Is This True: * Rubs black man's head for luck??

[WoodrowFan]

from Bartcop...
Bart,

Last night on there was a clip of Dubya speechifying in California. He was on stage with a bald black man who was behind the podium, I think introducing Our Fearless Leader. The Mayor of L.A.??

Anyway, as GWB stepped up to the mic, he rubbed the black man's head, with his usual shit-eating grin. Now, am I the only person in America who has heard of the lovely practice of "rubbing a 's head for luck? Generally it was a joke amongst those who didn't generally say "black person" when referring to one. It may well have faded into obscurity.

Hell, in my neighborhood, by the time I was a teenager (late 60s-early 70s), it would have been a good way to lose a hand.

But I'd BET that Dubya knows exactly what it means. That SMIRK was on his face.... He is one smarmy, clueless twit.

[nini]

1. The Mayor of L.A is not Black..

I haven't heard this but I wouldn't be surprised he's such an idiot.

[leftyandproud]

8. well, to be fair...He also rubbed Ari's head..

his old press secretary...I saw them going out to the helicopter one day and he rubbed it jokingly...

[nickgutierrez]

26. "Ooooooh, shiny!"

n/t

[seemslikeadream]

2. Yes it's true

I saw it and was speechless

[Lars39]

3. I saw it.

:mad: I immediately thought of that.

[WoodrowFan]

4. good god.

just when I think he can't be a bigger jerk, * raises (or lowers) the bar...

[shanti]

5. do you have a link to this story?

this is appalling and i want to post it elsewhere!

[WoodrowFan]

6. here's it is a bit more than 1/2 page down...

http://www.bartcop.com/1268.htm

[shanti]

10. TY

:-)

[yellowcanine]

43. No one will ever accuse * of having class.

I don't care who else he did it to, that is just disrespectful, regardless of the race of the person he is doing it to. It is similar to his nicknaming - an indication of his bullying attitude. "I am going to do this to you because I can." Why isn't the mainstream press reporting on this? Someone should ask scotty boy why * feels entitled to do this.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. Link

http://www.bartcop.com/1268.htm

a little more than halfway down the page.

Amazing, isn't it? :eyes:

[shanti]

9. thanks....

i wonder if this made the newspapers.

[shanti]

11. well, whoever he did it to

it is a very demeaning thing to do. the only people you can do this to and get away with are CHILDREN! :grr:

[jackstraw45]

12. Photo....

[shanti]

22. ouch!!!!

thanks for the pic - it speaks a thousand words! GOT A CAPTION, LOL?!

[tom_paine]

23. Jesus Horatio Christ! What a disgusting, patronizing photo!

Emblematic.

[catzies]

24. Thanks. But do we know who that is?

Anyone? Anyone?

[shanti]

42. i found out

that's Alphonso Jackson who is his housing Secretary.

[DinahMoeHum]

29. Are you sure that's NOT a photoshop job ??

Would appreciate if somebody checked. Thanks.


:kick:

[TahitiNut]

34. Check the link ..

It's right off the US News site ..
http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040303/capt.ksd10103032234.bush_ksd101.jpg

[JanMichael]

32. Did he give him a shiny new nickel after the rub?

Holy shit that's a sick shot...

[boobooday]

38. Well, he's a caveman in every other respect

And damn proud of it, too.

Disgusting.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Minstrel Boy]

13. Since he did it to Ari as well, maybe it's a bald thing.

Very demeaning, bully-boy bullshit. Well in character.

[Logansquare]

25. He has a strange fascination with bald heads

Phallic thing, perhaps?

[onecitizen]

14. I saw the incident but.....

I thought he was patting him on the head while not as disgusting as rubbing, is just as demeaning.

[drdigi420]

15. well, he tried mental masturbation, but was ill-equipped

so now he gets off by rubbing others', not so empty, heads

[grasswire]

16. W's rubbing of bald heads...

...has happened more than a few times. It's part of his pattern of denigrating others. The nicknames, the jokes about the relative attractiveness of his aides, etc. He's a narcissist. He puts people down.

[WoodrowFan]

18. glasses episode

Goes along with *'s cleaning his glasses on the clothes of one of Letterman's producers a couple years ago..

[readmylips]

17. LIttlemanBush's Yale professor said that W....

pointed out in class that 'people were poor because they were lazy.'

Maybe people are poor because they earn their little paycheck the honest way, and not like silverspoon in the a$$ bush. Bush who steals from people by using his stupid last name. That stpud bush crook.

[mermaid]

19. EXACTLY!!!

Those of us who are poor are so because we EARN our money the HONEST way!!

[jackstraw45]

20. The Chimp is a classy guy....

Remember the Adam Clymer comment?

From a Salon article about that incident:

http://dir.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/04/cuss_word/index.html

"At the Republican National Convention in 1988, he (Dubya) was asked by a Hartford Courant reporter about what he and his father talked about when they weren't talking about politics.

'Pussy,' Bush replied."

If this is what the chimp says to a reporter, imagine what he says behind closed doors....

What a classy guy.....

[KansDem]

21. This quote always amused me...

...for what Bush Jr. is implying, although indirectly: If Bush Sr. is talking about "pussy," then he is no doubt including discussions about Barb. So Bush Jr. engages in discussions about his mother's sexual prowess?

I find that very strange...

[CityZen-X]

28. Madcowboy Duh-sease

The Commander & Chimp also shows no respect to his cabinet. He has a nick name for everyone of them. As stated by Paul O'Neill (Big O) in the "Price of Loyalty."
I wonder if he considers them as critters like the ones on his ranch?

[Stephanie]

33. You must have missed the stories about Bush Sr's girlfriend

Gennifer Fitzgerald. Common knowledge, well-known story.

Bush Family Values.

[GregW]

27. That's NOTHING! He sucked the brain out of this black woman:

[Cooley Hurd]

30. Before seeing the rest of your post, I thought you meant this woman:

Yours is good too... :)

[Karenina]

31. YAAAAAGGHHHHH!!!

:spank: Can you warn a person before posting such graphic shit, please?

[Minstrel Boy]

35. holy shit, here's another one!

And note, another bald head.



Definitely something deeply closeted going on here.

[Minstrel Boy]

36. and ANOTHER!

He definitely has a bald head fetish.

[Rich Hunt]

40. oh my god

What a weirdo. Rubbing one bald head is patronizing, rubbing them habitually indicates some sort of compulsion.

[Minstrel Boy]

37. and yet more!!!

This is getting scary.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

41. OMG! I'm crying with laughter here!! nt

[kskiska]

39. I read years ago that Lester Maddox

used to say he rubbed little black kids' heads for luck.