[A post by Ken Levenson.]
Britain’s Telegraph reports:
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.”
He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock….
One official who witnessed the extraordinary scene said afterwards: “Everyone was very surprised that he was making a joke about America’s record on pollution.”
Mr. Bush, our 9-year-old boy king — goodbye cannot be soon enough.
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The most honest–and pathetic–comment from Bush in a long time. Can we pretend we don’t know him?
most of you voted him in a 2nd term!
> most of you voted him in a 2nd term!
Actually, slightly less than half voted for him for president for 2nd term.
Actually, slightly less than half voted for him for president for 2nd term.
Less than 31% of eligible voters in America voted for Bush in 2004.
I stand corrected.Phew!
I guess he needs a contraption like this strapped to his back. Would we be able to tell the difference then?
another Telegraph article…
…global warming study…
OK, then, 69% of us failed to keep him out of the White House.
In this article, The G8: Humanitarian Failure and Making the World Safe for Corporate Power Bush said of the meeting (at the end of article)…
Think he was being cynical or what! Or maybe that should be sinister…
He made a joke about looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction in the White House looking under couchs and chairs for the stuff. Some people thought that was inappropiate, especially some who had people die in the invasion of Iraq.
But this agreement is largely a joke anyway, so in that, this is consistancy.
Hey Ralph Nader,
NOW, DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GEORGE BUSH AND AL GORE?
NO, YOU PROBABLY CANNOT.
John McCormick
This floors me. Its like an Onion headline, only its real.
And I actually sent checks off to the DNC to try to fight against this dipshit getting a second term in office, so don’t blame this crap on me.
Joe, can it be arranged to have a side by side photo of the above with the one in this article, Cow farts…global warming study … there is a remarkable resemblance.
paulm, I didn’t follow the link, but you should know that 95% of cow methane actually exists the front of the animal, not the back.
Nah, he didn’t say this. You must be lying.
Right…?
Nah, he didn’t say this. You must be lying.
No, it’s not an Onion article.
Other professional journalists have independently reported the same.
I haven’t trusted ‘other independent journalists’ since the Gore 9 errors debacle. Certainly not the Torygrapgh.
Having said that, I was only being half serious.
This is a bad dream getting worse…
Tom G — Definitely a nightmare. :-(