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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:36 AM
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George W. Bush Wipes Hand on Bill Clinton's Shirt After Shaking Hands with Haitian
Still classy asswipe! Just like your mama

http://www.mediaite.com/online/george-w-bush-wipes-hand-on-bill-clinton%E2%80%99s-shirt-after-shaking-haitian-hands/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+mediaite/ClHj+%28Mediaite%29

Former President’s George W. Bush and Bill Clinton made their first joint visit to Haiti this week, touring and helping out in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital city devastated by the January earthquake.

It’s an admirable visit, but something else happened while down in Haiti – it appears Bush wiped his hand on Clinton’s shirt. Let’s go to the videotape!

Breitbart.TV originally asked the question, and with the video evidence the comments section was in virtual agreement last night. It looks like while shaking hands with a Haitian crowd, Pres. Bush pulls back and transitions to what at first appears to be a shoulder pat on Pres. Clinton’s shoulder. But then he moves to a wipe – and turns away.

The visuals just look bad – an American President shaking hands with a crowd of Haitians, then getting something he deems ‘icky’ and wiping it on the shirt of another American President. And since it was Bush, it calls to mind the quote from his mother, Barbara Bush, after Katrina: “So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this–this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.”


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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:38 AM
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1. Recommended. nt
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:42 AM
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2. He believes the Haitians are somehow disgusting...
...and since Clinton was also born poor, he's not much better.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:42 AM
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3. There's no question that's what he was doing.
Stupid pig.
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catbyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:44 AM
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4. Stay classy, W.
:eyes: :rofl:
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:46 AM
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5. I hate to be a contrarian on this board...and my anti-Bush creds are well established.
I watched the video. Maybe that was his intent...but it looked like a a friendly tap on the shoulder to Clinton. I can't read his mind, so I can't devine his intent. I am aware that he does have a germophobic tendency, so it's possible that was his (conscious or subconcious) intent. But more likely he wanted to convey that he was ready to leave and return to the hotel for gin and tonics on the veranda.
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 11:07 AM
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9. Watch it again and tell me if you think so. It doesn't look like a 'pat.'
Edited on Wed Mar-24-10 11:40 AM by BurtWorm
In fact it's clearly not a pat. Maybe it's a 'rub,' a la Merkel?

You're right that we can't read his mind. The problem with Bush is, he's made it very difficult to give him the benefit of the doubt in situations like this.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 11:38 AM
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11. Agree, no pat that. And if he was signaling to go to the veranda
it was a begging, pleading, childlike gesture, which with little george,is possible.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:47 AM
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6. Chickenhawk Republicon Family Values are soooo pathetically stanky
Edited on Wed Mar-24-10 10:49 AM by SpiralHawk
The Republicon Chickenhawks like George AWOL Bush have no honor, as they repeatedly demonstrate.

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Walk away Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 10:47 AM
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7. Dubya is going to die and come back as my Hedge Hog boot scraper...
In eternity he'll be wishing for a sweaty palm after I do doggie pickup.
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Tommy_J Donating Member (668 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 11:05 AM
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8. OMG

W's intent looked clear enough. He absolutely has a narcissistic personality disorder
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 11:24 AM
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10. For the handful of DUers who haven't seen this classic ...
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Kadie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 11:43 AM
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12. ABC News has the video in slow motion - link
Smear Tactic! Bush Wipes Hand on Clinton
The ex-president wipes his hand on Bill Clinton's shirt after greeting Haitians.
03/24/2010

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/george-bush-wipes-hand-on-bill-clinton-10189471

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Jester Messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 12:13 PM
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13. Hm, maybe Kanye had a point. [nt]
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Mithreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 01:22 PM
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14. Bush Crime Family has no shame.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 01:28 PM
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15. K&R!!!
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 01:39 PM
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16. Clinton's just relieved Dubya didn't barf in his lap.
With that family, it could have been much, much worse.



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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 02:11 PM
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17. Good to know he's still as classy as ever
eom.
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 02:14 PM
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18. Not surprising remember when he used the womans dress to clean his glasses?
on a late night TV appearance?
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truthisfreedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 02:26 PM
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20. That's right here in video form:
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arthritisR_US Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-24-10 02:22 PM
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19. he's such a pig...
:puke:
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leveymg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-25-10 09:50 AM
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21. Something an 8-year old would do. One with impulse-control problems.
Dubya still shows symptoms of mild Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and a catalog of other psychological and neuro-psychiatric dysfunctions. See,

George W. Bush - The Complete Psychiatric Workup
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x231653
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