Harry Hope wrote:

"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of
intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The
dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't
look for it from the world's uberpower." From The San Francisco
Chronicle, 7/19/06:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/19/BUSH.TMP

Cowboy george Bush's unexpected squeeze of the German chancellor has the
Internet
howling

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer


It's not exactly "Presidents Gone Wild!" but for the normally staid
Group of Eight Summit, a video of President George W. Bush sidling
behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel and delivering an impromptu
neck rub is, well, as wild as it gets. The scene, captured by a Russian
TV camera, hit the Internet like a
summer wildfire Tuesday, and it may be most memorable for the German
chancellor's reaction. Bush applies his hands to Merkel's shoulders and
neck while she's
speaking with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; the chancellor
hunches her shoulders, then throws her hands up to stop the unexpected
massage with a wan smile -- and an expression which can best be
translated as "Ewwww." While the incident didn't get a lot of play on
major TV media, it was
just one of the Bush G-8 gaffes that garnered considerable space in
the blogosphere from London to Los Angeles. Bloggers on sites like
truthdig.com expounded at length on the U.S.
president's now-famed open mike incident in which Bush let slip the
"s-word" while talking with British Prime Minister Tony Blair; it wasn't
so much the potty mouth as the president speaking with his
mouth full that horrified many international critics. But it was the
massage for Merkel -- notably the only female at the
G-8 table -- which earned Bush the title of "Groper in Chief" on some
Web sites. One German tabloid, BILD-Zeitung, which posted the link to the
video
and headlined it: "Bush: Love Attack on Merkel!" And Dialog
International, a Web site that specializes in
German-American politics and culture, said Bush's behavior raised
questions about the American president and his profile abroad. "When he
is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of
intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The
dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't
look for it from the world's uberpower."
____________________________________________________

Your Great Leader doin' his job representing our nation on the world
stage.

Harry

OK, I need to ask everyone: Which was worse, the "Practicing his love" on
the chancellor, or his dad puking on our friends in Asia? <snicker>

Miles "America's Funniest Family Videos" Long

Harry Hope wrote:

"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of
intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The
dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't
look for it from the world's uberpower."


From The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/19/06:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/19/BUSH.TMP

Cowboy george

Bush's unexpected squeeze of the German chancellor has the Internet
howling

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer


It's not exactly "Presidents Gone Wild!" but for the normally staid
Group of Eight Summit, a video of President George W. Bush sidling
behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel and delivering an impromptu
neck rub is, well, as wild as it gets.

The scene, captured by a Russian TV camera, hit the Internet like a
summer wildfire Tuesday, and it may be most memorable for the German
chancellor's reaction.

Bush applies his hands to Merkel's shoulders and neck while she's
speaking with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; the chancellor
hunches her shoulders, then throws her hands up to stop the unexpected
massage with a wan smile -- and an expression which can best be
translated as "Ewwww."

While the incident didn't get a lot of play on major TV media, it was
just one of the Bush G-8 gaffes that garnered considerable space in
the blogosphere from London to Los Angeles.

Bloggers on sites like truthdig.com expounded at length on the U.S.
president's now-famed open mike incident in which Bush let slip the
"s-word" while talking with British Prime Minister Tony Blair;

it wasn't so much the potty mouth as the president speaking with his
mouth full that horrified many international critics.

But it was the massage for Merkel -- notably the only female at the
G-8 table -- which earned Bush the title of "Groper in Chief" on some
Web sites.

One German tabloid, BILD-Zeitung, which posted the link to the video
and headlined it:

"Bush: Love Attack on Merkel!"

And Dialog International, a Web site that specializes in
German-American politics and culture, said Bush's behavior raised
questions about the American president and his profile abroad.

"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of
intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The
dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't
look for it from the world's uberpower."

____________________________________________________

Your Great Leader doin' his job representing our nation on the world
stage.

Harry

OK, I need to ask everyone: Which was worse, the "Practicing his love"
on the chancellor, or his dad puking on our friends in Asia? <snicker>

Miles "America's Funniest Family Videos" Long

Harry Hope wrote:

"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of
intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The
dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't
look for it from the world's uberpower."


From The San Francisco Chronicle, 7/19/06:
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/19/BUSH.TMP

Cowboy george

Bush's unexpected squeeze of the German chancellor has the Internet
howling

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer


It's not exactly "Presidents Gone Wild!" but for the normally staid
Group of Eight Summit, a video of President George W. Bush sidling
behind German Chancellor Angela Merkel and delivering an impromptu
neck rub is, well, as wild as it gets.

The scene, captured by a Russian TV camera, hit the Internet like a
summer wildfire Tuesday, and it may be most memorable for the German
chancellor's reaction.

Bush applies his hands to Merkel's shoulders and neck while she's
speaking with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; the chancellor
hunches her shoulders, then throws her hands up to stop the unexpected
massage with a wan smile -- and an expression which can best be
translated as "Ewwww."

While the incident didn't get a lot of play on major TV media, it was
just one of the Bush G-8 gaffes that garnered considerable space in
the blogosphere from London to Los Angeles.

Bloggers on sites like truthdig.com expounded at length on the U.S.
president's now-famed open mike incident in which Bush let slip the
"s-word" while talking with British Prime Minister Tony Blair;

it wasn't so much the potty mouth as the president speaking with his
mouth full that horrified many international critics.

But it was the massage for Merkel -- notably the only female at the
G-8 table -- which earned Bush the title of "Groper in Chief" on some
Web sites.

One German tabloid, BILD-Zeitung, which posted the link to the video
and headlined it:

"Bush: Love Attack on Merkel!"

And Dialog International, a Web site that specializes in
German-American politics and culture, said Bush's behavior raised
questions about the American president and his profile abroad.

"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of
intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The
dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't
look for it from the world's uberpower."

____________________________________________________

Your Great Leader doin' his job representing our nation on the world
stage.

Harry

OK, I need to ask everyone: Which was worse, the "Practicing his love"
on the chancellor, or his dad puking on our friends in Asia? <snicker>

Miles "America's Funniest Family Videos" Long