Expensive Photo Ops

Perfect! Is there anything the Democrats have been accused of doing that the Republicans haven’t done first, worse and in spades? Just another reason why their glass house is now in shards.

I love those rainbow colored outfits. They must have hired the stage director who produced all those 1980s era Benetton ads.

How much did they spend on the My Little Pony uniforms?

To be fair, the colors of the uniforms worn by the crew on a carrier indicate what their duty is.I still can’t believe Bush put on a freaking flight suit and flew in like he was Maverick. Its like Bush was making his own version of Hot Shots!

you know this is staged! the power rangers fight to save the world and would never salute the douche that tried destroying it! but you know bush was giddy thinking he was actually walking through the power rangers saluting him. can’t help but notice the black one isn’t there…

The codpiece remains the highlight of that day.(and nice mislead on the tag, Bob!)

The tag Bob used was actually not a mislead. While the POTUS was on board that US Navy Aircraft, it was, in fact, designated Air Force One. So this was, unambiguously, an Air Force One photo op.Air Force One does not designate a particular Airplane. It designates ANY airplane the president happens to be on.

I thought that designation only applied to Air Force aircraft.

you know this is staged! the power rangers fight to save the world and would never salute the douche that tried destroying it! but you know bush was giddy thinking he was actually walking through the power rangers saluting him. can’t help but notice the black one isn’t there…

Look closer at the grape (slang for the purple shirter).

The colors of the shirts are important so you know who you’re dealing with when communicating via hand signals – it’s too loud on deck to hear anything.

Hammer bush all you want because he deserves it, but keep your disdain for the hard working Sailors in check lest you prove the asshole republicans correct.

I can’t help but view that whole stunt as similar to a little boy dressing up, playing in his daddy’s office and making everyone within earshot play along.

brutlyhonest, there’s these things called jokes, you should check them out sometime. granted my joke may have been a dud (it happens once or twice a year) but there is no denying those suits resemble the power rangers

the rest of my comment got lost somewhere…where was my “disdain for the hard working sailors”?! i was actually saying the the “power rangers” would never salute bush. also, about the black power ranger not being present, it was another attempt at the funny “bush hates black people” but damn…the black power ranger IS NOT there! i can’t even believe i’m having to say this stuff….

gypsy, Apologies for missing the funny; my sense of humor is considered odd by my friends and my jokes often fall flat.

The perceived disdain was from the combination of the comments about the “outfits”. I’ve stated on this site before that not everyone in the military is a great person worthy of the hero title that is so overused, but I guess I’m still a little over-protective

BTW, I’d bet body parts that including the black Sailor was mandatory for the proper staging of this event.

I want to believe everybody’s joking, but… looking at the comments (both here and there) I am shocked at the number of people who don’t seem to know why (or even that) aircraft-carrier crews wear color-coded uniforms. That that’s like, Fun Fact #1 about aircraft carriers. At the very least, you’d think any such confusion would have been cleared up back in ’03.