Why Bush Smirked
Glenn noticed what I did last night:
Just watched Bush's intro, followed by the Leahy / Schumer response. Bush was smirking; he thinks he's got it in the bag.
I was worried it might immediately become a liberal media talking point. But there appears to be a good reason for the smirk:
The kid will definitely be seeing this again at his wedding reception.
UPDATE: Welcome fellow Instapundit fans. Feel free to browse, hope you'll come back. Thanks Glenn.
UPDATE: Here's another picture via WILLism.
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm.
I've been kicked around since I was born.
UPDATE: Welcome Michelle Malkin fans. For those of you swarming in from Instapundit be sure to read Michelle's post on the "sicko's" comments regarding this sweet little moment.
And that kid CAN dance.
That the Roberts' have such young kids will help keep them young - and I want Mr. Roberts to last on the Court for a long, long time - keeping Dem appointees from Moonwalkin' on the Constitution.
Great Pic!
Posted by: Shivas Irons | July 20, 2005 at 09:16 AM
Check out the comment on the Daily Kos:
"When Roberts thanked his family, he mentioned his son, Jack...Roberts' wife's face fell. It was like a poker tell. I think we should research Jack."
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/7/19/21825/1962/63?mode=alone;showrate=1#63
Looks like you've done their research for them.
Posted by: Kozinski | July 20, 2005 at 09:27 AM
Fun times.
Posted by: Will Franklin | July 20, 2005 at 09:27 AM
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA, that fucking pile of crap Kos is doing research on this guy's 5 year old son? That is hilarious.
Posted by: Stankleberry | July 20, 2005 at 09:32 AM
That's the picture I captioned this morning. It was hard not to focus every caption on the kid.
Posted by: V the K | July 20, 2005 at 09:46 AM
Koz inner dialog last night:
"Hmm, lets see: guys qualified, squeeky clean, not much of a record as a judge to distort, cant seem to trump up any sex allegations, he isnt black so we cant _really_ go nuclear on him for being conservative, and everyone in Washington seems to like him. That kid though... five years old, must have something we can dig up on him. Get to work, lets try to get Al Frankin into his preschool and find some dirt."
Posted by: Mark Buehner | July 20, 2005 at 10:01 AM
The poor kid has to wear those fairy shoes though
Posted by: Jack Tanner | July 20, 2005 at 10:10 AM
You know this is Saturday Night Live material here. (ala Guiliani's son/ Chris Farley parody)
Too bad most of their better performers either ODed or left the show.
Posted by: J. Michael | July 20, 2005 at 10:18 AM
the kid's gotta th' funk..!
YAH BOOOOOYZ..!
Posted by: rt | July 20, 2005 at 11:01 AM
Awww, don't blame the poor Libs for trying...
After all, what have they got? Successive losses in elections, with more to come. And, a philosophy that's been the one proven failure of the 20th, and now the 21st centuries.
Posted by: TheSev | July 20, 2005 at 11:09 AM
Chuck Schumer is going to grill John Roberts about his child rearing philosophy.
Posted by: Bob Hadsall | July 20, 2005 at 11:54 AM
Wow..so this is what a Republican circle jerk looks like from the inside, huh?
El-Shrubbo smirked because that's what trained chimps do..the kid's presence was merely coincidental.
Posted by: Doug the liberal | July 20, 2005 at 01:29 PM
.Posted by: Doug the liberal
>Wow..so this is what a Republican circle jerk looks like from the inside, huh?
Pretty much -- not al that exciting is it?
>El-Shrubbo smirked because that's what trained chimps do..the kid's presence was merely coincidental.
Actually, if you looked from behind, you would have seen the radio receiver in the back of his suit. Rove was telling him when to smirk.
Posted by: Blue State Conservative | July 20, 2005 at 02:28 PM
Doug the liberal -
Dear God, you're a jerk.
Posted by: Jack | July 20, 2005 at 02:49 PM
Yup, this is what us conservatives (or maybe you prefer "Repugs") like to talk about; cracking a smile, family, dancing kids.....oh yeah, and Loony Lefties who think a five year old is fair game for an all-out smear effort.
Posted by: Diggs | July 20, 2005 at 03:20 PM
This next election is going to be too easy. TV ads with voice-overs reading directly from Kos, DU, the Kerry Whine, etc. A shot of this kid dancing, with the various "Kossacko'shit" commentors calling for a in-depth inquiry as to whether he's gay.
Like shooting fish in a barrel.
Posted by: The Next Rove | July 20, 2005 at 03:28 PM
>Wow..so this is what a Republican circle jerk looks like from the inside, huh?
lol...the irony of this comment when the "circle jerk" is about some Dems trying to do a gay smear job on a 4 year old. The Dougy's of this world are just so clueless.
Posted by: Michael | July 20, 2005 at 03:30 PM
What's funny about this is
a) That first resort of the Kos Klowns is to attack people by digging up dirt on their kids. That's simply nauseating.
b) The "poker tell" line: Back here in reality, her facial expression could have meant virtually anything. It could have meant that a fly had just landed on the back of her neck. "Post hoc ergo propter hoc", anybody? The Kos Klown interpretation is the way crazy people think: To the paranoid, absolutely everything is in some way a reflection of the ominous, concealed reality of his obsession. Nothing is ever what it appears to be; nothing is ever coincidental. Everything is a hidden pointer to something else. And the paranoid considers himself specially blessed because he's the only one who's got the mysterious, instinctive knack of intuitively grasping the Secret Truth behind whatever happens. It's not rare to hear lefties saying they can "smell fascism" or the like. The signs are too subtle for you and me, but to your hyper-sensitive lefty, attuned as he is to the cosmic wavelength, every scrap of information that floats by is vibrating with dark significance.
They're nuts.
Posted by: Professor Froward | July 20, 2005 at 03:38 PM
Shades of little "John-John" Kennedy...he used to run around in his short pants and break up the press gatherings. He was a little scamp and adorable. It's like seeing his ghost.
Posted by: foreign devil | July 20, 2005 at 04:55 PM
Checkout SoonerFans.com fark section on this kid.
http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?p=826751#post826751
Posted by: CajunFan | July 20, 2005 at 06:30 PM
Does anybody even know what a smirk is anymore?
Bush didn't smirk last night; if he had some reaction to the kid running around, it certainly wasn't a smirk.
I've been trying for five years to figure out what Democrats are talking about when they describe the president as "smirking," and have concluded they don't know what an actual smirk is. Now we've got right-leaning people using the dang word.
Will some of you please go get a dictionary?!
Posted by: Aaarrgh | July 20, 2005 at 07:05 PM
This reminds me of when Rudolph Giuliani was sworn into office as the new mayor of New York City, and how Rudy's hefty and hyperactive son -- who apparently had heard his father practicing the speech, and had parts of it memorized -- finished sentences of the speech simultaneously with Rudy. This eventually led to skits on Saturday Night Live with the late Chris Farley playing the Mayor's kid.
Farley was funny as the son of the Republican Giuliani (it was hard for Farley not to be funny) but I thought the character's creation displayed a double standard; the one time SNL sneered at daughter-of-a-Democrat Chelsea Clinton, they ended up apologizing. I guess that shouldn't have been surprising since double standards are nothing new for SNL. Not long after the overdose death of Elvis Presley, the late SNL writer-performer Michael O'Donoghue ended a show with an Elvis "impersonation" in which he crawled on the floor and faked vomiting in a toilet, simulating Presley's death. A few months back, a claymation-like Rush Limbaugh did the same thing. But the show's stars and writers got all huffy when Bob Woodward wrote his sordid book "Wired" about John Belushi's chemical path to self-destruction. Some suggested that the career of Michael Chiklis would be stillborn because his first starring role was portraying Belushi in the movie based on the book.
Well, years later, Chiklis has a Best Actor Emmy and is in the #1 picture in the country; what's Dan Aykroyd been doing lately besides checking that Blues Brothers suit for loose change?
Posted by: LN_Smithee | July 20, 2005 at 07:41 PM
PS: Roberts and his wife have adopted these kids. That is the real story. That's why Demos are scared.
Posted by: Ali Karim Bey | July 20, 2005 at 07:49 PM
The kids are adopted? Well. I guess that scratches one allegation of hypocrisy off the moonbats' list of questions.
Posted by: LN_Smithee | July 20, 2005 at 08:09 PM
It appears that one of the lawyers my ex-wife Katie was screwing is our President's nominee for the Supreme Court.
:mad:
Posted by: Karl Dewey | July 20, 2005 at 11:28 PM
You jerk. I did no such thing. Now Karl Rove on the other hand. Mmmmmmm...Turd Blossom.
Posted by: Katie Daly | July 20, 2005 at 11:40 PM
Jr was only marginally entertaining. Now Daddy on the other hand... yum.
Posted by: Big Gay Republican | July 21, 2005 at 06:26 AM
I can't comment on the ongoing investigation into the claims of an affair between Jeff Gannon and the President. Let the special prosecutor do his work.
Posted by: Scott McClellan | July 21, 2005 at 07:38 AM
Having an illicit affair is hard. It's hard work.
Posted by: President Bush | July 21, 2005 at 07:41 AM
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not after you.
Posted by: club | July 21, 2005 at 08:35 AM
John III is so cute! ...I think it is funny how is older sister is looking at him! She being the oldest probably would have been in sooooooo much trouble... BUT he being the baby somehow can just get away with it...I really hope Judge John Roberts gets confirmed! I believe he is so well qualified! Our country will be very fortunate to have him!...
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Posted by: Karl Dewey | July 29, 2005 at 12:18 PM
oops: The real URL is http://www.legalwhore.friendpages.com. My bad.
Posted by: karl dewey | July 29, 2005 at 12:20 PM
"PS: Roberts and his wife have adopted these kids. That is the real story. That's why Demos are scared."
Um, are Democrats scared of adopted kids?
Posted by: Adopted kid of two Democrats | August 06, 2005 at 07:12 AM
That child is a breath of fresh air in the form of laughter. i needed that. Keep on dancing!
Posted by: rginabuck | January 14, 2008 at 05:32 PM