Breaking, CNN/AP: What does Bush keep in his pockets?

[DeepModem Mom]

What does Bush keep in his pockets?
Wednesday, November 2, 2005; Posted: 8:44 a.m. EST (13:44 GMT)


WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush may be burdened with the world's problems, but his pockets are pretty light.

It turns out the leader of the free world doesn't have to worry about carrying all the essentials of the common man.

Bush revealed the contents of his pockets Tuesday to an Argentine newspaper reporter who was interviewing him in advance of a presidential trip to Latin America later this week.

When the reporter from La Nacion asked Bush to show him what he carries, the president stood up, fished in his pockets, then dramatically pulled his hands out holding nothing but a white handkerchief that he waved playfully in the air....

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"Si, Timex," Bush said, thrusting out his wrist to show off a timepiece that had his middle initial, W, on the face. "But I'm not supposed to be endorsing products."


http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/02/bush.pockets.ap/index.html

[shoelace414]

1. What has it's gots in it's pocketsssesss...

[Nihil]

5. We hatess it, yessss!

(Exactly what sprang to my mind too!)
:hi:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. precious, just precious.

we wants it.

[babylonsister]

2. He waved a white handkerchief-is he finally

surrendering? :bounce: :bounce:

[HeeBGBz]

7. That's his just-in-case hanky

In case he has to wave it to save his ass.

[Silvermint]

37. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I am in love with your logic, babylonsister ;)

[jobycom]

3. Same as in his head. Nothing but a white cloth he waves when pressured

[UpInArms]

4. who cares what is in his pockets, I want to know what that box on his back

during the debates was.

[donsu]

36. and that black line of hair where eyeglass frames would go

that's pretty strange. he didn't use to have that black line of hair on each side. does it hide something?

[maddiejoan]

6. Yessssssss my precious

we wonders yesssss we wonders what it has in pocketses.

[Liberal_Andy]

8. Scotter (and Karl's) pardons

that's what I thought.

[Mad_Dem_X]

9. Pockets empty, just like his head

Okay, that was a dumb joke, but I couldn't resist. :evilgrin:

[BlacknBlue in Red NC]

17. Beat me to it, Mad! Dumb, but appropriate.

[SoFlaJet]

31. Ahh dumb..but good M_D_X

it was just hanging there like a fat curveball and you couldn't resist taking a whack at it....forgiven LOL

[Canuckistanian]

10. What an elitist!

All his needs are taken care of by flunkies and flacks. Probably has been like that all his life.

He's not like the rest of us.

[tanyev]

14. Yep, just like Prince Charles.

I read that was why Diana was adamant about taking the boys to McDonald's and regular places so that they would know what things cost in the real world.

[Canuckistanian]

16. I was going to say the Queen

She's always carrying a purse and people were wondering why she needs one at all.

The answer? She carries makeup and handkerchieves only.

[gratuitous]

19. I think the royal family is prohibited from carrying money

But that could be some misremembered bit of trivia from a memory battered over the years by sampling the various gifts of nature bestowed upon me by a benevolent God. :evilgrin:

At any rate, I'm glad to see that the media outlets have quit covering all those dreary "who outed the CIA agent" and "did we get suckered into a war through lies" stories and gotten back to what's really important.

[goforit]

11. STAY focused......more distraction and smoke!!!

[calico1]

13. I thought maybe he had some

lose mints in there. :P

[tanyev]

15. Probably not these.

http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail&item=0191

[underpants]

18. This isn't that odd. Poppa had the same problem producing an ID

just after he was out of office.

This story pops up every few years. No biggee but I would think that I would have a wallet on my just in case.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

20. I surrender!!

" white handkerchief that he waved playfully in the air..."

I wish he would surrender..

Melonhawg

Proud Members of Melonhawg Society

[Silvermint]

40. Yes,

he's fighting the terrorists over there so that we don't have to fight them over here... because IF they attacked us here, Bush's white hanky is, what, pretty much our only line of national defense?

Thank god we implimented every single last recommendation of the 9/11 Commission without any delay whatsoever...

[Historic NY]

21. Yeah & he is pretty light in the loafers too.................n/t

[omshanti]

22. um, why does CNN call this "Breaking"?

Is it like actual "news" that Dubya has nothing in his pockets?

:shrug:

[DeepModem Mom]

24. That was my word, just having a little fun. CNN didn't call it breaking.

n/t

[omshanti]

35. oh ok... my sarcasm meter must've been off today.

thanks! :hi:

[MadisonProgressive]

23. Should have strip searched the bastard

[ElsewheresDaughter]

25. lots of blue ones

[bunnywhiskers]

26. He's got a hole in his pocket and he's playing pocket pool

har har har

[mithnanthy]

28. That was my first thought...

He's always playing pocket pool or just looking for "it". ewwww!

[onehandle]

27. This was covered on the West Wing and in The American President.

The President carries nothing and in the case of the two fictional Presidents I cite, they are pretty frustrated by this. They complained that their car keys and credit cards were locked up when they entered the White House.

Shrub is fine with this because he's a spoiled little nine year old in the body of a full grown chimp.

I have no idea what Bill Clinton's handlers let him carry around, but I bet it wasn't much.

[wordpix]

29. thought he might have some pot in there

[arwalden]

30. I'm More Concerend About What He Has UP HIS SLEEVE!!

[madrchsod]

32. all these posts and no one came up with the

the "elephant joke"?....

[zbdent]

33. But when Hillary Clinton has lunch at a restaurant and isn't carrying her

purse so that she can leave a tip . . . she's evil.

Bush doesn't have ID on him, and he's a great guy . . .

:eyes::eyes::eyes::eyes::eyes::eyes::eyes:

[peacetalksforall]

34. Nothing in the pockets and 48 dresses. It's a glorious media morning.

all they need is a new lead in Aruba and a long car chase in LA.

It would be nice to say he has nothing in the head to match his pockets - but, he always has a tally - a tally of those who are loyal and the ones marked for revenge and who have been avenged.

[Silvermint]

38. What

is with this American fascination about the pocket-contents of politicians? I remember reading a Time magazine article back around the Iowa primaries that focused solely on the fact that Dean carried cookies in his pockets...

[Silvermint]

41. Er...

I meant "Iowa caucuses"... that's it... no more morning posting for me...

[hippiechick]

39. "How does that scanner thingie work ?"

... yes, more footage please.

Show everyone who's struggling to put food on their families just how totally out-of-touch with reality this man is ... even moreso (if possible) than his stuck-up father.

[MidwestTransplant]

42. He also had this:

[katty]

43. White Hankie...keep that handy W, you'll be using it soon