Maddow, Slater Preview Bush's Turn as Matt Foley: "Babbitt Meets the Super Bowl"

By Robert Wilonsky Wed., Oct. 21 2009 at 8:01 AM

Categories: Politics

Maybe you've heard the radio ads: Rudy Giuliani (didgeridoo), Colin Powell (bass), Terry Bradshaw (lead vocals), Zig Ziglar (banjo), Robert Schuller (keytar), Rick Belluzo (hurdy gurdy) and Tamara Lowe (bagpipes) are getting the band back together for an all-star jam session at the Fort Worth Convention Center this Monday, Monday, Monday. All killer, no filler. And, on spoons and bongos, it's George W. Bush, who's been working as a maître d' at a French restaurant in Preston Royal after a brief stint as a back-up dancer for a touring African combo. All for the low, low price of $19 (for the whole office!), concert tees and 34-tape boxed sets sold very separately.

Last night, Rachel Maddow devoted a fairly huge hunk of her show to the daylong festival, and, for the segment titled "In a Van Down by the River" (remember?), she invited her old pal Wayne Slater of The Dallas Morning News's Austin bureau to once more dissect Bush's brain. Slater has clearly already sneak-peeked the T-shirts: "The Legacy Tour." Because the Victory Tour's already been done. The video's after the jump. Go now, you winner!

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Senor is REAL funny, just ask him.
You people crack yourselves up! You should meet up sometime and party.
Is Terry Bradshaw going to spell "CAT" for the audience? If so, I hope Hollywood Henderson is on the dias. Or not.
Jack E. Jett, my mind, such as it is, is yours for the asking. Turn off your spam filter and wait for an e-mail.
best line ever m streeter.
JC: Does he have anything else to talk about?
Lakewooder says: "Jack, every President gets a liberry, yes, even your old pal GWB." Yes, but all the other Presidents were literate. Naming a liberry after GWB is like naming an ethics conference after Cheney...
"She's as bad as Glenn Beck is on the other side." What strain are you smoking? Could you sell me a clone?
Next year at the State Fair, George W. will be manning the ShamWow booth at the Embarcadero Building. Laura must be so proud.
I betcha a hunnerd dollars Giuliani will mention 9/11 at some point.
CueCat, Lowe's speech on "how to meet and film underage chicks.... with passion!" was getting tired.
knottygirl you are so freaking far ahead of the curve on this blog that even your impressive name dropping can not improve your satus. sometime email me off blog, i need your mind.
I want a liberry. Yum!
I don't care if she takes potshots at Bush, but man, is she not funny. Seriously, give me that much material and I'd be hilarious. The best part was the Babbitt/Super Bowl reference, and since I mentioned Elmer Gantry on this blog just last night, I feel so intellectual and ahead of the curve with my Sinclair Lewis name-dropping.
Jack, every President gets a liberry, yes, even your old pal GWB. Why the fuss? C'mon man.... get over it and move on. He's out of office. Be happy fer Christ's sake. Clown Dwarf Porn - good band name
Anon... You wonder why Rachel would spend 9 minutes talking about G W Bush ...yet you don't wonder why Dallas is building a fucking monument to him? The next step for Bush is porn with clown dwarfs.
Im taking it Terry Bradshaw must be hard up for cash, seeing Fox pays him quite a bit of dough to take up breathing room on their NFL desk on sundays. Elsewise, these other clowns arent worth a pass accordingly...
Why is Rob Lowe (Zig Ziglar's son-in-law) no longer speaking with that group? In the past, his name and picture were very prominent in promoting these events and now it seems he has disappeared. Just wondering...
She's just doing what so many others do: Pander to her audience. Why people continue to watch this kind of crap is beyond me.
I think George W. was a horrible President. But, what purpose does it serve for Rachel to dedicate almost 9 minutes of her show to mocking him for participating in a motivational seminar? W is no longer in politics, he's not running against anyone that might lean more toward Rachel's political view-points. So, again, aside from doing that annoying voice she does when quoting blurbs from the seminar's website, what is her point? Hmmm, an ex-President doing speeches for money. What a foreign concept. She's as bad as Glenn Beck is on the other side.
Pass.