THE QUOTE:
"Bush's nickname for Rove was illuminating. 'Turd blossom' has so many
connotations, none of them flattering. It's a small masterpiece of nastiness."
- - Gary Trudeau
THE HISTORY:
July 30, 1986 -- RCA, acquired by General Electric, elects not to renew John Denver's contract despite being one of the most profitable acts on its label. Smart money said the mucky mucks at G.E., a major producer of war machine contractor, was offended by his single (with Russian, Alexander Gradsky) "Let Us Begin (What are we Making Weapons For?)."
July 31, 1984 -- CIA's head William Casey & Pres Ronnie Raygun's sweetheart, Oliver North, arrives in Panama, seeking Manuel Noriega's aid for the terrorist Contras.
July 31, 1990 -- 1st Bush administration opposes congressional sanctions against Iraq.
THE ANIMATION: Double Super Secret Background
by Mark Fiore
http://www.markfiore.com/animation/double.html
THE ORIGINAL GESTURE: Bush The Lesser Flips The Bird
http://anon.salon.speedera.net/anon.salon/media/2004/10/BushUncensored.mov
THE LATEST GESTURE: Trying to Put a Finger on a Presidential Gesture
By Peter Baker, Washington Post, July 29, 2005
Did President Bush show what he really thinks of the media with a flip of
his middle finger? Jay Leno thinks so. On "The Tonight Show" Wednesday,
the late-night comic showed videotape of the president leaving a meeting with
congressional Republicans on Capitol Hill earlier in the day and passing by a
clutch of reporters shouting questions on the fate of the Central American trade
pact. On the video, Bush striding away from the camera suddenly thrusts his right
hand into the air and extends a finger. MORE:
http://www.therandirhodesshow.com/live/node/410
THE CARTOON: Doonesbury's Turd Blossom
by Garry Trudeau
http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/2005/07/26
THE SCANDAL: Some Papers Pull, Edit 'Doonesbury' Strip
Source: David Twiddy, AP via Yahoo! News 7/26/05
About a dozen newspapers have objected to use of toilet humor in Tuesday's and
Wednesday's "Doonesbury" comic strip, and some either pulled or edited
the strip. Kansas City-based Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes the
strip to around 1,400 newspapers, said it had received some complaints from editors
about a reference to presidential aide Karl Rove. In the strip, a caricature
of President Bush refers to Rove as "turd blossom." MORE AT:
Scandal
Trudeau Says Editing Strips Unacceptable
Source: Dave Astor, Editor & Publisher
Why did Garry Trudeau use Karl Rove's "Turd Blossom" nickname in Tuesday
and Wednesday's "Doonesbury" strips? "Given that I'm writing for
a general audience, I try not to use crude or vulgar language gratuitously," replied
Trudeau, after E&P e-mailed him several questions this afternoon. "But
in this case, I felt that [President] Bush's nickname for Rove was illuminating.
'Turd blossom' has so many connotations, none of them flattering. It's a small
masterpiece of nastiness." MORE AT:
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000992006
Check out Today's Doonesbury AT: http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury
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