Bush Adds DeLay to Social Security Tour (LOL!!)

[jefferson_dem]

The traveling circus adds a new clown!

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush is adding a helper to his Social Security road tour: House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is facing allegations of ethical improprieties but is seen by the White House as crucial to pushing Bush's plans through Congress.


In Galveston, Texas, on Tuesday, Bush was discussing his proposal to add private investment accounts to Social Security. DeLay was scheduled to attend the event with the president and, along with a few other Republican members of Congress from Texas, fly back to Washington with him on Air Force One.


Polls show a decline in public support for Bush's plan to divert Social Security taxes into private investments. A Washington Post-ABC News poll out Tuesday found that only 45 percent of those surveyed favored the idea, compared with 56 percent who had supported it in a March poll.


Bush's approval rating has also fallen, according to the poll, with half of those surveyed disapproving of the job he is doing as president.


DeLay is facing questions about the source of funding for some of his foreign trips, political fundraising for Texas elections and his ties to a lobbyist under federal criminal investigation. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&u=/ap/20050426/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush&printer=1

[Dr.Phool]

1. Next he'll drag out the Pope.

[UpInArms]

9. the dead one?

:popcorn:

[WhiteTara]

36. no, his old friend Ratzi Benedict!

[UpInArms]

39. hi BNL!

:hi:

[ps1074]

10. The dead one?

:shrug:

[UpInArms]

15. LOL!

great minds think alike!

:toast:

[ps1074]

17. cheers

:toast:

[tanyev]

2. But they're not friends friends.

[0007]

13. Thanks for the chuckle......

A good friendship takes time. Then how come Ken Lay gets a nickname and DeLay doesn't? Isn't seven higher than three?

[sabra]

3. It's going that well?

Nice strategy!

[Richardo]

4. When your boat is sinking, grab an anchor.

Idiot.

Keep it up, Smirky! :applause: DeLay really connects with the peeps!

[elehhhhna]

40. When it crashes he'll blame DeLay, see? Kill 2 birds w/ one stone.

SS deform failed when linked to DeLay. He'll step down for the good o' the party based on this failure & it'all all disappear from the MSM in one fell swoop.

[cry baby]

5. Maybe * is taking this opportunity to talk to delay about falling

on his sword for the good of the party.



or * is an idiot!

[wildwww2]

49. Maybe Bu$h needs Delay for sex since Jimmy/Jeff cannot visit anymore

It makes since to me. They don`t seem to mind screwing the public up the ass. So doing each other sure does not suprise me.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[Ilsa]

6. Oh this is great. I love it.

Two losers with losing propositions running amok together. Are they hoping that DeLay will help Bush's numbers or vice versa?

[stevedeshazer]

7. It just couldn't get any better

Unbelievable. What a meltdown over there.

:nuke:

[Demit]

14. LOL! Major icky sig picture. Look at those pasty white sticks. And WHAT

is that little bulge in the front of her skirt??? Like, ewwwww.

[Window]

19. Your sig line picture...

she looks like walking death! Yuk.

[Dulcinea]

43. Theater of the absurd.

That's what this has become.

[Guckert]

8. Make sure they take Jack Abramoff's credit card away before he charges

everything on it.

[Spinzonner]

11. Tom better watch out

He might get a big fat kiss

[Roland99]

12. No Shame...only Pure Hubris

Political suicide.

[AzDar]

16. Woke up, saw this headline on MSN home page,and thought "even

the Wee Cowboy isn't THAT freaking stupid." Wrong!!! WHAT can they be thinking/smoking???

[xultar]

18. WOW! This is gonna be effin good! You can say one thing..Bush

has got some big ass BALLZ.
:popcorn:

[rodeodance]

20. WH is now downplaying the ride==saying they are doing it for other

congresspeople also. MSNBC said this a few moments ago. It is my interpretation (the downplaying).
uum....suddenly they realized the image this creats??

[rodeodance]

21. who is in charge of the WH image now that Rove moved to foreign area?

[Roland99]

26. Hughes?

[Mari333]

22. I knew * was out of touch with the common man/woman

but I didnt realize just how out of touch he was! well, give them enough rope so they can hang themselves, is all I can say.

[Straight Shooter]

23. Little Boots has officially slipped into The Twilight Zone.

Tom DeLay is going to go out and "hammer" the dismantling of Social Security into the stubborn heads of the unwilling citizens of America.

Unbelievable. Bring it on.

:rofl:

[atommom]

24. The Repubs are just getting more and more ludicrous.

Please tell me that more than 49% of Americans can see that...

[central scrutinizer]

25. Gee, did Charles Manson have a previous engagement?

I'm sure they could find somebody with a worse public image.

[Greylyn58]

27. I just read this story on CNN

Adding DeLay to the Liarapolooza SS tour. Well that makes sense...I mean two liars are better than one, Right? :sarcasm:

Wow...I'm always questioning when the pResident will reach the bottom of his stupidity well. I guess the answer is "Not Yet!"

[silvermachine]

28. This is great!

Right now, Tom Delay is the best weapon that the Democratic party has in it's arsenal. And the most painful weapon that the GOP has in it's arse...
This reminds me so much of Gingrich's last daze before his resignation.

[Pithy Cherub]

29. Cue MJ Theme MusIc: "Tom (Ben) the two of us need look no more,

We both found what we were looking for,"...

The rat song is just perfecto for DeLay and Bush to send the republican ship of state to the bottom of the cess pool! :popcorn:

[Politicub]

30. Bush truly is an idiot

I cringed as I tuned my radio into one of the right wing talk stations here in Atlanta. To my pleasant surprise, the host (was it Hugh Hewitt or something) was criticizing the GOP and Bush about Delay. Of course, he was doing it in such a way where he bashed Dems. But still, I think this is a good development. Put the GOP fuckers on the defensive.

Then I listened to Hannity for a few minutes. OMFG - what a simplistic, moronic hack. His audience must be made up of the "Bush at any cost" crowd -- the same folks who listen to Rush all day to tell them what to think, and then listen to Hannity. I couldn't understand why people would listen to him. It wasn't entertaining at all. Sometimes right wing talk show hosts can have a bit of entertainment value, but not Hannity. Ehw.

I say let the Bushistas live in their bubble. It will be all the more surprising to them when the Dem steamroller comes through in 06 and 08.

:bounce:

[Plaid Adder]

31. With help like that...

Wow. This SS campaign brings new meaning to the term "flailing."

:popcorn:

The Plaid Adder

[driver8]

32. Isn't that like taking Jeffrey Dahmer on a "No Child Left Behind" Tour

Poppa Bush is afraid his little boy Tommy is going to get into trouble if he leaves him at home, so he has to take his spoiled child with him.

These are the men "leading" this country??

[alcibiades_mystery]

34. LOL

Spewing coffee. Nice.

[UCLA Dem]

33. * does not have the political clout to pull delay out of this mess...

has he even looked at his polling numbers lately???

[Zorra]

35. Are we paying for all this? These corrupt republicans are stealing our

money for their own personal use.

[Greylyn58]

37. Kick

to keep this where it can be seen. :evilgrin:

[Bleacher Creature]

38. Huh??? Politically, Bush's people are not stupid.

Why would they ever agree to this?? It's almost so ridiculous that it makes me uncomfortable.

[neverforget]

41. Bush added a pig to his lipstick tour!

[napi21]

42. Actually, I'm glad to hear this! One will help bring the other one down!

I'm sure they're buddies. After all, they're both from Tx! Take a look at the people who have been in congress for a while, and you see them putting distance between themselves and DeLay...big time! He's damaged good now, and I hope the "friends" that they let into these meetings see the s*it being exchanged!

[katty]

44. Huh??! is he majorly high??! DeLay?! Big Mistake bushie

[Megahurtz]

45. Oh give it up, Dude!!!

:spray:

[katty]

46. LOL- this dramedy gets better every minute!

[LostinVA]

47. Yet ANOTHER clue that * is a pancake short of a stack n/t

[LiberalFighter]

48. Should had seen Daily Show last nite...

They showed DeLay standing behind dimwad and DeLay had a very forced smile on his face. Jon showed it again and this time they had circle focus on DeLay... very funny.

Jon suggested that Frist was in a persistent vegetative state. LOL

Repeat should be on tonite if you get a chance.

[Judi Lynn]

50. Tom Delay gets a Ride on Air Force One

April 26, 2005

Tom Delay gets a Ride on Air Force One

Under the auspices of the president's social security plan, Fox took the opportunity to photo op Tom Delay on Studio B with Shepard Smith today.

In a story reported by Mike Emanuel, who was in Galveston, Texas for the last leg of the President's 60 day 'sell' on his social security plan, Emanuel pointed out that some people in Galveston have an option plan on their social security. He stated that they could have some of their money put into private accounts and that is why the president was finishing up his tour there.

Although Emanuel reported that 2/3 of American people do not support the president's plan, he said the president chose to look at a poll that said that 60% of Americans think that Congress is moving too slow regarding social security.

But the real bonus was when Fox showed Tom Delay standing up in the audience to rip roaring applause. Emanuel said that the president's aides said that the president "appreciates Delay's leadership in the House and supports him as strongly as ever." Emanuel then stated that Delay was in Galveston and the president was going to give him a ride back to Washington on Air Force One.
(snip/...)

http://www.newshounds.us/2005/04/26/tom_delay_gets_a_ride_on_air_force_one.php

CBS article, and attractive photo of Delay and Bush,
suitable for framing. Yeah, right:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/26/politics/main691088.shtml

[Old and In the Way]

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[The_Casual_Observer]

52. This article intentionally soft peddles the poll numbers

he is way below 50% in approval, and the Social Security #s are probably in the teens by now.

[NeoConsSuck]

53. Bring your dog & pony show up here to the Northeast..

and bring your deflector shields. The bottles and rocks will be flying!