Oh, the humiliation of having this man for our President!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4152488.eceIt was the last stop on George W. Bush’s “Farewell Europe” tour and we had pulled out all the stops. Half of Westminster had been coned off (the other half had been arrested). Gordon and Sarah had hosted what George W. would no doubt call “a food thingy” with top-flight historians.
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George W. Bush, when he finishes with his “presidential thingy”, may be thinking about doing a one-man show. Yesterday we had a taste of George W. Unplugged. As he stumbles around the English language, he creates real suspense. It is rather riveting. He was even interesting when he was listening to Gordon, a permanent half-smile on his lips. What, we wondered, was the joke? George began with a bit of a travelogue, a kind of postcard home, perhaps to his dogs Barney and Miss Beazley (look, this is the kind of thing Americans do). “This is, uh, this has been a good trip. Some are speculating this is my last trip. Let them speculate! Who knows? Thank you Gordon and Sarah. Thanks for calling together the historians. Great Britain produces great, great historians! The food was good too!”
History is weighing heavily on George W. He has thought about how historians will see him and it will be as a man of peace. He is full of truisms such as: “The march to democracy is never smooth!” He scolded G8 leaders that they must honour their pledges for donations to Africa. “We expect you to be more than pledge-makers, we expect you to be cheque-writers!” Also, he has changed the name of Pakistan to “Pak” as in “the Pak Government”. I don’t know why, perhaps just because he can.
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