* was more impressed with the pig than anything else today

[kskiska]

Bush defuses tension at German news conference with gentle jibes

STRALSUND, Germany - With the world's most perplexing problems weighing on him, President Bush has sought comic relief in a certain pig.

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But reporters were looking for more than humor in historic Stralsund this day.

"Apart from the pig, Mr. President, what sort of insights have you been able to gain as regards East Germany?" a German reporter asked the American leader.

"I haven't seen the pig yet," said Bush, sidestepping the question about insights gained from his two-day visit to this rural seaside region that once rested behind the Iron Curtain in a Germany divided between East and West.

And when an American reporter asked Bush whether he is concerned about the Israeli bombing of the Beirut airport and about Iran's failure to respond to an offer for negotiations that the U.S. and European allies have made, Bush replied with more boar jokes before delving into the substance of the questions.

"I thought you were going to ask about the pig," said the president, promising a full report from the barbecue. "I'll tell you about the pig tomorrow."

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[leftofthedial]

1. it reminds him of Pickles

[ugarte]

2. Surprising he didn't invite the Israelis & Arabs to eat pig with him...nt

[nytemare]

3. I'm sure there will be pictures from the dinner captioned "Pig eats Pig".

How fitting they will be. He makes all Americans look stupid.

[grilled onions]

4. A coincidence that the entree was pork??

So typical that his mind can't focus on anything "meatier" then din-din or a bike ride or throwing out the first pitch.

[justgamma]

6. He probably doesn't know that

a pig is pork.

[Hubert Flottz]

5. Well he is a pig...

fffffffffffffffarmer!

[MadMaddie]

7. He is always inappropriate....Babs fucked up with this one

didn't she....? Always joking at the wrong times, saying things that shouldn't be said....

[Initech]

8. I thought it was referring to the GOP's pet pig, Rush Limbaugh