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Bush's
Groom and Gloom
BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
As reported in the Washington Post, the White
House is quite peeved that video of Bush getting groomed and acting jolly
was broadcast prior to his "we're bombing Iraq" announcement:
The White House is vowing a strong retaliatory
response after the BBC aired live video of President Bush getting his
hair coiffed in the Oval Office as he squirmed in his chair and
practiced on the teleprompter minutes before Wednesday night's speech
announcing the launch of military operations against Saddam Hussein.
(See: Link)
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Many BuzzFlash Readers have asked us where they can
see these videos. You can download videos of that broadcast from the
globalfreepress web site at the URL below:
http://news.globalfreepress.com/images/wonk/VariousMovies2/
[Link Update: BuzzFlash Readers have been having
difficulty accessing the above link, we imagine due to the traffic. You
may find more luck trying it again later in the evening or over the
weekend, or you can visit the The Smoking Gun for a shorter version of
the footage: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/gbhair1.html.]
As reported by Knight Ridder Newspapers (See: Link), "Minutes before the speech, an internal
television monitor showed the president pumping his fist. "Feels good," he
said." Although BuzzFlash could not accurately point to that moment,
something else about the broadcast bothered us.
When you watch the videos, think about the fact that
Bush is about to tell the world that he's sending our soldiers to possibly
die, but definitely to kill innocent people in Iraq as our military bombs
and shoots its way to Saddam. Think about that and contrast that with
Bush's jovial, playful attitude, seen unfiltered in the Dutch broadcast
(digitized in the 11.3M "BushGroomed2.mpg"):
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Hey, Bush, it sure is funny thinking about all those
innocent Iraqi women and children who are going to die painful and
horrible deaths because of your bombs, isn't it? Just downright slap-happy
funny. We bet you haven't had this much fun since you mocked Karla Faye
Tucker's plea for clemency (See: Link) and
executed at least 135 people while Governor of Texas (See: Link | Link 2).
And then the show really begins and Bush puts on his
face of concern and tempered anxiety. What a farce. What a shameful,
despicable farce. Every moment fabricated.
And now, back to the war coverage.
W DOESN'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO
WATCH THE BOMBING 03-21-03
Ari Fleischer is taking fairly
hostile questions from the press right now.
Apparently the folks in the
press are nearly as horrified by the bombardment
as I am.
Ari
just admitted that W didn't watch the bombing. What a coward, huh?
You
ought to see what YOU have authorized. It's YOUR doing
buddy.
How many times is Ari going to make that lame and completely
discredited
9/11-Saddam-Al-Qaeda link argument?
This is an
immoral administration that will say or do anything to advance
its
goals.
Today is certainly all the proof you need of
that.
Update: I'm told W is already on his way to take a weekend
off at Camp
David. We're in the middle of a war and this joker leaves
Washington?
Now that's commitment to his job, eh?
He ordered the airstrikes and then, with
his tail between his legs, W promptly headed out of town
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