Bush makes pig jokes, Beirut burns

[kpete]

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."

more pig at:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/world/15032348.htm
via Raw Story

[whistle]

1. George Dubya Nero Bush

[saltpoint]

2. Witty as all git out, ain't he?

[uppityperson]

3. embarassment

[Roland99]

4. He played guitar and ate cake while New Orleans drowned.

Same Shit, Different Year.

[soup]

5. now watch this drive. n/t

[Doctor_J]

6. How can the Repugs who voted for this idiot

admit it after seeing him like this? It's like the Village Idiot Goes To Europe.

[Kutjara]

7. Bush eating a pig: isn't that cannibalism? n/t

[lonestarnot]

9. It certainly is!

[tabasco]

8. There is something profoundly wrong with our society

when such an ignorant, unqualified, corrupt, criminal, moron can become President.

Our standing and prestige in the world may never recover.

[americanstranger]

10. Which one's the pig again?

Counting the pig that's being discussed, I'm counting two.

Fucking sociopath.

- as

[PA Democrat]

11. Just saw the video of the reporter asking Bush about the bombing of the

Beirut airport, and Bush, saying, "I thought you were going to ask about the pig." Chancellor Merkel's face was an open book. She was obviously shocked that Bush thought that a joke was an appropriate response to a very serious question. Her look said, "OMG! Did he actually say that? How stupid!"

Bush is an embarrassment.

[Cocoa]

12. give him a break

his speechwriter just quit.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. what a boar

[MisterP]

14. that's FOUR times--he's utterly fixated on that pig

it doesn't even look that good: like an overall-burn-ward patient.
Of course, the last time he went to a burn and amputee ward, he said "I got injured too!" and showed off a boo-boo he got from cutting cedars on his play farm with the 5 cows.
“I’m looking forward to that pig tonight,” “I understand I may have the honor of slicing the pig,” and “I haven’t seen the pig yet,” in
response to a question about East German life "apart from the pig."
He may need his dosage checked.

[CAG]

15. If * says it, its fine; If Clinton would have said it, all hell would have

broken loose about how "unpresidential" he was acting.

[renate]

16. Exactly! Can you imagine if Clinton had talked about food?!

:eyes:

We heard enough "news stories" about his McDonald's runs when everything was going well... can you imagine what would have been said about him if he'd been thinking about food at a time like this?

[Lisa]

17. and also the time when they said something was wrong with Gore ...

After the 2000 election, the right-wingers derided him and said that he had become fixated on food and was gaining weight ... and said it was "proof" that he was too unstable to be President.