Attendees of the most recent annual Gridiron Club press dinner got quite a surprise when President Bush donned a cowboy hat and a shit-eating grin before breaking into harmony with some other assholes. Literally a swan song, Dubya's tune cracked wise about "Brownie," the man who contributed greatly to the deaths of hundreds and hundreds of poor people, and about how it's wonderful that the prosecutors are finally off Scooter Libby's lying ass. Basically he crooned that he and his friends are total fuck-ups who have ruined the world. Funny, right?
If the song alone doesn't fill you with rage, note that the POTUS performed this ditty in front of many of the most powerful people in journalism today; people whose job it is to inform you when our President is giggling about horrible tragedies behind our backs.
At the end of the performance, Bush received a standing ovation.
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The song has about the same level of topical, political humor as The Capitol Steps.
It's almost over. It's almost over. It's almost over. It's almost over.
That truth is the only thing that allows me to sleep at night.
I don't have sound. Anyone want to translate.
that should be transcribe.
The song was set to The Green Green Grass of Home.
He talks about "all the fuss about Brownie." Yeah… how many people died, lost their homes, their families? And Brown was worried about what he should wear?! I'd say it deserved a little more than a "fuss."
And the Libby thing… "I look down the lane and here comes Scooter, finally free of the prosecutor."
Ladies and gentlemen… the president!
It’s almost over. It’s almost over. It’s almost over. It’s almost over.
So that's what takes place at Klan rallys.
wow. somebody just posted this story word for word on a myspace bulletin. you must have a fan cord.
What does America expect….it's too late to wake up now to the fact, that the Media has been in the President's bed since the beginning. And the American people wouldn't seek the truth in the few remaining unbought outlets. We let him steal two elections, make a mockery of the Constitution, start a unilateral uncalled for war, destroy our standing in the world and I could go on and on. Excuse me just thinking of him makes me have to go and vomit.
Mae that's the vibe I got instantly when I clicked play.
deimos… the hags are everywhere!
Alterego, YES!
deimos, that was me. i have a lot of friends who eat shit like this up, so rather than waste an hour posting it on each of their comments, i just bulletin'd it.
i thought it might have been a hag. i just thought it might stroke cord's ego a little to know his work is being broadcast on myspace. :)
So this is the first you're hearing about this kind of thing? Doesn't anyone remember a few years ago at a similar event where they showed a photo of him looking under his desk, and his comment was "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be around here somewhere. . . "?
Of course, in the age we live in, anyone who would question him on this would be decried as "partisan." Colbert went over like a lead balloon at the Press Corps dinner because he was rightly making fun of everyone in the room as opposed to joshing along with all of them.
Frowny McBeard, that's *exactly* the same thing I was going to remind people of, however, he did that at the Press Corps dinner, looking under all the tables for WMD. This guy is a sicko and the press just lets him get away with it. Where is the outrage?!
And Mae, you nailed it!
SM, agreed, it's almost over, but G-d help us if McCain wins.
HA HA! You guys live in America!
Oh, wait, America's a great power. Guess we suffer, too…
It sick and sad to know that the people who voted him into office think and laugh at the very same things everyday. I am surrounded by them in this vast area we call the "south". Too bad the population here is also vast, hence the idiot voters.
Go to Google News and type in 'gridiron' and you pull up a lot of interesting stuff.
Like this Dallas Morning News columnist who used the word "panache" to describe the performance in his column titled "The likeable side of Bush."
http://www.dallasnews.com/shar.....590d2.html
Asshole. You can email the columnist your thoughts at: cleubsdorf@dallasnews.com
Hey Cord! Let's get together some Katrina victims and parents of dead soldiers for a song to wish the president a fond farewell.
Oh no, I remember that dinner. They played it more on the Daily Show than the regular news. Or maybe it's just because I live in Dallas so they would be less likely to report Bush in a negative light.
I feel just as sick to my stomach watching this as I do anytime Bush is left to talk on his own. They should really have someone talk for him. Like a ventriloquist. I'm going to repeat Sugar's mantra. It's almost over, it's almost over. Thankfully I can sleep well knowing I never voted for him.
jujuhag, hey I live in Dallas, too! (And hate Bush with the fiery passion of a million suns.)
I clicked. I watched. I seethe.
Grow up people. It's done every year by every president. Man, do all of you wear a hair shirt, as well? What a sour group of people.
john,
Playing a saxophone or dressing up in drag, making fun of innocuous policies is one thing. Making fun of people homeless and dying and the breaking of laws and lies that got us into a war with the deaths of 4,000 young Americans IS NOT FUNNY!! Enablers like you are the ones who need to grow up and face the hard truth.