Bush joke
Posted: February 14th, 2006, 6:52 pm
( Forwarded to me by a good friend, who just happens to be one hell of a good fiddle and accordion player. He sits in the chair right next to me in The Ramblers.)
--from my friend David:
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President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit the Methodist
> Church outside Washington as part of his campaign.
>
> Karl Rove made a visit to the Bishop and said to him, "We've been
> Getting a lot of bad publicity among Methodists because of Bush's
> position on stem cell research, the War, and such. I'll gladly make a
> contribution to the church of $100,000 if during your sermon, you'd say
> the President is a saint."
>
> The Bishop thinks it over for a few moments and says, "The Church
> is in desperate need of funds. I will do it."
>
> Bush pompously shows up that following Sunday, looking especially smug,
> sneering for his photo ops, while strutting his way, cowboy-style, into
> the church.
>
> As the sermon starts, the Bishop begins his homily: "George Bush is a
> petty, self-absorbed hypocrite as well as a nitwit. He is a liar, a
> cheat, probably still a drunk, and a low-intelligence sneaky weasel. He
> has lied about his military record, and then had the gall to put himself
> in uniform on a military jet, landing on a carrier, and then posing
> before a banner stating 'Mission Accomplished. '"
>
> He invaded a country for oil and money, all the while lying to the
> American people about the war, with nary a care for the thousands of
> lives it has taken and continues to take. He is the worst example of a
> Methodist I've ever personally known or known of.
>
> But compared to Dick Cheney, George Bush is a saint."
--from my friend David:
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President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit the Methodist
> Church outside Washington as part of his campaign.
>
> Karl Rove made a visit to the Bishop and said to him, "We've been
> Getting a lot of bad publicity among Methodists because of Bush's
> position on stem cell research, the War, and such. I'll gladly make a
> contribution to the church of $100,000 if during your sermon, you'd say
> the President is a saint."
>
> The Bishop thinks it over for a few moments and says, "The Church
> is in desperate need of funds. I will do it."
>
> Bush pompously shows up that following Sunday, looking especially smug,
> sneering for his photo ops, while strutting his way, cowboy-style, into
> the church.
>
> As the sermon starts, the Bishop begins his homily: "George Bush is a
> petty, self-absorbed hypocrite as well as a nitwit. He is a liar, a
> cheat, probably still a drunk, and a low-intelligence sneaky weasel. He
> has lied about his military record, and then had the gall to put himself
> in uniform on a military jet, landing on a carrier, and then posing
> before a banner stating 'Mission Accomplished. '"
>
> He invaded a country for oil and money, all the while lying to the
> American people about the war, with nary a care for the thousands of
> lives it has taken and continues to take. He is the worst example of a
> Methodist I've ever personally known or known of.
>
> But compared to Dick Cheney, George Bush is a saint."
