Bush Punches Guy In Face

Published on August 12, 2004 By David St Hubbins In Humor

Here's a picture of GWB punching a guy in the face:

I'm posting this under humour because left or right you gotta admit it's funny. I found this pic at www.thismodernworld.com, here is an excerpt:

As long as we're re-examining the 1960s, looking for signs of character, trying to decide if a man who volunteered for combat and was decorated five times was more or less courageous than a guy who didn't even show up for his own medical exam... here's George W. Bush during his college days, hitting a fellow sportsman in the face.

The above photo, credited to the Yale yearbook (the caption is in the original), appeared in yesterday's Los Angeles Times.

Incidentally, while rugby is a contact sport, every player knows that tackling above the shoulders is a foul. So is leaving your feet during a tackle. Either of these is serious enough that the other team is immediately awarded a penalty kick, often directly resulting in points for the other team.

So even without throwing a punch, Bush is already well outside fair play.

Grasping an opponent by the back of the head and punching him in the face is beyond the pale -- I've watched rugby avidly for years, and I've never seen it during an open-field tackle like this, honest -- and will typically result in a player being immediately sent off.

I'm sure by next week Karl Rove will have a collection of rugby players claiming that John Kerry was even worse...

I've heard from a few rugby players who conjecture that what we're seeing, while unsportsmanlike and a clear foul (Bush has left his feet and made contact above the shoulders), might be the moment immediately after a incompentently-made dirty tackle, with the arm coming down, instead of the moment before an incompetently-thrown dirty punch, with the arm coming up. But I've also heard from a few who think it's exactly what Yale's yearbook staff said it was. We'll probably never know.

Decide for yourself. Either way, both incompetent and dirty. Character really is destiny, ain't it?

Comments

WiseFawn

on Aug 12, 2004

Great article!

alison watkins

on Aug 12, 2004

Too bad it's not Bush getting punched in the face. hehe.

psychx

on Aug 12, 2004

I'm sure by next week Karl Rove will have a collection of rugby players claiming that John Kerry was even worse...

Lol that is crazy I have to give you credit for finding this picture, and this comment made me laugh at loud at work...

Texas Wahine

on Aug 12, 2004

Funny photo.

Not as funny as the video of middle aged Bush earnestly digging for gold (picking his nose), though. Anyone else seen that?

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