Bush says Chirac might make a good cowboy

[truthpusher]

edited to link a more spcific article. Previously posted article follows

http://au.news.yahoo.com/050221/15/t669.html

Tuesday February 22, 08:22 AM

Bush says Chirac might make a good cowboy

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush has called the French leader by his first name Jacques and joked about inviting the Iraq war opponent to his Texas ranch, saying, "I'm looking for a good cowboy."

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"This is my first dinner, since I've been re-elected, on European soil, and it's with Jacques Chirac -- and that ought to say something," Bush said with Chirac at his side.

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"Every time I meet with Jacques he's got good advice. And I'm looking forward to listening to you," Bush told the French president. "We've got a lot of issues to talk about -- Middle Eastern peace, Lebanon, Iran, helping to feed the hungry."

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previous posted article

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050221/ap_on_re_eu/bush_6

Bush, Chirac Pledge to Patch Up Relations

1 hour, 45 minutes ago Europe - AP

By TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writer

BRUSSELS, Belgium -

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"I'm looking for a good cowboy," Bush joked when a French reporter asked him whether relations had improved to the point where the U.S. president would be inviting Chirac to the U.S. president's ranch in Texas.

Chirac said that U.S.-French relations have been "excellent for over 200 years now." Chirac added, "That doesn't necessarily mean we agree on everything at every time." The two leaders made the comments before they sat down to dinner.

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[imenja]

1. I guess that means no barbecue for Jacques

[4_Legs_Good]

2. Oh how embarassing for us all

/hangs head in shame

I'm looking for a good cowboy," Bush joked

:cry:

david

[MidwestTransplant]

5. Jeff Gannon is a good cowboy!

[ahem]

78. For the right price he'll be a very, very bad cowboy! n/m

[LiberalFighter]

28. Chirac should had replied...

I'm looking for a good President of the United States.

[4_Legs_Good]

30. LMAO!

That would have been PERFECT!

:)

david

[Dulcinea]

84. No doubt Chirac was thinking, "Bush would make a good dork."

:crazy:

[madrchsod]

3. another fucking insult

that chirac guy sure looks good in them "cowboy" chaps..hey chirac-you frenchies ride bare back?

[NC_Nurse]

4. Is he living in an old Roy Rogers movie?

Geez! Grow up, Tex! :eyes:

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Does that comment make sense...

...on ANY level?:shrug:

[truthpusher]

8. It's cowboy talk mister, if you don't understand it....

...you aint no cowboy!!

[KoKo]

7. OMG..........will Networks or Cables report this horrible gaffe! I can't

believe this...if I didn't see the links you posted. He's totally unhinged. To insult Chirac that way?

[leftchick]

9. PHOTO: Wtf is wrong with him?

It looks like Bells palsey to me.

[wildwww2]

12. Looks like Jack Daniels palsey to me.

Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President

[smirkymonkey]

76. LOL! I think that's it!

Seriously, what a fucking embarrasment! Just when you thought you couldn't hate him any more than you already do.....:nuke:

[Megahurtz]

86. Lol!

:D

[Bouncy Ball]

17. That's that pesky droopy left side of his face again.

It's gotten much worse in recent weeks.

I think it's a stroke or strokes. It doesn't come and go, it just gets worse.

[0007]

38. Aphasia for sure!

[anarchy1999]

58. And just think, he is the one with his finger on the button!

MF! GD! and God help us all! Armageddon here we come!

[Karenina]

10. Jes' annudda one o' dem

*RoyCohn references. How unprofessional and embarrassing.

[RelativelyJones]

11. Who, tell me, who

Who finds this shit charming?

Wait, don't tell me. I don't want to know.

[Lars39]

13. I'd like to know what kind of compromising photos

they have on the folks who have gone to the 'ranch'.
A lot of folks have done 180's after a visit there.

[October]

47. Yes, that's what I think too! eom

[earthboundmisfit]

14. Helping to feed the hungry??? While he's cutting food stamps here?

From what orifice did he pull THAT gem??? (On second thought I don't wanna know.) "Helping to feed the hungry" - while he's busy figuring out ways NOT to feed the hungry here??? Does he think he's going to tell President Chirac that the job of helping the needy in France should be transferred to the churches? What a complete ass Bush is, and Jacques Chirac knows it!

[paineinthearse]

15. Give me a flippin' break

* is from New Haven CONNECTICUT!!!!!

[Bouncy Ball]

16. Um.......

a) how would bush know what a "good cowboy" is like? This is the guy who was born to a blue-blooded New England family who is terrified of horses.

b) is it just me, or did his comments strike anyone else as.....a touch homoerotic?

Maybe I just have a dirty mind. Blame "Jeff Gannon."

[maxsolomon]

18. hey chirac is bald, too!

why don't you try rubbing him on the head, president narcissistic dimwit?

[uppityperson]

26. Bald head was my thought too. what an idiot Mr.bush is

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. How in the hell would he know?

Or did he mean a mythical "cowboy" figure in his make believe world?

[ewagner]

20. Why does he need a cowboy????

There aren't any cows on the Crawford "ranch".

sooooooo

what kind of "cowboy is he looking for (images of Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy )

[MisterP]

39. there are some there occasionally: on Jan. 5, 2002, he said

"There are a couple of cows waiting for me. You know, when I first got back from Washington, it seemed like the cows were talking back. But now that I've spent some time in Crawford, they're just cows."

[Ouabache]

46. Yup, Midnight Cowboy was the first thing I figgered he was looking for

too. But then once Jaques gets to the ranch Bush probably won't mind if he dresses up like and an Indian, a construction worker, or a cop.

[NYC]

81. Camargue.

I'll bet Chirac knows more about horses than Bush does.

According to some scientific research, the origin of the Camargue horse would be the solutre horse, who lived in a marshy land, near the Quanternary Sea. Both have the same characteristics (same skeleton, same stature...) From his cradle, they went down to the Rhone Delta.

So, we can admit that the foreign crossings had no influence on the present Camargue horse and that he's really the descendent of the solutre quaternary horse, with the same characteristics, thanks to the deep and permanent action of the environment in which he lives in half-liberty.

Main characteristics:

-Rustic saddle-horse.

-Pale gray coat when adult.

-Stature: from 1,35 meters to 1,45 meters.

-Weight: from 300 kg to 400 kg.

The Camargue horses live in marshes. This hard way of life (lack of grass, heat) makes the Camargue horse resistant to abstinence and bad weather (no stable).

The only work of the breeder is to choose a stallion who will stay in the breeding the whole year. The breeding happens in total liberty, without any human intervention...

Reference:

Association Des Eleveurs de Chevaux de Race Camargue, 13200 Arles

[Dr Fate]

21. Bush's "Cowboys" don't ride horses...

And as a matter of fact, Bush does not ride horses-he is a true "Windshield Cowboy"...

Are there any photos of him riding horses- not just sitting, but riding them?

[CottonBear]

22. There are no pictures of * on horses.

Hell, he can't even stay on a bike or a Segway. No way would the secret service let him get on a horse.

[Dr Fate]

Yet the GOP/media ridiculed Kerry for windsurfing- REAL windsurfing.

Bush gets to dress up as every member of the village people and the press doesn't mind...

But DEMS with REAL hobbies get ridiculed.

[Lisa]

33. this is the only one I've ever seen ... an obvious photo-op ...

Travelling photographers used to make a buck by going door-to-door with a pony and a little cowboy outfit, and charging parents for pics of their kids in just such a pose.

None of the people I knew who had ponies ever wore such a getup as little * is sporting.

[Pooka Fey]

35. ** is afraid of horses. n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

56. Chirac should take him up on it. Take him down to the Carmague

Where tough French cowboys herd huge black fighting bulls on little white horses through these incredibly beautiful wetlands.

Personally I'd love to see Little Boots sitting on a pony staring down some huge black bull with three foot horns and an inbred bad attitude.

[CottonBear]

65. Now that would be quite a sight!

* wouldn't last long. He'd be tossed off pretty quickly.

I would love to ride one of those Carmargue horses, the "white horses of the sea." The gardien (Carmargue cowboys) ride these primitive descendants of the Barb and prehistoric horses while herding the bulls. These horses have lived for 1,000s of years in the Rhone delta. I ride Tarpans, which are one of the two most ancient horses still existing in the world. (The other is the wild Przewalski horse of Mongolia.)

[malachi]

83. "Bush's "Cowboys" don't ride horses..." they ride the baloney pony.

Sorry, but Dr fate threw an 85mph fastball right down the middle of the plate.

[Deja Q]

23. He was SELECTED by a biased court. And his own comment is inappropriate.

And Chirac has a point that's mostly 200 years valid, but even I wonder what he says behind the doors of diplomacy. He's likely as worried as everybody else. and rightfully so.

Post-trip actions by * and Chirac is what is going to count.

[llmart]

24. "Every time I meet with Jacques he's got some good advice".....

yeah, you asshole, I think his last advice was "fuck you" and why don't you take it?

Edited to say that I don't usually swear this much but I can't help myself any more. I'm old enough to remember what a dignified President and First Lady, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, acted like in France and this just embarrasses me to no end to think that the world looks at us like a bunch of uneducated hicks because we have this moron representing us.

[Rob H.]

31. Don't forget some of Chirac's other excellent advice Bush ignored...

namely, "We should give the weapons inspectors in Iraq more time to complete their work there, Mr. President."

Like Bush is suddenly going to change his ways and actually give a damn what the rest of the world thinks. :eyes:

He should just be thankful Chirac doesn't say, "See? Nearly 1500 American soldiers and 100,000 Iraqis dead, and nothing. No WMDs, no programs, nothing. Told ya so, dumbass. Now fuck off."

[LibDemAlways]

68. The Kennedy visit.

Grace and class on the world stage. Made America proud.

How far we've sunk. Now its pickles and the chimp - lowlife who'd be more at home in the company of the Clampetts. The Europeans must be laughing their asses off.

[Az_lefty]

25. "helping to feed the hungry." Bush?????

:puke:

[Skittles]

27. Chirac would make a better cowboy than bush

Queen Elizabeth would too

[Vogon_Glory]

36. Mais Oui!

But yes Jacques Chirac would make a better cowboy than would le "W." Chirac would at least bother to consult the trail boss as to where "les vaches" should go, instead of trying to herd them solitaire, like our Buckaroo Bush.

Jacques Chirac had actually visited the US before he began his political career, and worked as a dishwasher for a time while he was on this side of the Atlantic.

Out of sheer spite, I am trying to imagine notre "W" doing the same thing as a young man in France. Mais c'est trop difficile!

[CottonBear]

66. QEII is a great horsewoman.

She still rides every week. She breeds and raises riding horses and race horses. Reagan rode with her in England. Now Reagan was a true horseman. I didn't agree with his politics at all but I admired his horsemanship. He had a beautiful white Arabian stallion. Nancy is a good rider as well. Reagan's ranch was a real horse ranch.

[LynnTheDem]

29. GROW the fuck UP already, bush.

You stupid ignorant little man.

[progressivebydesign]

32. Why does everything that man says now sound like sex talk? n/t

[Yavin4]

34. Hey, Was Bush Coming On To Chirac?

Hmmm.

[Pooka Fey]

37. BWAAAA HAH HAH HAH !!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. I'm sure he'd be a better cowboy than *

Unlike his hero Ronald Reagan * can't even ride a horse.

[cliss]

41. George Bush is such an ass.

Jacques Chirac has 1,000 times more class than Bush. I saw some photos of Bush, the last time he went to meet up with his Nemesis. Chirac is much taller than Bush. He looked down, as he was shaking the little loser's hand. Bush had puffy eyes, looked liked crap (probably from the trans-Atlantic trip).

The old gentleman looked classy, elegant, "French".

The little jerk from the US just couldn't measure up.

[Mandate My Ass]

49. Yes Bush knows he's outclassed, it galls him so he insults Chirac in publi

by making the demeaning remark that he'd like to make Chirac a lowly cowhand on the big powerful massah's ranch.

What an incredible asshole. Chirac towers above Bush in so many more ways than height but even that galls the little chimp.

[DuaneBidoux]

42. As someone with French family (I married the daughter of

a socialist newspaper editor) I can tell you that Chirac WOULD make a good cowboy. The only reason why they've gotten along so absolutely horribly is because they are exactly alike. And Chirac is, do not forget, a right wing leader.

It's like I say: the only reason we need our conservatives is because they have theirs. The real problem isn't American conservatives: it's conservatives period. They fight evolution and progress every step of the way--they love the future, as long as it means nothing changes. And no matter what Ann Coulter or any other wingnut says, they have been on the wrong side of history at every turn, it just takes the world a couple of generations to always realize they were on the wrong side.

[Ellen Forradalom]

44. Yes, but can Jacques Chirac behave in public?

If so, that puts him one step ahead of Bush.

P.S. Tu parles francais? Tu veux bien te joindre au Groupe Francophone?

[DuaneBidoux]

59. Je parle pas mal, mais j'ecris tres mal!

Je n'ai jamais appris comment ecrire parce que j'ai appris en parlent soulement.

Chirac may be a socialist by Bush standards but by French standards he is most definitely right wing. And the only reason why Chirac has ANY stature what-so-ever in his own country is because Bush has made him more popular, like he has virtually all leaders who are contrary to the true interests of the US. There are many leaders in the world now who are truly bad leaders who would have likely been thrown out by their own people if only Bush had not been such an asshole.

[Rapcw]

45. Yea you're right.

He was a soldier in Algeria during the French colonial war over there in the 50's.

[98geoduck]

51. I had a night out with some Parisian journalists a couple of years ago

and basically said the same thing. There is a slight difference in what we call right wing and what the French consider right. I likened our "moderate"democrats equal to their "right" wing conservatives. Chirac has divided the French in similar ways bush has the US. We actually toasted in empathy for what shitty leaders both countries had, but agreed Bush wins as worse option. I think we ended the night at around 6:30 AM and my partner and I never got to spend a dime on drinks! Fun time and wonderful memories in Paris.

[DuaneBidoux]

61. I discuss frequently now with my 82 year old French Father-in-Law

who remains a committed socialist (I however am most definitely not a socialist). His take on the situation is that Chirac and Bush have been the perfect political storm. No two leaders together could have been worse for the world. Our biggest argument the first few years of Bush was who was worse. He insisted nobody could be worse than Chirac, I insisted that Bush was most definitely worse. He has finally capitulated and admitted that "my" leader is significantly worse than "his" leader. Basically Chirac, he has concluded, is an intelligent ass-hole, and Shrub is a stupid ass-hole.

[jakpalmer]

55. Honestly, compared to *, Chirac is a socialist.

There are many negative things to say about Chirac's home policies, but on international matters, he's the opposite of a "cowboy".

I think the main difference between them is that Chirac actually learned from his experiences.

[DuaneBidoux]

62. See my post just above on who is worse and why...

Again, for France he is definitely on the right of the spectrum and has done many things to weaken international law as well, including some rather nasty interventions in the Cote d'Ivoire. He is, for France, a conservative. And I stick by my take on conservatives world wide--they are a bit like lawyers: I need mine because you have yours. After all, when was the last time we were ever threatened by liberals abroad?

[jakpalmer]

71. The nature of the current French Constitution is a great help to Chirac

because since 1958 (and De Gaulle's revamping of the Constitution), the President of the Republic is "shielded" from the country's ire by the Prime Minister who is the one who always takes the blame for the national policies' failures.
However he is the real person in charge of the foreign policy and he won't let anybody else take that role from him.

Chirac is VERY good at using that nuance. He is indeed much of a crook but he knows very well how to look like the opposite !

And I agree with you regarding the fact that he and * needed each other because Chirac's approval ratings have never been as high as since he stood up against *.

[DuaneBidoux]

85. You see, the joy of being a conservative...

you create your own need (to protect your people from other people just like you who happen to live in another country).

[thecrow]

43. C'mere, Jacque!

Have a taste of these freedom fries!!!

Idiot. So disrepectful to another Head of State.
Oh...wait.... cross out that word "other".

[samplegirl]

48. Damn

Who will O'Rilley boycott now???????

[Lilith Velkor]

50. Velkor says Bush might make a good basketweaver

by maybe his 5th year in St. E's.

[necso]

52. Perhaps "Don Quixote" meant another "errant knight errant".

Or maybe he's just looking for a "Pancho".

[NIGHT TRIPPER]

53. * fantasises about him in CHAPS with nothing underneath-and a hat

Bush is closet gay-
he should just admit it -nothing to be ashamed of-
should also admit he likes S&M and torture-

he also likes to play super hero and safety pins on a towel for a cape when no one's looking.

[moondust]

54. How charming.

The charm trip to charm Old Europe has the chief charmer all charmed out already. Go home George.

[anarchy1999]

57. Just shoot me. I don't want to commit suicide, but damn!

Looking for a "cowboy"? Jesus, this just isn't happening, is it? Please tell me it isn't so? I'm so embarressed for our country.

Does G Dubya know anything about his history or how the French saved the "American Revolution"??

[blondeatlast]

60. How the HELL would he know?

This is a guy who needs to hire a chef to do barbecue. :eyes:

[arwalden]

63. Bush* Is Such A Buffoon!

[LynneSin]

64. I cannot believe that idiot made a comment like that to France

Any chance of repairing our relationship with France pretty much is shot now. Sure Chirac is going to say something nice like "Oh we'll try" but let's face it - he's doing one of those lies like when your good friend asks you "Do these pants make my ass look fat"

[peekaloo]

67. bare back or side saddle, eh Georgie?????

[winston61]

69. WTF?

How would Shrub know? He is as much like a cowboy as a crab is like an apple. In Texas they know what he is. A drugstore cowboy, all hat, and no cattle. Just Rove's and Cheney's monkey boy.

[anarchy1999]

73. Northeast Elite, running Texas as a plantation. That's it, plain and

simple. The Conneticut/Maine "comboy". Just read their history. If you really want to have some fun, find this book, "The Rich and the Super Rich" by Ferdinand Lundberg, First printing June, 1968, 13,500.

2nd, July 1968, 13,500
3rd, July 1968, 13,500
4th, July 1968, 13,500
5th, August 1968, 13,500
6th, October 1968 13,500

Out of print, I found it in an antique store.

Enlightening beyond belief and more than you ever wanted to know.

Just for fun, go google Ferdinand Lundberg. Eye-opening!

Then there is always "None Dare call it Conspiracy". Gary Allen
(just for fun, look up Gary Allen and read his books)

And don't leave out the one that opened my eyes long ago and then I slept through the '90's, shame on me.

"America, What went Wrong", Bartlett and Steele, First Printing March 1992. This was the book that woke me up and led me to all the rest.

After Perot, I slept through the 90's, I played the game, "stay at home mom, super sales person in well known company, 4,000 sq foot home, played the "dream".

I'm guilty, I buried my head in the sand, and pretended that "democracy was just a spectator sport". Nothing to worry about, just me and mine. I'm so sorry.

WAKE UP EVERYONE!

[mtnester]

70. Gauche...

what a moron our president is

[BlueManDude]

72. People who clear brush are gardeners - not cowboys

cowboys also tend to ride horsies. i'm an astronaut weeeeeee....

[DemoTex]

74. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson called Bu$h "an average farm hand."

I think it was a comment on Bu$h's intellectual ability and not his brush-clearing prowess.

[Supersedeas]

75. it ought to say something-but it is typically below intelligible threshold

[Megahurtz]

77. Well YYEEEEHHAAAAAAAWWWWW!!!!!!!!

:puke:

[applegrove]

79. "A face for Radio" to the President of the Ukrane is next. Just don't let

Bush travel to India. Because then it will be "see cowboys & indians get along fine".

[yellowcanine]

80. How would Bush know - because he wears cowboy clothes and

drives a pickup on his pig farm? Why doesn't a reporter challenge Bush when he says stupid shit like this?

[Bo]

82. again we look like fools

is there anything he doesn't f#$%k up?