Platitudes and Pralines: The Ice Cream Shop Photo Op

As we reported on Friday, President Bush celebrated “Character Counts” week by campaigning in Pennsylvania for GOP Rep. Don Sherwood. The congressman’s campaign is in a bit of trouble because he is a newly admitted adulterer and accused mistress-strangler.

After the speechifying, Karl Rove took the president and Rep. Sherwood out for a photo op. I guess the “mom and apple pie” shoppe was closed, so he opted for the wholesome goodness of an ice cream parlor:

During the quick stop, the president picked a cone filled with pralines and cream while Sherwood opted for a more conservative Styrofoam cup of vanilla ice cream.

Bush told [Paul Manning, the owner of the ice cream shop] that “hard-working people are the backbone of the country,” and to “keep up the good work,” Manning recalled.

The president and Manning exited the store ahead of Sherwood and company. A crowd of onlookers cheered and applauded as the president spoke of his dairy delight in a cake cone.

“This man knows how to make good ice cream,” the president said. A reporter asked to know what kind of ice cream the commander in chief preferred. “Pralines and cream; I strongly recommend it.”

All that stage-management, scripting and security, and yet the takeaway photo of the photo op is one of the president caught mid-bite, staring awkwardly at the floor, looking retarded.

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One thought on “Platitudes and Pralines: The Ice Cream Shop Photo Op”

  1. WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOOKING RETARDED! HE NOT ONLY LOOKS RETARDED but HE IS THE DUMBEST-STUPIDEST-CRAZYEST PIECE OF SHIT TO EVER OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE BUT HAD TO STEAL HIS WAY INTO IT BOTH TIMES TO EVEN GET THERE!

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