Mission Accomplished, a hilarious look back

[CptStern]

a look back at some of the US news coverage around that much publicized "end of the war in iraq" where Bush landed on an aircraft carrier in a fighter jet. May 1, 2003:

http://www.kwhitaker.com/mission_accomplished.jpg

http://www.mecawi.org/mission accomplished.jpg


some of this stuff is hilarious


from a MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews and Ann Coulter talking about Bush' dramatic entrance:

MATTHEWS: What do you make of the actual visual that people will see on TV and probably, as you know, as well as I, will remember a lot longer than words spoken tonight? And that's the president looking very much like a jet, you know, a high-flying jet star. A guy who is a jet pilot. Has been in the past when he was younger, obviously


MATTHEWS: .....Here's a president who's really nonverbal. He's like Eisenhower. He looks great in a military uniform. He looks great in that cowboy costume he wears when he goes West. I remember him standing at that fence with Colin Powell. Was [that] the best picture in the 2000 campaign?


ANN COULTER: It's stunning. It's amazing. I think it's huge. I mean, he's landing on a boat at 150 miles per hour. It's tremendous. It's hard to imagine any Democrat being able to do that. And it doesn't matter if Democrats try to ridicule it. It's stunning, and it speaks for itself.


MATTHEWS: The president there -- look at this guy! We're watching him. He looks like he flew the plane. He only flew it as a passenger, but he's flown --


MATTHEWS: He looks for real. What is it about the commander in chief role, the hat that he does wear, that makes him -- I mean, he seems like -- he didn't fight in a war, but he looks like he does.


MATTHEWS: We're proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who's physical ...
........ Women like a guy who's president. Check it out. The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president.

Former Nixon stooge and convicted criminal G Gordon Liddy:

... And here comes George Bush. You know, he's in his flight suit, he's striding across the deck, and he's wearing his parachute harness, you know -- and I've worn those because I parachute -- and it makes the best of his manly characteristic. You go run those -- run that stuff again of him walking across there with the parachute. He has just won every woman's vote in the United States of America. You know, all those women who say size doesn't count -- they're all liars. Check that out.

:O


http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270005

 

[Adabiviak]

On a more serious note, I wish there was a way to seriously call him out on some of the promises he's made that weren't kept. :|

 

[MultiVaC]

lmao, that has got to be one of the most pathetic things I've ever read. He takes a ride in a jet (what an amazing feat!!!!!!) and plays dress-up as a soldier (which he is not). And his "bitches" (can't think of a better word for them tbh) start swooning. Not to mention the fact that the war wasn't actually over, not even close. I honestly didn't know such moronic things were said about that charade.

 

[bliink]

run that stuff again of him walking across there with the parachute. He has just won every woman's vote in the United States of America. You know, all those women who say size doesn't count -- they're all liars. Check that out.

Size does count. Unfortunately for him, I'm referring to brain size.

 

[JNightshade]

Originally Posted by bliink
Size does count. Unfortunately for him, I'm referring to brain size.

You. Are. My. HERO


Anyway, yeah, it's a joke. He's a joke. Hell, the republicans in general are a joke :|

 

[Geogaddi]

You. Are. My. HERO


Anyway, yeah, it's a joke. He's a joke. Hell, the republicans in general are a joke :|

Both parties seem to have the heads too far up their asses to get anything done.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I can almost picture him looking in a dictionary the next day:

"'To succeed or complete'? Oh shit!"

 

[Sulkdodds]

Oh dear.

 

[15357]

Well I thought that was prety cool.

 

[Solaris]

Did they actually say that.... becuase it's hilarious.

 

[gick]

Its always a worrying state of affairs when people judge a president's performance on the size of his penis.

 

[CptStern]

I love Ann Coulter's comments:

ANN COULTER: It's stunning. It's amazing. I think it's huge. I mean, he's landing on a boat at 150 miles per hour. It's tremendous. It's hard to imagine any Democrat being able to do that.

what? democrats havent discovered flight yet? or is she saying that no democrat could be a passenger on a fighter plane flown by someone else?

And it doesn't matter if Democrats try to ridicule it.

he sure does make it easy

 

[Mr-Fusion]

Originally Posted by media matters
MATTHEWS: What do you make of the actual visual that people will see on TV and probably, as you know, as well as I, will remember a lot longer than words spoken tonight? And that's the president looking very much like a jet, you know, a high-flying jet star. A guy who is a jet pilot. Has been in the past when he was younger, obviously


MATTHEWS: .....Here's a president who's really nonverbal. He's like Eisenhower. He looks great in a military uniform. He looks great in that cowboy costume he wears when he goes West. I remember him standing at that fence with Colin Powell. Was [that] the best picture in the 2000 campaign?


ANN COULTER: It's stunning. It's amazing. I think it's huge. I mean, he's landing on a boat at 150 miles per hour. It's tremendous. It's hard to imagine any Democrat being able to do that. And it doesn't matter if Democrats try to ridicule it. It's stunning, and it speaks for itself.


MATTHEWS: The president there -- look at this guy! We're watching him. He looks like he flew the plane. He only flew it as a passenger, but he's flown --


MATTHEWS: He looks for real. What is it about the commander in chief role, the hat that he does wear, that makes him -- I mean, he seems like -- he didn't fight in a war, but he looks like he does.


MATTHEWS: We're proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who's physical ...
........ Women like a guy who's president. Check it out. The women like this war. I think we like having a hero as our president.

May god have mercy on the United States of America. They know not what they do.

 

[DeusExMachina]

I'm glad I never saw that.

 

[A True Canadian]

Its always a worrying state of affairs when people judge a president's performance on the size of his penis.

...and with all the uptight politicians willing to censor anything sexual, I'm surprised that comment wasn't contested.

His arrival/speech aparently took place around 6PM that day. OMG! That's too early for a sexual comment like that! Think of the children!

Hilarious.

 

[Ennui]

"It's hard to imagine any Democrat being able to do that."

Can I get a huge helping of WHAT THE ****?

This is not only mindboggling, it's DEPRESSING as all hell. These idiots are the people who represent our political parties? It's enough to start a damn revolution over.

 

[DeusExMachina]

YES. REVOLUTION.

God I've been saying it for years now.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

That's too early for a sexual comment like that! Think of the children!

Maybe it was a warning?

Because he did end up ****ing every american citizen and much of the free world while he was at it.