Bush Doll makes headline tv news in uk!

[emad]

From BBC Uk news:

Bush doll has waiting list


The George Bush action man: Ready for anything
A US toymaker's latest Elite Force action figure is attracting interest and derision in equal measure.
An ardent virtual queue of patriots is stretching around the cyberspace block, waiting to get their hands on their very own pint-sized model of Elite Force Aviator: George W Bush.
The action figure is a 1:6 scale replica of the commander-in-chief's appearance during his visit to the USS Abraham Lincoln on 1 May to announce the end of the war in Iraq.
Manufacturer Blue Box Toys says the $39.99 (£25.45) figure is "a fitting addition to the collection of those interested in US military memorabilia," but enthusiasts will have to wait until 31 October because of high advance orders.
According to manufacturers, the fully-poseable figure features:

a realistic head sculpt ****
fully detailed cloth flight suit ****
helmet with oxygen mask****
survival vest****
g-pants ****
parachute harness ******


But not everyone has welcomed the doll.

Mark Morford, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, last week wrote: "There he is, all faux manly and squinty and artificially buffed up, his gull-wing ears toned down and the thin-lipped brow-furrowed monkey confusion so common to his scrunched little face apparently erased."

President Bush's appearance in full US pilot regalia was justified because he partly flew the S-3B Viking aircraft that took him to the aircraft carrier.

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**** just in case you weren't completely certain, folks: NO PENIS
(just like real life, eh?)

[rainydaywoman]

1. Yes,

and an empty head, just like real life!! lol

Oh, almost forgot, no heart either.

[Octafish]

2. Here he is in action (figures sold separately)

Anyone for a cigarillo?

Courtesy of the BartCop Collection

[Skittles]

4. lol.........................octafish

that's hilarious! :D

[pansypoo53219]

10. gee

he looks extra stupid from that angle.

[bearfartinthewoods]

3. has anyone researched who manufactures/imports these things? n/t

[wtmusic]

5. Q: Where IS Bush's penis?

A: Right over there next to the Dub-Yem-Dees.

[emad]

6. Top 1980's UK TV puppet show 'Spitting Image' claimed

that "the President's Brain is Missing" in their award-winning Ronald Reagan lampoon saga, and that his natural successor would be equally challenged in the organ department.....spooky, eh?

[wtmusic]

9. Those Brits are remarkably prescient

at least their humorists are

[corarose]

17. I loved the show and I do remember the one on Raygun

Was it the show with Raygun and Nancy In bed with water coming down on them?

[JohnyCanuck]

13. Where are his balls?

Oh that's right, he didn't come with a pair.

[quilp]

7. Does this doll have balls?

n/t

[rainydaywoman]

8. Maybe I'll get one

For me to POOP ON! to quote Triumph, that lovable, cigar smokin' pooch.

[pansypoo53219]

11. prefer

a voodoo option.

[absolutezero]

12. i'm gonna burn one in effegy n/t

[LittleApple81]

14. Did you see Comedy Central's "Bush Inaction Figure" Sketch?

http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.php?reposid=/multimedia/tds/headlines/8026.html

very funny!
On comedycentral.com, daily show videos titled "Cool Ranch Grip" in case the above link does not work.

[JohnyCanuck]

15. Lousy reporting by the BBC

>>Mr Bush never saw combat during the Vietnam war, because he remained in the US as a pilot with the national guard.<<

No mention at all of WhistleAss going AWOL for a year and a half and they call themselves a news organization?

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Dear BBC,

In reporting on the "Bush doll has waiting list" story your reporter was apparantly under the delusion that Mr. Bush served in the Air National Guard as a pilot for the duration of his term of service.

The BBC report states:

"Mr Bush never saw combat during the Vietnam war, because he remained in the US as a pilot with the national guard."

However records indicate that Mr. Bush actually was grounded after failing to appear for a compulsory medical exam (which just happened to include a drug test) and then for a year and a half failed to show up for alternative ground based duties as required.

It should be noted that for the less privelidged members of society, this type of behavior usually meant a (quite possibly) one-way ticket to the jungles and swamps of Vietnam to complete their national service obligations as an infantry grunt, a fate which G W Bush appears to have avoided by some unexplained circumstance. I would encourage you to review the documentation and articles at www.awolbush.com .

Regards
XXXXX

[newyawker99]

16. emad aisat sana

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