Chimpy's Candy Fast while Troops in Iraq Lasted 7 Months!!!!!!

Like Daily Kos - I missed this too first time around.

I missed this one. In a misguided show of solidarity, Bush gave up candy when he sent US forces into the Iraq morass. And while he's kept our men and women in that meatgrinder for three long years, his candy fast lasted only seven months. (If that.)

http://www.dailykos.com/

Fast

I can't remember who reminded me of this today, but it's one of those stupid things which has long driven me crazy. It's petty little thing, but so telling about the cretin in the oval office. When the Iraq war started media reports revealed that Bush was making the noble sacrifice of giving up candy while troops were in Iraq. He didn't last 7 months, if that

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2006_03_19_atrios_archive.html#114280726026356000

From November 2003

Sweets Again

Dana Milbank reports on breakfastgate, reported here earlier:


President Bush is a man of steely discipline, but it appears the commander in chief has not gained complete mastery over his sweet tooth.

In a new book by author Stephen Mansfield, "The Faith of George W. Bush," the following passage appears on page 173: "Aides found him face down on the floor in prayer in the Oval Office. It became known that he refused to eat sweets while American troops were in Iraq, a partial fast seldom reported of an American president."

Seldom reported -- and apparently little observed. When the White House sent out the shared "pool report" of Bush's roundtable interview with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Australia, it became apparent that the president had fallen off the candy wagon.

"And he was relaxed. Very relaxed," was the description. "As a reporter began to ask about the Middle East . . . Mr. Bush popped a butterscotch Lifesaver in his mouth. He smacked the candy as he said: 'Middle East, that's right.' "

http://atrios.blogspot.com/2003_10_26_atrios_archive.html#106719206160180694

isn't the muslim form of prayer?

I always knew the guy was working for the Saudis!

or that he was face down plastered.

Scary!

The guy has no moral center. None whatsoever.

on the floor is more like it for B*sh

on the sheer force of his willpower. Looks like that willpower lasts about 7 months.

I bet this fast lasted abot a week - just like his recovery from alcoholism. He lies about EVERYTHING.

call that a sacrifice!

Fasting for 30 or 40 days is a sacrifice (Lent/Ramadan).

Giving your life or limbs is a sacrifice.

Cutting out sweets hardly even qualifies as a diet let alone a sacrifice.