This picture says it all....

[Aviation Pro]

George with a look of bewilderment on his face as he contemplates the red shoes; Laura zoned on Xanax or some other powerful narcotic; George Sr. looking bored and possibly sneaking a peak at his watch; and the only President (former or otherwise) with a genuine look of piety and reflection on his face, "evil" Bill Clinton.

[greenbriar]

1. Very good analysis

oh and the popes foot keeps inching sideways

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. Them's some nice red roadslappers the Pope's got.

[LizW]

25. Click. Click. Click.

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

;)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

27. Kansas?

:wow:

[LizW]

46. Well, I was thinking heaven, but

Kansas would be okay, too. Or even Iowa. ;)

You know, it would be cool if a hot air balloon came and took him away.

[Disturbed]

11. Bush Junta made room on the plane for..

CondiLiar and Card but not Jimmy Carter. That speaks volumes about the Bush Junta to me.

[fryguy]

21. bush needed to travel with his wife and girlfriend - n/t

[mopinko]

45. jimmy knows and * knows it.

that's why.

[hippiepunk]

2. Is that Kinda Sleazy Rice

next to clinton?

[greenbriar]

7. yea

bushy probably has her rooming next to him and when pickles is zoned out on her zanax he will tip toe to her room

[Virginian]

48. I thought they were all three in the same room.

Laura wouldn't notice.

[Ruffhowse]

3. Ha!! A genuine look of piety from BushCo?

When monkeys fly out of my butt!!!!

[fryguy]

13. almost expect them to be clapping their hands

like their hanging out along the fence posts at the "ranch"

[Kerrytravelers]

4. Isn't that the truth?

Good analogy.

[Wickerman]

6. I'm not much of a fashion maven

but aren't those red slippers a tad over the top?

btw, excellent image and summation.

[Horse with no Name]

16. I can't quit laughing

cause all I can think of is that they are capable of holding heavy duty odor eaters.

[Extend a Hand]

19. I heard on the news

That those were his walking shoes, and they used those instead of the "papal slippers" that were usually used.

[FreedomAngel82]

54. I guess they were his favorite

I also saw a photo of him in a red hat so I guess he liked that color.
:)

[Ilsa]

32. Now, I like those red shoes! And if you can get away with

it in Europe, go for it! I just hope that when Shrub goes, they don't make a big deal about his "cowboy" boots.

[signmike]

38. *"hm, Memo to Tony Llama - re: red boots"

[Redstone]

39. Tony Lama, no second L.

Redstone

[signmike]

57. Tthank Yyou.

;-)

[izzybeans]

8. Wouldn't kneeling like that be disrespectful to the Church and the Pope

Like the Bu*h's that is. It seems a bit childish and half-assed. "Oh well I guess we better kneel." "But poppa, we stand and pray out our church" "Shut up son, you don't even go to church"

[fryguy]

9. * thinking: "i flew all the way to eye-taly for this?...borrrring!"

eom

[rurallib]

10. Turned on TV just as they arrived

Bush looked like "Boy when I die people will line up like this cause I'm just like the pope"

[greenbriar]

14. I would if it were tomorrow ;)

but I would be praying it were true abd I don't mean like the pope part

[Horse with no Name]

12. I bet they put a tack on the inside of *'s shoe

So he could inflict pain on himself everytime he felt like slapping that stupid grin on his face.

[Botany]

15. LOL!

Laura dressing like a Catholic in mourning and bush I and II wondering
if they will ever be caught for all their crimes. At least dick cheney didn't
show up in his green oil field parka and boots.

I remember Clinton today .... Peace, Jobs, Science, Surplus, and the ability to
talk, read, and think. Bill and his gang stopped bin Laden twice w/ less intel
than * had before 9-11.

BTW didn't I see those shoes in the "Wizard of Oz?"

[fryguy]

17. and here we thought cheney was good at embarrassing the US

well chimp, pickles and poppa sure showed him how to denigrate a solemn moment....

[Botany]

24. Thank you for posting!

Just as I remembered class of a rats ass. BTW did you see the pix of
dick & Lynne whooping it up in front of the concentration camp pictures.

[Jack Rabbit]

18. He's probably thinking that he can click those shoes and go home

Now, how can I get them off his feet, my pretty?

[Maple]

20. What does it say to the world

that 3 presidents of the 'most powerful nation on earth' are kneeling in front of a pope in Rome?

And the president's wife,and his secretary of state are veiled.

It's an enormous propaganda statement for the church's power.

[gordianot]

26. Right and the one President who had a relationship was not allowed to come

[BuyingThyme]

22. Poppy looks like Rummy in that shot.

Anybody else notice that?

[hootinholler]

29. Yep, thats who I thought it was too.

Thought maybe he was there to look at some barettas for the trupes.

-Hoot

[ghostsofgiants]

58. I've always noticed a resemblence between Bush Sr. and Rummy

[Horse with no Name]

23. I can't resist this

Each are thinking to themselves:

shrubby: I wonder if Condi would look better in those slippers than she does in her leather boots'

pickles: I wish my hubby wouldn't think of her at a time like this.

poppy: I can't believe we are getting away with this.

bigdog: If I had known I was gonna be sitting next to Condi--I would have given my seat to Jimmy.

[FreedomAngel82]

55. LOL

It's always fun to play that game.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

28. They don't know what to do.

Totally bewildered and befuddled. Clueless. Unconcerned. Going through the motions. Badly.

[Riverman]

30. Martin Luther and Henry VIII must be

Turning over in their graves at the idea of these Protestants bowing at the feet of the Papist Icon!

[Ilsa]

31. I can just imagine Bush complaining to Pickles

that he wanted pizza, but there isn't a Domino's around.

[LiberalCompassionate]

43. stopppp!

too much laughter!

"there isn't a Domino's around" :rofl:

[understandinglife]

33. Laura wishes it was her on the table. Can you blame her? (nt)

www.missionnotaccomplished.us

[LibraLiz1973]

34. Yep. He looked real weird

Uncomfortable etc. So did condoleeza. She looked almost panicky- like she was about to jump out of her skin.

[Rockerdem]

35. Condi and Bill were laughing while walking together

I wonder if the FR-----s will take them to task for a Ron Brown moment?

[katamaran]

36. I swear I saw those shoes on sale at PayLess...

[leftofthedial]

37. "Last time I was this close to a dead guy . . ."

"I had to get in the casket with him. Go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o Yale!"

[seventythree]

50. that's funny!

[Mr_Spock]

40. I saw that picture before - I'm like what's that wild-eyed redneck doing?

He (Dumbya) looks SO out of place there.

[bushcrab]

47. It's chimp's light bulb kicking on....

I'm thinking he'll be wearing his own red shoes by the weekend.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

41. I'm a....

lasped Catholic. The only time I really had to go to church was that my Irish grandparents wanted to go to church and I had to go so they could think I went to church. But when we had a solemn event at the church (death or talking about Jesus dying), we bowed our heads and had our hands together.

Clinton is doing this right. Even Condoleezza is doing it right. The Bushes aren't and it's disrespectful. If you notice the people behind them are also bowing/looking down at the ground while they pray.

[FunkyLeprechaun]

56. OMG!!!

Maybe this may be a bit too late but just watched CNN:

Everyone but Bush solemnly walked past the cardinals that were sitting past the pews. Bush shook their hands and grinned and chuckled. His dad was like MOVE and Clinton was like "What an asshole"

[Doctor_J]

42. Which ones the real Christian?

Oh, yeah, the one who started the war that's killed 200,000 people.

[Redstone]

44. Oh, the hardcore fundies are going to pitch a fit!

About their guy bushyboy kneeling in front of a dead Pope!

I can't wait to see the conniptions they're going to be in.

Ten bucks says we see a revival of the old word "papist" in the fundie blogs and websites.

Redstone

[DemonFighterLives]

49. Dubby thinking the anti-christ has won - smirk

The pope from above himself watching 4 of the horsemen pass.
It's the end of the world as we know it.

[Riverman]

52. Southern Crackers Going Nuts

These people kneeling at the feet of the dead papist are from Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi! 'Merican Prezdents and that house niggress, prostating demseves 'fore that dead 'ole Pap What ta' Fuuuhhh! Marla Sue where's my sheet and torch!


Oh this will get me in trouble!

[DemonFighterLives]

62. Lawdy, lawdy, can't have that

Welcome to DU!

[burn the bush]

51. Shrub thinking "he has magic red shoes. I must get them. I just wanna go

home. Just think, all I have to do is click them together 3 times and I will instantly be back home"

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

59. lol! I was about to post about these ruby slippers and glad that

I read down before I did!

[this_side_up]

53. wait until the funeral mass

Opps, make that funeral high mass.

Talking 2+ hours and considering all of the ceremony etc
I bet it will be closer to 3 hours.

Wish someone could keep a camera on the moron's group
the entire time

Hope someone does a thread on their fashion
statements.

[Tesla]

61. Did they all ride together over in Air Force 1?

Wouldn't you love to be a fly that ride???

Somethings up with Bill being all nicey nice with the Pres and Co.

Makes you wonder......

[DemGirl7]

65. Yeah something is up...and it's creepping the crap out of me.

Pretty soon, Bill may talking Bush & Co. talking points. bad, very bad.

[allhislife]

60. LOL

ok, u got a lot of time on ur hands

[Tennessee T]

63. The Look

Also... The POPE is not embalmed. He's been dead for a few days.
The look on they're faces may be...hmmmm...do you think?

[kcwayne]

64. Why is Clinton spending so much time around these scumbags?

Between the golf outings, Tsunami trip, and now dead pope viewing, I am seeing far too many pictures of Clinton and Bush elbow to elbow these days.

[BrightKnight]

66. 2000 Bob Jones University

"Some have taken – and mistaken – this visit as a sign that I approve of the anti-Catholic and racially divisive views associated with that school."

I remember that there was criticism before he went. He didn't say anything to counter the criticism when he was there.

Bush's idea of exstasis is a photo opportunity. He is committed to the world of appearances and has no real convictions. Kierkegaard would have called him an aesthete.

[kath]

67. Has anyone figured out who the mysterious seventh person in the entourage

is??