Whew, that sounds like a headline straight out of Borat. Nonetheless, it’s Friday and time for a little fun with government pictures. Why? It’s immature and plus, we can, that’s why.
Grip and grin No. 1
The Decider-in-Chief, wanting to project a newer, more accommodating image, holds hands with PM Tony Blair and sings “Kumbaya” for the jackals in the press corps.
Never can say goodbye
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., left, ponders what he will do without his little buddy, outgoing and retiring Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn. Here they reminisce about one of Dr. Frist’s most memorable moment’s: the video diagnosis of Terry Schiavo.
Rummy’s “Dick Nixon” moment
Fired Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld tells Pentagon personnel during a Friday town hall meeting that they “won’t have Don Rumsfeld to kick around anymore.” This was before he was escorted out the main exit of the Pentagon by Marines, who then took his security badge and his secret decoder.
Grip and grin No. 2
The White House displays its portable “world leader mask” that is worn by a disguised Secret Service agent. The ruse is to make it appear that President Bush is meeting with Sayyed Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The heads of various world leaders are sculpted into life-like masks worn by Secret Service and other White House personnel whenever the president pretends to be meeting a foreign official whom he does not want anywhere near him.
¿Quien es mas macho?
El Capitán, Texas Vicegobernador David Dewhurst es mas macho on his very own trading card found on the “Niños del Senado de Texas” Web site. This is destined to become a collector’s item along with the upcoming card for El presidente de la Cámara Tom Craddick, Republicano por Midland.