Wonkette
George H.W. Bush periodically flings himself out of planes to mark the passing of another depressing half-decade in the twilight years of a disappointed old man whose presidency fell squarely into the “unimpressive” column until his son’s presidency showed us what unimpressive was really all about. What this troubled senior needs is not a squad of toothsome paratroopers to strap on his back, but instead a sympathetic ear to listen — truly listen — to his long litany of regrets, starting with how he should have had George W. Bush excised from his nethers before the unwanted growth had a chance to ruin America. [CNN]
I thought he was older.
Did he emit his trademark tinny arfs on the way down?
I long ago decided that if I make it to 90 years of age, I’m flinging myself out of a plane at altitude sans parachute.
And aiming for a church.
I don’t get it, did he have a parachute or not?
You know, when my Grandmother started doing stuff like this, we got her into a home pretty quick.
The first sentence of this post is the best thing I’ve read all day. Bravo, SKS!
OH COME ON SARAH. You need to post the ENTIRE photo, so we can see the meth addict sitting on his lap.
“Why are the wicked always so strong? Tell me, brave captain.”–Abandon Ship, starring Tyrone Power.
The last time Daddy Bush left an airplane in an emergency, he left his Grumman Avenger TBF crew behind to drown.
Some things never change, ya know?
I srsly doubt that poppy would apologize for anything ever, but nice try w/the Alt-Text. One can always dream on…
When is somebody going to push Battleship Bar out of a plane?
JohnnyMeatworth: I second that. Brilliant.
JohnnyMeatworth: I thought that opening sentence was overly long and discriminatory against persons living with ADHD, such as myself.
If you had to wake up to Babs’s wrinkled, Harvey Fierstein-in-Torch-Song-Trilogy visage every morning, you’d want to fling yourself out of a plane too.
Uncle Al: They’d have to rent out a C-130 for that load.
Still trying to play down that “wimp factor,” huh? Worked better when you could invade a country, but it put the wrong idea in your son’s head. In his case, invading Iraq was a less successful way to play down the “worthless cokehead black-sheep diminutive man factor.”
G.H.W. and the chick in the “Free Chat Rooms” banner ad have strikingly similar expressions…
If I had to have birthday sex with Barbara Bush, I would jump out of an airplane too.
Yes!! I’m not even an Old, but I think I will have something paratrooper shaped removed from my anus in a symbolic gesture honoring the wonder of skydiving.
Disappoinment #2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWJHCRVs4AY
Number 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEbZqvMu2cQ
That old man must have some seriously strong bones. My 80+ year old grandmother fell off her walker and broke a hip.
I read that as ‘litany of egrets’, which is very different.
Poppy was hoping to redeem himself by landing on Junior….
I am no fan of this man’s politics, but how the wimp thing ever stuck to him is beyond me. The shit he did in WW2 at age 18-21, flying 58 combat missions, makes me feel cowardly just thinking about it. I was such a chowderhead at that age I shouldn’t have been trusted in an automobile, much less a plane with bombs in it.
Nevertheless, fuck you for your progeny, asshole.
Scrodd: Or those photos in the NYPost Wednesday of an actress from A CHORUS LINE sitting on Poppy’s lap, and Lorenzo Lamas snuggling up next to Babs on the couch with his hand on her leg. (For realz. If the thought is horrible imagine actually seeing the pic.)
hobospacejunkie: Because he didn’t show true Republican MANLINESS and stand up to those faglib tax-raisers. Bravery in combat only rates a “meh” from Grover Norquist.
dr.giraud: My bad. I forgot he was surrounded by chickenhawks. And spawned at least one.
hobospacejunkie:
Hiya Hobo
We have been inviting Poopy’s son (the dimmo one) to do the same thing for years, birthday or no birthday. Had George Jr. not abandoned his liquid diet he might have taken us up on this. Bombs away.
Bush jumps out of a plane and gets feted; Spitzer slides out of a hooker and has to resign. Doesn’t seem fair.
Nerdalicious: Hey there! Wish I knew how to rock the emoticons. I has a sad.