political signal-boosting
Jul. 19th, 2006 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew. President Bush sneaks up behind Chancellor Merkel and gives her a surprise backrub.
Ew. I feel dirty and I couldn't even bear to watch the video.
EDIT: Here's another link:
SFGate.com has an article with two quotes that caught my eye. One sad:
GOP commentator and Fox News political analyst Karen Hanretty said the outraged reaction shows how "President Bush just can't win."
"Aren't these the same women who have been angry about cowboy diplomacy?" she asked. "Do they want a kinder, more sensitive Bush -- or a cowboy? Once again, there's no pleasing women," she said."
and one, er, well, I thought it was pretty funny:
Whalen quipped: "There are those who say the President should be more Clintonesque ... maybe he misunderstood what they meant."
Ew. I feel dirty and I couldn't even bear to watch the video.
EDIT: Here's another link:
SFGate.com has an article with two quotes that caught my eye. One sad:
GOP commentator and Fox News political analyst Karen Hanretty said the outraged reaction shows how "President Bush just can't win."
"Aren't these the same women who have been angry about cowboy diplomacy?" she asked. "Do they want a kinder, more sensitive Bush -- or a cowboy? Once again, there's no pleasing women," she said."
and one, er, well, I thought it was pretty funny:
Whalen quipped: "There are those who say the President should be more Clintonesque ... maybe he misunderstood what they meant."
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Date: 2006-07-19 01:55 pm (UTC)No, wait. Let's not let him answer that question.
Ewwwwwww.
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Date: 2006-07-19 02:18 pm (UTC)"Man... I'm stressed... and you know what I like when I'm stressed: a neckrub! So... maybe if i gave someone a neckrub, it would show that the US is friendly! So, who to give a neckrub to... not Putin, he's got that funny growth by his ear... oh, I know! Angela Merkel! Yeah, she's a woman, and women like neckrubs even better than guys! And this will foster US-German relations!"
Or something equally inane.
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Date: 2006-07-19 02:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-19 04:48 pm (UTC)::wiggins::
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Date: 2006-07-20 03:56 am (UTC)http://www.docstrangelove.com/2006/07/17/president-bush-strikes-from-behind/
I found comments #1, 4, 5 and 31 most interesting.
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Date: 2006-07-20 04:05 am (UTC)http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm