Bush Still Pre-screening Questions at Events

Image from source, Think Progress

I like the web site Think Progress a lot, and link to it often. But I'll confess to linking to this one primarily for the photo! It's been a long time since I've put up a goofy picture of Chimpy McFlightsuit Commander Cuckoo Bananas George W. Bush. I miss it a little. Not enough to want him back though.

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Bush still pre-screening questions at speaking events.

Throughout George W. Bush’s presidency, his handlers always made a special effort to ensure his appearances with regular Americans were scripted in such a way that shined the best possible light on Bush and his polices. Whether he was meeting troops in Iraq, leading “Ask President Bush” re-election campaign events, or trying to sell his (failed) Social Security reform plan, Bush always had a friend in the audience ready to ask a softball question or heap praise on the president. . .

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