Why the hell is * always holding up food, posing with it?!?!?!

[Bluebear]

[Gothic Sponge]

1. He's trying to show how great US manufacturing jobs are..

You know, like McDonalds. ;)

[madmax]

2. And the same blue shirt..what's up with that? n/t

[4morewars]

5. He's a working class hero !

</sarcasm>

[4morewars]

3. They are trying to make him look like a human.

[Swamp Rat]

14. Right! But he's not!

Don't vote for Bush! He's an alien lizard!

[lapfog_1]

4. I think its a almost a biblical reference

I am the great father / provider.

Psychological, possibly intentional by Rove.

[Bluebear]

6. Good theory, but he's so mamby-pamby...

more like a Mother Earth/Betty Crocker sort of thing.

[lapfog_1]

8. But HE thinks he is a manly man

not a girly man. I'm sure Arrrrnold will agree.

[alittlelark]

9. Winner!!!!

Most certainly, especially among his 'base' - paycheck to paycheck religious types.

He provides the loaves and fishes.

Forget the GM and Mercury

[Zookeeper]

7. I think it's kind of a Homer Simpson thing....

"Mmmmm. Corn." "Mmmmmm. Pecan Pie." "Mmmmm. Turkey...and plastic turkey."

[Skittles]

10. it's NOT so he can look like a moron

he does that plenty well enough without food, dudn't he? :D

[Bluebear]

12. He show do! It's laughable, idn't it?

:)

[roguevalley]

11. someone fotoshopped a squirrel onto an ear of corn he was eating.

i'm still laughing.

[soothsayer]

22. I know---I LOVE that one! Hope it shows up on this thread

This time I'll save it...!

[Bluebear]

13. Arrrrrgh! He found the yellowcake from Niger!

[DustMolecule]

15. Because he can't pose with people

'Cause nobody likes him? :shrug:

[fob]

16. For the top photo (which I haven't seen before)

I will guess what he is saying, someone who knows tell me if I'm close.

He made a remark about "he's there to buy something", that "he's there to show the economy" and asked a reporter "Hey (Insert nickname here), are you gonna buy something? What are you gonna buy with your big salary?" Doesn't this one look good? Why don't you take some of your high-priced money and buy one of these (insert degrading nickname here)?


Well, I'll check back later and see how I did.

[Bluebear]

18. So listen, that is so spot on

You have captured his smarmy mean-spiritedness to a tee. I would add that after he leaves the store he tells the Secret Service to "get rid of this shit." Here is the actual picture info from today:

'President George W. Bush holds up a pecan pie during a stop at a diner in Sidney, Ohio, August 28, 2004. Bush acknowledged U.S. manufacturing workers have seen a 'time of change' in the economy but said his private sector-based policies were the way to boost growth.'

[elperromagico]

17. He's courting the Galloping Gourmet's constituency.

Man, he looks perplexed by that corn, doesn't he? "Say there, how does this here thing work?"

[Bluebear]

20. Chimp no understand this banana.

[elperromagico]

21. He's probably wondering what they did with the can. n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

24. Funniest thing I've read all night, thanks!

:toast:

[CanuckAmok]

19. I think he's about to fuck it.

At least, that's my first impression.

It's propbably more along the lines of a psychological, atavistic carrot on a stick kind of tactic:

"see this nice pie? I'll geve you a slice if you vote for me"

"see this turkey? I'll give you adrumstick if you vote for me"

"see this corn? I'll jam it down your throat if you don't vore for me"

and so forth.

[Warren DeMontague]

23. It's a ruse to distract from the poo-eating allegations.

Like gay male celebrities being photographed out with women.

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. As soon as they turn off that camera...

...he's gonna fuck that ear of corn.

[BigMcLargehuge]

27. Man i JUST watched that movie last week

LOL

[Atlas Mugged]

26. Food is one of the few things....

...where he holds the mental advantage. Besides, it's much more photogenic than him holding clods of dirt. Say...like Tom Delay.