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George W. Bush’s Iraq stopover flushes out a couple of plastic turkey believers:

The initial reports showed old clips of Bush holding the fake turkey in 2003 during a previous surprise visit to a base in Iraq.

And from Libby Spencer:

Think he brought that rubber turkey with him this time?

Still, at least these clowns can identify the President. Time magazine thinks its readers need a little help in that department.

(Via Andrew L. and Murph)

Posted by Tim B. on 09/05/2007 at 05:11 AM
    1. Was it plastic, rubber or plasticine?  I can’t keep up!

      Posted by peter m on 2007 09 05 at 05:27 AM • permalink

 

    1. He’d have gotten more mileage out of a Jewtonium turkey. Plastic degrades pretty rapidly uder that intense Iraqi sunshine.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 09 05 at 05:30 AM • permalink

 

    1. And remind me never to look upon that dreadful News Hounds site again. Muslim Village has more redeeming qualities than that mound of vomit.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 09 05 at 05:31 AM • permalink

 

    1. A bit OT, but there’s a nice piece by Janet Albrechtson in today’s Australian (no link) on attitudes to the role of the US in international affairs.

      Posted by calliope on 2007 09 05 at 05:48 AM • permalink

 

    1. The guy in the centre of that Time pic looks nothing like George Bush.

      Posted by Hanyu on 2007 09 05 at 05:52 AM • permalink

 

    1. Plastic, rubber? Are you sure it was a Turkey? Was it even a bird?

      Maybe next we will have a paper mach’e Turtle?

      Posted by Looneyc on 2007 09 05 at 05:52 AM • permalink

 

    1. #4
      Calliope, is this the Janet Albrechtsen peice in today’s Australian?

      Posted by kae on 2007 09 05 at 06:13 AM • permalink

 

    1. Was it plastic, rubber or plasticine?  I can’t keep up!

      It’s a little known fact, but the truth is that the fake turkey was actually made out of butterfly ballots, drowned polar bears, and the discarded kites of formerly hopeful Iraqi children.

      Posted by Sean M on 2007 09 05 at 06:26 AM • permalink

 

    1. Those protesters want a turkey? Here’s a turkey.

      Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 09 05 at 06:33 AM • permalink

 

    1. PM on ABC Radio National retained enough of the day’s verbal exchanges to give some of the feeling of the friendship between Howard and Bush. By the time ABC TV had finished with the same material, it was edited to a ridiculous non sequiturama with nothing to recommend either party. I have observed often how much more bolshie the TV branch is, but continue to be amazed by it.

      Posted by blogstrop on 2007 09 05 at 06:52 AM • permalink

 

    1. Bolt on Protesters!

      Posted by blogstrop on 2007 09 05 at 07:09 AM • permalink

 

    1. Yeah, Hanyu. The guy in the ‘center’ of that photo that Time says is the President looks more like Keanu Reaves…

      Be excellent to each other, Ted! Iraq is a most bogus place, my dear Bill!

      Posted by Mr. Bingley on 2007 09 05 at 07:14 AM • permalink

 

    1. Those protesters want a turkey? Here’s a turkey.

      That’s not a turkey.  This is a turkey.

      Posted by surfmaster on 2007 09 05 at 07:24 AM • permalink

 

    1. woops, bad linkie.

      Posted by surfmaster on 2007 09 05 at 07:25 AM • permalink

 

    1. Has anyone suggested an annual Plastic Turkey Awards Banquet?  I would attend, black tie, and all, to honor those writers who keep on believin’.

      Posted by Rittenhouse on 2007 09 05 at 07:26 AM • permalink

 

    1. Meanwhile, the ex-PM who keeps on giving out makes a curious statement:
      “Unlike prime ministers before him, John Howard has not worked to bind Australia together”, says former Labor PM Paul Keating.
      SMH – where else?
      I guess he united enough Australians with a view to voting him out in 1996. Keating had 1.5 terms as PM. Howard’s record is much better.
      If Labor does win this year, how long will it take until we see the pandering to useless minorities and the old us and them mentality of the unions to regain sway? What sort of binding is that?

      Posted by blogstrop on 2007 09 05 at 07:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a plastic turkey?

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 09 05 at 07:48 AM • permalink

 

    1. Texas, I so don’t like the image that sprang to mind with that comment.

      Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 09 05 at 08:01 AM • permalink

 

    1. So true, Nilk. Pass the bleach…

      Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 09 05 at 08:03 AM • permalink

 

    1. Sorry Nilk. Don’t worry though, EVERYONE bites it long before they reach the center.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 09 05 at 08:04 AM • permalink

 

    1. HALAL food and prayer rooms should be adopted at all universities to help Muslim students meet their religious and educational obligations, a conference heard yesterday.
      The religious needs of Muslim university students were addressed at an inaugural conference launched by the University of Western Sydney.
      UWS Director of Equity and Diversity Dr Sev Ozdowski said they wanted to develop national standards for Muslim students which could be incorporated by other universities.

      Daily Telegraph – what the hell?

      Stand by for reports of special gefilte fish and mazza balls in the refectories, bans on stepping on reincarnated students (ants), and resurgence of the Latin Mass on campus.

      Posted by blogstrop on 2007 09 05 at 08:07 AM • permalink

 

    1. Paco invades Poland.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 09 05 at 08:12 AM • permalink

 

    1. peice. what the hell is a peice. Is it french?
      PEICE = The Petroleum Institute for Continuing Educationperview is my fiend

      Posted by kae on 2007 09 05 at 08:12 AM • permalink

 

    1. Next time he should bring a rubber turkey.  Bring a bunch and hand them out.

      Posted by aaron_ on 2007 09 05 at 08:12 AM • permalink

 

    1. #24 Lyndon B. Johnson used to hand out these little cermic Stetson’s with the Presidential Seal and his signature in gold leaf.
      President Bush could do the same. A small rubber turkey with the Presidential Seal and his signature in brown gravy.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 09 05 at 08:17 AM • permalink

 

    1. Hope you’re feeling better soon, Tim. Try some rum. Lots of rum.

      It won’t make you feel any better, but you won’t care.

      Posted by kae on 2007 09 05 at 08:22 AM • permalink

 

    1. Guys. The Turkey is made of bakelite. It’s smeared with a coating of mashed tofu and iodine before presentation. That gives it that fresh cooked look.

      Posted by Grimmy on 2007 09 05 at 08:51 AM • permalink

 

    1. And the surprise visit to Iraq? Filmed on a sound stage in Arizona.

      Posted by dean martin on 2007 09 05 at 08:57 AM • permalink

 

    1. Speaking of turkeys, Just spotted these retreads on the kindymedia site.

      “Tuesday the 11th
      9/11 TRUTH ACTION 10:00 AM
      Every 11th – the global push for truth. Its the 6th anniversary of the event that changed the world. The World desperately needs answers to the hundreds of questions that have been avoided since that fateful day. We need a fully independent criminal investigation. “9/11 Truth is the Key”. Email us or google the Perth 9/11 Questions Meetup Group for more info.
      911tap@gmail.com

      I wont be in Perth to throw rocks at them, would make a nice mini-zombie post if anyone did attend.

      Posted by thefrollickingmole on 2007 09 05 at 09:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. #28 But of course. Everything that’s going on in Iraq (except the militant attacks) is a failure, so Bush sure wouldn’t have the courage to go there. [/sarcasm] I feel so unclean, trying to imagine being a moonbat.

      #29 TFM, hmmm. I’m driving back to Victoria soon. I’d almost swing by Perth to get these guys stoned… oh wait, too late. Well, stone them… I mean, pelt rocks, oh, I give up!

      Posted by Ash_ on 2007 09 05 at 09:19 AM • permalink

 

    1. Interview with Dr Rice on ABC Lateline this evening. Most deferential on the part of the interviewer, completely intimidated by the stature of the SOS. How unlike the ABC.

      Posted by mareeS on 2007 09 05 at 09:46 AM • permalink

 

    1. How unlike the ABC, I meant to say, in that the ABC doesn’t have the balls to take it up to anyone outside of the federal coalition in a decent interview. They’ve squibbed it on their one chance to prove they’re more than piss and wind.

      Posted by mareeS on 2007 09 05 at 09:52 AM • permalink

 

    1. Imagine.  Going to Iraq to see the troops and honor their hard work and sacrifice.  Is there no end to the man’s perfidy?

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 09 05 at 11:15 AM • permalink

 

    1. Exactly Rebecca.

      How dare he perform his role as Commander-In-Chief.  You would never find Bill Clinton doing that.  I think he should adopt the Clinton model of playing golf instead of attending a funeral for a number of Marines that were lost in a training excercisea scant hundred miles south.

      Posted by yojimbo on 2007 09 05 at 12:07 PM • permalink

 

    1. I like the idea of a Platic Turkey Awards Banquet as suggested by the Ritter at #15.
      A mascot would be a perfect compliment to the evening.  We would really need a mascot.I haven’t seen any pictures of Plastic Turkey Puppet People either.  That makes me very sad.  Not really chagrined you understand, just very sad.

      Posted by yojimbo on 2007 09 05 at 12:14 PM • permalink

 

    1. yojimbo, a rubber chicken would suffice until we start getting government funds.

      Posted by Rittenhouse on 2007 09 05 at 12:19 PM • permalink

 

    1. I would suggest having the PLASTIC Turkey Banquet right after the Platic Turkey Banquet.  A sheesh! at this stage would seem to be in order.

      Posted by yojimbo on 2007 09 05 at 12:20 PM • permalink

 

    1. Dunno Rittenhouse.

      I think we should go whole hog on this with the arts grant route.  It’s for the children.

      Posted by yojimbo on 2007 09 05 at 12:25 PM • permalink

 

    1. Maybe we could hire some protestors to make a giant papier mache turkey for photo ops.  Well, “hire” is a poor choice of words, for it implies that such pure souls could ever be co-opted by such a materialistic, capitalistic process.  I’d be willing to barter something of value in exchange, though… let’s see…

      Got it!  In exchange for a giant papier mache turkey, I would agree to not kick their spines through the tops of their skulls!  A win-win!

      Posted by Steve Skubinna on 2007 09 05 at 12:39 PM • permalink

 

    1. Now that’s what I call “binding conflict resolution”!

      Couldn’t we still…  Maybe call it postmodern contract negotiation. Guess not.

      Posted by yojimbo on 2007 09 05 at 01:06 PM • permalink

 

    1. Hey, I own a rubber chicken (don’t ask).  I’ll happily donate it to the cause.

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 09 05 at 02:56 PM • permalink

 

    1. Are you known as ‘Rubber Chicken Rebecca’ round your way, RebH?

      Posted by SwinishCapitalist on 2007 09 05 at 05:48 PM • permalink

 

  1. #28

    And the surprise visit to Iraq? Filmed on a sound stage in Arizona.

    Naah. Filmed on the moon.
    To avoid security risks, of course.

    Posted by kae on 2007 09 05 at 06:32 PM • permalink