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Live from an undisclosed location, it’s subliminal softball




Posted at 11:42 by Sadly, No!

Look everybody, it’s 43 and 43!

43a.jpg

43b.jpg

Imagine that! (Link via Katieweb.)

20 Comments »

  1. alan said,

    September 2, 2004 at 12:54

    I don’t understand.

  2. Sadly, No! said,

    September 2, 2004 at 13:00

    :sigh: George W. Bush is the 43rd President of the United States.

  3. Katieweb: a user-centered viewpoint said,

    September 2, 2004 at 13:07

    Subliminal faux baseball at the RNC

    From Lean Left comes Stone Court’s fascinating discovering of subliminal messages in a baseball video aired at the RNC. The 43rd “President” appears after the Bush Twins’ disastrous speech to be speaking via “live” video in front of a hometown…

  4. arthur said,

    September 2, 2004 at 16:13

    uh, I still don’t get it… Did Pete put you up to this?

  5. Sadly, No! said,

    September 2, 2004 at 16:37

    Bush is the 43rd President. Several players in that “game” had a jersey with the number 43.

  6. alan said,

    September 2, 2004 at 17:26

    Are you suggesting that Our Great Leader appeared in front of a bluescreen baseball game?

    This sounds familiar, sort of. Oh, yeah…Wag th e Dog.

  7. Sadly, No! said,

    September 2, 2004 at 17:30

    Whatever he did, we think it was well deserving of a Ribbon of Shame (ROS.) Do you know someone who has an extra one they could spare?

  8. dmm said,

    September 2, 2004 at 17:32

    That’s a pretty good crowd who showed up to watch a pick-up softball game. Too bad none of them noticed that there are still good seats available down the first-base line.

  9. Keith said,

    September 2, 2004 at 17:32

    Don’t you mean subliminibible softball?

  10. raj said,

    September 2, 2004 at 17:49

    Am I the only one who has noted that Shrub seems to have–un–packed on a few pounds since he declared victory in Iraq?

  11. robb said,

    September 2, 2004 at 18:48

    Is this what passes for social/political commentary these days? :-(

    Ask not for whom the ROS tolls…

  12. NO MSG said,

    September 2, 2004 at 21:39

    No matter how much of an asshole he may be, who in their right mind would keep on playing softball when the president was standing only a few yards away?

    And are we honestly supposed to believe the Secret Service would let ordinary citizens wielding baseball bats that close to him?

    Ri-goddamn-diculous.

  13. Andrew McManama said,

    September 2, 2004 at 21:47

    Trust me MSG, those are no ORDINARY citizens…

  14. Jibberjabber said,

    September 2, 2004 at 23:35

    The issue is ALL the players have 43 on their shirts.

  15. The Red Wolf said,

    September 3, 2004 at 3:11

    Bush was here at North Middleton Township PA yesterday, snarling traffic in adjacent Carlisle, home of The War College, to the disgust of only one party, who declared it all a pain in the ass. His comment was speedily bleeped by our news media whores who were scavenging for pithy comments from a gaggle of morons on the street.

    The drool of the many, resulting from the close proximity of their idol, was later hosed from the streets by the fire department.

    Why be surprised that all were number 43?

    Just another spontaneous Repulsican Campaign Event Pennsylvania style.

  16. gazould said,

    September 3, 2004 at 3:31

    I still don’t even understand why they went through the subterfuge. What were they trying to convince us of? That 43 is a great number, and we wouldn’t want to switch to 44 already?

  17. The Red Wolf said,

    September 3, 2004 at 4:28

    To gazould: Of course!

  18. Mojo said,

    September 3, 2004 at 7:04

    gazould et al; The “43″ jersey’s weren’t the subliminal part. They were just wearing those because they had them around as campaign giveaways (and yes, the number refers to Bush being the 43rd president). The fact that they were all wearing the same jersey simply helps to illustrate that it wasn’t a real softball game, just a folksy backdrop for the President. As did the fact that nobody sat on the first base side (as “dmm” said) and that the game continued while the President stood speaking to TV cameras nearby and that no Secret Service agents felt it was necessary to stand between the President and dozens of people with bats (as “No MSG” said) although they did feel it necessary to surround Michael Moore the other day to protect him from the evil press and as did the fact that nobody in that game could friggen’ pitch or bat! He should have just staged a terrorist attack while he was at it to fit in with the rest of the convention’s theme “After Three And A Half Years Of Us You’re In Terrible Danger So Vote for Us Since Only We Can Keep You Safe! (Kerry sucks.)”

  19. zorb said,

    September 6, 2004 at 1:44

    Mojo, close yes but not quite. All background is fake. Shirts added in-line, maybe post production (see ads inserted as backboarding in baseball telecasts.)

    Bush speaks from wherever; background is inserted. Done because is possible, and for practice, also to condition audience to accept synthetic images.

  20. Hedley Lamarr said,

    September 6, 2004 at 3:20

    They joked about Gore with the earth tones, but
    why does aWol always seem to have a dark blue
    shirt on when trying to be casual. Did KaWen
    do this to him?

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