# What the hell is Bush doing in this picture?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975 "2003-08-04T21:33:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/1 "2003-08-04T21:33:23Z")
[http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030802/capt.1059851363.bushs\_crossroads\_wx104.jpg](http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20030802/capt.1059851363.bushs_crossroads_wx104.jpg) A. Kissing the guys head? B. Blowing up his head? C. Sucking his brains out? D. I don’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/2 "2003-08-04T21:41:02Z")
Uh-oh. The alian mafia doesn’t want you to see that picture. There’s the photo from the other angle that clearly shows the proboscis. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/3 "2003-08-04T21:44:27Z")
I know that bald guy. He’s a dickhead. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/4 "2003-08-04T21:46:51Z")
I say it looks like answer c. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/5 "2003-08-04T21:50:25Z")
Faith healing. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/6 "2003-08-04T22:02:44Z")
“I wanna rub your bald head then lick it” ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/7 "2003-08-04T22:14:49Z")
Creepy! Creepy picture! Creepy on so many levels! _sluuuuuurp_ Me, I wanna know what on _earth_ is up with the woman in the upper left. Something about the angle her head is at (broken neck?), the blood-like lipstick, the green suit…Methinks she’s actually yelling, “C’mon, Georgie! Enough brains for now - they’re on to us!” Or, possibly…not. ---
**Author:** ![LauraLittlePony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LauraLittlePony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LauraLittlePony)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/8 "2003-08-04T22:17:38Z")
I’m more concerned about the woman in the background. . . ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/9 "2003-08-04T22:28:17Z")
He’s obviously curing a snakebite by sucking out the venom. Is there nothing that man can’t do? ---
**Author:** ![DebiJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f08c70/32.png) [@DebiJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DebiJ)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/10 "2003-08-04T22:37:34Z")
I’d say that he’s obviously trying to find out the future in Iraq, but no one has the guts to tell him that isn’t a crystal ball. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/11 "2003-08-04T22:37:45Z")
He’s possibly: about to shout, “HEAL!” about to snap the guy’s neck as a warning to the others. about to shove the guy’s head down into his crotch. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/12 "2003-08-04T22:41:11Z")
I found [the original caption](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030802/168/4v7yw.html). It just doesn’t help. At all. > [@](#): > > President Bush, center, kisses the head of an unidentified supporter at a campaign fundraising dinner in Dallas, Texas, in this July 18, 2003, file photo. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/13 "2003-08-04T23:19:55Z")
I have to go with Leni Riefenstahl’s _Olympia_, as the best “pure” sports film ever made. The others, great as thay are, are basically romance films, situation comedies, buddy films, or “guy triumphs over adversity films”. Some other possibilites for the list: \*Downhill Racer Le Mans Paper Lion Brian’s Song The Endless Summer \* an my own personal favorite _The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan’s Island_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/14 "2003-08-04T23:24:44Z")
Wrong thread, **Boyo Jim**. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/15 "2003-08-04T23:30:25Z")
Vampire nest. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/16 "2003-08-04T23:31:14Z")
i don’t know lisa-go-blind, it looks like bush is “palming” the fellows head; rather like a basketball. that would tie in with the harlem globetrotters pick. boyo jim’s post is no where near as surreal as that picture. ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/17 "2003-08-04T23:59:18Z")
“Mr. President! When the bartender asked you if you wanted to drink a White Russian, he didn’t mean literally!” ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/18 "2003-08-04T23:59:27Z")
Remember that clip of Bill hugging Monica we saw about a thousand times? That was nothing compared to this. We are through the looking glass people. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/19 "2003-08-05T00:02:50Z")
Remember that clip of Bill hugging Monica we saw about a thousand times? That was nothing compared to what this will be. We are through the looking glass people. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-bush-doing-in-this-picture/192975/20 "2003-08-05T00:03:54Z")
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