Are Bush’s farts evidence of his monarchical aspirations?

posted at 9:22 pm on August 26, 2006 by Allahpundit

I hope it goes without saying that, like our Andrew, I’m not endorsing this.

I’m merely, um, “airing” it.

Update: Olbermann devoted an entire segment to this the other night. Naturally.

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Immutable Law of the Universe #74: Liberals are completely humorless.

wbentley on August 26, 2006 at 9:30 PM

What’s the over/under on revelations that Bush may have “hotboxed” Tony Blair now? I say three days; and I’ll take the under.

Kid from Brooklyn on August 26, 2006 at 9:42 PM

While many Bush backers find his acid tongue and biting humor refreshing – the sign of a “politically incorrect” politician – some critics contend that Bush’s casual insults fit with a dynastic sense of entitlement toward the presidency and toward those he rules.

“I am the commander, see,” Bush told Woodward. “I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they need to say something, but I don’t feel like I owe anybody an explanation.”

Our boy king? Hmm, I wonder. Anyway. This is the reason I feel he should be put out on his (farting???) ass.

Allahpundit, does he really behave like this in front of staffers, and is this supposed to endear us to him?

THeDRiFTeR on August 26, 2006 at 9:46 PM

I read a story once where the author claimed that President Bush used to walk down the Whitehouse halls and if he saw a woman with a well formed derriere he’d hum the Sir Mix-a-lot: Baby Got Back tune, “I like big butts and I cannot lie…”

hahahah… Bush cutting loose odoriforous emanations in the halls for laughs? It may be true but I’d have to see some corroboration from the, er, victims.

SilverStar830 on August 26, 2006 at 9:46 PM

Sheesh! Even Keith Olbermann made a joke about it, a really long, stupid, immature one, which is saying a lot coming from me. (Link goes to Olbermann video.) If even Olbermann can joke about it, this Parry guy should get a life.

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 26, 2006 at 9:56 PM

Allahpundit, does he really behave like this in front of staffers, and is this supposed to endear us to him?

If Allah can do everything he does here and then shoot down to D.C. to hang out with the president to figure out if this stuff is true, there’s a lot he’s not telling us.

Anwyn on August 26, 2006 at 10:15 PM

Attila, that was hilarious. Thanks for that one. After the sabra exchange, I needed a good laugh.

THeDRiFTeR on August 26, 2006 at 10:15 PM

After cutting loose, did the President actually remark, “Whooo! Smells like Hillary’s been here!”?

Doug on August 26, 2006 at 10:22 PM

Um, did Drifter just define “endear” for us?

marykatharine on August 26, 2006 at 10:33 PM

He got it backwards, too. Is that supposed to endear HIM to US.

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 26, 2006 at 10:43 PM

Oh, and here are two more links on this subject — to Capitol Hill Blue and to a Margery Eagan column in the Boston Herald.

I would have simply linked to myself, but I feel so dirty whenever I do that.

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 26, 2006 at 10:46 PM

Um, did Drifter just define “endear” for us?

marykatharine on August 26, 2006 at 10:33 PM

Please, don’t be offended, but it was that particular definition that I found amusing.

He got it backwards, too. Is that supposed to endear HIM to US.

Attila (Pillage Idiot) on August 26, 2006 at 10:43 PM

Good eye, quite right, and touché, although in my defense it is 5 a.m. here.

THeDRiFTeR on August 26, 2006 at 11:13 PM

Hey, everybody’s human. And not everyone will appreciate his sense of humor.

But it’s this sort of thing that really is endearing.

mikeyboss on August 27, 2006 at 12:32 AM

Perhaps why Laura’s nose is always scrunched up.

speed647 on August 27, 2006 at 12:38 AM

This is the best the left can do? Oh My God! The President passes gas. Where is Chris Matthews when you really need him?

calnevari on August 27, 2006 at 1:00 AM

Update: John Kerry never farts, not even in the bathroom. True blue aristocrats never do that. It’s not proper. His stiffness is finally explained.

Chimps fart.
President Bush farts.
Logically, the DU/Kos crowds are correct, he is a chimp.

Olbermann devoted an entire segment to this the other night. Naturally.

All his segments, with him the flatus-in-chief, cover/are farts:

1. a flatus expelled through the anus.
2. an irritating or foolish person.

Entelechy on August 27, 2006 at 3:15 AM

…does he really behave like this in front of staffers, and is this supposed to endear us to him?

Well, it is probably not as indearing as blowing a wad in their face, but Bible-thumpers are kind of limited in that regard.

B Moe on August 27, 2006 at 4:32 AM

As liberals continue to keep their preponderances in the gutter, I believe we should send them a copy of this book in an effort to reach out across the isle. In the meantime, they should just light a match, and get over it.

B Moe, you beat me to the referrence to Cigarman, darn it!.

DannoJyd on August 27, 2006 at 5:20 AM

He’s also known to cut a few for laughs, especially when greeting new young aides.

How’s that for an icebreaker? Can you imagine yourself as a kid fresh on the job, working for the leader of the free world, and when you sit down for a talk he rips one off and busts out laughing? How dare he be so human?!? Seems to me that this would tear away the mystique, because you can’t help but laugh at somebody who just farted. Unless he’s been eating broccoli and pickled eggs. Then, it’s just not funny.

As to the central question, I fart to claim my Popeworthiness. Watch your back, Ratz.

Pablo on August 27, 2006 at 7:13 AM

I NEVER fart. Except in supermarket isles. lolol.

gary on August 27, 2006 at 7:16 AM

Ok, I read the article and laughed out loud throughout. I guess I’m naive but I thought the whole thing was a parody, kind of like Scrappleface.

Capitalist Infidel on August 27, 2006 at 9:27 AM

Maybe that is why when Kerry learning of his defeat in 2004 called and asked President Bush “If farts have lumps”

Wade on August 27, 2006 at 10:42 AM

Bush shops at walmart … and walmart’s the devil … walmart supports bush … bush farts … walmart supports farts … farts must be a walmart ploy.

Wow, My IQ just shrank thinking down the level of the libbloggers.

One Angry Christian on August 27, 2006 at 11:00 AM

I routinely fart at Walmart. When can I announce my candidacy?

Kid from Brooklyn on August 27, 2006 at 11:23 AM

BDS is causing them to reach ever lower.

Lying is just accepted on their part.

They have now descended to a level that would even be questioned by smirking middle school boys.

Things that only self-proclaimed intellectuals would understand I guess.

Or perhaps it is simple projection at work.

The Machine on August 27, 2006 at 1:04 PM

My favorite farting story involves the one involving Samuel Johnson, the 18th century English author, philosopher, and all around wit:

Johnson was at a formal dinner party when one of the female guests began to get up to leave the table. At that moment she accidentally let loose with a tremendous fart. In desperation, the woman scuffed he shore on the floor in a pathetic attempt to pretend that the fart was only the sound of her shoe against the floor. This fooled no one at the table and they all remained sitting there in deeply embarrassed silence with the exception of Johnson who proclaimed:

“Madam, we heard you the first time, there is no need to make it rhyme.”

pjcomix on August 27, 2006 at 1:25 PM

Urban legends, the queen and flatulent horses, or some derivative thereof…

Entelechy on August 27, 2006 at 2:21 PM

At least Bush isn’t groping women’s boobs in the in the ~~Oral~~ Oval Office or making them grab his erect penis, unlike other previous occupants of the White House.

Where’s Robert Parry on that?

georgej on August 27, 2006 at 3:47 PM

Yeah, but hey man, Clinton was cool. He played the Sax with Blues Brothers glasses on. What woman wouldn’t want her most private body part impaled by a Cohiba after seeing that?

SilverStar830 on August 28, 2006 at 4:12 AM

Aw, jeeze, that wasn’t too raunchy was it? It just flowed out from my fingers and the next thing I know the Submit button was hit… *blush*

SilverStar830 on August 28, 2006 at 4:15 AM

I’m trying to keep a mental image of Jackie and John Kennedy and Nancy and Ronald Reagan in the White House–white tie, candlelight, Pablo Casals, elegance. Sigh.

honora on August 28, 2006 at 9:24 AM

Like Capitalist infidel, this has to be a parody, right?

Otherwise the author is like those freaks that collect used women’s underwear. Someone I would prefer not to shake hands with.

If true, I would say that air balls are a lot better than giving nukes to North Korea, or ICBM guidance systems to China, or incinerating a bunch of religious nut kids at Waco, or leaving a girl in a car at the bottom of a pond until she turns cold.

A story I read about LBJ said he like to urinate ‘on the spot’. Once in the Rose Garden he launched and sprayed a secret service agent’s shoes. When the agent protested, Johnson reportedly smiled and said “Presidential prerogative”. This was from an article about how Presidents were liked by the little people at the White House. Nixon was well liked, Carter was most disliked.

entagor on August 28, 2006 at 10:17 AM