Bush scolded over WMD joke

[MR2-AW11]

http://www.islamonline.net/English/N...rticle03.shtml

"Seeing our president joke about WMDs at a comedy function was terrible. How can a thinking, caring human being joke about the lie that led to body bags and broken young men and women? I was appalled," Fran, an American citizen from Burlington, Massachusetts, wrote to CNN protesting.

"I couldn't believe my ears when I heard Mr. Bush joking about weapons of mass destruction. It was tasteless and childish," wrote Ron from Pittsburgh.

CNN had received scores of e-mails from angry viewers commenting on the joke made by Bush on Wednesday, March 24 during the 60th annual dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association.

A non-scientific poll by CNN.com showed 54 percent of the more than 200,000 respondents felt Bush crossed the line.

Bush had narrated a slide show poking fun at himself and other members of his administration.

One pictured Bush looking under a piece of furniture in the Oval Office, at which the president remarked: "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be here somewhere".

Another one showed him scouring the corner of a room, saying "No, no weapons over there," he said.

As a third picture, this time showing him leaning over, appeared on the screen Bush was heard to say: "Maybe under here?".

No weapons of mass destruction – the main pretext for invading the oil-rich Arab country – have been found more than 12 months after the U.S. and British forces launched their mass offensive.


on another note:

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was asked what he thought of this incident at a press conference on Friday, but he dodged the issue, saying that he couldn't comment as he hadn't been at the event.

HAHAHAHA he always gives this answer "I do not have all the details right now, no no I haven't been at this location to give you the exact answer, no no no I am not fully informed of this issue and can't have an answer"

Hah, let them rot in the hellfire

[YogsVR4]

Its pretty clear by your 'outrage' that you have no sense of humor. Its sad that you live you life tilting at windmills.

[MR2-AW11]

hahahha tilting at windmills, and you my friend live your life like a palmtree swinging the way the wind blows.

Bush anyone? You are hypocrites and liars.

[YogsVR4]

Originally Posted by MR2-AW11

hahahha tilting at windmills, and you my friend live your life like a palmtree swinging the way the wind blows.

Bush anyone? You are hypocrites and liars.

And you are an annoying little weasel. Gigitron II - you're about two posts away from bannage.

[2strokebloke]

I thought it was funny, partially because it's incredibly stupid, and partially because those were actual photos of Bush looking for the WMDs, and in telling his descriptions of them, he was not joking, but telling the truth.