Monday, July 24, 2006

Painting: President George W.Bush does a face plant on the world stage at the G8 meetings


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A portrait of the President's speech at G8. As Maureen Dowd wrote in a recent column:

"In snippets of overheard conversation, Mr. Bush says he has not bothered to prepare any closing remarks and grouses about having to listen to other world leaders talk too long. What did he think being president was about?

"The world may be blowing up, and the president may have a rare opportunity to jaw-jaw about bang-bang with his peers, but that pales in comparison with his burning desire to return to his feather pillow and gym back at the White House.

“Gotta go home,’’ he tells the guy next to him. “Got something to do tonight. Go to the airport, get on the airplane and go home.”

It was indeed time to go home, following the highly publicized open mike eipisode. . .not to mention his ill-considered attempt to give Chancellor Merkel a backrub...
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