Bush ‘abruptly’ leaves NATO meeting.
Bush ‘abruptly’ leaves NATO meeting.
Yesterday, President Bush tried to prematurely cut off a joint press conference in Romania with the country’s president Traian Basescu, even though “as a matter of courtesy and protocol, the host decides when such an event is over.” Today, the Washington Post’s Peter Baker reports that Bush also left a NATO summit meeting early:
Enough is enough, it seems. With the NATO summit meetings consistently running two hours over schedule most of the day, President Bush abruptly got up and left the last formal session of the day, not bothering to wait for an official summit photograph of all the leaders.
Bush is no fan of windy meetings and evidently had had his fill. He left behind Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to represent him for the rest of the session, which concerned NATO operations in Afghanistan, but his departure was so sudden and unexpected that he left some of his motorcade behind, inculding his press pool, when he got into his car and headed back to his hotel.
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The meeting must have been cutting into his nap.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:45 pmTime for Wapner!!!!
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pmTruly we are represented by a child… what an embarrassment. What an arrogant, petulant little boy.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:48 pm“NATO meeting my ass – it’s HAPPY HOUR!”
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:49 pmAnd he expects to be remembered fondly!? What an idiot living in a bubble
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:49 pmCheney must be lapping it up that bush looks so bad, takes the heat off him. Somebody should be watching what devilman is doing.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pmHe’s been pushing for greater NATO participation in Afganistan and leaves a meeting concerning it? I can just imagine the reaction amongst the other participants their.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pmThen again this is no surprise. ADis one effect of being a alcoholic.
He had to go potty!
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pmHappens all the time with people afflicted by Adult ADD.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pmWhat is he going to do when he meets with Putin and Medvedev? One shudders to think about that.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pmJFC. How much more of an embarrassment can this person possibly be?
Wait, forget I asked that question.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 pmCome on, he had to work out or eat pretzels or something. He’s essentially kneeling on the ball to run out the clock at this point in his embarrassing tenure.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:55 pmwhat an ass clown
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:56 pmSorry ass prick without a shred of decorum, respect or appropriate behavior.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:57 pmJan 09, please hurry, rush delivery!!!
And further into the article: “The evening events, including a cultural presentation and a dinner among the leaders, were then delayed to give everyone enough time to rest and get ready.”
Decoded this means: Enough time for Dubya to sober up.
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April 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pmFor KreistSakes, George, can’t you even just PRETEND to be interested?
Fu(kwit.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:59 pmJack Daniels was calling his name.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmThis goes beyond being ignorant, ill-mannered, or (as my mother might put it) “being raised in a barn.” This is sheer arrogance, as in “screw y’all — I’m more important than any of you.”
Apparently, winning the hearts and minds of the rest of the world (or any part of it) is just lip service on Bush’s part.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmOk, so maybe he did have a bowel problem.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pmA comment from my husband stated the bowel problem was his head up there.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:01 pmIt looks like someone would take this petulant child aside and dress him down. He is still representing the United States of America and I expect him to behave like he is the leader of the free world, not the king of the playground.
I think his dad tried to do this at one point but obviously failed to make his point.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pmSigns of burnout. The guy is a stoner. Probably needed a drink. I don’t blame him what with all of the possible indictments and war crimes trials ahead of him it must just get overwhelming.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:02 pm… his departure was so sudden and unexpected …
that’s some serious jonesin’, man…
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:04 pmOk, so maybe he did have a bowel problem.texaslady Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:07 pmBut his old man toughed it out,and puked on the Japenese PM. Where is Juniors intestinal fortitude???
I’m usually the first person to defend TP writers (and particularly of Amanda) from accusations of mis-statement but this is truly bullsh!t. It’s a short article, and a few paragraphs farther on:
Maybe I’m having a rare moment of empathy for Shrub with all the pointless meetings I have to sit through at work, but srsly, this is just childish distortion by Amanda.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:09 pmL. Hussein Annie Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:10 pmApril 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Time for Wapner!!!!
Dang it Annie,how do you get Pepsi off the computer screen???
Does he buy his underoos at K-Mart?
Bush left while they were discussing NATO operations in Afghanistan???
Can you imagine if we had a Democratic President who walked out of that kind of meeting? They would be crucified by the mainstream media for not caring about the War on Terror. Right-wing blogs would be livid. But as usual, Bush will get a free pass, just like he did on 9/11 when he couldn’t be bothered to listen to warnings, took August of 2001 as a vacation, and didn’t even leave that classroom when they told him we were under attack.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 pmI don’t buy any of those excuses, alcohol, drugs, bowels, etc. He has been able to maintain for long lengths of time He is just rude and arrogant and is showing his a$$ in front of the entire world.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:14 pmNATO, once the powerful tool of the US has fallen into disarray. What once appeared to be unity of a small group of nations with an important mission, (stopping the USSR), has evolved into an ineffective group of more nations with no real goal or agenda. NATO should be disbanded. This meeting is an attempt by BushCo to bring NATO back to life, and enhance it, so it can once more be used by the US to promote its foreign policy agenda. (Like “encouraging” the members to provide more troops for the fighting in Afghanistan. Another “coalition of the coerced” in a different form, it seems to me.)
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pmgummitch it is just that bush has had a pass on every thing he does, so the slack file is full up. As his boss said, when asked about what American people think, “SO ?”. bush and his boss could care less about political correctness.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pmtexaslady Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
gummitch it is just that bush has had a pass on every thing he does, so the slack file is full up. As his boss said, when asked about what American people think, “SO ?”. bush and his boss could care less about political correctness.
I believe it diminishes the credibility of Amanda, TP and the TP community when such an obviously inaccurate post is written. I’m not defending Bush; Lord knows I wish he’d burst into flames. But distorting reality is the business of “conservatives.”
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 pmFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper were seen leaving before Bush did.
that does put a different light on it, gummitch…
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 pmspecialist f
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:10 pm
K-Mart sucks!
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 pmThe “brewski’s” were calling his name. Would this have coincidentally been around “Happy Hour”. Clearly, he’s back on the sauce.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:22 pmgummitch, you’re right, mayhaps I should read the article before slamming the chymp. But I know he’s pissed about them naying on the Georgia/Ukraine entry request.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:22 pmcheers, mate.
I see your point gummitch but bush still has no class. This is not the first time it has “looked bad” because of him.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 pmLook at the pictures of him from these last few days, he is all red faced, weaving as he walks, and from the looks on people’s faces, slightly incoherent. Leaving a meeting unannounced, is unannounced. Meaning, he didn’t tell anyone and it caused a panic for security and such. It is incredibly noteworthy that a supposed president of the US is acting erratic and certainly against normal policy which would dictate his SS bodyguards would decide when to allow him to move.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 pmThe story is in the facts.
Re: distorting reality and conservatives truer words never spoken. Conservatives will deny to the death what they see in front of their face. Just amazing.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:23 pmtexaslady: Political correctness is something this man fails to even wrap one brain cell around – no less really comprehend. He’s an oaf and a fool and everyone knows it. This country wishes he would be gone so as not to embarrass us any more; counting the days until we don’t have to be making excuses for the nitwit he truly is.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pmThere’s no distortion of reality here, gummitch. Bigmouth Bush is the one insisting on all this nonsense, yet doesn’t have the class or patience to see it through. He’s a dilettante, and needs to be called on it, every time.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pmI guess we should be thankful he wasn’t gabbing with the person in the next seat while chewing on a whole loaf of buttered bread with his mouth open.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm“windy” meetings?
Boy, that’s editorializing. This is how a President behaves when representing our country?
Once again, the man who said, “Baloney” in answer to a press conference question abroad shows that he’s nothing more than an embarrassing, under-qualified frat boy who never grew up.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pmSeriously? Are you kidding me? How much more humiliating does this need to get before we impeach (aka fire) this man?
Does his behavior represent you?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pmScore one on comment #39 – spot on the money. These criminals have too much to lose to ever begin telling the sad, ugly truth about anything they’ve done during the dark years of this man’s botched presidency.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:25 pmRUCerious Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I guess we should be thankful he wasn’t gabbing with the person in the next seat while chewing on a whole loaf of buttered bread with his mouth open.
Dinner was later on, and we haven’t seen a report. So, there’s still hope.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:25 pm#44 Where is the mass disgust? Where is the mass anger? Mind control techniques will be found to have been triggered on the citizens using sound waves. Otherwise, we’ve become a pathetically infantile and apathetic society.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:26 pmBush left NATO unhappy because he campaigned very hard to get Georgia and Ukrania a membership in NATO.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pmEuropean countries did not allow the resolution to pass,and denied both states a NATO membership, something Bush hoped he will get.Germany did not want to antagonize Russia.
European countries do not want to have future problems with Russia which oppsosed to such idea.
Bush felt unhappy because he hoped that the two ex-Soviet states will join.
But Russia made threats and expressed unhappiness about seeing NATO troops getting closer and closer to its borders.
RU: And probably flatulating like a hound dog under the table? :)
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:27 pmWhen will the Chimp realize that no one on the face of the earth respects him or cares what he wants? He’s an international bufoon.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:28 pmAddicted?
That little voice in his head calling for a fix was louder than the call to represent the United States at NATO.
Sorry Afghanistan, you lose to the little voices. Again.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 pmcerberus ~ a given, for sure. Those ARE WMD’s under the table…
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pmDid he leave before he gave the Romanian president a massage? Shocking.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pmI bet Angela missed that backrub.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pmFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper were seen leaving before Bush did.
that does put a different light on it, gummitch…
Why, because they set a bad example it’s ok for Bush to follow their lead? I say shame on all of them for leaving early.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pmtexaslady Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 pm
gummitch it is just that bush has had a pass on every thing he does, so the slack file is full up. As his boss said, when asked about what American people think, “SO ?”. bush and his boss could care less about political correctness
distorting reality is the business of “conservatives.”I agree with gummich here, and in his posts above.
Regarding your thought, although what you say is true, isn’t it truly past time to be highlighting all the misdeeds of Bush and BushCo? BushCo has less than 10 months left in power and then they are gone. Our interest, and job, at this time should be to concentrate on the upcoming election (assuring our victory) and planning how we will hold the next Democratic administration to account. We, as progressives, have a lot of serious thinking and work to do. Making fun of, or ridiculing, this criminal administration simply distracts us from that work.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:31 pmCerberus – he really doesn’t give a damn what anyone thinks.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:32 pmMerlin – so many people always want to just move on. But where is the accountability so that past corruptness doesn’t continue ? These people need to be shown for what they are, ruthless, corrupt beyond comprehension.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:35 pmThink about it: Since Bush and shooter swore their oaf of office, what have they done to even suggest a sensitivity to protocol, comportment, or even professional courtesy? None that come to my mind. At this late stage, we should just be thankful he didn’t pass wind during the opening remarks. What a child.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 pmRUCerious Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
I guess we should be thankful he wasn’t gabbing with the person in the next seat while chewing on a whole loaf of buttered bread with his mouth open.
Ugh, you had to remind me…
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:40 pmCrayola called and offered him a brand new crayon set along with a My Pet Goat coloring book …….Who could resist such an offer ?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:40 pmDon’t forget, folks – he’s on the “Build The Legacy” tour. Only problem was the bottle of Jack Daniels waiting in the limo. He just couldn’t wait.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pmZooey Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
He had to go potty!
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Wow – he’s not even bothering to slip Condi a note anymore?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:43 pmceltic cynic Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Jeff Gannon was in the limo, he just couldn’t wait.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:43 pmSorry Z, now where’s that roasted pig, I gots me sum karvin ta dew!
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:44 pmThe petulant boy-king wants everyone to know he is unhappy, that the NATO meeting didn’t entirely his way.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 pmEarly signs of Bush missing the bottle that he yearns for. Jack Daniels was calling Bush’s name.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:45 pmOh Gummitch cut Amanda some slack, she was in a big hurry to get on MSNBC to sing the praises of Hillary Clinton today.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:46 pmproof positive that we are saddled with President Eric Cartman.
“Screw you guys, i’m going home.”
only, not as nice.
or, as sane.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:48 pmLet me guess….Bush went back to the hotel room to ‘push some snow around the table’. Wouldn’t surprise me!
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 pmWhere’s the complimentary drive-by when you need one ?
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:50 pmtexaslady Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Merlin – so many people always want to just move on. But where is the accountability so that past corruptness doesn’t continue ? These people need to be shown for what they are, ruthless, corrupt beyond comprehension.
Moving on was not my point. Demanding accountability is part of the “work” I was alluding to. (Holding the next Democratic administration to account.) We should not allow another “Clinton” caper in 1992 where he let 41 and all the crooks get away scot free. My concern in that post was, after reading this entire thread, your point here was not being addressed (be shown for what they are). We are singing to the choir here (ourselves) not to anyone that matters! Bushco knows who they are, and exactly what they are doing. We show them nothing by our complaints here. They are not stupid, or unknowing. They have simply written us off. (”So?”) Rather, let’s attack the real work involved in formulating, as Progressives, what WE want, and where WE are going. Attacking BushCo as we are doing here, although it is a lot of fun, (through humor or expressing anger for example) is really unproductive at this important time, in my view.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:51 pmI guess the important thing to note is all the comparisons between McCain and W.: bad student, ill tempered, lack of self control, etc.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:55 pmIf only he would abruptly just get up and leave planet earth. Anyplace he isn’t is better off than any place he is.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 pmMerlin, a little humor along with working on issues is necessary or the psych ward wouldn’t contain everyone.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:59 pmjb – have you heard if bush’s plantation is ready in Paraguay yet ? Is he including a casasita for best bud cheney ? Hope, hope, hope
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:00 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins at 6:31 pm -
yes, you’re right … it was bad form all ’round…
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:02 pmI’m sure he left behind a scent of sulphur.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:02 pmWhat did Paraguay do to deserve this curse? Don’t they have laws against criminal invasions?
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:04 pmActually I think Paraguay was home to some of hitler’s best friends so bush will fit right in…well they are probably dead tho.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 pmOff the planet with this miserable a$$wipe and his minions.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:05 pm“Actually I think Paraguay was home to some of hitler’s best friends so bush will fit right in…well they are probably dead tho.”
Too bad they are dead, they could probably use somebody to clean their toilets.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:07 pmAt least he didn’t throw up all over the table like poppy…yet!
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:11 pmRemember bush saying, “dictators are alright as long as I am the dictator.” And we all thought he was joking.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:11 pmPoor Poppy and it was all over CNN that was when CNN was a real news station.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 pmStratRat Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Think about it: Since Bush and shooter swore their oaf of office, what have they done to even suggest a sensitivity to protocol, comportment, or even professional courtesy? None that come to my mind. At this late stage, we should just be thankful he didn’t pass wind during the opening remarks. What a child.
“oaf of office” ROFLMAO.Don’t take this the wrong way, StratRat. Even if that was a typo (which we all make) I burst out laughing when I read that. Thanks, I needed a laugh.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 pmWhere oh where are the resident trolls telling us, “Well, Bill Clinton did it, too”?
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pmThat was a generous telling of the tale.
“With the NATO summit meetings consistently running two hours over schedule most of the day..”
That is not to say Bush was in a meeting that had gone two hours past the scheduled time. No way. It is merely saying that the cumulatively the day was behind a couple of hours from what was planned. Bush could have walked out 30 min after showing up for all we know. Not likely, true. But its also not likely Bush hung in a meeting for two hours overtime before walking out.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 pmNo, Clinton is putting hoof in mouth now, must be the heart by-pass they crossed the wires to the wrong connections.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:27 pmAw, hell – there all just furriners anyway, right Dubbie?
Jingo-hatriot, cheerleader-in-chief, homo-ignoramus.
He should have to pay back the Presidential salary for all eight years, with interest, when he’s convicted.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 pm“oaf of office” ROFLMAO.Don’t take this the wrong way, StratRat. Even if that was a typo (which we all make) I burst out laughing when I read that. Thanks, I needed a laugh.
No, that word was chosen. Not a typo. Glad you liked it.
Remember: “I’m here all week, try the veal”.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm“must be the heart by-pass…” Very classy, texass lady. You gonna be calling Hillary a “focking whure” like Randi next?
What flavor is that koolaid?
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 pmAt this late stage, we should just be thankful he didn’t pass wind during the opening remarks.
Just because it wasn’t reported, that doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:59 pmStratRat Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:41 pm
“oaf of office” ROFLMAO.Don’t take this the wrong way, StratRat. Even if that was a typo (which we all make) I burst out laughing when I read that. Thanks, I needed a laugh.
No, that word was chosen. Not a typo. Glad you liked it.
Remember: “I’m here all week, try the veal”.
Seriously funny. Hats off to you, sir (or madam).
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 pmAnd this idiot is trying to force the entrance of 2 countries too close to the Russian sphere of influence in the OTAN, simply to say “In your face, Putin”. Well, Bushie, if you want to play nuclear war games, do it in your continent, b@stard.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:07 pmtexaslady Says:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 pm
Ok, so maybe he did have a bowel problem.
One of his famous gut feelings?
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:09 pmPerhaps word just got to him late about Mukasey’s remark about 911 warning — and all that that entails.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:21 pmLincoln would’ve left the meeting, too.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 pmALL good tyrants decide what they will and won’t tolerate.
Bush was done, and so he left. PERIOD!
BUSH = TYRANT!
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pmThere is a book by Dr. Justin Frank, professor of clinical psychoanalysis at George Washington University:
Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President
I mention this while being completely earnest. He talks about the possibility that Bush has ADHD, two of the behavioural symptoms of which are an inability to remained focused and also of sitting still.
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I didn’t think he was joking. I thought it was pretty clear that he believed it.
I can’t claim that I thought he would actually try to make it happen, though. In that sense, I guess, I figured he was joking.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:07 pmThat moron doesn’t give a shit about protocol, or other heads of state, or meetings, he’s just vacationing on the taxpayers’ dime one last time before he gets the big boot. It’s also why he won’t boycott the Olympics in Beijing, when is the next time he’ll be going to China on our dime?
Lame. Duck.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pmPerhaps the booing at the ball game burst his bubble. One of the very few times he has been subjected to even a limited dose of reality….. seems to have been too much for him.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 pmHe also wants to keep on the good side of the Chinese, hoping they’ll build a Wal-Mart in Crawford so he can get a new mountain bike every year for his birthday.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:50 pmThe MSM will spin this as “Bush is just being Bush. God bless him, he’s a great guy, he knows who he is, blah, blah, blah”.
Just when you think the prick can’t embarrass himself more, he does.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 pmAs someone said upthread, he’s trying to convince other NATO countries to take on more of the burden of Afghanistan. What the hell does he think they’ll do now? This is such a collosal breach of protocol (yes, protocol is important in international relationships, Bush worshippers, MSM employees, and neocons). Staggering incompetent and breathtakingly tactless.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:07 pmIf this hits the mainstream media, we’ll see the Republicogs all sobbing “Leave George alone!” with mascara smeared down their teary fair-and-balanced faces.
April 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 pmIgnorance is Bush, er, bliss.
April 4th, 2008 at 12:02 amTo right wing idiots, this is Bush showing the world he is the preznit of the USofA
April 4th, 2008 at 12:24 am“whatever will be will be”
April 4th, 2008 at 1:07 amI wonder how long it will take for the “making up for lost time” boozing to kill him after next January.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:50 amWe wouldn’t want Chimpy to miss Happy Hour, would we?
April 4th, 2008 at 8:40 amRe: comment #98 –
And just like Lincoln, I’m sure that Chimpy would have nominated his political opponents to key Cabinet level positions, right?
April 4th, 2008 at 8:46 amWith regard to earlier expressions of sympathy for Chimpy (i.e., those who don’t like sitting through long meetings in their own jobs, the contention that Harper and Sarkozy left even before the Bubble Boy), I would offer the following contentions: 1) Chimpy did not seek this job because he needs the money. Rather, it was/is undoubtedly a matter of seeking power. Someone who doesn’t like attending meetings should not seek the Presidency. Perhaps those who have offered such sympathies are also independently wealthy and are merely working in their jobs as a hobby? 2) Stephen Harper and Nicolas Sarkozy have both attempted to shove their countries toward the reich (perhaps, in many respects, the three are of like mind). Neither Harper nor Sarkozy would reasonably be considered positive role models by any self-respecting progressive. Contending that Chimpy is no worse is no compliment.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:37 amNone of this would have been necessary if only some lackey had had the sense to fill a glass up with vodka and offer it to Mister President, saying “Here’s your glass of water, sir.”
April 4th, 2008 at 10:45 amGeorgejr’s ABSENCE from any diplomatic meeting is to our advantage. Does it occur to anyone that this may have become obvious, and Gates strongly suggested Bush’s early departure, in the interest of maybe actually accomplishing something? Left un-reported was what happened after Bush left – perhaps, instead of insisting on acquiesence to DEMANDS as Bush is prone to do, was Gates able to NEGOTIATE some cooperation?
April 4th, 2008 at 11:51 amHe probably needed a drink or drugs – or maybe he just didn’t understand all those big words they were using like world peace, nation building, dignity, honesty, Geneva Convention, to name a few
April 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm