Lunchtime mikes strike again at G-8 (Bush in high chit-chat mode)

Source: IHT

RUSUTSU, Japan: It wouldn't be a G-8 summit meeting without a microphone mishap.

When leaders of the world's richest nations, the so-called Group of 8 - the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Russia - gathered two years ago in St. Petersburg, President George W. Bush was caught using some blunt, colorful language as he munched on a roll during lunch.

For four exceedingly enlightening minutes, the world was treated to an unvarnished view of the American president as he expounded on everything from his penchant for Diet Coke to his long-winded fellow leaders. ("I'm not going to talk too damn long like the rest of them.")

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The life-of-the-party president waxed eloquent - O.K., maybe not so eloquent, but at least there was no profanity this time - on the health of his parents, his birthday and the corruption charges facing one of his best buddies in Europe, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, among other matters.

"Amigo! Amigo!" Bush called out cheerily - in Spanish - when he spotted Berlusconi. "How you doing, Silvio? Good to see you!"

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"I read the courts are after you again," he told the prime minister, a note of outrage in his voice. "It's unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it. Constantly after you."

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/business/notebook.php

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edit: blunt and colorful language was from 2 years ago.

:nuke:

He's stupider than I even thought.

in Sergio Leone films.

It would be nice for the audio engineers to do their job and filter this shit out.

If so, he is even more stupid than I thought.

He wishes he only sounded as stupid as Boooosh.

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/09/jackson-apologizes-for-obama-words/

I'm sure the audio clip will be all over the net in three...two...one...

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And Babara Bush made sure that George H. got BOTH his knees operated on at the same time, so she would only have to rehab him once.

You know.

Make it convenient for Barbara.

So she doesn't miss too much golf.

cause he is probably worried the prosecutors will next be at his door.

In fairness to Bush, was he actually yelling AMIGO, or AMICO, which is Italian for "friend?"

... which is pretty rarely these days ...

and get our money back ? :(

From the OP:

"How did he feel?" the president asked. "How did he look? Can he walk O.K.?"

"The walking is difficult for him," Merkel, who had met with the elder Bush in Berlin, replied.

"Yeah, I'm worried about him," Bush said.



Way to keep up with his father's health. "Can he walk ok??" Has he not been around him since April??
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"The talk turned to the president's mother, who had knee replacement surgery last month.

"Two knee operations, two knees at the same time," Bush said, "because she didn't want to rehab but once."



come to think of it- i didn't even know that she had knees.

and poppy had hip replacement...

"The elder Bush, 84, has been slowing down since his hip replacement surgery last year. His son looked concerned.

"How did he feel?" the president asked. "How did he look? Can he walk O.K.?"

"The walking is difficult for him," Merkel, who had met with the elder Bush in Berlin, replied."

here's hoping they have as much trouble finding the pain meds as i do some mornings.

No prosecution for four government functionaries under any circumstances, period. Needless to say, Berlusconi is himself included in this group of four.

You heard that right: NO LEGAL ABILITY TO PROSECUTE THEM FOR ANYTHING, PERIOD. That's what Berlusconi is trying to get done in Italy: complete immunity from prosecution for himself. Now I ask you, would you trust somebody who even WANTED such a thing? In the US, we're told that if we've done nothing wrong, we shouldn't mind the CIA snopping through our bookstore receipts. But for Bush's friends, even demanding blanket immunity from prosecution doesn't warrant even a raised eyebrow.

State of Exception, people.

Talk about blatant hypocrisy under the public eye.

... can you imagine the hilarity when people see how he would
try to spell "tyrannical" or "technologies"?!

Come on ... four sentences strung together with no crossing out?

:rofl:

without growing up and still thinks he's in Delta House.