"Bush arrives in Canada for first stage of world charm offensive"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/bush_cda

OTTAWA (CP) - U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) swooped into town Tuesday for a whirlwind visit designed to begin mending international fences in the wake of the Iraq (news - web sites) war.

Bush landed at Ottawa airport aboard Air Force 1 and received a red carpet welcome from Gov. Gen. Adrienne Clarkson. Things were decidedly cooler downtown where protesters were gathering ahead of Bush's arrival on Parliament Hill for a meeting with Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Bush is in Canada for just over 24 hours to road test a message he will bring to Europe later about international co-operation in Iraq, Afghanistan (news - web sites) and other trouble spots.

Martin will push for progress on trade issues such as reopening the U.S. border to Canadian cattle and solving the softwood lumber dispute.

His "charm" IS offensive.
:puke:

;)

He can only charm bible belters and rednecks! (who don't know any better)








says it all...

I know they were happy to see our charming leader.

Like the American wehrmacht heading into Iraq without sufficient body armor (despite our spending a billion dollars a day on the military), Bush heads out for another "offensive" with inadequate materiel.

We certainly have set the example, haven't we? :eyes:

international co-operation in Iraq

The next thing you know, he'll be talking about the need to pass a "global test..."

:toast:

the most hated man on earth, will he even be allowed to notice?

Do Bush's handlers believe this idiot can go on tour and stir up anything other than more animosity? Can they be that clueless? It's like sending Charlie Manson on tour to prove he's really an OK guy.

I'm sure the Canadians will appreciate that they are being used as a road test, especially after not being thanked for their hospitality after 9-11.

...by serving him "banned in the USA" Canadian beef.

The Canadians understand a thing or two about diplomacy, and they have been good friends to us for many, many years. It's important to listen to the wise counsel of good friends. Of course, we didn't listen to the French, so I doubt weecowboy will listen to any guff from our neighbors to the north. He wants it HIS way--I suspect he won't be so charming if he hits any roadblocks in his "offensive."

So this is where they over-step?

The only people he "charms" are those with three teeth and who marry their sisters. What a creep.

A reporter on CNN just said this!! te he.

the easy going cowboy who slaps people on the back--personal--and all that stuff--makes for a world leader you know!!!

Diebold and a whole lot of really stupid people.

make no mistake.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/continentaldivide/moore.html

INDEPTH: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE?
Online diary: A moment-by-moment account of the Bush visit
CBC News Online | November 30, 2004


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CBC News Online's Ottawa journalist Paddy Moore reports by Blackberry and cameraphone from the streets of Ottawa on the sights and sounds of the Bush visit. Check back for updates throughout the day.

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3:20 p.m. Turned back again

Once again the police say I can't get to where I want to go, despite the accreditation. Papers that were good enough to get me into a room with President Bush.

So, back past the buses for the tactical squad and I'll try to get closer from the Sussex Drive side.

I can hear a cheering crowd.


Latest news coverage of the visit
Joint statement by Canada and the U.S. on common security, common properity


3:10 p.m. Protests get ugly

I'm bailing from the background briefing by senior Canadian officials.

I hear there' a bit of a confrontation between police and protesters outside the Chateau Laurier hotel, very close to Parliament Hill.

My assignment desk tells me the police are putting on their gas masks and an injured cop has been dragged away.

I'm downwind as I approach along Majors Hill Park.

with him

I must be a real uniter, eh?

secretary's both burrito-totin jalapeno fire crackers!

on edit: OLE'

CBC just said that Parliament's decorations were quickly removed to put up US/Canadian flags for the visit.

The tree and decorations will go back up when he's gone.

I hope many turn out to "greet" him as he casts his dark shadow across your great country. :grouphug: :hi:

DemocracyNow!
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/11/30/1525230

President Bush is making his first official state visit to Canada today in an attempt to patch up relations with Ottawa which opposed the US invasion. Bush will be making stops in Ottawa and Halifax but the BBC reports he won't be addressing the Canadian Parliament because of the risk of being heckled by Canadian lawmakers.

Mr. "never retreat, never surrender", running from hecklers?
Jayyyysus,what a joke!

to 'practice' being nice and charming. Good grief, what does that say about the parenting skills of his family and his staff...

Hopefully, Canadians will really protest his 'recital' debut!

He is hated around the world and so is the United States.

We are ANTI-BU__SH__...not Anti-American!!

after he stole the 2000 election?

He's like a crocodile. The time to watch him is when he's smiling. You'll meet your doom the moment you take your eyes off of him.

A more dispicable scrap of hair and bone I've never seen.

THE RAINMAN TOUR (To the turn of "The Rainbow Tour" from EVITA)

(Karl Rove:
PEOPLE OF YURP, I GIVE YOU THE RAINMAN OF CRAWFORD, TEXAS....

(DU:
SPAIN RESISTS THE PHONEY CHARM OF EL BUSHIE
HE CAN SAY WHAT HE SAYS, IT DON'T INSPIRE TRUST
(Blogger #1:
HE'S ON A MARCH OF FREEDOM WITH A BLOODY LUST
(Blogger #2:
WE'VE HEARD THIS BULLSHIT, ALL BEFORE
BUSHIE'S A DIM REPEATER
(DU:
HE THINKS HE'S WITTIER WINSTON CHURCHILL, WHAT A CLOD!

(Blogger #1:
YOU CAN'T COUNT ON SPAIN TO FURTHER YOUR EMPIRE
YOU'LL HAVE TO CUDDLE UP WITH TONY BLAIR
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE HIM RICH SO HE DOES NOT CARE
(Blogger #2:
YOUR RASH INVASION CERTAINLY TICKED OFF THE MASSES
YOU'RE QUITE THE PHENOMENAL ASSHOLE, FIRST IN CLASS.

Chorus:

(Bloggers:
LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE RAINMAN TOUR
IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE BIG MESS
WE WERE QUITE SURE, THERE WASN'T A DOUBT.

(Karl Rove: DID OUR GEORGIE'S STAR SHINE?
(Bloggers: AND THE ANSWER IS :puke:

(Karl Rove:
LET THEM FUME, IT'S GOING WELL
THEY'RE BUYING WHAT YOU CAME TO SELL
JUST LISTEN TO THEM CALL YOUR NAME
THEY'RE CHEERING FOR YOU ALL THE SAME
AND WHO MISUNDERESTIMATES OUR LEADER NOW?

(DU:
NOW WE DON'T WANT TO BRING UP SOMETHING LIKE TRUTH HERE
BUT, TEN THOUSAND GUARDS TO WATCH YOUR ASS?
AND NO APPLAUSE WHEN YOU'RE PASSING GAS.

PEOPLE ARE UNIMPRESSED WITH YOUR RHETORIC OF FEAR
THEY COMPARE GEORGE BUSH WITH ADOLPH HITLER, ONE BAD GUY

(Georgie:
DID YOU HEAR THAT? THEY CALLED ME A CHIMP!
THEY ACTUALLY CALLED ME A CHIMP!

(Blogger #1:
BUT COMMANDER CODPIECE, IT'S AN HONEST MISTAKE
HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR REFLECTION?
SO THE TOONS GET IT RIGHT, MONKEYFACE

(Blogger #2:
HEARD THE LATEST CROWDS MET HIM WITH RAGE
PELTED HIM WITH BAD BANANAS, AND ROTTEN EGGS
(DU:
THEY WANT TO SEND THE SICK DICTATOR BACK TO THE DREGS
HERE'S A RECOMMENDATION, FIND A NEW STAGE
(Blogger #1:
STILL IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP, BLOCKED THE SIGNS

(chorus)

(Karl Rove: IS OUR GEORGIE THE MAN?
(Bloggers: AND THE ANSWER IS ...
(DU: A UNQUALIFIED
(Bloggers: :puke:

(DU:
GEORGIE SURE LOOKED SWELL, IN HIS NEW COSTUME
POSING IN A HAT LOOKING LIKE A FOOL
BELIEVING THAT A SMIRK WILL MAKE HIM LOOK LESS CRUEL
HE'S LOOKING PEEVISH AND BORED, HE WANTS HIS OWN ROOM
HE'D RATHER BE HUNTING ARMADILLOS
CLEARING BRUSH

(DU:
FACE IT KARL, THE RAINMAN'S ACT IS A FRAUD
YOU MUST SEE IT ONLY PLAYS TO RED STATE CROWDS

(Karl Rove:
IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW THAT HE HAS GOD

(DU:

YOU'D BETTER CALL OUT THE BASE AND FAKE A BIG CROWD
SOMETHING FOR THE CABLE WHORES TO FAWN ON, IS REQUIRED.

(chorus)

(Karl Rove: DID OUR GEORGIE COME THROUGH?
(Blogger #1: AND THE ANSWER IS
(Blogger #2: :puke:
(DU: AND :shrug:
(Bloggers: AND :puke:
(DU: AND :grr:
(Bloggers: AND :puke:
(DU: :nuke:

(chorus)

(Bloggers: DID THE CHIMP SCREW THE POOCH?
AND THE ANSWER IS
(Blogger #2: :puke:
(Blogger #1: :puke: :puke:
(Blogger #2: :puke: :puke: :puke: