Comments on: Choked up http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/ I was told there would be... well, you know. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:06:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mike http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/#comment-37 Mike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/#comment-37 I pulled that AP photo from Yahoo! News. Here's the caption that went along with it: Hair and color artist Jo Kinsey paints a bruise on the face of a wax model of President Bush at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2002. Bush fainted Sunday briefly after choking on a pretzel while watching a football game on television. (AP Photo/PA, Peter J. Jordan) The whole world is laughing at Dubya. <a HREF="http://203.199.93.7/today/bush.html" rel="nofollow">The <i>Times of India</i></a> <a HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0201/16/world/world100.html" rel="nofollow">The <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i></a> <a HREF="http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/bildeserier/article.jhtml?articleID=258757" rel="nofollow">Norway's <i>Aftenposten</i></a> <a HREF="http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fopinion%2F2002%2F01%2F15%2Fdl1503.xml" rel="nofollow">The <i>Daily Telegraph</i></a> (London) points out: "This is exactly the sort of accident that befalls Homer Simpson, night after night." And of course, there's <a HREF="http://www.politicalstrikes.com/.images/strikes588.jpg" rel="nofollow">Political Strikes (U.S.)</a> I pulled that AP photo from Yahoo! News. Here’s the caption that went along with it:

Hair and color artist Jo Kinsey paints a bruise on the face of a wax model of President Bush at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in London, Tuesday Jan. 15, 2002. Bush fainted Sunday briefly after choking on a pretzel while watching a football game on television. (AP Photo/PA, Peter J. Jordan)

The whole world is laughing at Dubya.

The Times of India

The Sydney Morning Herald

Norway’s Aftenposten

The Daily Telegraph (London) points out: “This is exactly the sort of accident that befalls Homer Simpson, night after night.”

And of course, there’s Political Strikes (U.S.)

]]> By: Fraser http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/#comment-38 Fraser Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/#comment-38 Scary thing is that the British Media are expecting his popularity level to rise as a result of him being too stupid to swallow. "This latest incident, however, will probably only add to the current president's popularity: millions of American men would have spent Sunday afternoon wolfing down pretzels and watching the football." <a HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4335446,00.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Guardian</i></a> Jan 15 Scary thing is that the British Media are expecting his popularity level to rise as a result of him being too stupid to swallow.

“This latest incident, however, will probably only add to the current president’s popularity: millions of American men would have spent Sunday afternoon wolfing down pretzels and watching the football.”

Guardian Jan 15

]]> By: Mike http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/#comment-39 Mike Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.barkingmoose.com/wp/2002/01/16/choked-up/#comment-39 Ah, but there's good news. <a HREF="http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm" rel="nofollow">Bush's approval ratings are starting to slip.</a> Besides, while there may be millions of stupid Americans, just about all of them manage to down their pretzels without getting rug burns on their faces. Of course, if you're chasing those pretzels with grain alcohol, it makes the scenario a little more plausible. Ah, but there’s good news. Bush’s approval ratings are starting to slip. Besides, while there may be millions of stupid Americans, just about all of them manage to down their pretzels without getting rug burns on their faces. Of course, if you’re chasing those pretzels with grain alcohol, it makes the scenario a little more plausible.

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