How did we get here?
I use to know you so well
Very few amounts of things I love to remember. Oh, Bush, you will be missed.
September 4, 2000 — Thinking he was speaking off the record and privately to Cheney, Bush said, "There's Adam Clymer, major league a*****e from the New York Times" — at a campaign rally in Naperville, Illinois, unaware the microphone in front of him was live.
June 11, 2001 — Bush appeared on Spanish television and said "It is a great honor to travel to Spain and visit the King and also Prime Minister Anzar. But I have to practice the very pretty language, and unless I practice I am going to destroy this language". He had in fact mispronounced the name of the Prime Minister, José María Aznar. He called him ansar, a Spanish word for "goose".
January 13, 2002 — Bush lost consciousness for a brief time in the White House while eating a pretzel and watching a professional football game on television. He fell from his couch and had a scrape and large bruise on his left cheekbone, plus a bruise on his lower lip. His glasses cut the side of his face.
August 6, 2004 — Bush told a televised meeting that "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful — and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people — and neither do we."
November 20, 2005 — Bush attempted to exit a room in China, but it was locked and so he was unable to leave the room, much to the amusement of the world's press.
June 2006 - At a G8 summit, Bush touched Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel's shoulders, causing a surprised Merkel to cringe.
September 7, 2007 — While addressing business leaders at the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit of world leaders in Sydney, Australia, Bush opened his address by thanking the host, Australian Prime Minister John Howard for hosting the "OPEC summit", referring of course to the acronym commonly used for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. After laughs from the audience, President Bush corrected his faux pas by saying, "He invited me to the OPEC summit next year", and laughed. This correction provides a further gaffe, as Australia is not a member of OPEC.
December 14, 2008 - (Bush shoe-throwing incident) Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws a pair of shoes at President Bush. In each of the two throws, Bush adeptly ducked the soaring shoes.
How did we get here?
Well, I think I know 
 Constanze Mozart · Sat Feb 21, 2009 @ 09:12pm · 1 Comments |
