The White House Department of White Coats; Update: DFA supplied the coats?

If Monty Python can have a Department of Silly Walks, this adminstration can have a Department of White Coats.

And they should be given equal respect. Or else:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnS49c9KZw8

Doorgunner on October 6, 2009 at 10:43 AM

Funny you should mention that-yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the first Pythom episode to air on the BBC.

Del Dolemonte on October 6, 2009 at 11:31 AM

As for Bush’s appearance on carrier, it was an immense waste of time and money and a moment of supreme arrogance and stupidity.

Bleeds Blue343 on October 6, 2009 at 11:00 AM

From MSNBC, May 1, 2003.

What’s the importance of the president’s amazing display of leadership 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

the president deserves everything he’s doing tonight in terms of his leadership. He won the war. He was an effective commander. Everybody recognizes that, I believe, except a few critics.

Here’s a president who’s really nonverbal. He’s like Eisenhower. He looks great in a military uniform.

The president’s performance tonight, redolent of the best of Reagan

We’re proud of our president. Americans love having a guy as president, a guy who has a little swagger, who’s physical

All of the above quotes came that night from CHRIS MATTHEWS

And here’s what NBC’s Brian WIlliams said the same night on NBC Nightly News:

And two immutable truths about the president that the Democrats can’t change: He’s a youthful guy. He looked terrific and full of energy in a flight suit. He is a former pilot, so it’s not a foreign art farm — art form to him. Not all presidents could have pulled this scene off today.

And a few days later, flaming Leftist Joe Klein had this to say about Chimpy’s landing:

Well, that was probably the coolest presidential image since Bill Pullman played the jet fighter pilot in the movie Independence Day. That was the first thing that came to mind for me. And it just shows you how high a mountain these Democrats are going to have to climb.

And finally, CNN Leftist Margaret Carlson said this:

A hurricane couldn’t have interfered with that particular parade. It was so well done, and even though we knew that everything was choreographed down to, you know, catching that fourth hook on the ship, it was still a pretty stirring tableau. Cecil B. DeMille couldn’t have been done better. And even though you know there’s no Santa Claus, Christmas is still great, as it was with that particular moment.

Of course, all of them said those things before the Kool-Aid kicked in…

BTW, kid, as pResdent Bill Clinton staged 4 aircraft carrier photo ops. He even did 2 of them on the same boat. And he was a draft-dodger.

By the way, you will find all of the quotes I cited at that reliable reference source Media Matters.

Once again, thanks for playing.

Del Dolemonte on October 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM

And, while Bush deserves credit for keeping us safe after that one time, nothing in Iraq had anything to do with it. I wouldn’t start giving history lectures if I were you.

Bleeds Blue on October 6, 2009 at 11:38 AM

Bush never claimed Iraq had anything to do with 9/11. However, a Bill Clinton-appointed Federal Judge in Manhattan did rule in 2003 that Iraq played a role in 9/11, but that is beside the point.

Bill Clinton’s Justice Department tied Iraq to al Qaeda in 1998. Read the indictment.

And later the same year ABC News’ Sheila McVicar did lengthy reporting on the ties between al Qaeda and Iraq.

Only one here needing a history lesson is yourself.

Del Dolemonte on October 6, 2009 at 12:01 PM