President Bush (the son) spent the last few months in Office drinking? With approval ratings at all time lows and the Republicans losing the recent election, I can’t say I am surprised.
WMR has learned that the January 13, 2002, incident in which President Bush claimed to have choked on a pretzel and passed out briefly was a cover story designed to divert the media’s attention away from Bush’s heavy drinking. A well-placed White House source has confirmed a previous account of another well-connected White House source that Bush had been drinking while watching a Sunday NFL playoff game between Baltimore and Miami.
The White House nurse on duty examined Bush after he passed out from drinking at around 5:35 pm and took a blood sample ostensibly to check his blood sugar levels. The blood sample reportedly showed Bush’s blood alcohol content at a level considered to be legal intoxication.
Bush fell from his couch bruising his cheek and cutting his lip. His eyeglasses also cut the side of his face. Bush blamed the incident on his failure to heed his mother’s advice and chew all his food before he swallowed. (Source: All Voices)
I am particularly concerned about the time when a McCain supporter told McCain that she does not trust Obama because he is an Arab. To that McCain refuted that Obama isn’t and that he is a decent, family man.
What struck me is not so much the insensitivity of the question but McCain’s answers. McCain seemingly suggested that Arabs aren’t decent family men.
Colin Powell recently gave Obama his endorsement. Powell remarked the accusations of Obama being a Muslim.:
Powell: I’m also troubled by, not what Sen. McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said such things as: “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.” Well, the correct answer is: he is not a Muslim. He’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian.
But the really right answer is: What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is: No, that’s not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing he or she can be President?
Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion: he’s a Muslim, and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
He’s right. So what if Obama is a muslim? Does it make the president less American? Whatever happened to liberty? Wasn’t it stated in the Bill of Rights that all men are entitled to exercise religion of their choice?
Clint Eastwood was quoted, “I was at a function, and a bunch of political types were there. And John McCain was there. He came up to say hello, I said, ‘Look, don’t even ask it. I will not be your vice president. I have to be on the top of the ticket.’” (Source: Yahoo!)
That’s what she said. Okay, The Office jokes asides, Sarah Palin decides to quote Madeleine Albright upon seeing it on the Starbucks coffee cup – “Place In Hell Reserved For Women Who Don’t Support Other Women”.
Firstly, it was a misquotation, she can’t read her cup well. But the cup says “There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t help other women.”
The crowd cheered while Palin predicted the media going to turn this around. They probably are going to, probably did. But thing is, Madeleine Albright responded.
Albright responded to Palin’s remarks in a statement to the Huffington Post on Sunday. “Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden.” [via Huffington Post]
Watch John McCain dances along. Nobody cares what he’s saying, it just look pretty cool. This is an entry to Colbert’s “Make John McCain more interesting” challenge.
McCain Greenscreen Challenge – Blue Suede Shoe Edition
Watch him at the Oscars too.
McCain Greenscreen Challenge – Oscar Speech Edition
