June 14 2007

Has anyone wondered why Albanians were allowed to "mob" Bush?

No random crowd in the US (or any other country that I know of) would be allowed anywhere near Bush, let alone close enough to touch him (or steal his watch).

This strikes me as extremely odd, especially since the Albanians all seemed to love Bush? Was Bush on a planet in some parallel dimension where everyone worships him and no one is considered a security risk?

Given this administration’s penchant for photo-ops and production values one has to seriously wonder if Bush’s Albanian stop wasn’t just another phony bit of stagecraft, a Potemkin village of adoring (though irrelevant) supporters to prop up Bush’s narcissistic ego (and to provide footage of Bush Worship for FOX).

Stray Thoughts from Don Alejandro
Who wonders how Rove is spending the New Orleans recovery money that Bush gave him

[BuzzFlash Note: We like The Financial Times reporter's take on the Albanian event. In his June 10 blog entry, Andrew Ward provides context going back to events in 1912 and 1999. He goes on to compare the prime minster to Borat, and Bush to Michael Jackson. And he points out that Karl Rove was on hand.]