Today's Daily Schadenfreude: George W. Bush

Drunky McStagger could get the Daily Schadenfreude award almost every day, but this one's special. Republicans are outraged -- outraged, I tell you -- that an artist made a picture of the the Preznit as a collage of pornography.

British artist Jonathan Yeo had every reason to be offended. The Bush Library in Texas had yet again rescinded a commission it had given him to paint a portrait of United States President George W. Bush. In the end, though, the artist decided to go ahead with his artistic portrayal of the 43rd president, even if he wasn't getting paid for it -- and created a portrait of Bush using a collage of pornographic images.

The tribute has not gone over well with Bush's supporters. A spokesman for Republicans Abroad International described the portrait as a "cheap stunt" in an interview with the British tabloid The Sun. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Republican Party in Bush's home state of Texas didn't find much humor in the portrait either. "This picture is very distasteful," he told the paper, adding angrily, "Why would anyone want to make a picture of our president from pornographic material?"

I love that last question. I can think of a dozen reasons off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are hundreds more ...

Yeo definitely got the last laugh, in a big way. Here's a link to the portrait on Yeo's website -- the detail views there really give you a, um, taste of the portrait (but they're seriously NSFW!).

So, Republicans weren't outraged by David Vitter wearing diapers with hookers, but use pee-pees and va-jay-jays in a portrait of Drunky and it's an international incident. I don't get it. I mean, the portrait actually shows several examples of Drunky's true character: a puckered asshole.

Congratulations, Drunky McStagger ... once again, today's Blast Off! Daily (Pornographic) Schadenfreude is for you!