It's really a joke

December 9, 2005 8:01 AM

Approval ratings for Bush are at all-time high! This has got to be the most misleading headline ever, but not for the reason you probably think of at first.
posted by GuyZero (44 comments total)

I thought it was funny - the link is a sprts section article about Reggie Bush. I don't even know who that it. But the article shure had Google News confused.
posted by GuyZero at 8:02 AM on December 9, 2005

I love an editor with a sense of humor!
posted by leftcoastbob at 8:06 AM on December 9, 2005

Bush receiving significant attention due to his evasive dodging of those who try to pin him down.

Bush not likely to finish college

This is fun
posted by allen.spaulding at 8:08 AM on December 9, 2005

I laughed.
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:11 AM on December 9, 2005

i've heard rumors that bush might leave before his 4 years are up.
posted by lord_wolf at 8:12 AM on December 9, 2005

O. J. Simpson and Bush share common traits.

I'm bored already.
posted by ColdChef at 8:12 AM on December 9, 2005

I like.
posted by arcticwoman at 8:16 AM on December 9, 2005

"Guys like Bush are fun to evaluate because you can't stop writing good things,' Shonka said. "Some guys, you have to search and find things to write about. Bush fills up your notepad with everything he does.'

posted by Robot Johnny at 8:17 AM on December 9, 2005

Oh wait, I get it! It's funny because there is a football player named Reggie Bush which is the same last name as President Bush. So when they call the football player Bush, sometimes its funny to think they are talking about the President. Totally postworthy and funny to the max!

Check out this lady with a name that you can do funny things with too!
posted by dios at 8:17 AM on December 9, 2005

I smell a Rovean plot. These people will clearly stop at nothing, to the point of breeding test-tube athletes with the last names of top GOP officials to create just this kind of confusion on robot news sites. Project "Jerry Rice" cost them billions and didn't work out so well in the end, but they're learning.
posted by digaman at 8:17 AM on December 9, 2005

The misleading nature of the headline is deliberate, just a little sportswriter humor.

I love looking at college FB stats for the outrageous numbers you never see in NFL games. Bush: 554 rushing yards in his last 2 games? Young: 267 rushing yards and 2 TDs -- as a quarterback? Amazing.
posted by brain_drain at 8:21 AM on December 9, 2005

Totally postworthy and funny to the max!

Chill, Winston! They're not even making fun of him. It is a comical headline. Har. Har. Har. Other than referencing a political figure and tangentially relating to political events, this is not a political post. Calm down, man, it's not like these posts are written with the blood of children.
posted by 235w103 at 8:25 AM on December 9, 2005

P.S. The Young stat I cited is for a single game; otherwise not very impressive. OK, carry on everyone.
posted by brain_drain at 8:25 AM on December 9, 2005

Lighten up, dios.

brain_drain: I don't think Bush and Young are good bases for comparison, they're both practically superhuman. No one else comes close to them.
posted by TunnelArmr at 8:25 AM on December 9, 2005

TunnelArmr: true enough -- my point is just that college numbers are inflated overall, for the stars and non-stars alike. Look at the average yards per carry for the top 10 college RBs -- much, much higher than for the top 10 NFL RBs. Bush and Young won't put up these stats once they enter the NFL.
posted by brain_drain at 8:30 AM on December 9, 2005

Check out this lady with a name that you can do funny things with too!

Hahahahaha. That was funny.
posted by delmoi at 8:33 AM on December 9, 2005

Let's note that both of the Bushes "leave people shaking their heads." In that, America, we can find common ground and perhaps even sing Kumbaya together.
posted by kozad at 8:36 AM on December 9, 2005

As headlines go, it's no "Argelico Fucks Off To Benfica"
posted by kersplunk at 8:39 AM on December 9, 2005

Calm down, man, it's not like these posts are written with the blood of children.

Yes, that would probably require a JRun upgrade.
posted by me & my monkey at 8:39 AM on December 9, 2005

Well I hope to hell they hurry up with that upgrade. My children's blood is starting to clot.
posted by faceonmars at 8:49 AM on December 9, 2005

Perhaps I should have a funny names master post. I could have included the aforementioned Mme. Horney and University of Toronto academic Gay Pron. The link isn't at U of T as I believe they pulled it after getting a few too many referrers from Google.
posted by GuyZero at 8:51 AM on December 9, 2005

Dios wins!
posted by rawfishy at 8:59 AM on December 9, 2005

Apparently Mike Hunt used to play for Green Bay. But let's not let that distract us from a pisspoor excuse for an FPP.
posted by biffa at 9:00 AM on December 9, 2005

Reggie Bush is friggin amazing and Leinart-led USC has played with the kind of tenacity and sportsmanship that does a credit to the whole team. If they win the championship again, it will be well deserved. The ND v. USC game earlier this year was one of the best I've seen, despite my disappointment in the outcome. Bravo to 'em, I say.
posted by sciurus at 9:07 AM on December 9, 2005

dios: Joking around about George and Reggie Bush is one thing, but do NOT make fun of President Horney.
posted by aaronetc at 9:08 AM on December 9, 2005

MetaFilter: Written with the blood of children.
posted by mach at 9:16 AM on December 9, 2005

...so the grasshopper says to the bartender, "You have a drink named Melvin?"
posted by horsewithnoname at 9:17 AM on December 9, 2005

I can't tell you how much I wish our President's name was Gay Horney.
posted by jonson at 9:43 AM on December 9, 2005

Bush rescues police officers during Katrina!
I can't find the newspaper site with the original headline, but here is the story behind it.
posted by dances_with_sneetches at 9:58 AM on December 9, 2005

We had a horny president once, but term limits took him away.
posted by Haruspex at 9:59 AM on December 9, 2005

Bush is on fire!
posted by dios at 10:07 AM on December 9, 2005

Oh yea, Dios, well then what about this guy,(last on page) or this guy.
posted by mss at 10:10 AM on December 9, 2005

My favorite headlines:

Ex-president's aide alleges sodomy by Banana

Banana sentenced for gay assault

As for Bush. That game against Fresno State was ridiculous. It was sort of numbing. I don't think he got dropped for anything less than 10 yards. I've been watching football for a couple years now and I don't remember a player quite like him (or Vince Young for that matter). Their dominance is just silly.
posted by panoptican at 10:21 AM on December 9, 2005

This guy used to be my elected representative to Congress.
posted by fenriq at 10:25 AM on December 9, 2005

Reminds me of that classic game of my youth; "Made You Look!"
posted by weirdoactor at 10:27 AM on December 9, 2005

Can anyone find that VitaminWater ad online? (OJ Found Guilty, etc.) It would be relevant here...
posted by mowglisambo at 10:41 AM on December 9, 2005

Um, dios--this is a serious question--do you have Asperger's Syndrome?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 10:46 AM on December 9, 2005

If everyone thinks that was really funny and worth a front page post, then maybe I do have Asperger's Syndrome. Or maybe I just don't have BDS.
posted by dios at 11:11 AM on December 9, 2005

dios, if it's any consolation, I thought it was retarded and embarassingly farkish. But then again, I posted a link to a clip of Haley Joel Osment catching AIDS from Chuck Norris, so my opinion doesn't count for much.
posted by jonson at 11:14 AM on December 9, 2005

If everyone thinks that was really funny and worth a front page post

It's NOT really funny, but it's just as front-page-post-worthy as any political news article. Sports and politics are equally useless, n'est pas? Reggie Bush is a pleasure to watch, and the deliberately misleading headline is amusing.
posted by muddgirl at 11:16 AM on December 9, 2005

Benefica kicked Man. U's ass the other day.

And please Allah, let USC destroy Texas in the Rose Bowl.
posted by bardic at 11:53 AM on December 9, 2005

bardic - have you watched a USC game? Texas doesn't have a chance.
posted by muddgirl at 2:52 PM on December 9, 2005

Dios' ratings at an all time high!
posted by Balisong at 6:40 PM on December 9, 2005

Ohh no! Now they really are up!
posted by banished at 11:48 PM on December 9, 2005