Bush: "an attractive man, a family man, an honest man."

[sabra]

http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/149685

<snip>

He also singled out Republican Len Munsil, who is running against Napolitano for governor. Mistakenly calling him "Lee" Munsil, Bush said Munsil impressed him as "an attractive man, a family man, an honest man."

[Bombtrack]

1. anyone who has 8 kids is psychotic

[survivor999]

16. Especially the wife...

Perhaps not psychotic, but some sort if insanity...

[TallahasseeGrannie]

21. And highly energetic.

[onenote]

26. Yeah, Bobby Kennedy was a real nut job wasn't he?

:sarcasm:

[wuushew]

30. The Kennedys as a family have a high adult mortality rate

which offsets to a degree the decision to have large number of children.

[onenote]

32. puh-leeze

All eleven of Bobby's kids survived to adulthood. Two of them have died, one of a drug overdose and one from a skiing accident.

[wuushew]

Factor in the deaths of their aunts and uncles

If a child would lived during at the same time period as Joe Jr.,John or Bobby then they can effectively be removed from the population excess equation.

Don't forget the death of JFK's sister and husband as well in that plane accident nor overlook the effect of institutionalizing the childless Rosemary Kennedy.

I am just saying that from an environmental standpoint large families don't necessarily increase the aggregate population in all cases. I am not bashing the Kennedy's or Irish-Catholics.

[onenote]

39. I'm not bashing them either

My original (sarcastic) post was meant to point out the hypocrisy of someone labelling a person crazy based on the number of children they choose to have. I happen to be from a small family. But I would never judge someone based on the number of children they choose to have, absent some evidence that they were incapable of providing for those children.

[wtmusic]

40. Interesting how you assumed the "psychoses" related to environmental

concerns.

Though many would consider having a large family nowadays as being irresponsible, it hardly qualifies as "psychotic".

[smirkymonkey]

41. They were also Irish Catholic and the church at the time was

strongly against birth control.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

48. You're joking, right?

I mean, the Robert Kennedy's lost two children. One to heroin in his late 20's, and the other in a ski accident when he was in his 40's.

Ethel and Bobby Kennedy were always applauded for their 11 children.

[slampoet]

37. anyone who has 8 kids is psychotic, Unless.....

Unless they have a family farm to run but none of these kids look like they know one end of a rake from the other.

[karynnj]

51. That is offensive

I loved growing up in a larger family than that. Neither of my parents have any psychological problems.

[zonkers]

52. I kind of have to agree with you. It boggles my mind.

[Pacifist Patriot]

72. It would drive me crazy, but I'm sure there are parents who...

do the job admirably.

[Richardo]

2. I'm sensing LDS here

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[blonndee]

65. I got that feeling, too, even before I saw the pic of the fam. n/t

[Phredicles]

3. "An attractive man"?

Didn't Stephanie Miller call the Shrub White House "The most unintentionally gay administration in history"?

I just wish we as a country knew how to quit him...

[originalpckelly]

6. The Unintentionally Gay Duo: Dick and Bush(nt)

[Generic Other]

12. The first words to come out of his mouth are about another guy's looks?

Oh the latent impulses simmering just below the surface here...come out of the closet you hypocrite!!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

50. Oh, please

maybe he's just kind of shallow and thinks of physical attributes first or maybe he couldn't think of anything else? It IS rather faint praise. How we can call the man a homosexual hypocrite based on one sentence is beyond me.

And I don't understand what the thing is lately on DU about outting gay people. I think there is more homophobia here than freeperville. We just are much more nuanced in hiding it.

[Generic Other]

75. Latent homosexuals should not be blatant hypocrites

I am not the first to have raised such an accusation against Bush on DU. Rumors about Bush’s sexual orientation have been floating around the internet for years. Bush branded other guys on the ass during his frat days! He had a longterm relationship with Victor Ashe a gay man. Others including a candidate for governor of Nevada have come forward to say they witnessed Bush's bisexual hijinks. He has always been a little too attracted to men with bald heads, rubbing them like they were phallic symbols. And he displays plenty of latent tendencies as do many of the rightwingers who are most homophobic tend to do.

I personally have no problem with a person being gay, but I do think those who attack gays should not be secretly in the closet as so many of the GOP men seem to be.

Outwardly heterosexual men who display latent tendencies while condemning others’ choices deserve to be condemned for their hypocrisy.

Aint nothing strange about noticing the behavior. Randi Rhodes has done shows about this subject. People have written about it quite often on DU.

Google is your friend. Try these search terms: Bush + bisexuality, Bush + Victor Ashe, Skull and Bones, Jeff Gannon, Franklin cover-up, Bush + bald men's heads...it is not my fault Bush's behavior fits a pattern that apparently some other GOPers (notably Foley) also exhibit.

There is nothing homophobic about mentioning these connections. Andy Stephenson first raised these issues on DU. He was gay but not willing to hide other gay men's more sordid activities.

I am a heterosexual, but that doesn't stop me from condemning hetero perverts. I am not being heterophobic for commenting on their behavior.

Good grief. I can't post anything on DU lately without someone telling me I can't say that, that I'm bad for thinking it, a freeper, a troll, and now a homophobe. Wow. Used to be a day, people actually did some research before simply shooting off their mouths around here.

[Pacifist Patriot]

73. Nah, I think he just doesn't have any depth.

[survivor999]

17. He's not attractive.

He just has a plastic smile printed on his face.

[arewenotdemo]

63. The HAIR, the HAIR.

You must have missed his great hair.

Incredibly attractive (by Repuke standards).

:puke:

[smirkymonkey]

44. "The Ambigiously Gay Administration"

[smirkymonkey]

45. "The Ambigiously Gay Administration"

[cspanlovr]

4. Well, his wife must find him attractive...8 kids! It's weird Bush thinks

so too.

[LeighAnn]

5. What my Grandma would have said

"Don't those two have anything better to do than screw all the time?"

[acmejack]

7. I guess we know what he does in his spare time.

The guy really needs to find a hobby. A new hobby!

[Deep13]

8. Holy shit, Dude, put a knot in it!

That poor woman! She must have spent her whole youth with loaves in the oven.

[Mad_Dem_X]

70. LOL

Those are all his kids? Holy crap. Fundies breed like rabbits.

Edited to add: No offense to rabbits.

[AndyA]

9. One thing's for certain: Munsil and his wife know how to reproduce.

Good grief! Give it a rest, will ya? There may not be an Earth for those kids to live on if we don't put a stop to its destruction. And the Republicans are doing everything possible to accelerate the process of destruction.

There are ways to prevent pregnancy, you know...

[Double T]

10. Munsil is a one man population explosion...........

and * gay side; 'attractive' being HIS first comment; comes through AGAIN.

[pooja]

11. At least he's not afraid of horses. n/t

[HughBeaumont]

13. Wow. Another Clown Car.

[Mad_Dem_X]

71. !

:spray:

[bif]

14. "I like cigars too..."

[TahitiNut]

15. Well-fed.

Now, there's a family with its finger on the pulse of poverty and health care. :eyes:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

23. Yes, damn them!

They should be haggard and cross-eyed!

[TahitiNut]

53. Nawww.. fighting fascism shouldn't mean sacrificing comforts.

Heaven forbid. :eyes:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

57. You think she needs a really good spanking

now, don't you?

LOL

[TahitiNut]

61. Naww... that's a perversion that's popular in Floriduh.

I don't regard physical assault or child abuse as a solution to anything.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

62. Did you know it is still legal to

hit kids in school here? I haven't heard of it in a while, but there is still a space on our referrals for "corporal punishment administered" and a place for a witness signature. I was once told, 30 years ago, to hit a child. Couldn't do it. Where I grew up in NJ, that hadn't been in vogue for a century. I had never even heard of it.

[TahitiNut]

64. Yep ... and Mississippi is the worst ... nearly 10% of kids 'spanked'

... in school. When I was in 6th grade here in Michigan (in the 50s) it was legal - and I had a teacher that got off on it. He paddled us in front of the class 'ceremonially.' He used a large fraternity paddle that hung off to the side of the blackboard. He really put force into it, too.

It was appalling.

[Tyo]

18. Ever notice....

that when Bush is talking someone up he almost never mentions their actual qualifications (or lack thereof) for the job in question. The person in question is always "a good man/woman", "a good family man" and on and on. Rarely a word about what in their professional background, experience, and accomplishments would make them a good fit for the position (no joke intended)

[SammyWinstonJack]

24. Qualifications don't matter to **. Not hard too see why that is.

:rofl:

[RB TexLa]

19. Once again, raising children 1 or 20, Democrat or Republican does not

qualify anyone for anything. People that put pictures of their spouse or children in campaign literature make me sick.

[wtmusic]

38. It's sales, pure and simple

People with families tend to feel they can relate to them

[TallahasseeGrannie]

20. Well

he's good a making babies. Those are good-looking and healthy kids. Maybe not quite as attractive as the President, however.

[SammyWinstonJack]

22. Fabulous!

:evilgrin:

[area51]

27. LOL.

You beat me to it. :evilgrin:

[verse18]

25. * lied again.

That man ain't attractive.

[catmandu57]

28. And he likes horsies too!

by god lets send this man to the house and give him a whole flock of pages, better yet let's send his children to be pages.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. And his horse has a huge cock!

...what?

[WI_DEM]

31. 8 kids and the wife is in pretty good shape--good for them

[TallahasseeGrannie]

58. She looks a hell of a lot better than me

after two! My hat's off to her! It's a beautiful family.

[Pacifist Patriot]

74. Yep, I'm shallow. That's the first thing I noticed.

I'm reasonably sure I wouldn't look like that with 8 kids.

[Sapere aude]

33. OK, so what the hell does having a whole bunch of kids have to do

with can you govern?

[The Stranger]

66. He is apparently unversed in the poplulation bomb that is ticking.

[npincus]

34. someboday forgot to go to the drugstore

LOTS of times!

[Irreverend IX]

35. "Attractive," eh?

Did he join you for one of your JimmyJeff parties, Mr. President? Gannon wouldn't be too big a departure from that creature perched next to Munsil in the picture.

[qanda]

36. He has a nice looking family

Although I wouldn't necessarily say that he was an attractive man.

[Initech]

42. Bush is honest? Man is he delusional!

[Balbus]

43. "an attractive man, a family man, an honest man..."

And has no chance. Janet Napolitano is one of the best things to hit AZ and, seeing that AZ has a reprehensible history of corrupt/incompetent governors, there's no chance she's going to lose in November.

[WinkyDink]

46. "an attractive man". Apparently Bush was attracted.

Some day he'll be out of the closet.

[opihimoimoi]

47. Code for "I wanna do him" Attractive my ass.

Bush is in the closet.....?

Many would like to out him...Then he can walk in from of thr Gay Pride Parade...and really be Proud.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

59. Well God damn! My husband is gay!

Who knew? Just the other day he was describing a trainee in one of his workshops as a young, attractive guy.

Guess we'll have to start watching the decorating shows now. Screw football.

[tjwash]

49. Rocky! Is that you?

[triguy46]

54. "The election for Beadle" by Charles Dickens (Boz)

In the 1840's Dickens satirized the use of family size as a mark of a good leader. It should be required reading today. In his story, the winner turned out to be not the candidate with the most children , (8 I believe), but the candidate with 4 (?) because the latter was younger and stated that he should be able to have more than 8 easily given his youth, compared to the old man with 8.

Didn't make sense then, but continues to used today, with sappy variations. In Oklahoma, right wing gubernatorial candidate Ernest "0ldies radio DJ" Istook, is using air time for his wife to say "Ernest is the nicest man I know." Wow. And of course the beautiful stepford children are pushed to the front.

[ComerPerro]

55. I count at least two in that picture who should be in uniform

you know, defending our freedoms, and what not.

[Cha]

56. A republiCON man..that cancels

LEN out.

[MazeRat7]

60. And a breeder apparently. Someone neuter that studling...... (n/t)

[dback]

67. He's not much to look at, but are his two sons next to him 18?

Lest I be accused of going Mark Foley... ;)

[yodermon]

68. Ah, Now's a great time to repost this: Bush Hits on Canadian "Scott"

Orig in the Toronto Globe & Mail.

http://paulmartintime.ca/mediacoverage/000149.html

Bush prefers Martin spokesman to his own

by Jane Taber, Globe and Mail

Ottawa — This is the tale of the two Scotts — one American, the other Canadian. One is dark-haired, the other blond. Both are 35 and both work for the most powerful men in their respective countries.

Scott McClellan is the press secretary to U.S. President George W. Bush; Scott Reid is the senior strategist to Prime Minister Paul Martin.

But, according to Mr. Bush, Mr. Martin has the prettier Scott.

<snip>

“Well, what do you do for this guy?” the President asked as he pointed to the Prime Minister.


“Well, you know, sir, I can't really say,” Mr. Reid said. “It's not that I don't want to. It's just that, you know, I don't really know from day to day.”

<snip>

The President chuckled. “Well, you got a pretty face,” he told the surprised Mr. Reid. He wasn't done. “You got a pretty face,” he said again. “You're a good-looking guy. Better looking than my Scott anyway.”

<snip>

[Rex]

69. Attractive? Maybe to a succubus.

Looks like a piece of shit with a lot of dingle berries, IMO.