George W. Bush fell off a Segway.
ÐÃMN YOU, BIN LADEN!!!!!
The truly frightening thing is that after he fell off, he looked up, grinned, and said “Live from New York! It’s Saturday Night!”
Okay, he didn’t, actually. But I’m now thinking that Chevy Chase can revitalize his career by portraying GWB. Why not? At least he looks marginally more like GWB than he did Gerald Ford.
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And you know why he fell, right? He was distracted when he thought he saw a pretzel on the ground.
For an even bigger laugh, take a look at http://www.politicalstrikes.com/ to see the pictures captioned.
Oh, and since we’re probably going to hear it anyway, (all together now …) “It’s Clinton’s fault!!”
NEWS UPDATE …
White House Spokesman Ari Fleisher has issued a statement that The President has vowed to find those responsible & bring them to justice.
Further updates as they come in.
It reminds me of what a raw deal poor old Gerald Ford got–here’s a guy who’s athletic enough to go skiing and what does he get for it–a reputation as a clod when he falls which, I can say from experience, is sort of what happens when you ski.
Perception is reality, I guess, which is why Democrats will persist in believing that Bush II is an incompetant dolt, even as he keeps kicking their áššëš over and over and over again.
But hey, he fell off a Segway!
Well, technically the segway fell down, while W never hit the ground. I don’t know if you can “fall off” something if you are stil able to maintain your footing.
Heck, I figure it shows greater dexterity that he didn’t fall flat on his face.
Unfortunately, Chevy Chase is no longer able to do the physical slapstick he did back in his SNL career. And that was a stunt goose in the Aflac commerical.
Meanwhile, the makers of the Segway are being investigated by the bureau of Homeland Security before criminal charges are filed for attempted character assassination.
You folks can make your own jokes about the charges later being dropped due to a lack of evidence.
I’m sorta amused by this… but in a good-natured way.
Still, I firmly believe that the makers of that piece of crap should be fitted with cement boots and shoved off the Brooklyn Bridge.
Andrew, do your feelings against it come after having ridden one? I’ve only seen one being used while I was driving inmy car, but it looked cool enough. If I had the mooah and a downtown job, I would probably check one out. They look like a lot of fun.
Just curious if you ahve 1st hand experience with the thing that proves otherwise.
Perception is reality, I guess
Very good point, but the door swings both ways. I have a Republican uncle who has lived in Texas for years, and his observations on Bush have not changed since he’s become President. Those observations are, basically, that Bush is a dolt, but he surrounds himself with smart people to give himself the appearance of intelligence so long as he does and says what his advisors say.
The Bush administration may be “kicking their áššëš” as you say, (easy enough to do when most of the sheep in this country are swept up in a wave of pseudo-Mcarthyism) but Bush himself is little more than a puppet.
1) Can Bush really be said to be kicking the Democrats ášš when the Democrats aren’t even trying to put up a fight?
2) The designer of the Segway said that it would lead to the redesigning of cities & travel. Does this mean it could be a
Weapon of
Mášš transit
Destruction?
Okay, guys, the WMD/terrorist jokes are wearing a little thin, now.
Andrew, have some fun with this. I support President Bush, but the fact that he fell off of the thing (whether because he hit something, or just wasn’t using it properly) is pretty funny. Everyone gets to be a klutz once in a while – GWB just gets more press…..
“easy enough to do when most of the sheep in this country are swept up in a wave of pseudo-Mcarthyism”
I don’t want to be rude or anything–you’re obviously an intelligent person–but you should look into the history of Mcarthyism a bit. Saying we’re being swept up in a wave of it is ridiculous–it’s like when someone yells Nazi everytime a cop tells them to turn down their radio.
I mean, sure, the Nazis may well have told people to turn down their radios but then they killed them and it is this distinction, I feel, that makes the comparison fall somewhat apart.
Then again, you did say “pseudo-Mcarthyism” so you could actually be meaning “not at all Mcarthyism” so, well, nevermind.
It’s nice to see that the President’s ideological opponents here finally have something substantive with which to attack him on.
Well, at least he wasn’t riding a Smegway. Then he would’ve taken out half a block.
I like the last picture best.
“MOOOOOOMMMMM!”
I still have plenty to attack him on ideologically; this is just funny. I would’ve laughed if it were Clinton, Gore, or Hilary.
Bill Mulligan: “I don’t want to be rude or anything–you’re obviously an intelligent person–but you should look into the history of Mcarthyism a bit. Saying we’re being swept up in a wave of it is ridiculous–it’s like when someone yells Nazi everytime a cop tells them to turn down their radio.”
McCarthyism never killed anyone — it was all about character assassination. That’s pretty close to what has been happening. Sure, there aren’t a whole lot of Senate hearings accusing people of unpatriotic behavior, but there certainly exist a number of people attempting to affect the livelyhoods of others because of a percieved lack of patriotism, most notable of which has been the boycott the Dixie Chicks have faced.
Sure, it’s an exaggeration, but comparing that exaggeration to that other exaggeration is an exaggeration in itself.
I thought this was supposed to be impossible. I mean, given the gyroscopes and such, isn’t the Segway supposed to be umm…foolproof?
Oh,and Ari Fleischer says that you all just better watch what you say about this!
For what it’s worth, we’ve got a fleet of four Segways where I’m working at (no, I’ve not rode one yet; haven’t had time to watch the training video). I was told a while back that when Gore visited here this calendar year, he rode one. No reports of him falling off.
I do find it amusing that Bush Sr. apparently had no trouble with it.
I was mistaken in one of my earlier posts. the Segway is a
Weapon of
Moron
Destruction
I second Colier Rannd’s
COMMENT: I thought it was supposed to be next-to-impossible to tip over a Segway because of the gyroscopes and such that keep it balanced. After all, this is something you place in motion by leaning forward while standing on it, so George W. tipping one over would seem to be a feat of remarkable clumsiness.
And I’d say the same thing if it was Gore or Clinton in the pictures.
And wasn’t Ford’s reputation for clumsiness the result of his stumbling down the steps while exiting Air Force One–twice?
Paul
Ha! Ha! We get it. You don’t like President Bush. Boored Now.
Umm…. that would be Bored now 🙁 Or is it Boo-urns! Boo-urns!
Ha! Ha! We get it. You don’t like President Bush. Boored Now.
Considering the track record of boorish behavior I’ve seen in connection with him, I’d agree with your assessment.
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I’ve been looking up info on this, and it seems Bush Jr made the mistake of trying to get on his Segway when it was off. The gyros only work once the sucker is on. So basically, our President needs to RTFM.
That’s Read the Frelling Manual, for those who don’t know….
And the last photo IS funny. Look at that man run…
Somewhat amusing images… but at least he landed on his feet instead of actually falling down.
Original post **Perception is reality, I guess, which is why Democrats will persist in believing that Bush II is an incompetant dolt, even as he keeps kicking their áššëš over and over and over again.
But hey, he fell off a Segway!-**
Democrats do believe this (it gives us comfort when we worry that he might actually be evil,) but we also know that he is a spoiled, rich adult-child who has had everything given to him. He has been saved endlessly from drug-charges, from hazing charges, his wife from murder charges, as well as having had every business fail only to somehow, miraculously sell for more than their value. A “C” student with a very low I.Q., he is also a man with no moral scruples, who is willing to make himself a puppet to the biggest and wealthiest American corporations and who has no compunction against lieing. Worst of all, he is a man who was willing to take the position of the most powerful human in the United States, maybe the world, under the most illegal and immoral of circumstances–a real man, would have called for a revote to find out what the people really wanted, but if your life has been lived based on the “kindness of strangers,” this wouldn’t even seem a tad bit strange. Even though, the rest of the world knows that Daddy’s friends gave you the boss’s chair.
There, now you know what a liberal really thinks of this “President.” And that’s not even counting the current economy, or the war on Iraq.
This isn’t very good publicity for the makers of the Segway. These things were touted as perfectly balanced and impossible to flip.
Sure, there aren’t a whole lot of “Senate hearings accusing people of unpatriotic behavior, but there certainly exist a number of people attempting to affect the livelyhoods of others because of a percieved lack of patriotism, most notable of which has been the boycott the Dixie Chicks have faced.”
I’d say that, in the case of the Dixie Chicks, it’s less of a character assassination and more of a character suicide. I’m sorry, but it is just not a good idea to bad mouth this President when your fan base is comprised of country music fans. The dive the career of K.D. Lang took when she began promoting liberal agendas like “animal rights” should have been a major clue.
I’d say that, in the case of the Dixie Chicks, it’s less of a character assassination and more of a character suicide. I’m sorry, but it is just not a good idea to bad mouth this President when your fan base is comprised of country music fans. The dive the career of K.D. Lang took when she began promoting liberal agendas like “animal rights” should have been a major clue.
A) I’d agree with you on that, except for the fact that the suicide part came from bad mouthing the Dubya overseas. If they were going to insult him, insult him in America… Overseas was just… tacky… But then again, they just played to a packed house in Oklahoma, the loophole of the Bible Belt (trust me… I know… I live here)… So I doubt it’s suicide… in fact Natalie remarked after the third song “They told us no one would come see us again…”
And if you can play here to a packed crowd, then I’m pretty sure everyone put the MTV attention span on and said “no big deal.”
b) Oh for pete’s sake… liberal agendas are nothing new… Look at John Denver… wait, you can’t… okay, look at Redford, between he and Turner, the two biggest “liberal activists” known, besides Mike Moore… has Bob Redford’s career gone down the hill? Nope…. he’s older and takes his time with projects… and usually they are hits… either commercially or critically, or both.
The main thing is this: The American People DO NOT CARE… they will care for a few days, and then forget it…
Travis
“A “C” student with a very low I.Q.”
Um, you’re not talking about that bogus internet hoax from last year are you? The one where some nonexistant institute claimed to have ranked all of the IQs of the recent presidents and showed that Bush was somewhere around that of a howler monkey and/or Alec Baldwin? Because that one got discredited in about the time it takes to type a few words into google (ie, too long for a (thankfully) few columnists).
Anyhoo…thanks for sharing! Gonna be a long 6 years, eh?
If the damage Bush is doing to this country only lasts 6 years, we’ll be lucky.
Anyway, perfect caption for this series of photos:
(in Pee Wee Herman voice)”I meant to do that!”
” Andrew, do your feelings against it come after having ridden one? … If I had the mooah and a downtown job, I would probably check one out. They look like a lot of fun.”
I briefly considered it, until I found out the inventor had unwisely decided to make them available only through Amazon. He hasn’t clued in, it seems that an awful lot of people still aren’t ‘connected’. Or, for that matter, that there are still those of us who believe in ‘cash in hand’ transactions over plastic. Which pretty much kills Amazon and the like for us.
“A) I’d agree with you on that, except for the fact that the suicide part came from bad mouthing the Dubya overseas.”
That makes no difference in today’s extremely connected world.
This is the latest from http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/
Top 11 reasons a Segway scooter threw Dubya.
11. It was vandalized by departing Clinton staffers.
10. Segway may have ties to Al Quaeda.
9. Flawed engineering. Will file lawsuit before instituting further torte reform.
8. It’s more complicated to ride a Segway than to land a fighter on an aircraft carrier.
7. Loss of motor-control among undocumented side effects of haloperidol.
6. CIA briefing on Segway inadequate.
5. #5 withheld so as not to set a bad example for his daughters when they are old enough to drive a Segway.
4. Casual mention of Segway’s 2 horsepower engine triggered Dubya’s equinophobia.
3. He ran over a pretzel.
2. Part of a coordinated plot, along with toostupidtobepresident.com, to make Dubya seem guileless and therefore trustworthy.
And the number one reason a Segway scooter threw Dubya:
1. He wouldn’t stop saying, “Let’s roll.”