Blair not my poodle, Bush says

[kskiska]

Source: AFP

Blair not my poodle, Bush says Jun 26 07:37 PM US/Eastern Outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair, often caricatured as US President George W. Bush's poodle, is no such thing, Bush said in an interview published Wednesday.

In comments printed the day Blair is set to vacate his Downing Street offices, Bush told The Sun tabloid from Washington that he also wished he had Blair's oratory skills.

"I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle," the president said of Blair, who has been heavily criticised in Britain for his decision to stand by the United States first in its invasion of Iraq in 2003, and later in its refusal to criticise Israel for its bombing of Lebanon last summer.

"He's bigger than that. This is just background noise, a distraction from big things. This kind of thing is just silly ridicule and that's how I treat it."

(snip)

The president acknowledged, however, that the pair had very different speaking styles: "He's much more kind of lofty and eloquent than I am. I tend to be just pretty matter of fact."

Read more: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070626233726.jbqie4mm&show_article=1&cat=0

[Olney Blue]

1. How much more of this can we take?

:banghead:

[Sanity Claws]

2. Bigger than that? Y'mean like a Great Dane?

Faint praise, isn't it?

[youngdem]

7. Faint praise indeed.

"He's no poodle....More of a Labrador....He fetches me things I'm too lazy or smart to go get myself" - GWB

[Strawman]

24. More along the lines of labradoodle

[durtee librul]

3. Silly ridicule of who - him or Blair?

Personally he thinks Blair is bigger than a poodle? Hmmmmm Barney's gonna be mad.

[Lisa]

4. way to go, Georgie -- repeating that phrase will just entrench it in people's memories!

Sort of like saying, "Why do people call George W. Bush a moron? George W. Bush is not a moron, but as long as people keep saying 'moron' and 'Bush' in the same sentence, it gives the impression that he IS a moron. So even if you insist that George W. Bush is clearly NOT a moron, because all you tend to hear are the words 'Bush' and 'moron', on one level it's just like saying that Bush IS a moron. So I've spent more than 80 words claiming that Bush is not a moron, but the end result is still to give the impression that Bush actually IS a moron."

[uppityperson]

5. does that mean he is bush's Old English sheepdog? Link to ExtraLarge Dogs here, pick one.

Newfie maybe? Komodor?
Extra large dogs here:
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/phsextralargedogs.htm

[notadmblnd]

6. Well of course , it's not like he's a toy poodle or a miniature poodle and he's

not even one of those tea-cup poodles. He a regular standard poodle, and they're pretty big. bush likes big doggies in his lap.

[Hand]

8. Maybe not, but this guy's his parrot.

I give you Stephen "Steve" Harper... please take him. Please.

[MikeNearMcChord]

9. In Honor of the president's statement

I give you George Michael!:thumbsup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBJ4zJkc9Eg :thumbsup:

[Prophet 451]

10. Yeah, I'm thinking sheepdog too

Or perhaps a collie?

"He's not my poodle. Now c'mon Tony, play dead for the cameras"

[cureautismnow]

11. "I tend to be just pretty matter of fact."

No, Junior. You're pretty much just a liar - same as your little Poodle.

[grytpype]

12. George, thank you for pissing on Blair on his way out the door.

Nice headline Bush just made for Blair:

PRES DENIES TONY IS HIS POODLE

[mitchum]

13. While Blair certainly deserves to be called bush's poodle, this is just another...

instance of bush's insulting nature. He praise even a sycophant like Blair with damning praise.

[BushOut06]

14. Bush: "He ain't my poodle, but he sure is my bitch!"

n/t

[orleans]

15. yeah. poodle, schmoodle. georgie wants a bigger dog than that! n/t

[depakid]

16. Not after Wednesday...

Too bad Blair didn't listen to Cherie in the first place. She had this bunch pegged from the outset.

[Raine]

17. My Standard Poodle has always been very insulted

by this comparison. :grr:

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

18. Oh heck no

Poodles are intelligent and have great instincts about dangerous idiots.

[LeftishBrit]

19. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Nixon said 'I am not a crook' and Bush says 'Blair is not my poodle'!

ETA: The 'Sun' is a tenth-rate scandal-sheet, not fit for wiping your bottom with; and if Bush lets them interview him, it shows his level of intellect and culture all right!

[T_i_B]

20. The article from the Currant Bun

And yes, this is a Murchoch rag not known for being a reputable source about anything other then horse racing.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007290450,00.html

[truthisfreedom]

21. "He's much more kind of lofty and eloquent..." = People can understand Blair. But they don't

understand me. And that's understandable.

[MetaTrope]

22. I don't know, some poodles get pretty big

[spiderpig]

23. Oh, shut it, George!

Just when we think you've reached the depths of inanity, you come up with something even more idiotic.:eyes:

[Rambis]

25. Funny He is called bush puppet in the UK

or the devil incarnate take your pick.

[Javaman]

26. I Wanna Be Your Dog

So messed up I want you here
In my room I want you here
Now were gonna be face-to-face
And Ill lay right down in my favorite place
And now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Well cmon
Now Im ready to close my eyes
And now Im ready to close my mind
And now Im ready to feel your hand
And lose my heart on the burning sands
And now I wanna be your dog
And now I wenna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Well cmon

[Orsino]

27. He's just now heard that Blair is his poodle?

Bubble Boy is even more isolated than I thought.

[damntexdem]

28. Not a lap poodle? Hmm, possible. Maybe just a ...

puppy humping Dubya's leg.

[guitar man]

29. well, whatever the breed

Tony has been W's* bitch for quite some time :D