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Robert Dreyfuss at Working for Spare Change on Bush’s recent Iraq visit:
The last time he was there, he hoisted a giant fake turkey for Thanksgiving.
Not only is the fake turkey still alive—it’s growing.
Wow. I wish I had bought shares of fake plastic turkey (NASDAQ: FPT) during its IPO in 2003. I’d be a millionaire now. It’s the next freaking Google.
Posted by Brian O'Connell on 2006 06 20 at 10:53 PM • permalinkI could not get through the
Lord HahaDreyfuss article. I managed to get a little past the part where killing Zarqawi may possibly might maybe have made the insurgency stronger. I am amazed how much stronger the insurgency gets every time we kill a bunch of them. Just think how strong they would be if we nuked the whole lot!I was surprised to learn that the tactics the terrorists use, the ones that have turned the “killing fields” of Iraq into a “charnel” house (or something like that), as far as I can tell, are all the fault of Bush. He is the one responsible for the torture the terrorists engage in. He is the one responsible for the murder and dismemberment of hostages. As always, the terrorists are conspicuouly absent when fault is being assigned.
“Unfortunately”, according to Mr. Dreyfuss, “Bush’s plan might work.” Unfortunately.
See? Nothing new here.
P.S. Doesn’t the left have anyone writing for them that doesn’t use weasel words: could happen, might, possibly, maybe, no one can know, I’d be surprised if, perhaps, blah, blah, blah, yada yada. How in hell do these people decide to get out of bed in the morning?
You know, I liked him in American Graffiti and Jaws, but if I ever meet the chubby little shit in person, I’ll…probably shoot him a fierce glance (that’s not eliminationist is it?). As I heard it put very succinctly somewhere else today, “you go to war with the celebrities you’ve got.”
That being said, I personally can’t wait for a Democrat prez. No more wars for oil, the unqualified adoration of the world’s nations, no more AIDS, wheelchairs cast aside, coats for every cold little girl, homes for the homeless, er…margins for the marginalized, free health care, fully funded education, the Air Force having to hold a bake sale to buy a bomb, no more goddamn fake turkeys, and most of all, artists can finally to quit moonlighting as foreign policy experts and get back to art and to marrying each other for two months at a time.
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2006 06 20 at 11:25 PM • permalinkOh sorry, thought it was Richard Dreyfuss! Well, the other stuff still stands…
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2006 06 20 at 11:26 PM • permalinkRichard Dreyfuss is often as nutty as any of them but many of us go easy on him because in August 2002 he wrote such a gracious tribute to Charlton Heston.
Hopefully Robert Dreyfuss is a chubby little shit too, which will allow me to save face!
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2006 06 21 at 12:07 AM • permalinkDid anyone give the update for on foreignpolicy blog? Apparently they “stood down” (truthed-out?) on their fake turkey ref.
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/887
FakeShow turkeys: Thefauxbird that accompanied Bush on his first surprise trip to Iraq in 2003 is left home alone. (Yes, the turkey was real. Thanks to everyone who wrote in about that. But no one ate it. It was a decoration.)Posted by Jim,MtnViewCA,USA on 2006 06 21 at 12:24 AM • permalinkVanguard — Nah. Short and balding though. David Crosby was well over towards portly, though…
Posted by richard mcenroe on 2006 06 21 at 12:44 AM • permalink16. Good point Richard. I hope Neil Young will remember, a southern man don’t need him around anyhow…
Posted by Vanguard of the Commentariat on 2006 06 21 at 01:00 AM • permalinkIt was actually a fake emu, supplied by John Howard.
Posted by Honkie Hammer on 2006 06 21 at 01:57 AM • permalinkNot only is the fake turkey still alive—it’s growing.
... like a malignant tumor on the brains of the left-wing punditry.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2006 06 21 at 02:44 AM • permalinkNot only is the fake turkey still alive—it’s growing.
This is really fascinating - we’re witnessing the growth of a myth. Just like some localized flooding in Mesopotamia ultimately became a flood that covered the entire Earth, so too will the display turkey eventually grow in telling, combining with other nascent Iraq myths until a thousand years from now lefties will speak in awe of the giant bird that sprang from the head of the Dark Lord Bushrove and killed one million Iraqis.
Thence came the heroic warrior-king Kos and his Twenty Victorious Knights…
(Yes, the turkey was real. Thanks to everyone who wrote in about that. But no one ate it. It was a decoration.)
See? Whether it was real or not has no bearing on its value as a metaphor. So there.
Now, what Bush holding a decorative turkey means as a metaphor, I have no idea… but I’m sure it’s, like, evil.
#20 Dave s.,
LOL, I love to hear my fellow Death Beasts take the piss.Posted by Daniel San on 2006 06 21 at 05:28 AM • permalinkHoisting a giant plastic turkey? That’s nothing compared to this:
The last time he was there, he hoisted a giant fake turkey for Thanksgiving. This time, he returned home and, visibly recharged like some Energizer Bunny, gave a thumbs-up press conference in which he hoisted a whole fake Iraq.
When you can hoist whole countries, fake or not, better nobody mess with you.The faux bird that accompanied Bush on his first surprise trip to Iraq in 2003 is left home alone. (Yes, the turkey was real. Thanks to everyone who wrote in about that. But no one ate it. It was a decoration.)—Foreignpolicy.com
Oh come on. What’s the chance that a perfectly scrumptuous turkey escaped being eaten or even nibbled on by at least one person? This doesn’t pass the smell test.
Posted by wronwright on 2006 06 21 at 02:19 PM • permalink26 PW
Maybe “Robert Dreyfuss” is a pen name for our similarly-named pet troll dreyfuze?
... ah if only ...
not that it would ever be admitted.Posted by Huck Foley on 2006 06 21 at 08:41 PM • permalinkGood onya mate. Who’ll keep the bastards honest if you won’t. You fight that good fight in the name of the whole dirty truth.
Posted by Miranda Divide on 2006 06 21 at 09:44 PM • permalink20 Dave S
so too will the display turkey eventually grow in telling, combining with other nascent Iraq myths until a thousand years from now lefties will speak in awe of the giant bird that sprang from the head of the Dark Lord Bushrove and killed one million Iraqis.
Make that one BILLION Iraqis!
No, wait, let the Lancet do that, in a thousand years, or less. Lost my place, sorry. What was the question?Posted by Huck Foley on 2006 06 22 at 10:06 PM • permalink
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Tim - do you have a “fake turkey” bot trolling for stories?