Too much fucking irony UPDATE: Bush cancels speech over man who "harmed U.S. interests."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush cancels keynote speech after learning of invite for WikiLeaks founder

By Agence France-Presse
Friday, February 25th, 2011 -- 3:36 pm

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/25/bush-snubs-summit-cites-assange-invitation/

WASHINGTON — Former president George W. Bush scrapped plans to address a summit of young leaders and business executives this weekend because Wikileaks founder Julian Assange would also speak to the group, his office said Friday.

"The former president has no desire to share a forum with a man who has willfully and repeatedly done great harm to the interests of the United States," his spokesman, David Sherzer, said in a statement.

Bush had accepted an invitation six months ago to deliver the closing keynote speech on Saturday to the Young Presidents' Association's "Global Leadership Summit" in Denver, Colorado, Sherzer said.

"This week, upon learning that Julian Assange had recently been invited to address the same summit, President Bush decided to cancel his appearance," said Sherzer.

The summit's schedule lists Bush as making the closing keynote speech, while Assange does not appear, but the Denver Business Journal reported this week that the 39-year-old Australian was slated to address attendees via satellite.

[rfranklin]

1. He's a pussy...

no disrespect to real pussy intended.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Why would Assange come to the U.S. where he would risk being arrested?

Isn't the whole purpose of him fighting extradition to Sweden to prevent him from being extradited to this country?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. Look at the last line of the post...he's scheduled to appear by satellite, not in person

So Bush canceled over a guy who's gonna be on TV.

:eyes:

[no_hypocrisy]

7. Yeah, just caught that. Didn't make sense otherwise.

[Angry Dragon]

4. He is only comfortable in a room with people that agree with him

[EFerrari]

5. LOL

That's rich.

[shraby]

6. This can't be right, Assange can't come to the U.S.

They have it mixed up with another country that Bush declined to go to recently.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. Assange "slated to address attendees via satellite"

See the last line of the O.P.

Bush canceled over a guy who wasn't even scheduled to be there in person.

He just didn;t want to sully that good Bush name by having it on the same program as that terra-ist feller.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

9. Who besides Mubarak could be on the Torture bill?

Gaddafi is busy. What about Uribe?

[rurallib]

10. another irony - should Bush leave US he is subject to arrest

due to his war crimes.

[spanone]

11. chickenshit. he cannot face the truth.

he continues to shame America

[pmorlan1]

12. I agree

His statement is just dripping with irony. He's so clueless.

[OutNow]

13. A man who has willfully and repeatedly done great harm to the interests of the United States?

"... a man who has willfully and repeatedly done great harm to the interests of the United States".

Gee - W must be talking about HIMSELF.

[xxqqqzme]

14. You are right

There is an over abundance of irony in that piece. I nearly fell off my chair.