Guardian: War and peace - inside the two worlds of George Bush

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A look into the very, very weird world of George W. Bush

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1089118,00.html

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For this, and lest he even breathe the same air as the protesters outside, he was ferried by limousine from the back door of the palace round to the front. It was the shortest political car ride since Pauline Prescott saved her hairdo on the seafront at Bournemouth. The presidential motorcade was so long, stretching from point of departure to destination without even moving, that the bullet-proofed Cadillac barely needed to inch out of first gear.

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[E_Zapata]

1. a must read....thanks! And I love this little historical tidbit.......

"But the centrepiece of the day was a speech at the Banqueting House in Whitehall, scene of the execution of Charles I."

lol - not even kings can get away with everything, georgie.

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2. And check this out:

Bush is speaking in the Banquetting Hall, with the Reubens murals, and the White House puts up one of their corny backdrops:



And this is what the hall looks like:

[Dead_Parrot]

3. It looks better without the backdrop....

...Better still without chimpy.