Dubya Ads Up

George W. Bush is one of the most popular figures in our time with his familiar face being in numerous advertisements all over the world.
HERE are some of the most interesting ads from the many creatives who tried to dissect Georgie’s character in order to sell an idea or a product.

Bashing Bush on Broadway

Will Ferrell’s first Broadway play, “You’re Welcome, America: A Final Night With George W. Bush” opened Thursday, and in addition to his iconic impression, it includes a sexbot Condi Rice, a breakdancing Secret Service agent and a phone call with “Brownie” — aka Michael Brown, the former head of FEMA.
ABC News story HERE
tickets available HERE

…Really Big Shoe!

Dubya gets a statue after all…
Many Iraqis considered it poetic justice when a journalist tossed his shoes at President George W. Bush last month.
Now the bizarre attack has spawned a real life work of art. A sofa-sized statue of the shoe was unveiled Thursday in Tikrit, the hometown of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.
Baghdad-based artist Laith al-Amari described the fiberglass-and-copper work as a tribute to the pride of the Iraqi people.
The statue is inscribed with a poem honoring Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi journalist who stunned the world when he whipped off his loafers and hurled them at Bush during a press conference on December 14, 2008.
In the Arab world, even showing someone the sole of a shoe is considered a sign of disrespect.
more HERE

Related:
‘Shoe monument’ in Iraq taken down one day after it was unveiled

The Final Farewell

Picture Perfect

A photo of President Obama is pinned up at Guantanamo Bay on inauguration day, replacing a picture of outgoing president George W. Bush.

Out with the Old…

Feelin’ Good in the Neighborhood

At Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam, a waxen Barack Obama watches as a figure of George Bush is moved outside to the sidewalk. Workers added a set of packed bags.

With Obama’s election, expatriates Say, there’s a new attitude abroad. Instead of challenges on Iraq and WMDs, they’re met with hugs and good wishes.
more HERE

Bush by the Numbers…

See them HERE

Tearing Into Bush

A Fool and Our Money

It is hard to imagine that one U.S. presidency could leave more wreckage than George W. Bush’s did during his eight years in the White House.
The outgoing administration has presided over 8 years of disasters and crises with some of the biggest price tags the nation has ever seen.
George W. Bush’s presidency cost the country about $11.5 trillion, if we estimate liberally.
more HERE and HERE