The Guild 3-3-2004 Political Ghost Story

Post Gazette ^ | Dennis Roddy

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Someone put this up on another thread...I thought it was hysterical.
(It's a real book! I checked Amazon.)

[Endeavor]

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Could you email your research on the 9/11 families whining about the Bush ad to NRO's The Corner? I just had to turn off The Capital Gang because those nasty libs were going on and on about how these people aren't politically motivated and then watched both Bob and Kate give lame responses to why its ok for Bush to use the ads.

Also, could you send it to The Weekly Standard?

[mountaineer]

President Bush defended his use of images from the Sept. 11 attacks in his campaign ads yesterday, days after victims' families blasted him for politicizing their loved ones' deaths.

"I will continue to speak about the effects of 9/11 on our country and my presidency," Bush vowed from his Crawford, Tex., ranch yesterday.

"I have an obligation to those who died. I have an obligation to those who were heroic in their attempts to rescue, and I won't forget that obligation," he told reporters.

"How this administration handled that day as well as the war on terror is worthy of discussion," Bush told reporters. link to article

[Iowa Granny]

Good Morning, Gang. Interesting conversation you've been having regarding the usage of 9-11. Very informative. Since I'm swamped with work, I'd deeply appreciate any additional comments made regarding this topic.

[mountaineer]

The annual Gridiron Dinner got a little hairy last night, with Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani lampooning each other's political ambitions - and coiffures.

"Frankly, Mr. Mayor, I think your new hairstyle is the right way to go," Clinton said. "After all, in Washington, the coverup is always worse than the truth."

Giuliani, who ditched his comb-over a couple of years ago, also poked fun at Clinton's ever-changing look.

"When we want to change the subject, we change our hairstyles," he quipped.

New York's junior senator and the ex-mayor represented their respective parties at the gala and musical satire, sponsored by the journalists of the Gridiron Club.

With the former Senate-race foes positioned as possible presidential contenders in 2008, club members dubbed the dinner "Smackdown One."

The guests of honor didn't disappoint.

"I was also looking forward to introducing Mayor Giuliani to the President, but there's a rumor out there that they've been talking already," Clinton joked, referring to talk that Giuliani could replace Vice President Cheney.

Giuliani mocked his designs on the White House, superimposing his head on Bush's body in a slide show. Bush was a no-show this year because he was playing host to Mexican President Vicente Fox in Texas. His stand-in, Cheney, was the butt of several jokes.

"I was getting out of my car. He was getting out of Justice [Antonin] Scalia's. They weren't in camouflage," Clinton said, taking a swipe at Cheney's hunting trip with the Supreme Court justice.

The veep, clearly unamused, later took aim at Clinton and Giuliani.

"I always feel a genuine bond whenever I see Sen. Clinton. She's the only person who's at the center of more conspiracy theories than I am," he said.

Then he read a supposed question from the audience: "Mr. Vice President, don't you think it's time to step down and let someone else add new energy and vitality to the ticket?"

Turning and looking squarely at Giuliani, he chided, "Rudy, you need to do a better job of disguising your handwriting ..."


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/171151p-149393c.html

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Howard Kurtz, WashPost media critic, is doing their Talkback Live feature tomorrow. I've already submitted my question, liberally sprinkled with the goods on Rita Lazar and Kelly Campbell...both sympathetically quoted in the WaPost's article on the 9/11 ads. It goes up at 11am CST tomorrow...I'll be tuned in.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Heaven help me, but I can't stand this loser.

[mountaineer]

"And if I were a farmer, I'd grab that cow by those thingies, whatchmacallits, and I'd milk it - the same way George Bush is milking this country dry!"

[mountaineer]

Jean-Jacques Quierry has a French cousin, it seems, but is trying to play up his Czech connection, Liberation (en francais).

More banners like the above at The Dissident Frogman.

The WashPost describes the Gridiron event:

For last night's Gridiron Club dinner, the president was absent but accounted for down at the ranch. The Democrats took the opportunity to unleash the political equivalent of a WMD: Hillary Rodham Clinton. The junior senator from New York swept through the front doors of the Capital Hilton just before Vice President Cheney, the ranking Republican, who came in through a side entrance. Clinton wore a formidable black satin coatdress that reached the floor and made her look like a companion to Darth Vader. ...

Darth Hillary

[Iowa Granny]

Clinton wore a formidable black satin coatdress that reached the floor and made her look like a companion to Darth Vader. ...

LOL Priceless.

[mountaineer]

Surprisingly unflattering for a WashPost writer, I thought!

[daisyscarlett]

Here is a transcript of Dick Cheney's Gridiron Remarks

Exerpts

Cheney took "questions" from journalists:"Terry Hunt of AP wants to know, "Has Senator Kerry had Botox treatments?"

Terry, I have some guidance on that from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz:
"The Administration takes this development seriously. Botox, of course, is related to the botulism toxin, which can be processed into high-grade biological weapons. We have dispatched Dr. David Kay . . . to search for the bio-warfare agents we believe hidden in Senator Kerry's forehead. If Senator Kerry has used botox as part of a wrinkle enrichment program, he is in violation of U.N. Resolution 752. Upon receiving Dr. Kay's report, the weapons of mass destruction that Senator Kerry so adamantly insists do not exist . . . may well be above his very nose."

Susan Page of USA Today asks, "What do you think of Senator John Edwards?"

I think he's cute as a button. . . .

[BigWaveBetty]

New thread coming....

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I tried to find another picture that was posted here on FR a few days ago. It showed Kerry alighting from a car and jumping to the curb. He had the same "tippy toe" look in that picture....wish I could find it.

[BigWaveBetty]

I wish I could make a new thread with the proper title the first time. I've asked the Admin Moderator to fix it for me,,,, again!

Anyway, here's the New Thread.