Bush's ranch serves down-home diplomacy

[sabra]

:puke:

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http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/12294176.htm

Bush's ranch serves down-home diplomacy

Associated Press


CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush has turned his remote ranch into a stage for down-home diplomacy, where a barbecue grill and a pickup truck have become his favorite tools for dealing with world leaders.

The 1,600-acre property in central Texas is a place where aides say the president feels most comfortable and can spend more get-to-know-you time with his guests than in hurried Washington. On Thursday, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will be the 14th foreign leader to visit the ranch.

Bush's dog once wandered through a press conference with the Australian prime minister. The president led the Saudi crown prince by the hand through blooming bluebonnets. And Russia's president was treated to a hoedown with cowboy cooks and a swing band.

"You only invite your friends into your house," Bush said when Russian President Vladimir Putin became the first head of state to visit in November 2001. "Occasionally, you let a salesman in, or two."

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[beam me up scottie]

1. So Chimpy McMoron basically insulted

all of the visiting dignataries that he doesn't invite to "his house"?

Why am I not surprised?

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. I doubt he even realized what he said, or maybe not?

One never knows with Chimpy McMoron, does one?

[beam me up scottie]

6. Yeah, he just wanted everybody to know

how much nicer he is to visitors than the previous presidents.

He's "special" all right...

[jean]

2. Would you want your head of state driven around in a pickup on

the ranch by the "windshield rancher?" The Prairie Chapel Ranch? Give me a break.

from the article:

"There are no horses on Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch. He calls himself a "windshield rancher" and has delighted in giving VIPs a tour in his white pickup or on his John Deere Gator.

:::

Bush said after Abdullah's first visit that the two forged a personal bond in five hours of talks that went two hours over schedule and included a pickup truck ride through the woods." Does anyone believe bush could carry on a substantive discussion for over 5 minutes, much less 5 hours

Blech. He talks about letting people into his special house . . . how about our House - The White House - which is currently housing an ongoing atrocity. When will it end?

[jmowreader]

3. I still say we can kill AT LEAST half of Bush's freeper support

...in about ten seconds.

All we need do is to leak a photo of the OUTSIDE of Bush's truck.

Ever seen one? No? There's a reason for that: Bush drives a Ford.

To a diehard Chevy man, someone who drives a Ford ain't a whole man.

[jean]

5. hmm - I remember seeing on pix of him in a truck... wonder where it is

[jean]

9. here's himself in his truck - with others - Putin looks like a shy date

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-11-24-bush_x.htm

President Bush planned to give Spanish King Juan Carlos a truck tour of the Bush ranch.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/barney/archives.html


August 2 2004 | 10:29 a.m.(EDT)
Q: Molly from Washington, DC:
My English Bulldog Sasha loves to go for rides in the car. Does Barney ever go for rides in the car with the President?

A:Blake Gottesman, Personal Aide to the President:
The President likes to go for rides around his ranch in his pickup truck (it's the only place he can really drive himself) and Barney often goes with him in the truck. This photo was recently taken of the President with Barney at the ranch.




http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020809-1_ranch8-515h.html

President George W. Bush drives his pickup truck at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 9, 2002.



http://www.manbottle.com/pictures/You_can_take_Bush_out_of_Texas....htm





http://www.september11news.com/DailyTimelineNov.htm

[jmowreader]

10. That's how Russians look when they're scared shitless

Can you imagine riding with this man?

"Hey, y'all! Watch THIS!"

[elehhhhna]

7. Wasn't that Columian dude his first visitor last year too? Dropping

off the coke , eh?

[GoldenOldie]

8. So Idiot boy invites friends into his home and

then invites liars, cheats, and thiefs in to Our House?

[Crankie Avalon]

11. Is it medically possible to die of embarrassment? Could he be...

...any more undignified?

Bush made it clear that those who were against him wouldn't get the honor of coming to Crawford. Angered at French President Jacques Chirac's opposition to the war, Bush said, "I doubt he'll be coming to the ranch any time soon."

He considers it an "honor" to be dragged out to that backwater? Being around to see him sporting his "big belt buckle" and the rest of his wannabe-yahoo-trash regalia is supposed to be a privilege?

Somehow, I think Chirac isn't too broken up about getting to stay in Paris instead of Podunk.