Video: Beloved president gets rousing ovation at basketball game
posted at 4:33 pm on January 29, 2009 by Allahpundit
It’s in Waco, granted, but after eight years of Bush Derangement Syndrome culminating in boos at The One’s inauguration, any moment of appreciation is a sweet one.
Dude, are we sure Texas is a blue state? Click the image to watch.
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I wish President Barry were a ‘nation wide hallucination’–then we could all slap one another into sanity and move on.
jeanie on January 29, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Spoken like a true Yankee carpetbagger. You don’t understand Texas, never will. It gets inside you. Show me a patriotic Californian, or a patriotic New Yorker. There aren’t any. Come on down to Texas. The REPUBLIC of Texas.
Limerick on January 29, 2009 at 5:25 PM
No one doubts that you’ve been hallucinating the last eight years, but you really don’t need to complain here about it that you were made to trip on your own.
Feel free to experience sanity any time you choose. No one is stopping you.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Poor Benny. Unrequited BDS is so sad. It’s like a dog waiting for a master that will never come home again.
The Left is looking to Rush or Sarah as a replacement, but that’s not working out too well either.
kingsjester on January 29, 2009 at 5:27 PM
You read President Bush in her comment too. I did the same :-)
terryannonline on January 29, 2009 at 5:29 PM
Hyperbole!
I can show you quite a few. They aren’t extinct, yet, just an endangered species (one not covered in the Endangered Species Act).
Disturb the Universe on January 29, 2009 at 5:30 PM
AllahPundit is from NY are you saying he’s not patriotic?
terryannonline on January 29, 2009 at 5:32 PM
I’m guessing Clinton wouldn’t get as warm a welcome in Waco.
Disturb the Universe on January 29, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Would Allah fight for America?…sure. Would he fight for New York? I have my doubts.
Limerick on January 29, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Don’t I know it. I’m in Cal now. It feels like Europe (and not in a good way). Everyone is miserable. If you engage regular people (shopkeepers and the like) they are so dispirited living under Sacramento’s thumb.
Only the academics around me seem happy with the excess of legislation here — but they are affluent enough to be able to afford the conveniences to get around it. One example, the crappy bags in grocery stores (and the push to charge for them and/or require reusable bags). Not a big deal if you’re rich enough to have “help” shopping for your groceries, but just today I was chatting at the checkout at World Market and the gal was reminiscing about the old days when you could have a good shopping bag for free. Small example, I know, but part and parcel of life under a nanny state.
I do not need to be surrounded by conservatives, but it would be nice to live side-by-side with reasonable liberals.
I grew up in liberal Maryland (in the DC metro area) during the Nixon/Ford/Carter era. All of my close friends were liberals (“progressives” before that term became popular), but from the age of 9 through high school we were able to have spirited discussions about politics. I was always in the minority, but we still had fun arguing about issues.
Then one of my good friends came back from college for summer break (he happened to go to Berkeley). I remember him telling me with great enthusiasm about his new girlfriend and how great it was that she was “politically correct.” That was the first time I had heard the term. Not long after that, during the Reagan years, I noticed a distinct shift in the liberals I knew — they were no longer able to be cordial or even respectful about politics.
I’ve worked in and around Ph.D.s my whole life, but ironically, the most meaningful political conversations I ever had were when I was a pre-teen and teenager.
Yeah, that’s true. You know what? I’d happily settle for that rather than have to quietly listen to some liberal spout off on an anti-conservative diatribe because s/he never considered the possibility that I (1) don’t agree with him/her or (2) give a rat’s patootie about his/her opinion.
Y-not on January 29, 2009 at 5:33 PM
Yeah!
I sent McConnell an email today, even putting in a few links including one to Rasmussen. I hope he heard from a lot of others.
INC on January 29, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Dare you go to Camp Pendleton and tell them that. It’s just north of San Diego. You can’t miss it.
Professor Blather on January 29, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Patriotic to whom?
Limerick on January 29, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Well New York is part of America….
last time I checked :-)
terryannonline on January 29, 2009 at 5:36 PM
What’s with the President Bush thing? I voted for him twice and do not know what you’re getting at. It’s not my sanity that’s missing, possibly it’s your reading skills!
jeanie on January 29, 2009 at 5:36 PM
OK, now I’m embarrassed. So sorry, jeanie. Must be the first time I’ve seen someone call him Barry, and in response to my hallucination comment and the rampant BDS…
Again, sorry.
Thanks for catching it, terry.
Agreed.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Trans Texas Corridor renamed, not dead.
MobileVideoEngineer on January 29, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Just misread Barry for Bush. Again, sorry.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 5:38 PM
That’s pretty much the norm. I remember watching the national memorial service for the 9/11/01 atrocities. The cameras panned over to where the former Presidents were sitting and thinking what a nice couple GHWB and Barbara made sitting there with their gray haired elegance. Then the camera angle changed, turned out I was looking at Barbara Bush but they guy sitting next to her was Bill Clinton and was out of office all of nine months at that point!
The other thing I’ll add is the way these guys come into office and proclaim that they are going to keep up good habits. Remember how GWB and Clinton both jogged at the beginning of their first terms? Those habits don’t seem to last long with the presidential schedule. It’s only a matter of time before Obama is no longer portrayed as a health nut with time to play basketball.
highhopes on January 29, 2009 at 5:38 PM
President Bush looks happy and relieved. He’s probably had a few good laughs this past week watching Obama stumble.
And more to come……….
sherry on January 29, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Fine….I’ll sit back and let you go all patriotic on me. My point (poorly stated) was as CALIFORNIANs, NEW YORKERs.
Show me the Californian that will fight to keep Yuma in the state, or Queens as part of New York.
Limerick on January 29, 2009 at 5:41 PM
I told y’all yesterday, Texas ain’t blue. ::grin::
Sue on January 29, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Gotcha’!
*wink*
Y-not on January 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Well…the vid brought a tear to my eye, that it did.
Bob's Kid on January 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Damn, didn’t think I’d tear up if I watched that…
Maquis on January 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM
I’ll go back to drinking now. Rest easy.
Limerick on January 29, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Good to see ya president Bush. I miss you already.
txstar on January 29, 2009 at 5:43 PM
It is good to see people showing some respect for Bush. He deserves it.
My guess is that we are going to see Obama become white-headed in a few years.
SC.Charlie on January 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Must of been a bunch of Branch Davidians. They never had the best judgement.
Vernon Hardapple on January 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Nice to see him looking relaxed and being shown some appreciation.
I already miss him.
CarolynM on January 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Blago Impaecho Unanimo
sonnyspats1 on January 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM
I gotta say I am surprised with myself. Only a week and 2 days into THE ONE’s term and already looking at that video I get nostalgic.
Yes Bush did a lot of stupid shit. But compared to the current ‘president’, he was Washington/Reagan/Lincoln.
angryed on January 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Bush likes old and tired. God love him and welcome home to Texas. I’m glad they gave him a rousing Texas welcome. The local television station in Dallas caught him and Laura going to look at his new house, and he was just waving out the window at the camera, smiling. It wasn’t an announced visit, so they must have someone staked out around his neighborhood.
Sue on January 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM
God Bless the Republic of Texas, and all her sons and daughters!
publiuspen on January 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Bush looks old and tired. I have no idea where likes came from.
Sue on January 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Blago just got impeached.
BadgerHawk on January 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Stay classy.
terryannonline on January 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Vernon Hardapple on January 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Another case of unrequited BDS. Sad. Very sad.
kingsjester on January 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Vermin to self: hmm, what do I know about Waco that I can snark at? Branch Davidians, that’s it! Now, how can I work this into a joke…
Missy on January 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM
I’m sure Olberdouche will find a way to turn that innocent heartlifting video into one of his “Mr. Bush” special comment rants. In fact I will predict that every time President Bush is caught on camera, anywhere, Olby will be there to take something out of context and turn it into BDS hogwash.
Hey W., we’re ten days into the Obama badministration and you are looking Totally Awesome.
fogw on January 29, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Takes one to know one.
fogw on January 29, 2009 at 5:49 PM
I think the thing to remember about California, New York, Massachusetts, heck, any of the deep blue states is that they represent the homes of lots of people, including lots of good people. Although tempting, it’s best to not tar everyone with the brush of their wacky politicians or even of the majority of voters.
People live where they live for all sorts of reasons, including where there families reside — not everyone has a chance to choose where they live based on their political views. My hubby and I spent most of our marriage living in cities because they had good electron microscopes! There is a value to living amongst people whose views differ from your own, imho, although taken to its extremes (Boston during the first Gulf War) it can be exhausting!
I just wish we could return to a type of civility in political discourse that I have not seen in many years.
Of the places I’ve lived as an adult, Houston was by far the best in terms of the politeness factor. I wish the weather were better!
Y-not on January 29, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I’d like to shake his hand
DarkCurrent on January 29, 2009 at 5:50 PM
More amusing is the fact that poor Vernon didn’t notice that the joke had already been predicted earlier in the thread.
Professor Blather on January 29, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Missy on January 29, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Ill make a bold prediction….
Within 4 years President Bush will be more popular than Barry Obama….
Like the song says—
“You dont know what ya got….till its gone…”
Its easy for some to hate a strong leader….but its easier for more to hate a weak one…
alecj on January 29, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Olbermann: HOW DARE YOU ENJOY A BASKETBALL GAME, SIR! RESIGN NOW! Oh wait….
terryannonline on January 29, 2009 at 5:53 PM
YOU PEOPLE…what do you mean YOU PEOPLE?
Payback is going to be an f’n blast…
ClassicCon on January 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM
You should have seen him in the back of the SUV in Dallas. He was smiling and waving at the camera. I couldn’t help but smile back just knowing he is back where he loves to be. Texas. Can’t blame him. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Texans are kind of like Scarlet. We need Texas like she needed Tara.
Sue on January 29, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Your last president had most of them killed. The Nose Brothers did a decent skit of the whole thing. They were always the coolest thing about Baylor.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Yeah, well, he came home to Texas. So there. ::grin::
Sue on January 29, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Mr. President, I’ve got 2 extra tickets to the OU-TN game on Monday, just say the word and I promise that Oklahoma will give you just as big a welcome as Baylor did. When Coach Coale got to shake his hand she reminded him that he carried OK twice so he had to cheer some for OU.
Quote from Courtney Paris:
“I recently did an interview and somebody asked me if important people came to your games, and I said yeah, Toby Keith, now I can say the president came. Good for the resume.”
For those of you who don’t know Courtney, she is the Shaq of women’s college basketball, 111 consecutive double-double’s and she and her sister are 2 of the nicest and most humble young ladies you will ever meet.
Wife and I almost travelled with the team yesterday to Waco, we blew it!
bubbadog89 on January 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Says the Omama cult member that even Scientologist shake their head at…
Ah yes, the Brand Dividians…who says the Clintons didn’t know how to use force when the hard choices had to be made. I bet they are still sifting through the ashes of children.
ClassicCon on January 29, 2009 at 5:58 PM
You think it’ll take a whole 4 years?
I don’t.
Which reminds me … where can I get my “I Miss George” bumper sticker?
To quote another poster a few comments up: “Payback is going to be an f’n blast!”
Don’t worry, liberals. I guarantee I’ll treat President Obama no worse than you treated President Bush. I promise.
And remember: dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
:: grin ::
Professor Blather on January 29, 2009 at 5:58 PM
S
Ah, Texas. The place where the schoolchildren cheered after Kennedy got shot. Thank you for your patriotism. Sorry about the Alamo.
Vernon Hardapple on January 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Where’s Obarfy from?
Kenya?
Nigeria?
Indonesia?
Hawaii?
Boston?
Chicago?
Heaven?
Inquiring minds want to know.
fogw on January 29, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Yea right benny boy.The black helicopters landed ahead of time and brainwashed this whole crowd into liking President Bush.
The only explanation for your idiocy is that you posted too soon after being on your knees praying to your Obama shrine set up in your basement and all the blood has not gotten to that feeble brain of yours yet.
If you want crowd control and media bias,here is a little that you want hear in that Berkeley bubble you live in.
Most Voters Say News Media Wants Obama to Win
“Joe the Plumber” a Top Campaign Story
http://people-press.org/report/463/media-wants-obama
Summary of Findings
MS-NBC convention driver: Crowd questions rigged
Matthews: My Job Is To Make Obama Presidency a Success
Halperin at Politico/USC conf.: ‘extreme pro-Obama’ press bias
By: Alexander Burns
November 22, 2008 04:55 PM EST
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=C5D8C5D4-18FE-70B2-A8220008CD2D5EA4
Muslims barred from picture at Obama event
By: Ben Smith
June 18, 2008 03:07 PM EST
Obama’s Edge in the Coverage Race
By Deborah Howell
Sunday, August 17, 2008; B06.
These are just a few of the many examples of bias and MSM message control to help your Messiah Obama.
Every time beta benny boy posts,I think he has reached the pinnacle of absurdity and ignorance.
But he always seems to find a way to prove himself just a little bit more of an idiot than before.
Baxter Greene on January 29, 2009 at 6:00 PM
That was great…a well-deserved hero’s welcome.
I miss my president, and am already looking forward to a trip to Texas in 2013 for the opening of his Library!
Least of These on January 29, 2009 at 6:00 PM
The world according to liberals:
Obama’s father is a Muslim. But Obama can’t be called a Muslim.
Obama lived in Indonesia and attended a Muslim school, but he isn’t a Muslim.
Obama never saw Chicago until he was 25 or so, but he is a Chicago son.
Bush has lived in TX most of his adult life. Bush Sr lived in TX for the better part of his adult life. Bush’s wife was born and raised in TX. Both his kids were born and raised in TX. Bush was governor of TX for 8 years. After leaving the White House he moved back to TX.
But because his father once lived in CT, GWB is a CT preppie.
Makes sense….in the twisted mind of the diseased liberal.
angryed on January 29, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Lower. Much lower.
*smirk*
Y-not on January 29, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Weak, weak trolling. You have to be a little subtle about it or it becomes self-parody.
Now try again. Be original. You can do it.
Professor Blather on January 29, 2009 at 6:01 PM
BS. Nice try though. I’m sure that’s just projection, remembering back when you were thrilled at the thought that Reagan might have been assassinated.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Sorry, I don’t get it…what does going to Harvard have to do with retiring in Texas?
You really lost me…let me see, he goes to an ivy league school, and 40 years later retires, but he is a “Connecticut preppie” (try preppy)…and there is some correlation?
He married a Texas woman, lived in Texas his whole life, but is a “preppie”…sorry don’t get the connection. If you go to an ivy league school you can’t be a Texan? or can’t retire to Texas, Texas doesn’t allow preppies.
Sorry, I just don’t get it…Explain please.
right2bright on January 29, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Know what’s funny? I didn’t even blink at that lib’s absurdity.
Because I KNOW how they think and I EXPECT the absurdity. So when what falls out of their mouths is factually ridiculous and logically backwards, its just par for the course. I barely even notice.
Now if I found one that could spare just one moment for intellectual honesty, I’d probably pass out in shock.
Professor Blather on January 29, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Your only hope is a BDS anti-serum.
fogw on January 29, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Link please…
right2bright on January 29, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Sweet.
redfoxbluestate on January 29, 2009 at 6:09 PM
What’s good for the goose…
Oh, is that not the kind of logic being advocated?
Y-not on January 29, 2009 at 6:10 PM
I’m so happy to see this. He deserves to know that many Americans really did appreciate him. The abuse he has taken over the years alternately made me angry because he didn’t defend himself and also really hurt my heart because he always had our best interest in mind and did not deserve the treatment he got. Some people should be ashamed of themselves. But I know they have no shame.
macblanegirl on January 29, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Yeah, sure. A TX income tax would be a Death Wish.
newton on January 29, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Don’t mess with Texas… a-hole.
newton on January 29, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Oh, and the Alamo has nothing to do with the United States. Surely you’re familiar with the story?
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 6:13 PM
I think he looks great. And even when he gets old he’ll never look as weak and fetid as the leftwingnut surrendermonkey now posing as CIC.
So how’s that letter to Amadmaninastupiddinnerjacket coming along. As if a letter is going to change his Islamist heart. Such arrogance, such narcissism, such stupidity.
Basilsbest on January 29, 2009 at 6:14 PM
That jackass would nap at the San Jacinto… and then wonder why his sorry butt got kicked in less than twenty minutes by Sam Houston…
newton on January 29, 2009 at 6:15 PM
My dear President Bush,
Remember these words. TX conceal carry. Castle Doctrine.
No Liberal maggot will survive an encounter with you.
Oh yeah, some good TX BBQ. And rub some jalapenos on them, too!
newton on January 29, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Former Presidents always get more popular after leaving office.
The current President appears to be getting less popular.
Google “anti Obama” and enjoy the feast.
Rockygold on January 29, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Heh. I used to visit that monument regularly. I grew up in biking distance. We’re not big on history, but we honor what we have.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 6:22 PM
He wasn’t the best president we ever had but he did well keeping us safe these eight years.
This was an applause that was long overdue.
Nice Waco.
On another note: the next video shows Obama critizicing Wallstreet bonuses. Now I haven’t looked at this at all. But I find it to be an enormous double standard considering how he has “sacrificed” himself as a politician. I mean, $100 steaks to celebrate the Senate passing the Trillion-dollar monster.
shick on January 29, 2009 at 6:23 PM
All you’re showing is that Texans are dumb-arse egotists. California is Reagan country.
John the Libertarian on January 29, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Bush is a class act and a credit to the great state of Texas. I’m sure he’s more than happy to be out of that Washington D.C. cesspool, many miles west of the Mason Dixon Line and among friends.
rplat on January 29, 2009 at 6:31 PM
“dumb-arse egotists” you say . . . in your ear dipstick.
rplat on January 29, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Good for him.
getalife on January 29, 2009 at 6:36 PM
No, all he meant is that Texans really love their state. He just said it badly. You certainly don’t help your case by insulting all of us though.
Esthier on January 29, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Dayum, you don’t show that to a chick with PMS!!!!!!!!!!!
GET ME MY ICE CREAM PINT, A CHICK FLICK AND CHOCOLATES STAT!
I miss them soooooooooooooooooooo muuuuuch!!!
tsk tsk: Wonder what the troops are thinkin’…law of silence?
ProudPalinFan on January 29, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I don’t presume to speak for Limerick, but I believe his point is about the reverence and pride that Texans feel about Texas, above and beyond patriotic feelings toward America.
Texas has a history that is unique among the states for various reasons, not the least among them its size, its varied geography and climate, its proximity to and history of strife with Mexico, its diversity, and its having been a stand-alone Republic. James A. Michener’s Texas is a great read if you don’t mind wading into a long historical novel.
hillbillyjim on January 29, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Where’s a Photoshop artist when I need him?
ProudPalinFan on January 29, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Only 10 days into the disaster that is the Obama presidency; and I miss Bush already.
Compared to Obama; Bush is Washington & Lincoln rolled into one.
Norwegian on January 29, 2009 at 6:46 PM
hey hey hey, Long Islanders/NY/NYCers are some of the most patriotic motherf*ckers I know. The upper west side doesn’t rep all of us.
blatantblue on January 29, 2009 at 6:49 PM
He actually acknowledges Hillary for doing that to him…I saw a Hillary bumper sticker today :O
ProudPalinFan on January 29, 2009 at 6:52 PM
I hate to tell you, but I don’t believe a word of that at all.
Kennedy’s veep, LBJ, was a Texas Democrat. Governor John Connally of Texas was a Democrat.
That was back in the days when Texas was the land of yellow dog Democrats.
JFK’s assassination was a shock to the entire country.
INC on January 29, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Thanks, Allah. When I saw “beloved president” I figured it was the current disaster. Quite a relief.
Thanks, Baylor — he isn’t perfect, but he loves the USA, and Texas, and did the best he could to keep us safe.
Nichevo on January 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM
See I totally get what Sean Hannity sez about these liberal folks…
They got: The White House
Senate
House
+100 countries of support
Willing to kiss +70 others’ as*es to rule The World
And still….
NOT ENOUGH!
ProudPalinFan on January 29, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I’m beginning to think bennyshankar is AP messing with us!
blatantblue on January 29, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Have I mentioned how much I love and respect President Bush?
Sorry. Just thought I’d say it again. It makes me happy.
Professor Blather on January 29, 2009 at 7:03 PM
You’re wrong, as usual. I was here.
Welcome Home W and Laura! I’m so glad to have you back in Texas!!
I agree with ya Lim! It’s hard to explain. I didn’t write this but here it is:
Texas Gal on January 29, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Nice and appreciated
at least some states havent tried to have our
former president Arrested..
compate the state of texas where guns are still legal
and patriotism is still shown
to britians public where they are protesting
because the liberals want to take away their last fox hunting rifles
sound familiar it should..
Pelozi and obama are already on record stating they would like to see some sort of gun control.
Britians are facing an army of 300,000 criminals armed to the teeth
while they hide inside their own homes because if they fight back they will go to prision not the criminals
Unlike president bush whom i still repsect.
obama has this in store for all americans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTq2NEUlhDE
jcila on January 29, 2009 at 7:11 PM
That’s really great! It’s nice to see him smile! He deserves a standing ovation!!
JellyToast on January 29, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Allah, if this poster can’t come up with links, and this is a pattern, please step in and straighten them out.
They take these “pot shots” no link, no substance, then they run when challenged…it just waters down the quality of posting.
Once is awhile, I get it, but this is a pattern…time to pull the lever…
right2bright on January 29, 2009 at 7:35 PM
Sheesh it cuts off at the best part.
43! heres to you sir. They are seeing now what a tough job you had.
johnnyU on January 29, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I LOVE president Bush, sure I was disappointed at some of the things he did which I am not going to mention here, but with him you knew where he stood and knew what to expect and the way that he kept us safe; I miss him and wish that his four years go fast so as to minimize the damage the one is going to do to this country.
Venezuelan for Bush
TitleofLiberty on January 29, 2009 at 7:43 PM
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