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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:59:52 GMT, "Bill Sornson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tim Lines wrote:
>> Bill Sornson wrote:
>>> fuller wrote:
>>>
>>>> White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the group consisted of Bush,
>>>> Armstrong and about eight other cyclists, including Secret Service
>>>> personnel and White House staffers. The president led "Peloton One"
>>>> on a two-hour, 17-mile ride with a 10-minute break at the site of a
>>>> waterfall on the ranch.
>>>>
>>>> "He's a good rider," Bush said of his guest as a White House
>>>> photographer took their picture, Duffy said. At the end of the ride,
>>>> Bush presented Armstrong and the other riders with T-shirts
>>>> commemorating their "Tour de Crawford."
>>>>
>>>> READ: LANCE IS GOOD, NOT NOBODY IS AS GOOD AS OUR INFALLIBLE AND
>>>> PERFECT EMPEROR
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, bullspit. He MIGHT have just meant that Lance rode a MOUNTAIN
>>> bike pretty well for a roadie. Or he COULD have had his tongue
>>> planted firmly in cheek. (Afterall, who would expect a 7-time
>>> winner of the TdF to be a good rider?)
>>>
>>> It's the weekend. Take a day off from your biased whining...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> YEAH! How dare those humorless poopyheads make a joke about our
>> Fearless Leader! It really makes me mad that those liberals can't
>> take a joke and don't understand humor! I'm so angry, I think I'll
>> go punch my Al Franken doll. I only wish it was the real thing!
>
>"Fuller" quoted an article and then added his interpretation. (That's what
>"Read:" means when used like that.) If it was intended as a good-natured
>poke, then your point is taken. However, he used all caps and a derogatory
>term ("emperor" -- quite similar to all the "American Imperialism" rhetoric
>thrown around lately), so I'm guessing he was serious (read: ANGRY).
If it were read as a spoof of modern Bush bashing it has some humor. Sort of a
blamebush.com thing, so over the top it's hard to tell if it's deliberate spoof
or just frothing rant.
>You can still bop Franken for {the good of mankind} me, though.
Think whackamole with one mole and he don't pop down.
Ron
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Tim Lines wrote:
>> Bill Sornson wrote:
>>> fuller wrote:
>>>
>>>> White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the group consisted of Bush,
>>>> Armstrong and about eight other cyclists, including Secret Service
>>>> personnel and White House staffers. The president led "Peloton One"
>>>> on a two-hour, 17-mile ride with a 10-minute break at the site of a
>>>> waterfall on the ranch.
>>>>
>>>> "He's a good rider," Bush said of his guest as a White House
>>>> photographer took their picture, Duffy said. At the end of the ride,
>>>> Bush presented Armstrong and the other riders with T-shirts
>>>> commemorating their "Tour de Crawford."
>>>>
>>>> READ: LANCE IS GOOD, NOT NOBODY IS AS GOOD AS OUR INFALLIBLE AND
>>>> PERFECT EMPEROR
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, bullspit. He MIGHT have just meant that Lance rode a MOUNTAIN
>>> bike pretty well for a roadie. Or he COULD have had his tongue
>>> planted firmly in cheek. (Afterall, who would expect a 7-time
>>> winner of the TdF to be a good rider?)
>>>
>>> It's the weekend. Take a day off from your biased whining...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> YEAH! How dare those humorless poopyheads make a joke about our
>> Fearless Leader! It really makes me mad that those liberals can't
>> take a joke and don't understand humor! I'm so angry, I think I'll
>> go punch my Al Franken doll. I only wish it was the real thing!
>
>"Fuller" quoted an article and then added his interpretation. (That's what
>"Read:" means when used like that.) If it was intended as a good-natured
>poke, then your point is taken. However, he used all caps and a derogatory
>term ("emperor" -- quite similar to all the "American Imperialism" rhetoric
>thrown around lately), so I'm guessing he was serious (read: ANGRY).
If it were read as a spoof of modern Bush bashing it has some humor. Sort of a
blamebush.com thing, so over the top it's hard to tell if it's deliberate spoof
or just frothing rant.
>You can still bop Franken for {the good of mankind} me, though.
Think whackamole with one mole and he don't pop down.
Ron