And apparently real…
Instapundit give us this story and apparently an eye witness account that this is NOT a photoshop job. Say what you want. That is funny.
Internet chatter had led to speculation that it might be an urban myth — nothing more than clever digital trickery spreading via the Web.
But our friend Bob Collins at Minnesota Public Radio assures us he’s seen it with his own eyes:
There is a billboard along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., with a huge photo of former president George W. Bush and this question: “Miss Me Yet?”
It takes a very “special” kind of President to make the Bush years seem like the good ol’ days. Thanks Barack.
Now the hunt is on to see who did it.
Update: Now with video courtesy of Gateway Pundit
February 9, 2010 at 5:04 am
Come to think of it, "W" is not that bad. I'd chose him over Barack.
February 9, 2010 at 5:40 am
OOhhh yes, I miss him. So do un-born children.
February 9, 2010 at 5:40 am
Ask yourself – did Bush think a baby who survived an abortion was a punishment? Did we have to hear him run his mouth constantly – even on SuperBowl Sunday? Did he treat Democrats nastily?
February 9, 2010 at 7:05 am
W wasn't perfect, but he sure was a hellovalot better than the current White House resident. For one thing, he didn't appoint people like, just to name a few: Van Jones, Kevin Jennings, and the guy (whatever his name is) who slammed the Pope on the issue of condoms. Have we ever seen so many anti-Catholic people in power who are intent on destroying the Church. Of the Catholics he has appointed how many can you name that are not CINO's.
February 9, 2010 at 1:45 pm
That is hysterical!
I'll have to search around for it, but my husband passes a gas station in West Texas that bears a sign promising a Nobel Prize with every oil change. He's often tempted to take his rental car to have its oil changed there. I hope we Americans never lose our sense of humor. It can help us through some dark times. Prayer and laughter, that should do it.
February 9, 2010 at 1:45 pm
I miss George Bush immensely. He is a good and strong man, a devout Methodist, a loving father and husband, and a man with a stealth intellect (he didn't pose with a book for the cameras; he didn't have to).
— Mack Hall
February 9, 2010 at 2:16 pm
DHS is on the lookout for the party responsible for this billboard.
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Just kidding – but would it surprise you if they were?
February 9, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I'm hoping it was the Minn. Democrats…
February 9, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Bush wasn't that bad. What it takes is a really "special" kind of president to make the CLINTON days seem like the good ol' days.
-Tina D.
February 9, 2010 at 5:12 pm
W was flawed, but– as a lady over at Gateway Pundit put it– you didn't doubt that he'd give his own life to protect your children.
I'd love to get a chance to tell him I'm proud to have worked for him.
February 9, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Nice! Five stars for that one!
February 9, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Here's a story from our local paper about it. I haven't seen it personally, but it is real. 🙂
http://www.startribune.com/politics/83886117.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUycaEacyU
February 9, 2010 at 6:30 pm
Foxfier, I wrote him a letter saying thank you for your integrity and your work to protect the unborn – and received a reply (automated personalization, of course, but still a reply). George W Bush, Crawford, TX should work as an address
February 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Oooh, I'll have to really do it, then. ^.^
February 9, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I LOVE it! and yes, I do miss him!
February 9, 2010 at 9:25 pm
Gerard Vanderleun takes credit for the meme:
http://americandigest.org/sidelines/2010/02/#a011790
Cf., e.g.:
http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/american_studies/2002_the_state_of_our_uni.php
Copy of the original, featured in several of his posts:
http://americandigest.org/missmeyetbushaa22.jpg
February 9, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I've laughed about this for days as a relative of mine is one of the few hardcore libs living out near there, and she has to see it every day she drives to work. Love it.
February 9, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Foxfier said "W was flawed, but– as a lady over at Gateway Pundit put it– you didn't doubt that he'd give his own life to protect your children."
Yah what she said. This is what kept me loving Bush, even when I thought "huh?" about a few of the things he did. He said what he meant (as best he could) and meant what he said. A real classic man.
Yes, I do indeed miss him.
February 10, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Ditto… YES, I miss him!! God bless that man; no matter how many his mistakes, he was "real".
February 12, 2010 at 12:46 am
Let's not forget that his last two years in office the Dems had majorities and were threatening funding for Iraq. Funny how Dems were outraged by Bush's so-called "lies" when Obama is depicted, truthfully, as Pinocchio!