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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Politics Fratboy Diplomacy

Posted by Lance Chess on Thu, Jul 20 at 6:42 AM

SIGH. If you’re like me, you’ve got “curse fatigue” over Bush’s slip of the tongue, reported by the Mercury here and here.

Rest assured vulgarity isn’t Bush’s only diplomatic tactic. While the Middle East continued to descend into fiery conflict, Bush took time out at the recent G8 summit to issue an unwelcome backrub to Germany’s Chancellor Merkel:

And, SIGH, obsess about “Slicing the Pig”:

Is Bush trying to make us laugh so we won’t notice we’re circling the drain? Ugh.

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I think he's back on the sauce. Giving Merkel a back rub?! Come on....

Posted by Unpaid Intern | July 20, 2006 9:13 AM

I love her reaction to it. I'll bet she couldn't wait to take a shower and wash off the pig-grease.

Posted by threebs | July 20, 2006 9:56 AM

He's drunk. What's next? A Putin reacharound? Jesus.

Posted by Arturo Bandini | July 20, 2006 10:40 AM

He seems to want to have his way with a lot of world leaders. At least this one http://www.peteykins.com/sparklepony/BushAbdullah2.jpg
seems open to the idea.

Posted by threebs | July 20, 2006 11:23 AM

quietly...restraining...anger...

Posted by Donnie | July 20, 2006 12:16 PM

Seems to me GWB did an admirable job of cutting through the usual diplomatic circumlocution and euphemism.

Posted by Idler | July 20, 2006 8:02 PM

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