The Solstice Parade was held 24 hours after The President left our airspace. The paper mache puppets (Condi, Rumsfeld) are part of the latest series by Backbone Campaign, of Vashon Island, WA. They were displayed at the Fremont (aka Center of the Universe) in Seattle.
The Goddess periodically opened her pedestal, releasing big babies from the earth's continents, who began to fight, before being reabsorbed. The preacher man with the flag with crosses for stars railed against sin, flanked by giant erogenous body parts.
Vanna White spun the Wheel of Torture and contestants used water board, electrical shock etc. on the Beat the Bush puppet. Other depictions showed him in a tank or with his Mission Accomplished suit, or chasing salmon and skiers while holding the earth.
In yet another incarnation, he rode a unicicle, which many thought looked uncomfortable, since he was more transparent than usual (The Emperor Wore No Clothes).
Hey DiAnne,
Too funny.
I werk evenings in NYC's Times Square and one night on the sidewalk, alongside the Spiderman, (and now Superman), impersonators there, there were these two individuals in Bush/Cheney outfits walking along the sidewalk.
The Cheney character was walking behind the Bush character with a set of marionette strings in his hands which were attached to the Bush character who was walking in front of him, and the Bush character was carryng a blow-up globe of Mother Earth in one hand, (a la Chaplin as Hitler in 'The Great Dictator') and in his other hand he had a container of 10W-40 car engine oil that he was swilling out of as he made his way down the street.
Very subtle costuming, if you blinked you'da missed the act as they passed by.
As Bono would say, 'fucking brilliant.'
Unfortunately I was busy with what I was doing or otherwise I'd have spoken with them and dinn't have my camera wid me dat day so this abc description will have to do.
nwa
Posted by: DigitalComponents | June 25, 2006 at 09:44 PM