George Bush shoots and kills D.C. police officer

October 8, 2004 10:35 AM

In 1889, George Bush shoots and kills an innocent bystander then shoots and kills the D.C. police officer pursuing him. "Although mortally wounded, Officer Crippen found Bush hiding in a room and shot him twice." And that's how the Bush family had bad blood with D.C.
posted by omidius (15 comments total)

Oooh weeee! Wait till the Kerry camp gets ahold of this one.
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 10:42 AM on October 8, 2004

teh lol
posted by delmoi at 10:52 AM on October 8, 2004

Dang, those Bush's have NEVER shown proper respect for authority.

I'd love to see Kerry pull this out tonight. No wait, no I wouldn't.
posted by fenriq at 10:55 AM on October 8, 2004

I am looking forward to seeing the ad from "19th Century Police Officers for Truth."
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:04 AM on October 8, 2004

This changes everything.

Embrace me, brothers of the left, I return to your fold once more!
posted by Mick at 11:08 AM on October 8, 2004

Bush killed Crippen? He's a hero!
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 11:12 AM on October 8, 2004

By the total impotence vested in me by being one of the first and oldest MeFites, I hereby declare that "Bush Bashing" (while a sport I did take some joy in at times of the past) has totally JUMPED THE SHARK, JUMPED THE FARK and JUMPED THE SHADENFREUDE.

This may the silliest link ever posted on MetaFilter. I just wish omidius (or his source, if he didn't find this singlehandedly) would try to use his powers of Extreme Ultimate Google-Fu for good, not evil.
posted by wendell at 11:16 AM on October 8, 2004

Can it, grandpa.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:32 AM on October 8, 2004

wendell: impotence? you know you can get pills for that now..

Thanks folks I'll be here all week, try the fish...
posted by Pink Fuzzy Bunny at 11:38 AM on October 8, 2004

hey wendell, this was actually not a result of my exquisite google-fu! I was searching the DC government's site (where I live) for information on a bar my uncle owns here in the city, the saloon. The search rendered these results . The first link is the one about the killing.

Maybe there should be a free-association exercise to every questionable link pulled from the internet.
posted by omidius at 12:12 PM on October 8, 2004

Can it, grandpa

I dunno -- if Bush Bashing has jumped the shark, then everything would be downhill from here. Though I'm not sure whether that would be a good thing or a bad thing, I am pretty sure we could officially stop watching.

bunny: I thought it was the veal...
posted by lodurr at 12:15 PM on October 8, 2004

~Feeds data into a Choicepoint database.

~Waits for news story of President being removed from Whitehouse in handcuffs.
posted by Blue Stone at 12:29 PM on October 8, 2004

Slightly off topic. The memorial website to D.C. officers killed in the line of duty is actually pretty interesting. I'd say it's post-worthy even without the odd reference to the president.
posted by MetalDog at 1:17 PM on October 8, 2004

Wait wait wait... George Bush has a TIME MACHINE?!?
posted by papercake at 1:18 PM on October 8, 2004

Right papercake: He really was flat out lying when he said the Iraqis would greet us with flowers.
posted by kaibutsu at 1:44 PM on October 8, 2004