Convention Confetti Covered in Bush Images

[kskiska]

NEW YORK (AP) - President Bush will literally rain down on Republican National Convention delegates Thursday night after he accepts their nomination for a second term.

The president's picture, along with those of his wife Laura, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne, adorns hundreds of pounds of confetti that will be dropped along with 120,000 balloons and streamers during the convention's closing minutes.

``It's something fun for delegates to sneak home in pockets and tell the kids about,'' said convention press secretary Leonardo Alcivar, who calls it the first time picture confetti has been used at a political convention.

The confetti was made by the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company Confoti Inc., which uses digital imagery to create various confetti pictures. Alcivar said the company chose the photos to emphasize the president and vice president's strong family ties. There are several poses of the Bushes and the Cheneys.

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[Warpy]

1. Sounds like child abuse to me

taking miniature pictures of that idiot home to scare them with.

[Spiffarino]

2. Heard on the floor Thursday night...

"Aaarrrrhhhhhh!! Auuaaaaggghhhhh!! Get it off! Get it off!!"

[yardwork]

19. LOL! Sounds like idolatry to me

Isn't it improper for them to throw around images of their little god?

[LisaL]

3. I wonder if they put it

on toilet paper as well?

[MrScorpio]

4. Who the hell is paying for this?

>>Alcivar declined to discuss the cost of the confetti. The company's Web site indicates that it charges $16.95 for a 2.5 ounce bag containing 3200 pieces. <<

[gmoney]

5. Can they mix in shredded Enron files?

And maybe those shredded air traffic controller tapes.

[robbedvoter]

6. Leftovers from Afghanistan? They dropped those there too, right?

In the yellow containers, looking just like the bombs?

[young_at_heart]

7. Strong family ties??? You've got to be kidding!

The Bush family is pretty dysfunctional....I can't wait for Kitty Kelly's book to spill the beans!

[goclark]

24. Can't wait, when will it be out?

[Keirsey]

35. Amazon

Amazon has the release date as September 14.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385503245/ref=lpr_g_1/002-2412615-9550410?v=glance&s=books

[goclark]

37. Date is circled on my calendar thanks

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Cult of personality

Ain't that un American? Oh never mind...

[Neecy]

12. no kiddin'

It's like the depictions of Stalin that used to be everywhere in the Soviet Union.

I'm so grossed out! Imagine those criminals getting tangled in your hair! I'd run out of the place screaming, completely traumatized.

[JohnnyRingo]

9. If only someone on the inside could mix in condoms ...

...with pix of the whole family.

[quaoar]

10. More appropriate

would be pictures of the 950 dead American soldiers in Iraq.

[Spiffarino]

11. Best idea yet.

How fitting.

[TahitiNut]

13. It's official. They're now a full-fledged CULT!

Faith over fact. Sanctity over sanity. Who over what. Us over them. Graven images and idolatry. A cult.

[revree]

14. THEY THINK HE IS SOME KIND OF GOD...

Oh, Goddess, help us. We are doomed. These people are beyond help.

[LisaL]

16. I agree

I think they have lost it.
Their touch with reality-gone.

[kayell]

36. You thought they were doomed even before you saw this:

[truthisfreedom]

15. hmm. stressing the crime family ties. nice.

[madmax]

17. Reminds me of the bush pic made from the small pics of

all the soldiers who died. Anyone rember that? Got a link?

Got milk? :silly:

[JLFinch]

18. Good. My cat box is just about out of litter.

I hope it doesn't make the cats sick.

[LisaL]

21. I wouldn't do it.

It will make the cats to freak out.
:crazy:

[Mokito]

22. Freak out of joy! They get to shit on *!

[Lithos]

20. time to sweep up

and dump him into the dustbin of history!!!!!!!

[VolcanoJen]

23. Oh. My. God.

That has to be the most nauseating thing I have ever heard of.

Lynne Cheney's mug on confetti?? What in the living hell???

They scare me. They seriously, seriously scare me, these people...

[Kool Kitty]

25. Sounds like a good thing-

for me to poop on! (Kudos to Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.)

[SilasSoule]

26. A good confetti mix would include some chads from the 2000 selection.

[JLFinch]

27. What does this say about Cheney on the ticket?

Can we confirm that they didn't order any OTHER faces on the confetti, just in case?

[truthisfreedom]

33. the bush crime family and cheney crime family confettis are being kept in

separate containers, just in case.

[Piperay]

28. Ugh, it will be

raining down uglies. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[NYC]

29. Good. We get to step on it.

Some of that confetti is bound to make it outside. :hi:

[Fridays Child]

30. Itsy bitsy, teensy weensy sheets of customized toilet paper!

How apropos.

[Libby2]

31. I think it's a wonderful idea

if I had pictures of them, I'd cut them in little pieces too.

Good therapy.....not that I need it.

[Sugarbleus]

32. I thought this was a gag at first... so it's real?? OMG... *choke* n/t

[MaineDem]

34. Gag me!

Ewww...but at least it would feel good stomping on their faces!

[Rose Siding]

38. No one does the spirit of the graven image like repubs

Mom went to NYC and all I got was this cheezy cage liner.

[Malikshah]

39. Really! Haven't we choked on Bush and Cheney enough

Now they have confetti to clog our throats...

;)

[Gregorian]

40. Acid reign

God's chosen son, raining down from heaven. What a beautiful sight.



(Trust me, I've lived in Sunnyvale (Stupidvale), and it was the nightmare of my life. Just a personal dislike. After all, who would love a place that once was cherry orchards, and now is townhouses, and cars. So this all makes as perfect a sense as anything. The thought of Stupidvale is actually just as gross as that of George Bush. )

[Thor_MN]

41. Is this what they mean by "Trickle Down" is working?

Where does the GOP gets their damn fool ideas...