George Bush Jr was Drunker than usual at the Dallas memorial service.

Jimmy Garlic

Sweet Jesus. The man is smashed.

fatknacker

Wtf. Are him and Trump just invented fictional characters used to detract from some huge and terrifying issues that we're all blind to or something? Who's in on this joke?

RayM

He's actually dying.

RayM

...his hair, clearly.

AllGunsBlazing

Yep, meself and the brother were watching this earlier and thinking he'd been into the sherry cabinet. But then again he gave a fairly lucid speech during the memorial.


Honestly, I think he's just a bit of a plank.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I thought he quit drinking 25 years ago.

AllGunsBlazing

fatknacker wrote: »

Wtf. Are him and Trump just invented fictional characters used to detract from some huge and terrifying issues that we're all blind to or something?

My guess would be huge meteor impact.

My name is URL

There's a lot of stuff you can hate on Bush about, but is that really one of them? =/

What harm or hurt is he causing there like?

fatknacker

No one's hating him for it any more than invading Iraq. It's just bizarre behaviour at a memorial mass.
Imagine some dude decided to dance around and swing his arms at a somber moment your parent's funeral for the craic. Some might think it's gas, but for the most part it's quite odd.

3rdDegree

My name is URL wrote: »

There's a lot of stuff you can hate on Bush about, but is that really one of them? =/

What harm or hurt is he causing there like?

Bush is an alcoholic. If he's really drunk, that would be serious for him. But I doubt he is drunk. I'd say he's either dancing for the glory of God (praise be!) or being a twat.

kneemos

Just a victim of the rythem.

My name is URL

fatknacker wrote: »

No one's hating him for it any more than invading Iraq. It's just bizarre behaviour at a memorial mass.
Imagine some dude decided to dance around and swing his arms at a somber moment your parent's funeral for the craic. Some might think it's gas, but for the most part it's quite odd.

I mean if a lot of people pulled their cellphones out during a funeral you'd see that as odd too, yet there are dozens in that video with their cellphones out and all anyone seems to care about is how Bush moves his arms.

How sombre does an event need to be before everyone starts acting like emotionless robots?

There's nothing odd about a person being a person.

fatknacker

It's not odd to film if it's a funeral attended to by many heads of state. What is odd is to see the heads of state enjoying themselves and having fun while commemorating a recent massacre.

Andy From Sligo

Oh feck I was thinking the same thing earlier on when I see it, its a very serious and somber occasion what was he dancing like a loon for! The others up there on the stage managed to contain themselves. He's a proper weirdo!

percy212

He's just a fool. I suspect he is heavily medicated too.

Jimmy Garlic

3rdDegree wrote: »

Bush is an alcoholic. If he's really drunk, that would be serious for him. But I doubt he is drunk. I'd say he's either dancing for the glory of God (praise be!) or being a twat.

Twat. He is full of spirit alright, but not the holy one. I was waiting for Batman to come in and take him down. His resemblance to the Joker in that outrageous suit is uncanny.

DEFTLEFTHAND

fatknacker wrote: »

No one's hating him for it any more than invading Iraq. It's just bizarre behaviour at a memorial mass.
Imagine some dude decided to dance around and swing his arms at a somber moment your parent's funeral for the craic. Some might think it's gas, but for the most part it's quite odd.

There's a bit more life to some of those Protestant services in the US. They're usually not as sombre as Catholic funeral Mass's and memorial services are.

My name is URL

fatknacker wrote: »

It's not odd to film if it's a funeral attended to by many heads of state. What is odd is to see the heads of state enjoying themselves and having fun while commemorating a recent massacre.

We'll have to agree to disagree I guess.

Imo if an event is too somber or serious for people to be themselves at, then it's too somber and serious for it to be okay for a load of vultures to rush to the front in order to film it on their phones and tablets.

Fair enough, this was a commemoration but it was also a media event. And it says a lot when people berate others for being themselves in front of the media.

Billy86

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I thought he quit drinking 25 years ago.

Nope!

Well at least I think it's drink?

Hamlet.

Silly thread. He's a born again Christian who is happy praising God through one of his favourite songs.


Shut it down.

Jimmy Garlic

My name is URL wrote: »

We'll have to agree to disagree I guess.

Imo if an event is too somber or serious for people to be themselves at, then it's too somber and serious for it to be okay for a load of vultures to rush to the front in order to film it on their phones and tablets.

Fair enough, this was a commemoration but it was also a media event. And it says a lot when people berate others for being themselves in front of the media.

It's called self control. If you can't manage not dancing at the memorial service for people killed in a mass shooting then you should probably stay at home.

tinpib

Hamlet. wrote: »

Silly thread. He's a born again Christian who is happy praising God through one of his favourite songs.


Shut it down.

That's fine at a regular service but this is a memorial service.

An 8 year old would probably know to act sombre at something like that and to know that what he was doing was inappropriate.

kneemos

Hamlet. wrote: »

Silly thread. He's a born again Christian who is happy praising God through one of his favourite songs.


Shut it down.

Absolutely.Born again christians are the best kind.

My name is URL

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

It's called self control. If you can't manage not dancing at the memorial service for people killed in a mass shooting then you should probably stay at home.

Well, he was probably invited to attend by those who matter, being a Texas native and all. Do any of those who matter have an issue with his actions; or is it just those a thousand miles detached from any of it that are choosing to be offended on their behalves?

The_Valeyard

Andy From Sligo

this was not a kind of "we are hear today to celebrate the passing of..." ihe was at a memorial of deaths of public servent men that should not have happened, he was inapropriate and should have known better.,even obama laughed at him, i dunno if that was out of squirmish /embarrasment or what , but bush was acting like an attention seeker! maybe he dont get out much these days....

timthumbni

The Americans are all into this sort of stuff. What's the big deal? Why were they joining hands in the first place?? I would consider that weird but this is the us.

tylercheribini

If one is familiar with happy clappy, born again stuff then his gestures are actually quite reserved for the occasion.

speedboatchase

Thought his speech was pretty good tbh.

Lyaiera

Bush! George Bush Junior
No one can stop him, but SCUM always tries
Young Bush cuts through each web of spies!

Andy From Sligo

speedboatchase wrote: »

Thought his speech was pretty good tbh.

ah yeah Nowt wrong with his speech...

stinkle

Lyaiera wrote: »

Bush! George Bush Junior
No one can stop him, but SCUM always tries
Young Bush cuts through each web of spies!

For a minute there I thought that was the poem Jeremy in Peep Show wrote :pac:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARyhJdMvy4s

Jimmy Garlic

My name is URL wrote: »

being a Texas native and all.

Technically he is a Connecticut native, but I don't think they have ever claimed him there.

Elliott S

Wow, what a nonevent. I dislike Dubya and I can't see anything wrong with his behaviour there. The music is upbeat and Obama is smiling towards the end too. It's a memorial service and often these involve lighter moments.

Winterlong

I honestly see nothing wrong with what he is doing. I know he is a Methodist but as said earlier the dancing to Glory Glory, or other songs, would not be uncommon in lots of the southern american churches. Baptists in particular. Glory Glory is a celebration song.

suicide_circus

He's just having the craic

A few people have said that in Bush's religion (Episcopalian, I believe), it's completely normal to be happy and dance at funerals. Plus the music was a lot more upbeat than it should have been - as Winterlong put it, it's a celebration song and not one of mourning. So Bush being Bush, was just getting really into it. I really don't see anything wrong with it, personally.

RustyNut

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A few people have said that in Bush's religion (pissedcopalian, I believe)

FYP

osarusan

I very much doubt he was drunk.

He might have just got carried away with the music and that, but should have had the awareness to rein it in considering the occasion.