Silverware banned at Bush fundraiser to prevent clinking while he spoke

[Oilwellian]

It was a mouthwatering menu. Not that you'd expect less for $2,000 a plate.

Seered beef tenderloins with golden tomatoes on an herb-encrusted baguette. Grilled garlic chicken with smoked gouda on a honey wheat wrap. Fruits and gourmet olives and crudite. A gourmet luncheon with only one thing missing: something to eat it with.

The explanation was at the bottom of the menus distributed at President Bush's $1.5 million Charlotte fund-raiser Monday.

"At the request of the White House, silverware will not accompany the table settings," it said in discreetly fine print.

No silver. No plastic.

The lack of utensils might have been why many plates went virtually untouched.

The reason: So the tinkle of silver wouldn't disrupt the president's speech.

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/politics/8364427.htm?1c

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. He was afraid somebody might throw the utensils in his direction.

[Judi Lynn]

5. I'll bet you're right.

It just may be things are getting that tense around him. Interesting.

[kera]

6. no no

it is typical and hypocritical, the missing items prevent the audience from eating and thus listening to $

[banana republican]

12. Who cares about utensils I vote for ROTTEN TOMATOES

[chelaque liberal]

28. These are his worshipers. They just spent $2,000 to be in His presence.

I'm sure they felt it was an honor to fast for his Holiness.

[bluestateguy]

2. Classy

[Sandpiper]

3. $2000 a plate for food you can't eat

nice

[DustMolecule]

4. So, what are they supposed to do?.....

....suck it off their plate? :shrug: Nice!!!

[Oilwellian]

7. I'd love to see the elite do that

:D

[aquart]

8. Is this a joke?

Is it possible the yawning boy was not a rare anomaly? Has George noticed that even his donors don't want to hear him anymore?

No, can't be. Was the date April 1?

[jackstraw45]

9. HILARIOUS

Best $2000 those Repugs could spend....

[DulceDecorum]

10. First turkee, now photofood.

Let them eat pretzels.

[Oilwellian]

11. Here's another funny story I came upon

BACK AT BUSCH: A somewhat hostile crowd complained mightily about the problems the presidential motorcade caused with regular fans trying to get into the park. A Cards employee tipped moi that the team was so concerned about Bush being booed that they piped in fake applause when he strode out to the mound. Lamping flatly denied it. ...

link
Courtesy of Atrios

[NMDemDist2]

16. a caller on AA to Ed today from St Louis says the crowd did BOO

[Gore1FL]

17. Lamping flatly denied it.....

Gee -- A Cardinal GM denying something....

He must be taking Dal Maxville lessons... Or Joe McDonald lessons...

The last trustworthy GM we had was Whitey Herzog, and he hired himself as manager and then fired himself as GM....

[LiberalFighter]

13. Requires registration...

I registered with [e-mail] and password is bushsucks

All welcome to use it.

[SideshowScott]

14. Typical Republicans: Waste food while Americans starve.

ALl that good food wasted just casue the Boy king wants people to listen to him. The good food is just decoration..Why didnt they hand out silverware AFTER he spoke..or not served it till after he talked..Prolly they did not want anyone to get sick ..ha ha
Im a Chef and I would be BEYOND pissed if i had worked my ass off to cook all that food just to see it thrown away.. Kitchen work is not easy.
But thats Republicans for you waste waste waste then bitch about poor mothers who get welfare checks to feed children

[Stephanie]

15. How many more emblematic incidents do we need?

It's getting tedious. The Chimp reveals himself over and over again to be a thin-skinned, belligerent, psychopathic freak, and each time we all go OOOHHH and move on.

This guy is NUTS. And he has the nuclear football.

[wtmusic]

18. What a bratty little emperor

if he had something to say people would listen

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. He must have a short attention span. ADD, perhaps?

*

[Plaid Adder]

20. I can't believe it's not the Onion.

That is the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard!! Has he LOST HIS MIND?

Wait...forget I asked.

Honey, people eat while you talk, it is the way of the banquet. GET OVER IT!

He must be *real* close to unglued if he's pulling shit like this. That's pathetic.

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Ganja Ninja]

21. Iraq is blowing up in the faces of our troops and * is AWOL again.

What is it with this a**hole? Doesn't he know there's a crisis going on? It's time to come off the campaign trail get back to presidentin.

[NewJeffCT]

22. Bush's feet can't touch the soil, either...

A few weeks back, he was attending some sort of ceremony before a fundraiser and the staff there was instructed that *'s feet were not allowed to touch the soil. I wish I could find the link, but I think Breslin wrote about it?

[chelaque liberal]

27. "Sir" "Who do you think you are talking to?" "Sorry. Mr President."

Read it last week. Not sure where to look for a link.


It still kills me that so many people like him because he is a "regular guy."

[NewJeffCT]

30. Link on Bush's feet not touching the ground...

Here is the link of Breslin's story... What is next - Bush trying to walk on water?

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nybres113703317mar11,0,2605416.column?coll=ny-news-columnists

[Florida_Geek]

31. It was for a ground breaking on Long Island for a 9-11 thingy

Ground Breaking... dirt.... feet do not touch the ground...

[MetaTrope]

23. White House paranoia is reaching epic proportions

Stick a fork in Bush, he's done.

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. No paranoia on boosh's* part. I really DO hate his guts.

And maybe the lack of silverware was precisely so no one COULD "stick a fork in Bush." Literally.

[Warren Stuart]

24. Let them eat....

At least the poor were allowed to eat cake.

This defies anything the Democrats could have dreamed up. It is something that should be shouted from the mountaintops.

The Bush Diet. Two thousand dollars and no calories!

[NoPasaran]

25. Two words: Viking Style! n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

26. Typical cheapshit boosh* trick...

You see, they just repackage all the uneaten food and serve it at the NEXT Cult of Boosh (tm) meeting. Once the beef tenderloins start looking a little green (usually after the fourth or fifth fundraiser), they'll cook up a new batch in the BooshTown (tm) corporate kitchens (div. Halliburton). Very cost-effective, y'know, as befitting a CEO of his caliber.

[Florida_Geek]

32. LOL the Press got silverware...

Behind a rope on the side of the ballroom next to many paying guests, reporters scarfed down their own buffet. It came with silverware

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

33. To me, it sounds like they had to change the menu

to sandwiches because the big baby didn't want them to have silverware. So they probably did not eat it because the baguettes and wraps were soggy, because it is hard to feed a large group sandwiches and keep them fresh since they have to be made ahead of time.

Usually at events where there is a speaker, they give people time to eat first, then the person speaks. Wonder why they don't do that? Of course, his supporters probably love being treated like dirt.