WTF Is It Now?!?

Yahoo news story nails vacuous photo-opping phony
The swaggering commander-in-chief experienced a stomach wrenching aircraft carrier landing then roamed the huge vessel checking out all of the toys.

A pilot for the Texas Air National Guard who never saw combat during the Vietnam War, Bush said he took the joystick for about a third of the flight over from the mainland aboard an S-3B Viking plane typically used for airborne refueling.

Looking quite proud of himself, Bush climbed down wearing a green flight suit and holding his helmet under his arm. He swaggered into a crowd of dozens of combat pilots who had flown missions in Iraq and were about to take off in their F-18 Hornets for home.

"Really exciting," Bush said of the experience. "I miss flying, I can tell you that."

What did he do while flying it? "Just steered it," he said.

The dramatic arrival earned Bush live coverage on the cable television networks and it provided some patriotic flag-waving images that might serve in his reelection campaign.

Bush was on board only a little while before he had exchanged his flight suit for a protective life vest emblazoned with "commander-in-chief" on the back and a helmet with large ear protectors and goggles. In this outfit he roamed the deck, slapping the backs of the flight crew members, posing for pictures and generally hamming it up.