Photos: "Fuck Iraq, I'd rather be fishing," live from Kennebunkport

[Human Torch]

U.S. President George W. Bush's daughter Jenna rides on a Segway scooter, a self-balancing electric one-person vehicle, in Kennebunkport, Maine August 24, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)



U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and his daughter Jenna (L) ride in the front of a boat in Kennebunkport, Maine August 24, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)



U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L) and his daughter Jenna (L) ride in the front of a boat driven by his father, former president George H.W. Bush, in Kennebunkport, Maine August 24, 2006. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)







U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and Former President George H.W. Bush wave as they fish together in Kennebunkport, Maine August 24, 2006. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES)

[pooja]

1. Is it already that cold in Maine... wow. I'm still sweating my ass off

down here.

[Maine-ah]

9. no it's not.

it was like in the 70's today.

[KansDem]

10. No...just cold around the compound...

Kinda like that old Twilight Zone episode about the town ready to hang an innocent man and the whole town, and only the town, becomes shrouded in dark:

"I am the night - color me black" (1964)

The significance of the title is that there are persons who conceal the truth. The sheriff of this "remote little Midwestern village" conceals evidence in a murder investigation because, as he ruefully admits, he wants to be re-elected. The newspaper editor doesn't print it because he wants to sell papers. Even a minister of the gospel accepts the man's guilt at face value, finding it more convenient to preach a sermon against hatred than to see the truth brought to light. This is figured dramatically as literal darkness on the town at nine-thirty in the morning when an innocent man is hanged.

From IMDB

The cold, like the dark, is hatred...

[zanne]

2. When was it that cold in Kennebunkport?

Were these pictures taken in February?

[Human Torch]

5. Not according to the captions...they were taken today. n/t

[bluestateguy]

3. Actually, I would like to know why Pea Bush isn't serving

He's the one who wants to go into politics himself.

[niyad]

4. what the HELL is that bastard doing on vacation AGAIN??? weren't we

supposed to feel sorry for him because he had to cut his vacation on the prop pig farm short?

at least jenna can use that thing without falling off, unlike her sire.

[calimary]

38. That's what I'd like to know. Cut his vacation to ten days MY ASS.

I guess he figured that Daddy's pad in a different state, climate, and time zone means it doesn't count.

I am SO FUCKING TIRED of the Corner-Cutter pResident.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. The usual set of tight telephoto shots from Kenny Bunk Port .....

They crop those photos so tight to not let us see the FUCKING ARMADA of various and sundry Coast Guard, Navy, Secret Service, Local Cop, Homeland Security, EMS, and other various and sundry security escorts that form an impenetrable cordon around this family of evil beings.

I hear even all the 'lawbstahs' moved south to the New Hampshah and Massachussetts coasts for the week.

By they way ... they all look a little cold. I hope they come home feeling like shit.

[Sequoia]

7. You're funny.

[Maine-ah]

13. Kennebunkport.

[Sparkly]

16. He knows, he just likes being a smart-ass.

It's the way he spellz and tawks.

He's actually VERY smart, but you have to take into account the "clown factor...." :+

[bertha katzenengel]

8. noticing vague resemblance of GHWB in the 4th photo to Fred Phelps

separated at birth?

[Human Torch]

12. He seems to have lost the ability to close his mouth.

Maybe he just took a look at his latest profits from Carlyle Group.

:grr:

[peaches2003]

11. Heil Hitler

The Fuhrer gives the same Nazi salute in every photo op. Or that stupid little fairy wave he does. But in these photos it's Hitler all the way. What an arrogant bastard.

I think I read they are up in the compound for a wedding.

[1620rock]

20. Jeez, look at how the old man's mouth is agape. what an...

evil maw that hole appears to be.:puke:

[proud patriot]

14. jenna looks bored

:think:

[Stinky The Clown]

26. Jenna looks like a dope missing her dope

[proud patriot]

45. LOL

ahyup B-)

[Sparkly]

15. Looks like the left half of Chimpy's face is melting again....

Look at the 4th photo down. Cover up one half of his face, then the other.

It's TRULY bizarre. Seems like it's sometimes more pronounced than others. (It looked bad during the later part of the 2004 campaign, for example.)

[alfredo]

29. He may have had a stroke.

[Mark E. Smith]

17. And here we all thought the vacation was over.

That Georgie, he sure knows how to leave his responsibilities behind.

[grasswire]

18. they painted the boat to resemble AF1?!

Doesn't it look like they copied the Air Force One paint job? And this is a bigger boat than I have seen them use in the past.

[Sparkly]

19. Cute that they gave him a jacket with his IQ on it, too, isn't it? nt

[Stinky The Clown]

23. That 41/43 ARROGANCE really squicks me.

Like our fucking country is the 'family business'.

Arrogant, out of touch, aristocratic, patrician, scumbag motherfuckers.

[Nightjock]

21. ARGH!

Where's that shark from "Jaws" when you need it?

[DesertRat]

24. LOL!

[DesertRat]

22. He's there for his 2nd cousin's wedding

The current president doesn't love the family's coastal getaway quite as much as his parents, preferring his dusty Texas ranch. It has been two years since President Bush has been in Kennebunkport.
It was a family wedding that drew Bush here in August 2004, and is so again.

This time, the nuptials are for Walker Stapleton, the son of the former president's cousin, Dorothy Walker Stapleton, and Craig Roberts Stapleton, the U.S. ambassador to France. Stapleton is marrying Jenna Bertocchi on Saturday before about 300 guests at a seaside stone church just a minute's drive from Walker's Point.

Aside from the wedding, there was nothing on the public schedule other than time with his family - which often features speed-golf, fishing and plenty of verbal jousting. The president returns to Washington on Sunday. Anti-war protesters said they would stage a weekend protest as close to Walker's Point as police would allow.

During George H.W. Bush's presidency in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the compound was visited by French President Francois Mitterand, British Prime Minister John Major, Jordan's King Hussein and other world leaders. The former president also notably retired to Walker's Point three days after ordering American forces deployed to reverse Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

The area also was the place where, in 1976, after a Labor Day weekend visit to a bar, George W. Bush was arrested, later pleading guilty to driving while under the influence of alcohol. That incident remained under wraps throughout his early political career, only surfacing late in his first campaign for president in 2000.

http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/08/24/ap2972138.html

[Sparkly]

25. "verbal jousting??!!" LMAO

What, like "pull my finger?"

Or, "I know you are but what am I?"

I'd love to know. :rofl:

[DesertRat]

27. Or "what the hell are you doing to the country, junior?"

[Sparkly]

28. Junior: "....huuuuh? .... whaaaa....?" nt

[Sparkly]

34. This SO cracked me up, I started a script-writing thread in GD....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1977350

[karlrschneider]

40. Hey, at least they didn't call it "witty repartee"...

:eyes:

[AndyA]

30. Where's Laura? Vacationing at The Mayflower?

I haven't seen any pics of Laura on this vacation. Anyone know if she is in attendance? I keep hearing the marriage is falling apart. I guess Laura could be hanging out with that old hag Barbara at the house, so their hair isn't mussed.

I don't think that's Bush's IQ on his jacket, either. We all know it's much lower than 43. ;)

[DesertRat]

35. I was wondering the same thing

I didn't see evidence that she was on the Crawford vacation either.

I'm watching CNN and they just reported on the Kennebunkport trip saying that *'s mother, Barbara, was spotted on a Segway. :spray:

[zulchzulu]

36. Laura in in DC filing divorce papers

She's also pistol shooting training with targets that have Condi's face duct taped on them...

[Ishoutandscream2]

39. LOL!!! My family thinks I'm crazy

Laughing my ass off at your thread. I can just see Pickles target shooting at pictures of Condi. Oh, God, priceless!!

[opihimoimoi]

42. OMG, someone help me dry my keyboard from the cola spewed on it

ROTFLMAO

LOL

:bounce: :toast:

Priceless....."Condis face on the target....."

[Libby2]

31. The old man better close his trap

before he catches some flies.

[peaches2003]

32. 43

I don't think there is anything * does that annoys me as much as the arrogant crap he has put on his jackets! "43" be damned. He has to either be in some kind of costume or be announcing his position as 43, President, Commander in Chief or whatever. He is one sick psycho and a child.

Can anyone read what shit he has embroidered on that white sweatshirt he's wearing? Something about himself you can be sure.

The whole thing is a photo op anyway. Who the hell goes out on a boat waving to nobody! No one is allowed near him, so who the hell is he waving to?

[hedgehog]

33. A tale of two presidents

JFK used to go sailing. George has to tear around in a monster power boat. I wonder how much fuel the fool used up?

[annabanana]

37. It looks like Poppy won't let him drive....

That's got to grind his ass...

[CrushTheDLC]

41. Well, at least Jenna can ride the Segway

...Hell, even drunk she would probably do better than her dad....

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

43. Poppy!..............LMFAO!

and:

[Eurobabe]

49. Does old bag a bones have 41 on his jacket?

How quaint.

NOW, WATCH THIS DRIVE!!

[Quakerfriend]

44. It can't really be that cold! Are they ALL wearing bullet proof

vests??!

[DemoTex]

46. Poppy's "Converter." Coverts $3.50/gal fuel into noise. What an example.

What a family! Blood for speed, it's the Bu$h family way.

[Name removed]

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[MaineDem]

48. It might rain on him today

Oh too bad!

And there have been shark sightings in the water nearby. Ta Dum...Ta Dum...Ta Dum...


Edited for spelling.

[otohara]

50. Reminiscent of 1989 - 1993

This is what I remember the most of GHWB presidency.

[Vinca]

51. Has Pickles turned up yet? Where's the other twin - on her way to Iraq?