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Tom Vilsack wears the bear!!! (A pic returns to haunt the ag. secretary)
Washington Examiner ^
| July 31, 2010
| P.J. Gladnick
Posted on 07/31/2010 4:13:46 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
The most interesting thing to me about the Shirley Sherrod scandal wasn't her or how she was fired because the Obama Administration was worried that her video was going to appear on Glenn Beck, even though it never did, on the day in question. Instead, what interested me most was a relatively bit player in this episode...
the Secretary of Agriculture who fired her, most likely on orders from above (later retracted)---Tom Vilsack. You see, Tom and I go back a few years. In fact I probably had the first (and maybe only) blog to endorse him for President. Specifically my DUmmie FUnnies blog endorsed him to receive the Democrat presidential nomination in late 2006.
Was this endorsement the result of his policies or dynamic leadership qualities? Not at all. Vilsack is and was entirely devoid of any sort of charisma and is utterly lacking in the humor department. His lackluster speeches were deadly dull with a personality to match. So why the endorsement? All because of one photo. Possibly the most bizarre photo in American politics. It shows normally serious Vilsack wearing a huge Winnie the Pooh bear on his head as his mouth displays a hint of an embarrassed smile.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: tomvilsack
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That pic will NEVER go away. And now it returns right in the center of the Beltway to haunt Tom Vilsack again.
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:13:51 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
I Knew It! I Knew It! I had heard of this yogi before!
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:16:16 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Xenalyte; RMDupree; AlexW; CzarNicky; Mike Fieschko; motzman; codercpc; thingumbob; tje; ml1954; ...
PING!
This isn't a DUFU but I'm pinging the DUFU list because the DUmmie FUnnies figure prominently in this story. Also Tom Vilsack was a big DUFU subject for a while there.
WEAR THE BEAR!!!
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:17:12 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Consumed by couponing)
To: PJ-Comix
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:17:35 PM PDT
by
gundog
(Why is it that useful idiots remain idiots long after they've exhausted their usefulness?)
To: PJ-Comix
ROTFLOAO!!!
What an a$$...
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:20:42 PM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
(Professional Politicians are a Threat to the Republic! Remove them on 11-2-10!)
To: PJ-Comix
At least Paul O'Neill could blame it on Bono.
What's Vilsack's excuse?
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:22:17 PM PDT
by
csvset
To: PJ-Comix
He looks like a racist in that get up
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:23:05 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
Ah, the grand "Pooh-bah" of the Ag Dep't...
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:33:26 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(WtB!)
To: PJ-Comix
Oh Poo! Or is he just full of cr*p?
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:33:48 PM PDT
by
Ripliancum
("As He died to make men holy, let us live to make men free")
To: Notwithstanding; PJ-Comix
These are going to continue to haunt! LOL!
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:36:06 PM PDT
by
luvie
(DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!....I can see November from my house!)
To: PJ-Comix; Charles Henrickson
All this time I thought you and Charles had photoshopped that picture! LOL!
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:39:55 PM PDT
by
luvie
(DIMs?......start packin'--you're fired!....I can see November from my house!)
To: Notwithstanding
Classic NY Post headline with that picture of Kerry:
"Boston, We Have a Problem"
To: PJ-Comix
Sad thing is, we have an even bigger ‘Rat doofus as governor now... Chester “the budget molester” Culver.
To: PJ-Comix
And for extra credit: What does Tom Vilsack do in the woods?
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posted on
07/31/2010 4:59:03 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: PJ-Comix
IIRC, it was MRS. Vilsack who came out and endorsed J.F. Kerry days before the Iowa caucuses in ‘04, turning the tide in his favor vs. Howard Dean. At the Time Vilsack was gov of IA and couldn’t personally endorse any of the candidates, so the Missus sent a message about who the powers-that-be wanted to win the caucuses.
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:04:26 PM PDT
by
EDINVA
To: bigbob
And for extra credit: What does Tom Vilsack do in the woods?
It's a trick question. Cartoon bears don't do you-know-what.
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:12:12 PM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(Who has never paid more than $1800 for a car. And will never own a vessel at all.)
To: PJ-Comix
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:24:55 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:31:17 PM PDT
by
Michael Barnes
(Call me when the bullets start flying.)
To: PJ-Comix
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posted on
07/31/2010 5:34:06 PM PDT
by
MadelineZapeezda
(Promoted by God to be a mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...................Thanks, Susan!)
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