Filed under: George Bush Art
We interupt this program for a special announcement. Several requests for me to "do something political" have flooded my in-box. I suppose this image fits the theme as this IS the Gallery of the ABSURD. This is a portrait of George Bush in his first term, so it’s a bit outdated….but not really. Karl Rove would have looked nice as a hovering bat, no? We will now return to our regularly scheduled program, please stay tuned for more Hollywood antics…
Posted by 14 ♦ July 20, 2005
At 2:05 pm Use Once & Destroy said:
EVIL!
July 20, 2005
At 2:14 pm Nick Harbison said:
Beautiful, perfect and true.
July 20, 2005
FingerFood
At 2:39 pm FingerFood said:
14 you have captured the constipated looks on the faces of those following the wee smirking monkey!
Bene, Bella, Bene! Te adoro!
July 20, 2005
Anonymous
At 4:09 pm Anonymous said:
And it will be your foray into politics that probably alienates more than half your readership.
July 20, 2005
14
At 4:25 pm 14 said:
alienate. I like that word!
July 20, 2005
At 4:33 pm Amanda said:
Alienating isn’t bad if you’re simply weeding out the idiots.
July 20, 2005
At 5:01 pm Knuckles McGillicutty said:
Good one, Amanda!
Since none of her readers are payin’ , why does this sidestep into politics concern you, blank person? Are you perhaps a stockholder in the Worldwide 14 Corporation? No?
Well, for those of us who *are* (we buy her cheap drinks at happy hour whenever we’re in the same town) we are only too happy to laugh at a good rendering of a bad president.
One of your best, 14. I owe you an absinthe and champagne, next time you’re in Vancouver.
July 20, 2005
At 5:08 pm Viper Tetsu said:
Caustic, trenchant, brilliant. Period. End of fucking sentence. If the perceived partisanship off-puts some of your site’s visitors, fuck ‘em. Were a democrat in office, you’d be having a high old time lampooning him.
Politics totally set aside, this is an amazing illustration. One of your finest.
July 20, 2005
Anonymous
At 5:48 pm Anonymous said:
Actually, it’s not my political opinion. It’s just that every good website starts going partisan in any direction, starting political arguments and ruining what good old fashioned fun was there in the first place.
July 20, 2005
14
At 6:46 pm 14 said:
not to worry sweetie…this is the only political post that will ever be seen here. It makes my head hurt to paint politicians. It makes my head hurt to paint “celebrities” too, but the US media pays more attention to the drama of celebrities: Puppets to distract us from the real news that impact our lives…..
July 20, 2005
At 7:36 pm Kim said:
I await your Barbara Boxer or Sheila Jackson Lee. Those will be awesome as well. (I guess Hillary is too obvious.)
July 20, 2005
At 8:23 pm Ed said:
Excellent!!! So some people are actually aware of what’s going on despite all the efforts to distract us. That gives me hope!!!
July 20, 2005
At 8:41 pm Kim said:
Actually, Nancy Pelosi would offer you more artistic avenues of expression, what with the ears and botox enaht.
July 20, 2005
At 9:25 pm Knuckles McGillicutty said:
What, no portraits of Congressman Fred “Gopher” Grandy?!
July 20, 2005
At 6:40 am Bragan said:
Don’t let anyone limit your scope. You’re too good to only paint Hollywood celebrities. Some of the biggest human absurdities are those who rule. Karl Rove, aka “Turdblossom,” and Tom DeLay practically beg for your incisive distillation.
July 21, 2005
Meg
At 6:57 am Meg said:
Hun, you’re pure genius! I love it, especially the little elephant on wheels. Pure genius.
July 21, 2005
got twins?
At 12:06 pm got twins? said:
First time here…and I love it already…I bookmarked your site as soon as I saw that drawing of Bush…Brilliant!!!
Are you a Latina?
July 21, 2005
At 3:21 pm Demon Kitty said:
I like the golf club in his left hand, not to mention the Enron smoking in the background. The destruction of the environment is very accurate. God, I hate Bush. I’m starting to get angry, oh so very angry! Don’t let this be your last political picture. Do one of Condoleeza Rice. Her face is ugly and bizarre-like her politics. She deserves a picture!
So Much Love,
Demon Kitty
July 21, 2005
At 10:08 am Viper Tetsu said:
I’m still holding out for Karl Rove, naked, on the cover of Vanity Fair. C’mon, 14, pretty please?
July 22, 2005
At 12:52 pm Heather said:
I love it!
July 22, 2005
14
At 9:14 pm 14 said:
am I a Latina? No, I’m composed of cytosine, guanine, adenine and thymine.
14
July 22, 2005
Garry
At 9:26 pm Garry said:
That looks so familiar? Did I see it in a store wall or something?
July 22, 2005
Damien
At 11:52 pm Damien said:
Bella,
I really, really like this one. It almost has an on top of wood quality. Classic stuff and not too nasty.
July 22, 2005
At 8:45 am midevil said:
I like how you’ve managed to include women via the snakes at the top! Weeeeeeeeeehoo!
July 24, 2005
At 5:47 pm Heather said:
It almost reminds me of a tarot card. I love it.
July 25, 2005
At 12:13 pm Beth said:
Bush so resembles his mom with his beautiful heirloom shawl draping his shoulders… touching. Is his neck covered to hide the bite marks?
July 26, 2005
At 12:19 pm joe said:
you look fat girl ! why don’t u draw yourself???
July 27, 2005
14
At 12:28 pm 14 said:
I dunno, maybe I’m so fat that there isn’t enough paint to get the job done?
July 27, 2005
Joe Mama
At 8:28 pm Joe Mama said:
That’s right, you so fat, when you sit around the studio, you really sit AROUND the studio.
Haw Haw Haw!
14, howcome the people who write mean stuff can’t figure out how to use a goddamn shift key?
Paint on, girl, paint on!
July 27, 2005
14
At 9:42 pm 14 said:
whew, I know - carrying around this extra 800 lbs really wears a girl out.
Oh crap, I just lost my paintbrush somewhere in my mound of flesh!
gotta run, there’s a huge pipin’ hot bucket of fried chicken waiting for me in the kitchen.
14
July 27, 2005
anonymouse
At 8:28 am anonymouse said:
Thank you!
July 29, 2005
Anonymous
At 9:52 pm Anonymous said:
I used to visit this website..but after seeing this piece of liberal, Michael Moore-inspired propapaganda, I am inclined to become a Clinton Loving Liberal! I must go buy hemp socks to wear with my birkenstocks and stroke my beard so I can get the bits of tofu out of it!! I love women!! I love Clinton! I looooooove Liberals!!
July 29, 2005
Anonymous
At 9:31 am Anonymous said:
God, I hate it when my ex husband posts here.
August 15, 2005
rob
At 4:55 pm rob said:
*sigh*
September 4, 2005
At 4:57 pm SethWynd said:
*snickering*
Nice work, I’m still browsing through the rest of the archives. I saw the section labeled “George Bush” and immediately wondered if I really wanted to take a look (I’m a moderate that tends to lean conservative, Republican, and generally side with the current administration on about 80% of matters).
Good to know I was worried over nothing. Most people tend to go just a bit overboard when it comes to criticizing him (because even I’ll admit it: the man is one HELL of an easy target). Glad to see you didn’t.
And as one Republican to another, I’ve got a message to the previous (and undoubtedly future) posters who’ve decided to attack you for this: lighten up, pissants. There’s an old saying you nitwits should look into; “Blessed is he who can laugh at himself”.
Keep up the good work, 14.
April 9, 2006