August 2005: A photo essay celebrating Bush's "protection" of America.

[Human Torch]

...let's see. August 2005. I wonder if Bush was doing anything significant in August 2005...

Oh yeah. Now I remember. August 29th, sucking the tasty McCain birthday cake from his fingers:





...he also assured America's seniors that their prescriptions would be cheap, easy and convenient:



U.S. President George W. Bush smiles during a town hall-style meeting at a retirement community where he talked about Medicare prescription-drug benefits for senior citizens in El Mirage, Arizona August 29, 2005. Bush on Monday urged skeptical senior citizens to sign up for a new Medicare prescription drug benefit program, touting a choice of plans with monthly premiums as low as $20. REUTERS/Jeff Mitchell

Then on August 30th he pretended to strum a fake gee-tar presented by country singer and all-around nobody Mark Wills:



http://hughesforamerica.typepad.com/hughes_for_america/2005/08/august_2930_200.html

Let's see...was ANYTHING ELSE going on in late August? Oh yeah...



Evelyn Turner cries alongside the body of her common-law husband, Xavier Bowie, after he died in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bowie and Turner had decided to ride out Hurricane Katrina when they could not find a way to leave the city. Bowie, who had lung cancer, died when he ran out of oxygen Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Meanwhile, back at the Pig Farm in August 2002:



President George W. Bush reads over paperwork during a White House staff meeting inside a telecommunications trailer at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 9, 2002. From left are Staff Secretary Harriet Miers, personal assistant Blake Gottesman and Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin.

YEEEE-HA, boys 'n' girls! Time for our little essay to come to a close. As Rudy Giuliani said during the 2004 Republican National Convention, "Thank God George Bush is our President."



President George W. Bush drives his pickup truck at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 9, 2002.

[babylonsister]

1. I remember...

I was in Crawford, TX, the day before the hurricane hit. The aftermath was as bad as/worse than 9/11.


Correction twice, the date to 2001. "Then, of course, there was August 2002. Hey, do you suppose anyone's reading that "Osama bin Laden determined to strike in U.S. using airplanes" document?"

[Human Torch]

3. You're right...I always thought those photos were pre-9/11...

...but the White House has them as 2002. I did change my comment, though. Thanks for pointing it out.

:patriot:

[autorank]

2. K&R Welcome to DU!!! ...and thanks for the memories;) n/t

[Ian David]

4. Emperor Bush Fiddles while America Drowns