He's baaaaccck!! Baghdad Bob - no wait it's Baghdad Bush

[TA]

Bush is in obvious denial about the situation in Iraq. He continues to state that conditions are going well as Iraq marches toward Democracy. Well George those of us who actually read newspapers know that you are living in la la land. During your march to war there was another idiot who could not see the truth and he was know as Baghdad Bob. As he repeatedly made ridiculous statements (some are noted below) we and the world laughed at him. In your case I don't know if we should laugh or cry because of the thousands who continue to die. I will join the Atrios gang and from this date on think of you as BAGHDAD BUSH, our idiot from Crawford.


More from Greg Mitchell's article

George W. Bush Meets "Baghdad Bob"
It started with a joke, but once the laughter stopped I had to admit that the President's sunny statements about Iraq last week did sound disturbingly similar to some of the classics uttered by Saddam's former Minister of Information. "Be assured: Baghdad is safe."

(September 19, 2004) -- On his Friday night chat show on HBO, comedian Bill Maher cracked a joke about President Bush remaining relentlessly upbeat about our war effort in Iraq despite a week of seemingly serious setbacks. Bush, according to Maher, sounds more like "Baghdad Bob" every day.

Baghdad Bob, real name Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, somehow survived and at last report was happily working as an Arab TV commentator, sans trademark beret.

Maher's joke was funny because it got at an essential truth, even as he stretched it. But the next day, I got to thinking, what if that's not such an exaggeration after all?

Some of the many statements from Baghdad Bob:

"I will only answer reasonable questions."

"We are in control, they are not in control of anything, they don't even control themselves!"

"The battle is very fierce and God made us victorious."

"They mock me for how I speak. I speak better English than they do."

"Those are not Iraqis at all. Where did they bring them from?"

"The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!"

"They are becoming hysterical. This is the result of frustration."

"The United Nations...it is all their fault."

"They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion."

"You can go and visit those places. Everything is okay. They are not in Najaf. They are nowhere. They are on the moon."

"Rumsfeld, he needs to be hit on the head."

More

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressin...

[nostamj]

1. "at the whim of a (MAD) hat(ter)!

[friesianrider]

2. LOL my thoughts EXACTLY!

I loved Bush saying last week "I'm very pleased with the progress in Iraq". Sounds like someone's been into the coke again.

[Alpharetta]

3. Baghdad boosh

http://www.internetweekly.org/photo_cartoons/cartoon_bush_baghdad_boosh.html

[Political_Junkie]

4. This is it folks!

This is the one that will finally stick to the teflon (p)resident. Baghdad Bush, use this name repeatedly.