One day after President Bush likened presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama to those who appeased Adolph Hitler, the ghost of the president's grandfather, Prescott Bush - in an SS uniform, muttering German and gesticulating angrily - has been hovering high above the White House since dawn.
An anonymous Bush administration staffer said the White House initially believed MoveOn.org, which many administration officials have compared to Hamas, had orchestrated the specter of Bush's grandfather. (Prescott Bush, a true American hero, helped fund Hitler's war machine and, as the BBC revealed last year, co-conspired to overthrow President Roosevelt to create a Nazi-style government in America.) But MoveOn.org spokesman Adam Green denied his organization's involvement, saying, "Dude, if we could do that, we would've done it a long, long time ago. We would've saved a lot of money."
Prescott's ghost has attracted crowds of onlookers who might otherwise have taken the usual long-distance gaze at the White House before moving on to the Capitol's heavily trafficked monuments. One dumbstruck eyewitness, Stanley Huffle, a history professor at American University, said, 'It's as if history and karma have merged."
Around noon, the National Guard attempted to shoot down Prescott's ghost or at least disperse him to a less visible area. But the bullets merely sailed through his shadowy form, only seeming to further inflame his rhetoric. A passing German tourist quoted him as saying, "Our failure to please the fuhrer has led directly to this point in history, where a schwartze might be president, homosexuals can marry in California, and bagels are more commonplace than f***ing Wonder Bread!"
Following yesterday's heated Hardball confrontation between host Chris Matthews and right-wing radio personality Kevin James, James returned to discuss Prescott's ghost with Matthews.
"You see, Chris, like I said yesterday, Obama is an appeaser," began James. "Fine. Whatever," replied Matthews. "Just tell me whose ghost is floating above the White House right now."
"Look, Chris, an appeaser appeases those who make use of appeasement, which leaves us vulnerable to another 9/11-style attack." Matthews repeated, "I've asked you a simple question. Who is hovering sixty feet above our White House, sir?"
"But that's not the point, Chris. Appeasement--" "Listen, you mutant, just answer the question. You don't know. Do you? Do you?" "Of course I do, Chris. It's the, the...ghost of appeasement's past or something."
"Wow. Wow. You really just lucked into that, didn't you? Just stepped right in it."
"If luck means appeasement, then yes."
"You're an idiot. Thanks for coming on."
"Thank you, Chris."
During an impromptu White House press conference, press secretary Dana Perino told reporters, "First, let me start by saying that though some candidates think the afterworld revolves around them, the appearance of Prescott's ghost over the White House has nothing to do with President Bush's speech in the Knesset yesterday."
Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas replied, "Sure. Pay no attention to the man behind the cloud."
Day After "Appeasement" Remark, Ghost of Prescott Bush Hovers Over WH
Posted by: Brad Jacobson | May 16, 2008 at 06:46 PM
There is another ghost hovering over the White House. Did you know that Nazi Prescott’s father was also a traitor? He traded with both sides, including the German Panzer division during WW 1
http://nachos.net/forums/archive/index.php/t-41345
In the spring of 1918, Samuel Bush became chief of the Ordnance, Small Arms and Ammunition Section of the War Industries Board of Bernard Baruch and Clarence Dillon, with national responsibility for government assistance to and relations with Remington and other weapons companies.Bush was essentially taking national responsibility for government assistance to his own Remington Arms Company and other weapon makers. Through these weapons manufacturers, Samuel Bush made and sold arms to 75% of the WWI combatants on both sides.
Posted by: Dormammu | May 16, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Edited by site owner. Sorry, not a space for selling your conspiracy theory book.
Posted by: Jack D | May 17, 2008 at 01:07 AM
The American government has always maintained the right of its citizens to ship arms to belligerents. President Washington, through his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, and his Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, took this position when France protested against the sale of arms to England in 1793, the answer being that "the exporting from the United States of warlike instruments and military stores is not to be interfered with." - Theodore Roosevelt's "Fear God..."p.160
Gun runners from the getgo!
Posted by: Anton van der Baan | May 17, 2008 at 03:08 AM
"German Panzer division during WW "
Dear Brad,
I appreciate what you are saying but I must pur you stright on one thing..
There were no Panzers in WW1.
the first tanks were allied and were really quite primitive. However they were enough to tip the balance of power in the field.
This doesn't negate the possibility of a Bush helping the Kaiser though.
peace
Martin
Posted by: Martin | May 17, 2008 at 06:12 AM
re above...
I just realised the WW! remak may have been Dormammu's not Brads'.
Sorry this only became apparent when I realised I am NOT Anton Van Der Bann.
[Media Bloodhound please note]
thanks.
Martin
Posted by: Martin | May 17, 2008 at 06:20 AM
Edited by site owner. Sorry, this is not a reading library of conspiracy theory links.
Posted by: squirrel hunter | May 17, 2008 at 06:52 AM
Guess what:
The community of the Devil is also the
community of the Greatest decievers on Earth. Go figure!!
Posted by: Tropicalphanso | May 17, 2008 at 03:11 PM
Please, no more conspiracy theories, no more links to your conspiracy theory books or conspiracy videos. This was satire. Is the stuff about GWB's granddaddy true? Some facts, like BBC's report last year, say yes. But this is still a piece of satire. Not an invitation to conspiracy theories 101. Thank you.
Posted by: Brad Jacobson | May 18, 2008 at 02:52 AM
community of the devil? seems to me like more christian bigotry!
Wherein does the devil have anything to do with this?
Posted by: AlZuben | May 18, 2008 at 10:46 AM
chicken
home
roost
Posted by: free patriot | May 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM
While satire, it is entirely accurate. I have not seen discussion about Precott Bush in the media to this extent, even in '99 when the first documented story came to my attention.
This latest debacle by GW truly has the ghost of Prescott casting a cloud over the White House.
Posted by: teknikAL | May 18, 2008 at 01:47 PM
There were Panzers in WWI, although late and not numerous.
See http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/quarters/1975/wwi_tank.htm
Posted by: Nic | May 18, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Prescott was Hitler's BANKER and continued trading with the Nazis until 1952
Posted by: marblex | May 18, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Do we really have to put up with another 8 months of this piece of shit?
Posted by: Dipole Moment | May 19, 2008 at 12:01 AM