Comments on: Secret Trips http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Fred http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/#comment-1234 Fred Fri, 23 Jan 2004 22:12:28 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/#comment-1234 Wonder if Hillary knows her Helicopter was called "Broomstick flight"? haha And that one soldier who shook hands with her very obviously has his fingers crossed? haha Wonder if Hillary knows her Helicopter was called “Broomstick flight”? haha
And that one soldier who shook hands with her very obviously has his fingers crossed? haha

]]> By: josh http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/#comment-1233 josh Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:18:32 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/#comment-1233 right. a photo op to replace another not so well concieved one on a certain aircraft carrier declaring a certain mission as "accomplished." better filler for the campaign ads. holy shit. i can't believe people dont see thru this. right. a photo op to replace another not so well concieved one on a certain aircraft carrier declaring a certain mission as “accomplished.”

better filler for the campaign ads.

holy shit. i can’t believe people dont see thru this.

]]> By: tom http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/#comment-1232 tom Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:28:45 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/2003/11/28/secret-trips/#comment-1232 aparently the white house "press corps" was not allowed to speak to any troops while they were along for the photo-op for bush. his trip there was nothing more than a publicity stunt to help his campaign. i'm glad it brightened the spirits of a few soldiers who happened to be able to go to the airport and avoid gunfire for a few hours, but maybe it would be nice if some of the cameras and news-people could've spoken to them about the event. but then, they might have said something like "get me the hell out of here!" and that would be bad for bush's image. maybe it would mean more if he'd left his press corps behind and done a completely selfless act in visiting the troops, but he had to have his court-photographers and court-writers their to document it all. and as if it wasn't cold and calculated enough, they had the news released right in the middle of the macy's thanksgiving day parade, to ensure a maximum audience so that everyone would talk around their turkeys about what a "hero" our president is for risking his life to visit the troops for 2 hours. cindy crawford spent her thanksgiving with a bunch of cancer-kids. she gave a speech, she signed autographs, she posed for publicity photos with cancer kids. but somehow it seemed more genuine than what bush did. aparently the white house “press corps” was not allowed to speak to any troops while they were along for the photo-op for bush.

his trip there was nothing more than a publicity stunt to help his campaign. i’m glad it brightened the spirits of a few soldiers who happened to be able to go to the airport and avoid gunfire for a few hours, but maybe it would be nice if some of the cameras and news-people could’ve spoken to them about the event. but then, they might have said something like “get me the hell out of here!” and that would be bad for bush’s image. maybe it would mean more if he’d left his press corps behind and done a completely selfless act in visiting the troops, but he had to have his court-photographers and court-writers their to document it all.

and as if it wasn’t cold and calculated enough, they had the news released right in the middle of the macy’s thanksgiving day parade, to ensure a maximum audience so that everyone would talk around their turkeys about what a “hero” our president is for risking his life to visit the troops for 2 hours.

cindy crawford spent her thanksgiving with a bunch of cancer-kids. she gave a speech, she signed autographs, she posed for publicity photos with cancer kids. but somehow it seemed more genuine than what bush did.

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