Funeral Photo-Op >>>

[Stephanie]

[beyurslf]

1. Gag. It is just gross that they won't take their cameras off the dead body

Why would anyone want to stand in line for 24 hours just to walk by a body? Kind of gives me the creeps, really.

[Joe the Revelator]

74. I don't understand why people get so bent out of shape with this.

Millions of people, myself included, have attended open casket funerals/wakes. They help a lot of people deal with death.

[WildEyedLiberal]

2. Clinton looks solemn and respectful; * looks like he wants a sandwich

:puke:

[linazelle]

43. Notice the distance between him and Daddy Bush...

I always check out body language and their's is loud and clear--they're not "like this" <crossing fingers> if you know what I mean.

[Charon]

67. Distance

I suspect the reason for the distance is the fact that the President's wife is between them. Don't think that is out of the ordinary.

[Beaverhausen]

3. jesus, but smirky looks like an asshole

what is he even looking at?

at least the big dawg looks sincere.

[Ironpost]

22. Its easy for an asshole to look like one

[radfringe]

66. put down your beverage before reading (spit-take alert)

so last night my partner and I were watching the evening spews....

we caught the tail end of the mr. bush* goes to rome story... and then there was a story about bush*'s polling numbers being in the toilet

she looks at me and says "I'm surprised bushis going to the Pope's funeral."

me: Why?

partner: well, he does keep saying he doesn't look at polls...

[Cooley Hurd]

68. *Bada-bump-Tsssssssss!*

Wothry of a rimshot!:D:thumbsup:

[TomClash]

4. Where was Jimmy Carter?

He's the only American President worthy of being at the Pope's funeral. He could teach many people a thing or two about holiness.

[Nothing Without Hope]

19. He was passed over by the Bushies. Nice, huh?

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11327345.htm
Bush, 2 former presidents travel to pope's funeral

(snip)

"There has been no dissension between me and the White House concerning the pope's funeral," Carter said in a one-sentence statement issued by his office.

However, in a statement issued Tuesday, Carter seemed to suggest that he wasn't ever formally invited to join the trip.

The earlier statement said Carter told the White House he wanted to go, but "was quite willing to withdraw his request" when he learned that others wanted to join the White House delegation.

The slot that presumably would have gone to Carter went instead to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. First lady Laura Bush also traveled to Rome with the official party. The only other living former president, Gerald Ford, 91, has curtailed his travel because of health problems.

(snip - more at link)

[TomClash]

28. Not nice and not surprising

[fryguy]

61. why should Carter have been there?

after all, he is only nobel prize winner, been dedicated to many of the same causes as the pope, and was president when John Paul II was selected Pope and first (only?) to welcome any Pope to the White House . . . really, in light of that, isn't it more important for condiLyer rice and pickles to be there to pollute the air?

:sarcasm:

[Ron Green]

5. I dig the red shoes, though.

Somehow at once dignified and whimsical.

[Beaverhausen]

10. There's no place like home...

[Ron Green]

13. LOL - that's exactly what I first thought!!

[Dookus]

37. If you click his heels three times

he goes back to Poland.

[merh]

17. I agree!

Whimsical indeed! :silly:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

52. Whoops.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3438187&mesg_id=3438215

[femme.democratique]

6. OHHH I love the last one....they all look kinda sick!!!!!

Whats up with them??? Smirk looks as smirky as ever, glaring off to the side...Pickles looks GHOST white, poppy looks constipated, Clinton looks like he's thinking about his mother, and CondiSleaza looks like she's got that 1978 abortion on her mind...

[Cooley Hurd]

69. The pope looks healthier than Pickles...

[pdx_prog]

76. None of them probably feel "worthy" enough to be there....

I know I wouldn't.

[anarchy1999]

78. No, oh no, it's just the BFEE in all their glory, on their knees.

Sick looking bunch of folk, IMHO.

Sad, tired, used up and God help them.

[deadparrot]

7. *Everyone* looks totally bored in that last picture. nt

[Melynn]

63. Poppy looks bored in every picture

I bet that Poppy was thinking, "I thought it was only Vice Presidents that had to do this shit".

Remember when Bush I was Reagan's veep he went to all the state funerals instead of Ronnie? People used to make jokes about it.

[Nothing Without Hope]

8. It's scandalous and petty that they deliberately excluded Jimmy Carter

who, after all, did have more interaction with the pope than any of the others present. Indeed, the presence of the Bushite warmongers at his bier would not be something he wanted. And Condi Rice instead of Jimmy Carter? Puleeeeze.

[Sanity Claws]

9. What's with the black lace thingies?

Pickles and Condi are wearing these black lace mantilla-type things. Who advised them? It looks like they're playing dress up. Women haven't been required to cover their heads in a Catholic church in forty years.

[femme.democratique]

11. I know, they look ridiculous and contrived don't they?

[Stephanie]

12. Right? It's in imitation of Jackie Kennedy, I think

but so stupidly out of touch

[susanna]

44. LOL - you're right.

Anyone give the news flash to Mrs. * and Condi that Jackie was actually Catholic, so she somehow didn't look nearly so stupid wearing it? Ack.

[Ivote]

14. That's OLD Europe

Just like the rest of this administration. They are all in the dark ages

And these pictures dont show Andy Card and the other guy that was next to him

[Stephanie]

15. The first one does.

I count seven. No room for President Carter? How come?

[Matilda]

64. The Vatican dress code is still rigidly traditional, so the mantillas

aren't out of place.

And actually, they were rather gorgeous to wear, back in olden times.

[bumblebee1]

62. Those black lace mantillas

They are required to be worn by women when in the presence of the pope. That includes a private audience with a living pope.

[Sanity Claws]

70. COuld you tell me where I could find this information?

I did a Google search and did not find that. The only rules I saw for a Papal Audience was no shorts, no miniskirts, no bare shoulders.

[SmokingJacket]

16. FINALLY someone in a picture looks worse than Bush!

The person is not actually alive, but...

[PassingFair]

23. Condie looks positively

EVIL in that fourth picture....
Like something outta the Omen, or something...

[unhappycamper]

18. I am just so embarrassed anytime these clowns are on display.

n/t

[Deja Q]

20. How could ANYBODY have voted for them this time?!

[Nothing Without Hope]

21. In the third photo, the blivet** looks like he's got a RED CONEHEAD

There's a cardinal behind him who's a little taller and lined up perfectly.

Trying to get brownie points wiith US Catholics by sitting with obvious boredom by the old man's dead body - what a spectacle.

[BrklynLiberal]

24. The Lizard and the Stepford wife had to go, but Carter ws dissed...

VERY classy of the bushes..

[libbygurl]

25. Er, didn't know non-Catholics wore veils--even that anyone still wore...

...veils today! Catholics have dispensed with it for a long while now, so why does Laura B have one on her head? Looking like (old) Catholic for a day? Nice.

[alexisfree]

73. correct!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still have my veil.......

[femme.democratique]

26. This one is DISGUSTING

They look way too proud of themselves, INCLUDING CLINTON, why does he seem to be an Honorary Bush???

[greenbriar]

29. look at clinton's face

looks round and extra on top


he doesn't look well

[greenbriar]

30. looks like he

was tanning with goggles on?

[CornField]

31. That's what I thought... maybe he had been wearing an eye cover for sleep?

[FreedomAngel82]

32. Of course

Bush has to be in the front. :eyes: Camera hog.

[DARE to HOPE]

38. I agree with you about the Bushes, they OOZE arrogance and disrespect...

But Clinton looked prayerful throughout to me, mindful of his own mortality, and the sad state of the world. Here I think he looks like he barely has the energy to stand there. I give him a lot of credit trusting God enough to come with the Bushes.

As for them--they should be trembling.

[riverwalker]

48. please tell me

that dipstick isn't actually wearing a US Flag lapel pin, please.
Ohhh gawd.

[Clark2008]

57. He has to wear the pin

That's where the battery is hidden.

:7

[Ilsa]

55. He's doing "the Smirky" pose again...

weight shifted to one side, easing into the center to take more room in the shot.

Poppy looks like he's been embalmed.

[fryguy]

60. chimp - "hey y'all....where's the keg?"

eom

[libbygurl]

27. I'm not good at it, but this also presents an excellent CAPTION OP wrt...

...the Bushies and Condi!!! What could they REALLY be thinking in the photos???

[whistle]

33. Pappy Bush looks very bored in all of the photos...

<caption> Ok, we've seen the dead guy, now let's eat!

[maxsolomon]

34. have i mentioned that i HATE THAT FAMILY?

make it stop. please make it stop. jeb caught molesting the comatose. noelle back on the pipe. nude photos of the twins with r. kelly. whatever it takes to end this.

[Zynx]

35. Poppy Bush made an ass out of himself in this one:

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

36. Poppy has a look on his face like, "How much longer til I get out of

here." * looks like he's smirking (big surprise there).

[greenbriar]

46. capture this...

hummm

yea maybe they didn't embalm him???

[buddysmellgood]

39. If he slays the balrog, he comes back as John Paul the white.

[n2mark]

41. Shrub is looking at the deceased Pope

and saying, "See what happens to those who disagree with my war!"

[DemGirl7]

40. Hey I wonder if it's going to be one classic fashion disaster on friday

reguarding Pickles and Condi. If were lucky Pickles would probably wear something even more distasteful that the fake Jackie Kennedy outfit, and Condi may wear those Dominatrix boots of hers.

[linazelle]

42. Center pic...Condi looks like the grim reaper.

:puke:

[rsmith6621]

45. The Pope Is Looking Kinda

GREY..........not as Rosey as he did when they placed him on display earlier this week.

[jmcon007]

47. I like Bill, but where is his left hand?

[Stephanie]

49. Condi's growing her hair out

Secy's of State look better with long, sexy hair, I guess. Poor Bill looks stuck in the middle, doesn't he? And Condi is laying the drama on a bit too thick. Condi, you did not know him! Take it easy!

[leftofthedial]

50. what? no golashes and hunting outfits?

On the end there, isn't that our Secretary of Lying



in State?

[Jesus Saves]

51. It's just lucky Bush I didn't puke

It looks to me he was barely holdin' it in.

[Stephanie]

56. A for effort

D for sincerity

[Jesus Saves]

58. done gon nar an tried

ain't get enough fer ya...ever...

[fryguy]

53. no one coached chimp on what to do?

he's just staring off into space like the idiot that he is . . . he's got the look of a drunk guy watching someone make balloon-puppets

[DistressedAmerican]

54. Just Like I Predicted...

[fryguy]

59. what about Poland???

eom

[Vektor]

65. Ok, I am not trying to be mean -

I'm very serious, in the third photo down, that woman behind Clinton, and directly to the right, looks like an actual corpse, or a zombie. It's really very frightening. Maybe it's just a real bad picture, well ok, CLEARLY it's a real bad picture - but WOW.

[SammyWinstonJack]

71. Idiot bush** always looks so damn CLUELESS!

:banghead:

[alexisfree]

72. to me...

looks like they are getting ready for thanksgiven!!!!!!

[RBHam]

75. Look at the elbow room Poppy and Condi give Bill...

Their base is watching.

[la la]

77. okay - who is standing on condi's left

in the first picture?

Please tell me it isn't Karl Rove.

:wtf:

[Catherine Vincent]

79. That's Andrew Card.

[la la]

80. okay, I believe you, but

sit back and really look at it---doesn't it look like rove? Or am I really nuts?

No, don't tell me !

:crazy:

[Catherine Vincent]

81. No, I don't see it. Andrew Card isn't as fat and pasty as Rove.:-)

But the only reason I know it's Card is because there was a thread last night wondering who the guy next to Card was. Dont' ask me who it is because I forgot already.:)

[burrowowl]

82. Both so-called Prez Bu$hes

look like they don't really give a shit.
Clinton tried some intoning. Condi gave some evil looks.