Bush Hosts Berlusconi at His Texas Ranch

[Khephra]

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Berlusconi was among a select group of world leaders to win a coveted invitation to the Prairie Chapel ranch, where Bush and his wife Laura take on a more informal style.

"We only met two years ago, but I feel I know (Bush) like I know my grammar school friends," Berlusconi told Time magazine for this week's edition.

He added: "We share a clarity in the way you say things: yes is yes, no is no. We also share an ideal that whoever is the leader must show the people the right road."

The White House has essentially ignored the flap Berlusconi caused when he compared a German lawmaker to a Nazi concentration camp guard.

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http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3122209

[Tyler Durden]

1. The fascists that "schmooze" together, eat shoes together.

Nice to hear that the Crawford branch of "NAZIS 'r' US" is alive and well.

He doesn't REALLY call that photo op that passes in the doggie press as a ranch "Prairie Chapel," does he? I didn't think even BUSH could be quite that banal.

[qb]

6. "Here's my jeep ...

and...and... here's my go-cart... and...and... here's my chainsaw Mom 'n Dad got me for Chrissmas...

[otohara]

7. LOL

Poor schmucks, get to roam around the ranch w/Dummy, Laura and truck.

[benfranklin1776]

9. No doubt Silvio brought him an autographed copy of Il Duce's.....

.....autobiography "My Rise and Fall." Silvio of course would have to read it to Junior who, at last observation, is still finishing the Very Hungry Caterpillar.

What a pair of megalomaniacal sawdust Caesars these two are. "We tell the people what we're going to do and who cares what they think" sums up the essence of their stated "philosophy" of governance.

[madrchsod]

2. " i am delighted to be

at george and lauria`s colorful ranch" " i wouldn`t hesitate to say that while washington dc and the other sites along the beautiful east coast of america are charming, the ranch here in texas is where the real charm is found, the charm is in my gracious hosts george and lauria". i look forward to the famous "ride around the ranch" and maybe george will let me help clean some of the famous "brush".." i`m looking forward to sampling what i have heard is some "good eats" at the quaint diner in crawford" "then it will be getting down to work for george and i have alot of matters of our mutual interests to discuss."

[moondust]

3. I'll bet they're enjoying some yellow cake.

:wink::wink:

[foo_bar]

4. Berlusconi might be Caligula reborn

but that doesn't change the fact that the EU can only survive if its constituent governments are "Social Democrat".

What made the US constitution unique was the lassitude it granted states from the Federalism it just created (the Bill of Rights was momentous but really a rehash of the Magna Carta, substituting white males for white male landowners, though it was a Madisonian reaction to federalism as much as monarchy). The Constitution was an experiment in scale: an unprecedented prescription for managing a large continent that only cost us one civil war in 200 years. The southern states were their days' "Euroskeptics", but the reduced-to-absurdity Constitution reserved them rights that 100,000 pages of acquis communitaire will never give to Italy.

[kskiska]

5. Grammar school friends?

"We only met two years ago, but I feel I know (Bush) like I know my grammar school friends," Berlusconi told Time magazine for this week's edition.

I think he meant that *'s intelligence is that of a grammar school student.

[skrunch]

8. Enough questions...our food is getting cold

"Well Silvy, I hope you like the grub Laura rustled up for us. It's from one of your country's famous sons, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee. Jes between us I'm kinda partial to Franco-American but, well, I gotta reputation to maintain you know."