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Julian Sanchez | 10.6.2005 12:42 PM

Nick Gillespie and Veronique De Rugy audit the president's Ellbeejaynian spending habits.

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SPD 21 years ago

Is that an illusion, or is W actually holding the phone upside down?

Reporter: "Mr. President, photo op coming, think fast!"

W: "Oh, uh, here, I'll pretend like I'm talking on the phone."

Reporter: "Uh, Mr. President? The phone is -- "

W: "Hurry up and take the picture, will you? I'm late for a meeting!"
Kevin 21 years ago

If memory serves, that's a popular "Bush is dumb"
Photoshop gag that made the rounds a while back.
Ruthless 21 years ago

What does Nick need Veronique for? Can't he write good solo?
Evan Williams 21 years ago

I guess this was before my time, but, was LBJ famous for picking his dog up by the ears? Somebody fill me in pleeze.

Ruthless:

See, "Nick Gillespie" is so...pedestrian. Putting "Veronique De Rugy" in the byline adds a subtle note of exoticism to the authorship.
Isaac Bartram 21 years ago

....was LBJ famous for picking his dog up by the ears?

Yes.

http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/FAQs/dog/doghouse.asp

Scroll to second picture.

Another time he showed off his Gall Bladder surgery scar.
Kris 21 years ago

all that's left for the transformation to be complete is for Mr. Bush to pick his dog up by the0 ears.

That and moving his staff meetings into the bathrom when he needs to take a dump. 😉
Ruthless 21 years ago

Flashbacks of Ellbeejay's gunsnbutter: Did anyone else see this about stagflation?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/10/06/BUGCMF30J31.DTL&type=business

Evan,
Veronique is an "exotic"? I love those... especially hairy exotics.

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