years...eight years of despair. Sorry to * if it hurt his feelings.

[daninthemoon]

5. oohh! that unruly and disgraceful crowd. Mean, mean, mean.

* and his co-conspirators should be booed loudly and booed often. forever.

[jhain]

6. Had 50 people in my living room

and we preformed a VERY rousing rendition of the same song- as the skids left the ground. Imagine our happiness to realize the entire mall was doing THE SAME EXACT THING!!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhh, YES!!

[caraher]

7. To quote the Dark Lord himself...

Democracy is messy

I watched on MSNBC and Tweety kept muttering "bad form," but it was a day for the people and for once our voices were heard. THAT was democracy, not the looting in Iraq nor the looting the Bush gang engaged in for 8 years.

[Hissyspit]

19. Bad form? These people with the Bush admin are MURDERERS.

All out of greed.

[caraher]

20. I agree, it's hard to be "civil" to sociopaths in suits

and probably not worth trying.

Ceiling Cat understands ;)

[Hissyspit]

21. They are not our kings. They are answerable to us. The people have the right to make their voices

heard. Tweety was just being his usual biased D.C. Insider asshole self.

[mopinko]

8. many also yelled "prosecute prosecute"

including me

[Kolesar]

9. Sha na na na?

Didn't they play at Woodstock?

[vademocrat]

10. Yes we did'! We also gave his helicopter the one finger salute -

I was in the sea of people at the Washington Monument and we sang and booed and hissed at Cheney -

It was great and very spontaneous!

[nichomachus]

11. It was particularly jarring

because this was the first time that Bush had appeared before a crowd that wasn't vetted, scrubbed, arranged, and paid for.

Had he made public appearances before Tuesday, we would have been so used to the crowd's rejection of him that we wouldn't have noticed it at all. However, when all you appear before are military troops, party zombies, and paid actors, it's a shock when you enter the real world.

Bubble Boy's bubble broke on Tuesday and you could see the shock on his face.

[newtothegame]

12. I think the anchors were referring to adults...I can see kids at a high school football game maybe..

But adults at an inauguration? And throwing eggs 8 years ago?

We won, let's move on and sweept out the criminals with policies, arrests and convictions, not childish songs on a day that was supposed to be about OBAMA.

[Miss Authoritiva]

14. Eggs no, singing yes

I agree about throwing eggs. Don't throw things, people; it only makes the Secret Service twitchy. However, considering what we've been through over the past 8 years, singing the Goodbye ditty is healthy and therapeutic. Sometimes it's the smallest things that are so liberating: jingling keys in the former Czechoslovakia, banging pots and pans in protest against Noriega in Panama, and, yes, singing hey, hey, hey, goodbye to Dubya.

[kath]

13. I can't find the clip - and I really want to hear the singing!

help, please?

[caraher]

15. Here's one...

Bush goodbye video

[caraher]

16. and from MSNBC

audible in the background

And there was another round of singing when he flew away in the helicopter.

[kath]

22. Thanks much! What a treat to watch those!

Myself, I screamed at the TV just about every cussword I could think of while Chimpyshit was getting on the chopper. ("Good freakin' riddance you slimy scumsucking @*#$&$( @($&@%$%# #&$^@$%$( @*$@^@*^&$ !!!!!!") etcetera...

What a freakin' relief that he's gone! Woot!

[mcg]

24. and on youtube ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3S9E6FKd4I

[kath]

23. Thanks so much!

[Hissyspit]

17. I was at the Capitol. The crowd directly behind me sang it as Bush made his entrance to the Capitol

steps. Take my word for it, it was audible to everyone up on the Capitol.
All Republicans were booed when they made their entrance, including Gingrich, the senior Bush, and even Justice Roberts some.

[kwassa]

25. I was there, I was singing and booing with the rest, and also flipped the bird to Bush in

his helicopter. People were joyous to see him fly away.

Aside from choice Republicans, Joseph Leiberman also got heavy boos when he appeared on the Jumbotron screens.

[PATRICK]

26. Brings back memories

Dan Rather was solemnly describing the somber vigil of crowds gathered in the night around the White House where Nixon was expected to announce his Great Escape resignation. In dutiful mood liturgy the future anchor of CBS filled the time along with his silent American Greek chorus.

Then the Mayflower van pulled up to the gates and the Greek chorus began to cheer and applaud.

Rather never skipped a beat rationalizing over the demonstration trying to reset the fake ambiance with comically absurd excuses for the strange demonstration of the distraught citizenry. Of course it was never replayed or mentioned. Of course there was no way to castigate the rudeness of the curious onlookers. Of course Rather was not one whit diminished by this searing exposure of stupidity and falseness or the sheer humor of the moment.

I remember it live like it was yesterday. Not one member of the studiously self serious high priesthood of the MSM does, nor has it learned anything new about its job as image makers for the powerful- or the kneejerk myths that betray us all. Not one single advance toward simple, actual reporting of truth or journalism.

[kwassa]

27. Correction: the crowd sang it to Bush when he first showed up, not when he left.

He had to sit there and listen to it, before the swearing-in.

More insulting things were said when he was flying away.