And on a pettier note...

[Plaid Adder]

I note the following:

* Cheney pulled a muscle moving boxes. That's a sure sign of the universe's sense of humor if I ever saw one. Also, in a wheelchair his resemblance to Mr. Potter from _It's A Wonderful Life_ is now complete.

* I hope Bush noticed the difference between the smattering of polite applause that greeted his appearance and the giant collective climax that occurred when his replacement appeared.

* I do enjoy imagining Bush looking around and thinking, "Gee, nobody threw me a party like this when *I* got inaugurated."

* Way to fuck up a historical moment, Roberts. Too bad we couldn't get you filibustered when we had the chance.

* Bush is apparently only going to spend a short time at Crawford before moving to Dallas. My guess is, now that they don't need to burnish his faux-populist cred with brush-clearing any more, that thing will be sold or rented out before you can say "Potemkin."

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[FLAprogressive]

1. "I hope Bush noticed the difference between the smattering of polite applause"

Don't you mean BOOING?

[Plaid Adder]

2. On ABC it sounded like a golf clap.

You know...silence with a little gentle rustling. Perhaps they were dialing down the booing.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Mist]

18. MSNBC had the clearest soundtrack of the booing. nt

[calimary]

13. I wonder if he heard how he was serenaded on the way outta town?

The crowd watching him board what used to be Marine One (it was renamed Executive One for this trip because he no longer had the title he stole eight long years ago): "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, Goo-ood BYE!" I hope he did. That means he heard my kid, because our son was there as a presidential scholar and his group was there to watch that. He called me after the helicopter lifted off to tell me! My son is also a singer/guitarist - www.acidicband.com - and I realized that this will be the ONLY time dubya will have the privilege of hearing my son sing without having to pay for it. That's the closest we'll ever get to comp'ing that bastard or anybody in his family.

[Lost-in-FL]

3. Cheney pulled a muscle lifting boxes? I call Bullshit

I think he is sick, he looks sick. He has been plagued with medical problems for a while now.

[Plaid Adder]

7. I like the boxes story. It makes me not have to feel too bad for him.

Se non e vero, e ben trovato.

The Plaid Adder

[janedum]

8. Bush is so DELUSIONAL he thought the cheering was for him. nt

[Lost-in-FL]

11. ...

:rofl: :spray:

[MiniMe]

19. He took it as Boooooooosh Boooooooooosh

[FatDave]

29. It was just a dis to Obama.

An excuse to not stand up for him. I'll bet he's on his feet tomorrow.

On edit: Do you really think Cheney has to lift his own boxes?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. "Cheney pulled a muscle moving boxes"

Nobody actually believes that, do they?

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. The incriminating documents he wouldn't let anyone else handle?

Stuff he needs to blackmail people to keep his ass out of jail? Something big was in the man-sized safe.

[calimary]

21. Um, that'll be a big "My ASS" to that, sir!

There is NO WAY cheney would ever "lower" himself to such a menial chore as unloading or lifting packing boxes at the new house. That kind of work, for someone of his mentality and allegedly "lofty" status is for "the help." It's bullshit, for sure, and I'll bet it's going to get leaked before too long. No loyalty among thieves after all, especially when they realize their "grand wazoo" is out of power and has no further pull or clout and no weight to throw around anymore.

Either the dickster decided to give us tax payers one more up-yours - "you can pay to have me wheeled around, because I just don't feel like walking";

Or he decided he had one more chance to steal the spotlight and some of the commentary/coverage from Obama's big day;

Or, far more shitty (and it wouldn't surprise me at all), it was an up-yours to Obama because he didn't feel like he should have to stand for the new President. After all, we all need to remember just Who He Is. I certainly do. Who he is - is a World-Class ASSHOLE.

[musette_sf]

22. i think you may be right!

"an up-yours to Obama because he didn't feel like he should have to stand for the new President

[calimary]

25. It's not just me thinking that. I've seen that a few times around here today.

Can't help it. The guy makes me lapse into an immediate state of deep suspicion.

[Juneboarder]

5. Ha! Definitely agreeing with you here!!! nt

[EFerrari]

6. 'Way more petty: this morning I noticed Laura looked animated

for the first time in recent memory although at rest, she looked miserable. Her daughters looked a little confused and Junior just looked irritated in the way that children do who aren't getting any attention.

Thank you, Universe!

[Donnachaidh]

9. Is he actually going to Crawford?

I thought he was going to the town where he met Laura. And then to Dallas. Crawford is history - he got what he wanted out of that tiny town. Stage Dressing.

[Ron Green]

10. Dallas is the perfect infesting-place for that guy. It's to Central Texas as

Monsanto is to a family farm.

[onethatcares]

12. when he got in the helicopter and did the fly over,

did he get flipped off by many people?

[lonestarnot]

16. I remember getting them all just in case!

:evilgrin:

[WolverineDG]

20. At least from me & those around me

can't vouch for anyone else in the crowd. :hi:

dg

[latebloomer]

15. Someone on the radio

said that Cheney in the wheelchair reminded him of Peter Sellers in "Dr Strangelove".

Apt.

[arcadian]

17. I was at the Mall

I think Most people thought Obama flubbed the line. I did til I got back and my BIL told me otherwise. The jumbotrons weren't that great, there was a huge lag. I was right behind the Washington Monument, I got President Obama on the jumbotron with the Capitol dome in the background. That was good enough for me.

[Iterate]

23. What would he be moving that he trusted no one else to move?

[eppur_se_muova]

30. Last-minute delivery to the shredder, natch.

It was a case of doing it himself, or having an aide do it and then having the aide shot -- he knew he might not be able to get the latter done in time.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. I heard that area of Dallas used to have a law that said ...

... African-Americans couldn't live there.

I know they got rid of the law early in the 21st century, but does anyone know if any African-Americans live there?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

26. I was there!! I distinctly heard Cheney receiving major BOOs as well as Dumbya

They BOTH got boo'ed the fuck out!!

Laura "Pickles" Bush and Lynne "Lesbian Book" Cheney received a very cool reception. You could hear a pin drop on the Mall.

These motherfuckers in the right wing media want us to believe that there were only 1 million people in D.C., but I can assure ya'll that that there were at least 2.5 million people!!

[Usrename]

27. Bush looked so confused when the music was playing.

He had that clueless baffled look on his face. It was either the cello or the oboe. Just like when he was trying to read My Pet Goat.

[hunter]

28. The Republicans will purchase the ranch as a retirement home for evil sidekicks.

For recreation the inmates... I mean residents... will torture one another in the secret bunkers.

But Bush, as a former President Evil Sidekick Supreme won't ever live there. The Republicans won't want the Secret Service anywhere near that place, which is a very good thing because no Secret Service Agent should have to watch a greased Paul Wolfowitz running around naked with his "joy buzzer" yelling "Catch me catch me if you can!"