It's a Byrd, S-3B Viking -- it's Taco Bell's dog

Orlando Sentinel ^ | 5/11/03 | Kathleen Parker

[ohioWfan]

Sometimes the best political strategy is simply to stand still and allow yourself to be attacked by the wrong guy.

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We are witness to such a phenomenon as George Bush -- cheered, regaled and not-bad in his Top Gun duds -- finds his form-fitting aviator pants leg in the clenched teeth of Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., playing the Taco Bell Chihuahua to Bush's Rin Tin Tin.

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As one-two punches go, the Byrd/Waxman sally was a bad day for nerds everywhere. Performing a whiney duet of the desperate, they managed to evoke images of skinny boys studying the quarterback's swagger for clues on cool. It's almost as painful to watch them contort in envy as it must have been for them to watch Bush, a stud muffin no matter what his other flaws, arriving on a testosterone bullet to the cheers of 5,000 sailors.

Not to mention the living-room applause of an appreciative nation not nearly as perplexed as pleased by the pageantry clearly intended. Who cares if it was a photo op? It's our photo op, which the other envy-boys around the world also got to see.

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By attacking the right guy at the wrong time, Byrd and Waxman not only have harmed their cause, but aided the Bush ascendancy. For now the president is not only a daring jet rider, he's a victim of empty criticism. The hero-victim doesn't have to do anything but stand still -- and no doubt fight the urge to say, "Yo quiero a Waxman and Byrd."

[ohioWfan]

Read the whole article. Kathleen Parker sarcasm at its best!

[ohioWfan]

Ping!

[ohioWfan]

Humor break!

[lilylangtree]

Thanks for he post. She gets the point across very well.

[wi jd]

Yo quiero Bump!

[MEG33]

Isn't it delicious!!Rep Weiman(sp) NY whining on Neil Cavuto said he made the sailors wait to see their family.They were not scheduled to dock so I think this bit of spin is a lie.Cavuto disagreed but nothing could stop the pious rant. I love to watch the self destruction!

[ohioWfan]

The families were NOT made to wait. The Abraham Lincoln came in at its scheduled time.

The RATS don't even know what the truth IS any more, let alone to tell it.

[Mister Baredog]

What a great week it was. Being attacked by Byrd and Waxman has allowed the REPS to paint all the DEMS as petty little whiners. So their 9 prez candidates didn't complain but they get the taint also, brilliant, go DEMS!

[kayak]

MOAPO -- mother of all photo ops

Gotta love it ..... :-)

[Mister Baredog]

The families were NOT made to wait. The Abraham Lincoln came in at its scheduled time.
That is correct, the media should have called him on this one. The RATS don't even know what the truth IS any more, let alone to tell it.

They never have let truth get in the way. How often they repeat the same lie to them it's just like selling a used car with sawdust in the transmission, they don't care, they are expected to lie.

[MEG33]

We must not deter the onward race to the cliff! I hope they are whining on Sunday morning talk shows. (Roll tape of arrival and show happy sailors)

[firewalk]

I enjoyed reading this
thanks for the ping & bttt

[lsee]

It's almost as painful to watch them contort in envy as it must have been for them to watch Bush, a stud muffin no matter what his other flaws, arriving on a testosterone bullet to the cheers of 5,000 sailors.

Stud muffin!

[lonestar]

I sent it to everybody I know!

[kayak]

Great!

I found it on another thread and am trying to spread it around ...... the more the merrier ..... :-)

[abclily]

Yes, Dems are expected to lie. That is why their listening audience is shrinking.

[FairOpinion]

It's hilarious! Thanks!

[Dog]

I have been watching Chris Matthews since this blew up.....it's been a scream. Chris makes a great point tho .....that every time a talk show has a RAT on to comment about the MOAPO......the host shows the video of the President landing and walking around in his flight suit which is what the GOP wants........so the RATS are doing our work for us.......Chris thinks they should just drop it..

I agree........they should just shut up about it now and pray it goes away.

[Mr. Mojo]

We are witness to such a phenomenon as George Bush -- cheered, regaled and not-bad in his Top Gun duds -- finds his form-fitting aviator pants leg in the clenched teeth of Rep. Henry Waxman

Waxman's just envious -- he knows that if he were in the same position he would've soiled his flight suit.