German Politicians Sound Off On Bush: ‘Definitely Made World Worse,’ ‘Disgrace,’ ‘Damaged America’s Image’
German Politicians Sound Off On Bush: ‘Definitely Made World Worse,’ ‘Disgrace,’ ‘Damaged America’s Image’
President Bush leaves today for Slovenia for his final U.S.-European Union Summit. USA Today notes, “The timing comes as many Europeans have begun to look beyond Bush.” A recent poll found that increasing numbers of people in European countries see the United States as a “force for evil in today’s world.”
After attending the summit, Bush will depart for Germany to have dinner with Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday night and then hold a press conference with her the next day.
The leading German news source, Der Spiegel, reports that “senior politicians from Merkel’s ruling grand coalition as well as from opposition parties have done away with diplomatic niceties, seizing on Bush’s farewell visit to express their aversion to the president who remains vilified in Germany for launching the Iraq war”:
– Hans-Ulrich Klose, foreign policy expert for the center-left Social Democrats and deputy chairman of the German parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said: “One really can’t say George W. Bush made the world a better place. On the contrary: His actions played a big part in damaging America’s image around the world.”
– Guido Westerwelle, the head of the business-friendly Free Democratic Party, said: “The Bush era was not a good one — neither for America nor for those who see themselves as friends of America.” … The Iraq war weakened the UN, he said, adding that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp was a “disgrace to all the values that America, of all countries, stands for.”
– Jürgen Trittin, a senior member of the opposition Green Party, said Bush “definitely made the world worse.”
In an interview with Slovenia TV, Bush was asked whether he believes “the American brand needs a makeover” in the eyes of the world. Bush conceded, “They may not sometimes necessarily like the President, but they like America.” And they’ll certainly like America much more once the current President has left.
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Bush conceded, “They may not sometimes necessarily like the President, but they like America.”
STOP THE PRESSES!!! The Chimp actually said something smart!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:27 ami read this in the may26 TIME mag – “Verbatim” section:
“It’s fair to say that our hearts sank when the result was finally ratified.”
Cherie Blair, wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, writing in her new memoir about the couple’s reaction to the 2000 election George W. Bush as President.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 amBush’s being a clod expossed much about how the world currently operates. He callously called his super rich supporters his base, then did everything possible to cater to their every financial needs. The same game goes on in Europe and the Middle East.
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-33981420080609?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Every now and then the power brokers get together for some strategy planning. Which VP will arise from the recently completed Bilderberg Meeting in Chantilly, VA. Obama’s VP committee head attended as did South Carolina Governor and possible McCain Veep. Oh, the fun international power brokers have when they get together. It’s just like the picture! Massage anyone?
June 9th, 2008 at 10:30 amThe bad taste will remain in the mouths of our European allies for a long period to come. We are lucky that most people still see a difference between Bush and the American people. But how long can that last? After all, we re-elected the Chimp. If we elect McCain with his fairly neocon outlook, I doubt that people will distinguish any more between a president’s evil policies and the people of the United States.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:31 ama “disgrace to all the values that America, of all countries, stands for.”
This pretty much sums up the Chimp’s 8 years.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:32 am“They may not sometimes necessarily like the President” is an understatement. Bush has made us look like we condone human rights violations, warmongers, and bullies. I would say the majority of the people despise and regard Bush with complete contempt.
After the November elections, we will be able to hold our heads up again to the international community and let them know we are proud to have gotten rid of our criminal leadership.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:35 amAll this from the people who gave the world Hitler. They know what it was like from first-hand experience.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:37 amA liitle advice for Angela, don’t sit with your back to the door. The perverted fck will cop a feel.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:39 amCut the crap JinJin
June 9th, 2008 at 10:42 amGerman Politicians Sound Off On Bush: ‘Definitely Made World Worse,’ ‘Disgrace,’ ‘Damaged America’s Image’
…and definitely sucks at unsolicited back rubs!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:43 ami don’t know, freedom rebel…
these criminals are not going to give all this up…
i’ll actually be surprised if we even HAVE elections…
if we do, they will surely be rigged…
i s’pose any of that is preferable to another war front and/or
marshall law because of a false flag event…
sorry… call me debbie downer…
June 9th, 2008 at 10:44 ami just think it’s all a setup…
Uncle Ho Says:
All this from the people who gave the world Hitler. They know what it was like from first-hand experience.
Hitler was articulate, what was our excuse.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:45 amdbadass Says:
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Cut the crap JinJin
June 9th, 2008 at 10:42 am
But that would leave him headless……………
June 9th, 2008 at 10:46 amOn the bright side, he does love to slice up roast pig.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:47 amUncle Ho Says: All this from the people who gave the world Hitler. They know what it was like from first-hand experience.
Good point. They can empathize with the mess we’ve gotten ourselves into.
Fortunately, it won;t take a world invasion to rescue us frm Bush. Our dictator has such a fragile ego, all we have to do is disapprove of him and he’ll be merrily on his way.
By the way, he looks drunk in that photo.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:57 amThe transcript from the Slovenia TV interview is astonishing. Even the WH press office which constantly edits his idiocy can’t keep this guy from sounding like a cretin. “Blah blah blah FREEDOM blah blah blah FREEDOM LOVING blah blah blah OOH SHINY blah blah blah.”
My God I can’t wait to have a president who can speak in complete, coherent sentences!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 10:57 ampaleo ~
June 9th, 2008 at 10:59 amIs Bush talking with his mouth stuffed full of bread again?
RUCerious Says: On the bright side, he does love to slice up roast pig.
I thought cannabalism was illegal in Industrialized Nations?
June 9th, 2008 at 11:01 amun~ Since when would that have mattered to our chympident?
June 9th, 2008 at 11:05 amIs that a glass of beer in front of dubya? Doesn’t that trigger a response to his massive dose of Antabuse or naltrexone or whatever Laura has him on?
June 9th, 2008 at 11:09 amRUCerious – Yes, he is ABOVE the law. How could I forget?
June 9th, 2008 at 11:10 am#13 katy Says:
i don’t know, freedom rebel…
these criminals are not going to give all this up…
i’ll actually be surprised if we even HAVE elections…
if we do, they will surely be rigged…
i s’pose any of that is preferable to another war front and/or
marshall law because of a false flag event…
sorry… call me debbie downer…
i just think it’s all a setup…
I completely understand how you feel. In the 2000 election, Ohio had a serious election fraud, where at least 345,000 votes most democrats were not counted. I live in Ohio, and it made me very angry that something like that could happen in my state. We both know how crucial Ohio is for democrats. You are just being realistic, hopefully, the republicans will be made to play by the rules. I don’t think Obama would allow anything less.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:11 amHoly crap – he does have a glass of beer next to his left hand.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:11 amNO, NO, NO!! unbelievable, the sheeple line is non-alcoholic beer.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:13 amCaption: The Drunk Nazi Chimp laughs about all the Worldwide Pain and Suffering he has caused.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:14 amIs this before he made a drunken disgraceful pass at Merkel?
June 9th, 2008 at 11:15 amMcWars – But, he’s in Germany. NA beer has to be illegal there.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:16 amThere was a really long and irritating thread on the subject of George’s tipple back when this photo was first released. It was pretty well established that he was drinking his favorite Dutch (not German) NA beer, although some “experts” here were convinced the beer was too dark and Bush obviously drunk.
The Germans actually make Alkoholfrei beers that are drinkable; Bitburger Drive being a notable example.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:27 amHey Gummy,
You should check out my latest post over at TPWW, I think you and those of use who have battled the Forces of Stupid these last few months will get a kick out of it.
And if anything, Bush looks more coked out than drunk in that photo.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:30 amI would be interested to know who the people are behind the scenes that had this puppet installed. Maybe we could pay them a friendly visit.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:35 amI’ve never really understood the whole Non Alcoholic beer thing (which, by the way, does have alcohol, albeit a very tiny amount).
It’s similar to being extremely horny, and going to a strip club.
Sure, it is a substitute, but it ain’t the real thing!!!
(Great. I’ve managed to derail the thread from a topic of importance, to beer and sex. Geez, is my testosterone showing?)
June 9th, 2008 at 11:48 amI wish the Shrub would stay in Crawford, TX until Jan 20 2009 when the first African American President takes over the White House and puts these crooks Shrub,Dick,Donnie and Condy on trial and they all go to jail happily ever after……
June 9th, 2008 at 11:55 amNow I know what Obama was hassling Liberman about – this, first reported on the 7th:
Citizens for McCain is an organization within the McCain campaign for people who put country before political party and support the candidate for President who has a proven record of bipartisanship.
I have worked with John McCain for many years in the U.S. Senate and know from experience that he can unite Democrats, Republicans and Independents like no one else in this country. He did it in the United States Senate and he can do it as President of the United States.
Thank you for your willingness to help me expand this new organization. Together, we will make history.
Joe Lieberman
http://citizens.johnmccain.com/
June 9th, 2008 at 11:55 amWooooh, this is news….that Bush is hated the world over, I am soooo surprised.
June 9th, 2008 at 11:56 amThe born-again drinker boozing it up with his butt-buddy Tony Blair. This idiot has been having so much fun this last 8yrs! He has brought disgrace to this nation and the world. And why is he still president? Well, money-fixated freaks have made sure he stays in power. So many people have died because of this idiot and look at him having so much fun. I want this liar dead! The worst of deaths for the Idiot-Born-Again-Alcoholic and his BUTT-BANGING BUDDY Tony Blair!
June 9th, 2008 at 11:59 amThe Bilderberg Group, the people who help select our puppets just met in Northern Virginia. Germans, Czechs, Brits, French, they were all there. This came from a German website:
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=71294
Not long ago, Richard Clarke suggested neocons get excluded from polite society. Apparently the word hasn’t circulated yet to the Bilderberg group.
Also, now that gas hit $4 a gallon, how does Bush’s ex-economic adviser feel? One could have asked him at that same Bilderberg meeting, if they got past security:
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2008/06/wheres-economic-al.html
June 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pmIn an interview with Slovenia TV, Bush was asked whether he believes “the American brand needs a makeover” in the eyes of the world. Bush conceded, “They may not sometimes necessarily like the President, but they like America.” And they’ll certainly like America much more once the current President has left.
This may well be true but the damage to this country and the world won’t be fixed by simply electing a new president. The effects of the Bush administration will be felt for years to come.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 9th, 2008 at 12:06 pmDRxJ ~ for those of us who used up their entire lifetime allotment of alcohol before they turned 40, O’Douls is a godsend. No, it ain’t beer, but the taste is close enough..
I did, however, have a Kahlua & creme last night after dinner at Elliot’s Oyster House in Seattle…Mmmmm, creme…
June 9th, 2008 at 12:07 pmMmmmm, oysters
June 9th, 2008 at 12:22 pmThanks for the idea. I think I will swing by my local watering hole for a half dozen and a glass of some sort of white. It is too bloody hot to do anythinng else.
Actually it’s a non-alcohol brew from Holland, “Buckler”.
PIC.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:25 pmBuckler blows O’Douls out of the water which is NA brews.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:28 pmIt is my understanding that those onm recovery should not be drinking NA brews at all
June 9th, 2008 at 12:30 pmAll NA brews have traces of alcohol, so technically a 12-stepper should NEVER drink them.
June 9th, 2008 at 12:38 pmYeah, he made our country and the world worse, and those clowns pictured with him helped perpetrate it.
_AIO_
June 9th, 2008 at 12:42 pmI have been having some disturbing feelings for quite some time now as this disastrous presidency winds down. Bush knows that his presidency is the worst ever and he knows that he has failed at everything he has ever done. He also knows that he is responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. So how can he always appear to be so happy and upbeat? This is not normal.
I believe that 9/11 was an inside job – and my worries seem to stem from concerns that they are planning and may succeed in another false flag operation this Summer.
Check out this 43 second response to a question posed to Bush and tell me this is not the reaction of a guilty man – and then couple that with his seven minute paralysis in that Florida classroom – and the lies he told later about seeing the first plane hit on a television while waiting to go into that classroom.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b_SDGb-TJcU&feature=related
June 9th, 2008 at 1:27 pmBush wears it as a badge of merit when he hears that Eurpoeans may not like him – it burnishes the imaginary medal he wears on his chest, the one that reads “tough cowboy.”
OMG – I think I just threw up a little in my mouth — just thinking of the moron makes me sick.
June 9th, 2008 at 1:48 pmGenau! Stimmt!
June 9th, 2008 at 2:24 pmIt’s pretty funny when even Germans think you’re evil
June 9th, 2008 at 3:01 pmI’ve been saying for several weeks now that if all of the truck drivers all over the world were to go on some type of a strike or protestation of some sort regarding the increase in fuel prices, they would have a much better shot of getting the prices lowered than anyone else would.
June 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pmPerhaps Ms. Merkel should bring a stun gun with her to the dinner just to make sure George keeps his hands to himself.
June 9th, 2008 at 4:18 pmWould that be Merkel ordering, “Don’t massage me, bro?” Or might Bush plead post shoulder grab, “Don’t taze me, ho?”
June 10th, 2008 at 5:06 pm