bush makes a fool of himself in Europe

[Paintedlady]

The Swedish newspaper Expressen has an article with the headline
"President Bush falls in love - on TV"

http://www.expressen.se/index.jsp?a=244308

It's in Swedish, but here's a translation;

President Bush is talking about an eventual attack on Iran - but his thoughts are somewhere else. Finally he can't keep it in and tells the female reporter, "You have wonderful eyes"

The interview with the Belgian reporters was supposed to be about the conflict in the Middle East, but what the viewers will remember is him flirting with the female reporter.
It takes a lot for a man in a leading position to loose his thread, but it is obvious here. Bush falls in love and can't control himself, says Lena Gustafsson, psychotherapist and expert on sex and relationships.

Exposed several times
During the interview the president shows his interest several times.
the mimicry, the looks and the color of his face, shows that he, despite the subject, has a hard time thinking about anything else than the beautiful reporter, says Lena Gustafsson.

Loosing control
The message that he is supposed to convey is so rehearsed that despite the flirting he is still able to keep talking about world politics. Finally when the interview is almost over he can't keep it in any longer and says what he thinks. He probably thinks the camera is off and therefore gets private. He feels like he has to express his feelings for her. Embarrassed, she looks down and it is obvious that there is an intimate atmosphere.

What happened later?
The question is what the presidents wife Laura Bush thinks about her husbands flirting. She can't be too happy, because one has to wonder what happened after the camera was turned off.

[elehhhhna]

1. screenshot of the dork. He must miss Condi.

[SpiralHawk]

7. Bush* is a "Manly" Man

and this "proves" it.


*Titan of the Texas Air National Guard, Plutocratic Prince of the Imperial Pig Farm Upon Crawford, and Eddie Haskel Supremo clown-clone of the White House.

[Patchuli]

64. Yah think the rumours about him and Bulldog

et al. are getting to him? heheeee!

[zann725]

86. Which "Bulldog"...Gannon OR Ashe?

Ashe's nickname was Bulldog too, they said.

[Patchuli]

89. Oooeeey wheeeeeee! I don't know!

Does this make * the 'girl?' heheheeee

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

67. E X A C T L Y !!

Could ** actually be such good actor? Maybe he really is?

[VOX]

47. What a dipshit. n/t

[0007]

48. Wonder who Laura will fire now?

[Sparkly]

54. What's with the orange eyebrows? n/t

[ClassWarrior]

60. I'm emailing Olbermann.

I wanna see this! <LOL>

NGU.

[bleever]

75. Hi CW! Tell him bleever wants to know:

What is * hiding?

:shrug:

[Patsy Stone]

79. Wanna see something pretty?

AP
Feb. 20, 2005: A caricature of U.S. President George W. Bush, right, is seen in the center of Brussels during a protest against Bush's visit.

:hi:

[ClassWarrior]

84. GW** looks better in your pic.

<LOL>

:hi: Pats...

NGU.

[ClassWarrior]

83. Maybe I should send Keef a sticker...

:hi: Bro...

NGU.

[librechik]

2. President Jackass never declines an opportunity

to sprinkle stupid wisecracks in his public utterances. A it's because his lack of seriousness is his main character trait. And B,if he wastes time with stupid "endearing" jokes, there is less time he has to fill with scripted lies. It's tough for him to remember all those.

[Patchuli]

62. Yeah, it's HARD WORK! heheee nt

:P

[elehhhhna]

3. Let's keep this kicked. We can list all his assininity in Europe and

have the longest thread in DU's history!

[No Exit]

29. He's barely gotten off the plane, and already he's acting like

a dog in a roomful of elderly female bridge-players--humping someone's leg!

I say "acting" b/c we all know his real favorite is Jimmy/Jeff!

[FreedomAngel82]

46. He's worse then Clinton!

And people on the right talk about Clinton's little affair when this is so worse off. Bush is going around flirting with women when he's married! I don't see how Laura puts up with that! I know if I was married and had a husband like that I would be talking to him and if he didn't act up I'd leave. I'd worry if he was cheating on me.

[No Exit]

51. I think that's why Laura always looks so out of it.

I read she takes Xanax. Don't know if it's true, but it sure is believable.

I think inwardly she's a very unhappy person.

Bush has so many rings of security around him (due to his fear, which is due to his unpopularity) that he could've cheated on her 1000 times, with any/every kind of warm body, and nobody would ever know.

[ConsAreLiars]

87. Killing her High School lover must have left a mark

They all, since childhood, have been self-medicated with booze, coke, pills, shills and fundie brainwashing to the point that they have lost every semblance of whatever little humanity might have survived a birthright based on privilege.

[ClayZ]

88. She has been looking worse and worse.

She could barely clap her hands at the State of the Union.

I imagine she will do anything now, just to get back to her ranch.

(Find Boys from the gangs, for the Army.) Anything!











:kick:

[Mich Otter]

72. Bush Is Soooooo Pathetic.....

What a sorry piece of work he is. I wonder how long it would take the good old boys who vote for him to get sick of his B.S. if George showed up in a bar somewhere.

[sickinohio]

4. Is there video of that anywhere?? That should be plastered all

over the media - you know - because of Bu$hCo being the "moral" born-again Christian that he is. They just don't do those kinds of things.

[Paintedlady]

13. Don't know about a video

The article is in Sweden, I'm having my brother over there see if he can find it. The interview was with Belgian TV so maybe somebody from Belgium could find it. I don't understand their language so I wouldn't know how to search for it.

[sickinohio]

18. I'll be anxiously waiting - there has to be a video

somewhere. Afterall, Bu$hCo hardly ever leave this country, what with him being the coward that he is :scared:

By the way - welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Blue_In_AK]

82. NBC Nightly News had it on. n/t

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

5. Could this flirting be an act?

So no one will think that he is "Gannons" man date?

[tinanator]

6. bingo

and hell ya.
how can anyone take his actions at this point in time to be anything but damage control?

[kiraboo]

8. I dunno.

If the photo above was taken during said interview I'd say it gives credence to the report. He looks... transported!

Of course, maybe he's high.

[tinanator]

10. no, he looks Gay

not that theres anything wrong with that.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

12. No

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

(I really really miss Seinfeld)

[kskiska]

52. He looks…French!

Could it be?

[tinanator]

59. now thats

poetry.

[ClassWarrior]

61. Is he a fan of le Free Republique?

<LOL>

NGU.

[Athame]

44. especially since he's never done that with a woman before

except Condi. Though he did do that awful lip kissing when he announced a few secretary positions. But I think the picture looks like a man who is trying to look smitten.

He is just entirely inappropriate. Always. :eyes:

[smirkymonkey]

76. Exactly, he's trying soooooooo hard to come across as a

manly man :puke:

[opihimoimoi]

92. Its diversion to cover his GAYNESS..even his marriage is a cover..

the man is BI....go ask him what the rate is ....1 time per month, per year, ???

We elected a fraud, posing as a man but sure as hell isn't...

he won't even get on the horse in front of K Mart.

[Benbow]

25. Could be transference

Is there anything about the Belgian reporter that could remind the Shrub of his own mother?

Or perhaps she was the one on the charm offensive, like a glossy groomed demi-goddness, befuddling his poor wits. If she was chosen to interview Bush, she must be one of the best.

[No Exit]

33. In my opinion, that's exactly what's going on! n/t

[truth2power]

38. Right-o! eom

[zann725]

40. Exactly my thought!

So "transparent."

[Al-CIAda]

45. Yep, all an effort to appear as hetero as possible while GANNONGATE gains

attention.

[Castilleja]

49. I think so, too!

Just cover, but not subtle cover.

[dandrhesse]

9. thats not too difficult, all he has to do is show up.

edit for spelling

[No Exit]

11. Beard! Beard! "Uh-oh... people are talking about how I told

that British guy his face was prettier than my Scottie Mc's face! Quick, I better start pretending to like women or I'll have to give up my discipline sessions with Jeff/Jim!"

"Guess I better have a very small hetero sex scandal (just like that small war we neocons planned... oh, I'll think about that tomorrow...) If I just have a really SMALL hetero sex scandal, they'll stop thinking I like Jeffy-Jim's abs and his lovely bald head!"

Go ahead, Georgie, go ahead! As a good small hetero sex scandal to use, may I suggest having a young woman blow you in the back hallway of the Oval Office!

[sickinohio]

20. Ha - probably you are right!!

[robbedvoter]

14. See? he does like women folk. So, stop saying that! Gannon schmanon!

Now I am convinced these two had a thing - if the spin machine chose this tack.

[Greybnk48]

15. Flattery is a tool of manipulation

See Plato's Gorgias and Machiavelli. That's what his use of nicknames is about as well. It's an appeal to someone's vanity. This asshole's being coached on how to disarm people.

[calimary]

36. I'd bet this was INDEED one of the tools of his tutoring.

That IS what the nicknames are all about.

"WHOA! Didja hear THAT?!?!? THE PRESIDENT gave ME a nickname! That must mean he likes me... must mean maybe I can get an interview with him. Wonder what I need to do to keep that up... "

I can hear it in the backs of their heads when that happened... "I'm in with the IN CROWD..."

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

69. "And when he points at me and says, "You, Chowderneck, question?

Everybody knows he's talking to me Ted Hitler

from http://www.bastardly.com/archives/2005/02/18/steven-colbert-is-really-ted-hitler/

here's the vid: http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605bloggers.html

way 2 funny! (8+cut!)

[Last Lemming]

16. So scripted its pathetic

Today, right now, I believe Bush is gay.

"I'll never forget his first statement supporting a ban on same sex marriage--the reporter stated--this obviously is going against his personal grain--I've never seen him more unhappy.

The bad thing, by the way--is not that he was flirting--he was told to flirt--it's that he did it in a way that caused uniform laughter around the globe.

[robbedvoter]

17. Randi: Abu Grahib - retarded gay fantasies - mow we know whose.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

19. Putting all his politics aside for a moment,

he is still the least professional President we've ever had! The leader of the "free" world ought not be making those type of remarks, it doesn't suit the office.............:shrug:

[Sparkly]

21. That is just plain weird

I agree it was scripted, right along the lines of "The president wasn't whistling show tunes" when he fell off his bicycle. "The president is straight" is the message.

So now it sounds like the president is treating female reporters unprofessionally. :eyes: This sounds really desperate.

[sickinohio]

I hope the reporter sues the

idiot fake cowboy for sexual harassment and I hope "pickles" sues the idiot fake cowboy for divorce when he gets back to the states!!

[robbedvoter]

22. trying to go for that Clinton reputation that they berrated

I smell poetic justice. Also dubbing this one "Beardgate"

[Benbow]

30. Bush sounds out of his depth already

And the reporter will be teased about it, in a nice way, by her colleagues for months to come. Bush has no class.

[Dinger]

23. Any Protests???

[ClayZ]

57. Thousands are protesting in Brussels..... see photos!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1252119

[kentuck]

24. Is this the reporter?

?SSImageQuality=Full

[robbedvoter]

28. Pathetic beard. But then again, he is going for a Paula effect

As Digby once said:
"I've always believed that one of the main reasons Clinton frustrated
them so much was that his womanizing protected him from the ongoing
gay-baiting subtext of the Republican appeal. It took one of their most
potent arrows out of the quiver. The best they could do was call
Hillary a dyke.

[No Exit]

31. Excellent observation. I think you nailed it! n/t

[Paintedlady]

35. Yes, that's the reporter

The text under the photo says
"The embarrassed reporter"

[Auntie Bush]

41. She looks like Hillary! He has good taste.

[robbedvoter]

74. Ouch! That'll make his little fans squirm as much as the gay thingy!

[bush_is_wacko]

26. Set up for denying any connection to a gay prostitute in the White House

perhaps?

That would be MY guess!

[Muddy Waters Guitar]

27. He wants to relive his frat-boy days

Soon POTUS will be in a meet-up with togas and kegs discussing how he wants to invade Iran after 6 shots of Jagermeister. Considering the baseline rationality of his policy, maybe it'd be an improvement.

[No Exit]

34. Oh, is he flirting with goats? (He WAS a DKE, wasn't he?) n/t

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[calimary]

37. Thanks for this, and WELCOME to DU!

Glad you're here. We sure need you!

[zann725]

39. How blatant. He's trying to prove his Heterxsexuality to the World.

What did Shakespeare say, "Ye protesteth too much?"

[Carni]

58. I would say so!

What a freaking joke!

[tanyev]

42. You can dress him up, but you can't

take him anywhere. Maybe this happens all the time here, but our friendly corporate media happily ignore it. Just imagine what would have happened if Clinton had flirted with a female reporter on camera. Jeez.

[lavenderdiva]

43. they just showed video of this interview, with his remark on

NBC Nightly News... OH, and it was the first story!

[Liberty Belle]

50. He's trying to prove he's not gay, after the Gannongate flap?

[gulfcoastliberal]

56. It seems like it to me.

It seems like it's totally scripted.

[johnnyrocket]

53. Oh, okay, so I guess Bush isn't gay...

...hmmm, bi maybe?!?

[Rainscents]

55. Thats ny thoughts too... Bi!

[Vektor]

63. What a weirdo!

He is so damn bizarre and inappropriate. I think he's lost his mind completely.

[sorechasm]

71. As if * ever had a mind

Lost his mind? You give him too much credit.

You don't need one to read a TelePrompTer, or to share locker room jabs. You certainly don't need one to act the lovesick puppy.

I understand that the emotional minds of alcoholics stop maturing after their first few drinking binges. I believe that puts *'s emotional stability equivalent to that of a 12 year old adolescent. This act is par for such a course.

No one with a mind could have devastated our economy, and steered us to Armageddon so quickly.

[Vektor]

80. Oh, sorry.

I didn't mean to give him too much credit, or imply that he was capable of rational thought. I agree he is completely stunted.

[njdemocrat106]

65. What a dork

Honestly, I don't think he's gay; I think he has ADD though.

[Sparkle]

66. It's damage control.

We found out about his boyfriend...people here think he is gay so he has to do something to foil it.

[d_b]

68. oh please god

let her get a stain on her suit.

[rodeodance]

70. Anyone know what sort of paper this is? Sounds a bit much to me.

[Paintedlady]

93. The newspaper Expressen

was started in 1944 as a counter weight to the Nazi movement.
Ever since the start, liberalism, tolerance and solidarity has been the distinctive feature.
Expressen always stands on the side of the people against encroachment, oppression and abuse of power.
The political color is Independent Liberal
The circulation is 244 500 per day (population is only about 9 million)
sold in 12500 places throughout the country.

The above is my translation from their "About us" page on the net.
So is the article by the way. I'm not a professional translator, but I speak both languages well.

I haven't lived in Sweden for 15 years but the paper is one of two major evening newspapers. Kind of like the USA Today here.

[burythehatchet]

73. WOW so he IS the dude that Guckert is smokin'

[googly]

77. Did Bush ask the reporter to do a Lewinski on him?

THAT would be big news.

[Skwmom]

78. Flirting with the female reporter?

Hmmm. Wondered if he's worry about the gay escort story.

[Blue_In_AK]

81. "You have wonderful eyes..."

They ran a bit of ** on NBC news tonight, and I thought that's what he said, but I thought maybe I wasn't hearing right. What the hell is THAT all about? Good grief..... It's almost sexual harassment.

[Northern Perspective]

85. Yep. He's "Mr. Classy"

1988

At the Republican National Convention in 1988, George W. Bush
was asked by a Hartford Courant reporter about what he
and his father talked about when they weren't talking
about politics.
"Pussy," Bush replied.

[Dhalgren]

90. Any son who says he talks "pussy" with his own father

is either gay or wishes he were...

[ClayZ]

91. There you go! Family Values

:dunce: