The president could be seen bending over
to peer at the floor of the Oval Officehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3570845.stmBush's Iraq WMDs joke backfires
US President George W Bush has sparked a political row
by making a joke about the failure to find weapons
of mass destruction in Iraq.
At a black-tie dinner for journalists,
Mr Bush narrated a slide show poking fun at himself
and other members of his administration.
One pictured Mr Bush looking under a piece of furniture
in the Oval Office, at which the president remarked:
"Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be here somewhere."
After another one, showing him scouring the corner of a room,
Mr Bush said: "No, no weapons over there," he said.
And as a third picture, this time showing him leaning over,
appeared on the screen the president was heard to say:
"Maybe under here?"
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http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0326-03.htmPublished on Friday, March 26, 2004 by the Guardian/UK
Bush Jokes About Search for WMD,
But It's No Laughing Matter for Critics
by David Teather in New York
President George Bush sparked a political firestorm yesterday
after making what many judged a tasteless and ill-judged joke
about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Mr Bush made the joke at a black-tie event for radio and
television journalists in Washington on Wednesday night.
He narrated a slide show,
described as the White House election year album,
making hay of the administration's reputation for
secrecy and strained relations with European allies.
But it was the joke about the war in Iraq that drew attacks.
A slide showed Mr Bush in the Oval office,
leaning to look under a piece of furniture.
"Those weapons of mass destruction have got
to be here somewhere," he told the audience,
drawing applause.
Another slide showed him peering into
another part of the office,
"Nope, no weapons over there," he said, laughing.
"Maybe under here," he said, as a third slide was shown.
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