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George Bush vs. The Flag (video)
youtube.com - 8/11/2008
George Bush vs. The Flag (video)
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From the Parade of Nations at the Olympics.

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Daily Kos:  Your Pretzeldent, enhancing our image abroad

Rising Hegemon:  I'm glad somebody put this up

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Our bored president playing with an American flag

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Your Pretzeldent, enhancing our image abroad
Daily Kos — Checking his watch during the Opening Ceremonies. What a dick. "Whur's 'murka? These other countries are bull, man." Big smiles from Laura and applause for the Iraqi team. "That's basically us." He later appeared to make no acknowledgment whatsoever of the Puerto Rican team, by the way. And shortly after the Americans entered, he gets bored again. Legs spread wide, bouncing his knees, casting his eyes around, slapping his miniature American flag against his knee. I have a feeling George, Jr. was the "Are we there yet?" kid. ...

I'm glad somebody put this up
Rising Hegemon — I thought this was the epitome of the Bush years last night during the Opening Ceremonies. The two of them were made for each other...there ARE other countries you know.

Our bored president playing with an American flag
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Hitting it against his knee, to be precise. Imagine had Obama done this. (H/t Jed)

Doot De Doo De Doo
Hoffmania! — Playin' with my flag. Doot de doo de doo. We're only up to the T's? Aw, doot de doo... UPDATE: D'oh, WOOOO. Doo dee doop.

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