Twins graduation...the real reason...

Is it due to him KNOWING the story about the abuse, rapings, videos, and pix were coming out and he didn't want to cause any problems at the twins graduation? I find it extremely difficult that him and pickles will NOT be attending an important event in their daughters lives, plus, they do NOT attend the same university.

Orchestrating the killing of Islamic terrorists.

How bad would it look to totally lock down the campuses, cordon off several blocks away the protesters you KNOW will be there (I'm sure a reasonable number within the senior class). The idiot is simply afraid of how he'll look having to face a non-managed crowd---some of whom could be vociferous in their displeasure about teh Abu Gharaib situation.

Cowardice...yet again.

clinton went to his daughters

for the prospect of new bj opportunities. TeeHee.

Oh, my! A Clinton/Blowjob joke!

In 2004!

How very very very timely, witty, and just all-around hysterical!

ha ha ha ha!

choke.

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Comparing a blow job to thousands dead and the loss of a democracy.

I hear that's really big with the kids.

What's this "we" business?

both are about the same amount of importance. Yep. </sarcasm>

Give us a break.

will the Republicons ever let that die...my god...come to think of it...let them keep saying it...we have so much more on their pResident that just a BJ...

I still don't know what's off limits and what's cool on this board. Someone brought up Clinton and I responded with the first thing that came to mind. I guess you can tombstone me now for referring to a former President when what I should have been doing is contributing to the bashing of the current one.

Further hint: warmed over Clinton jokes were barely funny when current, much less years past the expiration date.

Now what about that Martin Van Bueren? HAW HAW HAW!

Maw! Maw! Where's my paw? Gone to the White House, haw, haw, haw!

Nope, people here just tell the truth because he's such a good example and honest!

we prefer jokes about Chimp-boy getting his girlfriend an illegal abortion, though, over outdated Clinton fellating jokes.

should be grounds for tombstoning. You're an idiot - go away. :argh:

to listen to clinton jokes for the past 5,6 years, right? yeaaa, we just can't get ENOUGH of clinton jokes. :eyes: :eyes:

BUSH jokes are concerned. Pity the poor Americans after 4 years of George W. they're going to be BUSHED big time.

Making a * joke will land you in prison.

http://www.thespeciousreport.com/2002_burningbush.html

yea, bush jokes are a threat to "national security". remember, it's OKAY to leak the name of a CIA agent, but you cannot tell the boy king he's naked. that's part of the new twist on freedom on speech: yea, you can say WHATEVER you want as long as it fits into this teeny tiny little box so knock your little patriotic self out.

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

told their parents not to come.
The twins may not come to their own graduation-probably partying with other GIRLS GONE WILD in Miami.

The family is such a role model for family values.
What a signal that sends to parents in this country.

Bet they sent in their video auditions and will be making Faux News..Grammy's going to be so Proud! Daddy too!

Tee Hee. It was just soooo funny. I won't even write what I truly feel about your insensitivity but suffice it to say I doubt you will be here long. I won't bother with a welcome because I'm not sure I do welcome you.

What else did Rush tell you to think today? :eyes:

Before the real shitstorm on this story began to blow and it sounded like a planned deal. One that he and Pickles had planned, just like blowing off his brother's "ahem" wedding.

The party line is "security" and how it would distract from the occasion...which I agree, it would. Bunnypants would fly over the crowd in AF1 then want to have the graduates start their engines. Or maybe he'd want to do a 2 hour sermon.

What I think is the twins prefered that mom & dad didn't bother to show. For the last 4 years their lives have been under a microscope...knowing anything that brings them into the limelight means a new round of sliming and joking. They see having their parents around, and his cabal of political handlers, it would pull their private lives back into the open. I didn't like that happening to Chelsea Clinton and haven't for the Bush Twins as well. Here's congradulating them on their accomplishments and keeping their noses clean the last couple years.

Dubya looks like the dad that is "too busy" anyway.

interrupting things. Not so much that it'd wreck his daughters' graduation, that it would make HIM look bad, and bruise his poor widdle ego.

so it's not that surprising that he'd miss their graduations. And lets be real - receiving a purchased diploma isn't as big an occasion as receiving an earned one.

about that..It's a tradition in that family, isn't it.

when you absolutely know that you did not earn it.
It is a piece of paper.
Did they go to church with their parents on Mother's Day? I saw Bitch Babs and Clueless Gramps with Pickles and Chimp.
Girls were not on my Cube Tube.

Maybe they had a difficult Saturday night.

"divorced" their parents?

I read an article on CNN(sorry couldnt find link), that said Bush wasn't going because he didn't want to subject the other parents to the security precautions that go along with a presidential visit. I think this is a very honorable thing to do(and probably the only honorable thing hes done so for!!).

Family" (even though they aren't really one since he didn't win and was appointed)being as disconnected as this bizarre clan. I mean think about it - they are NEVER seen together - and of course the irony is the "family values" mantra supposedly being a foundation regarding his belief system. I mean it's odd beyond imagination. If anything, they are the perfect example of a dysfunctional family.

And while you're at it, I could use some stirring words in support of Dick Cheney.

at a total of 6 other graduations this year. They weren't concerned with the security messing up other people's kids' big day. These were some large universities, too, like Florida State and LSU. Interestingly, all the graduations the first and second families spoke, or are scheduled to speak at are in important swing states.

Exactly right.And to imagine the Bushies caring about inconveniencing anyone else is ridiculous. He inconvenienced the entire world when he invaded Iraq and he inconvenienced the whole country when he stole the Presidency!And he's worry about a graduation audience? Get real.

I live in NYC--'nuff said.

Someone posted earlier, he's afraid of the kind of protest he would face if he went with an intelligent crowd, where his ass kissers were'nt being bussed in to show his popularity. Why would we believe that lie as lame as it is?

From all that I've read in the media, Laura puts the twins above politics, George, and common reason at times. She's a mother.

During Laura's most recent sans-hubby European trip, she brought Jenna along. There was a revealing article in the Washington Post about the trip; the reporter was critical of Jenna's jean-wearing, non-chalant arrival on hallowed European grounds. The European press was critical of Jenna's dressed-down, extreme casual-Friday appearance as well.

While reading that article and wishing that both Laura and Jenna had a little aplomb, appearing instead glamorous in front of the notorious European paparazzi, I felt a twinge of sympathy for Laura and Jenna alike. I can't really explain it. Picking on political families has always been a pet peeve of mine.

I imagine both Jenna and Barbara urged mom not to embarrass them with their massive security detail, metal-detectors and rooftop snipers; to let them have the kind of free-spirited graduation most college kids have. It's an amazing moment in life, a milestone you'll never forget.

I don't think this has anything to do with the current Presidential political crisis. They are likely only abiding by the wishes of their daughters.

What mother and father, wouldn't want to see their own children graduate from college? Both Laura and George are making a sacrifice here, and I'm willing to give them credit for it.

Let's choose our battles wisely; that's the thrust of this seemingly-apologetic rant, I guess. :-)

The Bushes are not normal parents and they don't have normal children. you are super imposing your values on them. The girls did not even bother to come home for Christmas. George has been the commencement speaker at several colleges. He wasn't concerned about those parents and students.He even gave the commencement speech at Yale last year and it is his alma mater and his daughter Barbara is graduating from Yale too. That shouild be a big event for a normal family. I think whoever posted that the girls don't want them there was right. I wonder if Babs and George Sr. will go? But then we still have the security problem, which ,by the way, don't the twins have too, as the result of their secret service? So you see, it really doesn't make a difference.

I dont see what the big deal is. They made a personal family decision that has nothing to do with policy, politics, or the US taxpayer.

The other graduates and their families dont need the distraction either.

The twins don't seem close to their father & I can't blame them. His appearance would also require the extra-heavy security required to (1) protect him & (2) ensure that he doesn't get upset by too much reality.

But I do wonder why Laura can't come. In herself, she's not controversial--so why would extraordinary security be needed? If mad terrorists are after her just because she's the president's wife, wouldn't they be after his children, as well? The girls will have their names called & will cross a stage to get their diplomas. "Safety" is not the reason Laura's staying away.

And I don't expect Laura & her children to be "elegant". However, when they're representing our country--at our expense--they could at least try to look decent.

Speaking at a rally before about 5,000 central Florida residents,(Laura) Bush said the troops are the face of American compassion abroad.

This was NOT a battle, BTW.

every **** event has scrubbed and screened cheering squads.
this event has a cross section of uncontrolled unpredictable potential troublemakers.

they dont 'do' events like this.

twins? whatever. this is business.

Santorum jeered at graduation

THORNBURY (AP) - U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum was greeted with boos and turned backs Saturday while giving a commencement speech at Cheyney University, a historically black college.

"I know my selection as commencement speaker was not met with unanimous approval," Santorum said.

While most of the master's degree candidates remained seated, more than half of the graduating undergraduates stood and faced away from the senator in silent protest.

Santorum admitted that a conservative Republican might not be an obvious choice for speaker at an institution that claims to be the oldest historically black college or university in the country.

"Our great universities don't hide from controversy. They understand they have an obligation to challenge students. They have an obligation to challenge politically correct dogma and ideas," Santorum said. "They have an obligation to challenge students to face the truth."

Santorum encouraged students to rebel against today's self-centered culture, that says "if it feels good, do it," Santorum said. Instead, he said, the motto should be "if it's good for others, do it."

The quiet protest turned to a chorus of boos and jeers at several points, particularly when Santorum focused on family values and the percentage of black children born out of wedlock.

They don't need no education.

It proves just how much he cares about dat.