George Bush doesn't like to shake hands with Black people

[CatWoman]

Obama also recalls the run-up to his Senate campaign, when an adviser lamented that it was too late for Obama to acquire “a nickname or something” other than “Barack,” and marching in Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade “in the very last slot … just a few paces ahead of the sanitation trucks.”

On his first meeting at the White House, he remembers shaking the hand of the president, who turned to “an aide nearby, who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president’s hand.”

“Not wanting to seem unhygienic,” the senator writes, he also “took a squirt.”


http://www.examiner.com/a-295568~Yeas_and_Nays__Tuesday__Sept__19.html

[goclark]

1. It never ends nt

[babylonsister]

2. How blatantly rude, insensitive, disgusting.

:banghead:

[soothsayer]

3. Mr. Monk Goes to Washington?

[dflprincess]

9. Tha's what I thought

no doubt he often turns to Condi and screams "Wipe! Wipe!"

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. Oh dear God

I'm not surprised, but still...

[eleny]

5. I don't know how we'll ever get the Wite House sanitized when W leaves

[JuniperLea]

12. Nixon filled in the pool...

To fill the entire mansion would require far too much concrete. We may have to burn it to the ground and salt the Earth where it once stood. I can't think of any other alternative.

[AnneD]

66. It will take...

an old priest and a young priest.....:rofl:


seriously, is ANYONE suprised at this story?

[KamaAina]

14. It'll have to be completely gutted

just like most of the houses in New Orleans. You remember, the ones that flooded, in large part, because the Army Corpse (sic) of Engineers failed to maintain the levees and floodwalls? Meanwhile, a significant portion of the ACoE budget was shifted into -- guess what? -- Bush**'s colossal misadventure in Iraq. :grr:

[JuniperLea]

6. Good for the Senator

I'd sanitize after shaking DimSon's hand too! Oh, wait, I'd laugh in his face if he ever extended his hand. That's before the deafening rant, naturally.

[rodeodance]

16. I think it is a good health practice for all to follow.

[JuniperLea]

22. Haha! After shaking DimSon's hand, or in general?

I certainly wouldn't let anyone other than DimSon see me do it though.

You should see my desk... and my purse... and my car... I have wipes and gel all over the place. I even have pretty scented stuff! I'm nutty that way... you should see me when I'm cooking chicken... nutty, ultra-cautious.

[KingFlorez]

7. Who does he think he is?

Racist trash. If anything, a person should wash their hands after shaking his hand, he looks like the type to flush and rush to me.

[shain from kane]

20. Are you sure Mama doesn't wipe his butt for him? Spoiled Frat. n/t

[Danger Mouse]

71. He thinks he is

Lord High Emperor of the U.S.

[Rockstone]

8. But he loves to rub their bald heads?

[Catherine Vincent]

10. If I was shaking hands all the time,

I would have the sanitizer available at all times BUT I wouldn't use it in front of people. What an idiot.

[JuniperLea]

21. Exactly!

I keep the stuff in my desk drawer because I do shake a lot of hands... but never, ever would I do it in front of someone!!!

I would have to be in an ultra ornery mood to do that, and then I would be consciously insulting someone!

[Canuckistanian]

29. Bingo

If you're going to do something like that, do it discreetly. With manners. And couth. A little consideration.

Ah, who am I fooling?

Little Lord Pissypants does as he's been programmed to do his whole life. Make nice with the po' black folk.

[LaurenG]

11. How ridiculous

Poor Obama got some nasty energy on him and probably cooties, I'm glad he took a "squirt" too.

[Parche]

13. squirt

What the hell is a dollop? It sounds kinky

[KamaAina]

15. He probably serves Condi on paper plates

at those romantic dinners. Better watch out for those candles! :sarcasm:

[HereSince1628]

18. I'm thinking condoms and oral dam.

But then I hate both of them.

[liberal N proud]

17. I wouldn't shake bu$h's hand

I don't shake hands with murderous war mongering demonic fascist.

[H2O Man]

19. Many people assume incorrectly

that George W. Bush wasted his early adult years, and didn't learn anything. That's just not true. One night, though he was extremely intoxicated, an episode of Saturday Night Live made a huge impression on him. It was the one that highlighted film of what happened to Duane Bobick after he shook hands with Kenny Norten. One can never be too safe.

[lonestarnot]

23. Why didn't the skank just squirt his entire head,

He is one big load of contamination.

[Jed Dilligan]

24. Chicago has the cleanest streets of any city I've seen.

As a politician I'd be proud to march ahead of their sanitation department.

[ninkasi]

25. I'll bet a lot of Black people

don't want to shake his hand anyway.

[tom_paine]

26. Jesus H. Christ, how fucking blatant!

The indignities large and small this pile of shit masquerading as a human being must visit on those around him. But I will bet special humiliations, like rubbing bald heads is reserved for Blacks only. Maybe Jews, too.

Whenever, and it is rare, we can see glimpses of the members of the Imperial Family acting like themselves, whether it be the vile mother, Poppy Augustus, or Tiberius our current Chimperor, their contempt and disgust for average people, really everyone not them, is quite open.

This is just ne more tiny crack in which their personal vileness shines through.

And to THINK someone like Obama, who unless he is in complete denial (which he might be, he chose Lieberman as his mentor), knows what is being done and even winds up having to "ask for a squirt".

The disgusting humiliation of it all. It's quite obvious.

[Danger Mouse]

73. Now now...

Don't insult perfectly good Roman emperors like that! Augustus was a very well-regarded ruler, and Tiberius, despite his reputation, was actually a very effective administrator. Honestly, I happen to be very interested in the Emperor Tiberius as a lover of Imperial Rome, and find that he was much maligned. To compare him to Bush is just unfair! Tiberius went off the deep end after a.) years of neglect and mistreatment from his cold-hearted mother b.) being completely ignored by his step-father (Augustus didn't like Tiberius very much) c.) the deaths of his father and his brother c.) being forced to divorce his wife (whom he loved) and to marry Augustus' (slutty) daughter d.) having his (likely) plans to retire from the throne thrawted when his most likely heir was murdered by one of his own close friends e.) having his own son (and second choice for heir) murdered by the only person in the world that he truly trusted, who spent years poisoning his mind with lies and paranoia.
Enough to make anyone raving mad.
Anyway, Bush is just a sick depraved despot.
Tiberius was a good ruler whose mind became warped. Bush is more of a Nero. A spoiled, bratty and vain snob who delights in violence and unrestrained mayhem, and attained power through the machinations of others, since a loathsome little slime like him would've never become emperor otherwise!
Phew. Okay. That was pointless. =P

[Generic Other]

27. Surprised he didn't wipe his glasses on Obama's tie!

He is white trash, Catwoman. Simple white trash.

[texpatriot2004]

28. Kanye was right! George Bush doesn't care about black people

5 damn days, 5 long days in this m-fu attic can't use the cell phone I keep getting static...

[gordianot]

30. Bush has a hand and opposable thumb?

That was news to me!

[JanMichael]

67. oh, yes. He has an opposable thumb. However, it doesn't make up for

the complete lack of tact, sensitivity, and generally unsocialized mannerisms accompanied by a general sense of utter stupidity despite an ivy league education.

[Imagevision]

31. Obama; couldn't tell if Bush was fresh from recent visit with Jeff Gannon

Obama's fortunate that he also got a squirt!

[VolcanoJen]

32. K&R

And this is especially for CatWoman; she'll get it, so everyone can calm the f down. :-)

[CatWoman]

46. ROFL!!!!!

:rofl:


Unce,

Tice,

Fee Times a Mady...............

:rofl:

[cain_7777]

33. I would never shake his blood soaked hands

:puke:

[slestak]

34. Oh, come on

Most politicians are in the habit of using hand sanitizer. They're out there shaking thousands of hands at events and rallies. You think Kerry wasn't using this stuff out on the campaign trail?

This is ridiculous. There are myriad better reasons to attack Georgie than this one. Why is this even on the front page?

[Shakespeare]

40. I just love it when people make excuses for Bush.

No excuses for that vicious little asshole. None.

[slestak]

45. Oh you love it, eh?

I hate the sumbee just as much as the rest of you, but I'm not going to hate on someone who shakes thousands of hands for using a hand sanitizer after shaking hands with someone else who shakes thousands of hands.

Read my link below. Big Dog uses it, too. I suppose he hates black people as well?

There are plenty of things about Bunnypants that send me into a blind rage. This ain't one of 'em, and no one will convince me otherwise.

[Shakespeare]

47. It's all about the timing.

Clinton doesn't turn around and get a squirt of sanitizer every time he shakes hands. This is something that is done discreetly. When you're standing with a handful of people in the oval office, you do NOT grab for the sanitizer as soon as you shake hands. Unless, of course, you have some kind of hangup about the particular person with whom you just shook hands.

So, yeah, I fucking love it when people on DU make excuses for Bush because it shows how completely full of shit they are.

[slestak]

68. LMAO

You're right. I'm full of shit. I can't believe I gave the pResident a pass on cleaning his hands in a rude manner. I'm headed right now to the county clerk's office to change my voter registration to republican. Then I'll be heading to the Ford dealership to buy a new Expedition and put elephant stickers all over it.

I hope the blind rage is working out well for you.

I'll be turning mine away from hand sanitizer and pointing it at, oh, election fraud, or the war in Iraq, or the myriad other reasons to hate this administration.

No hard feelings, mate.

:hi:

[KingFlorez]

59. Yeah, right

[brentblack]

35. Hand sanitizer

C'mon....most people I work with keep that stuff handy and use it all day - regardless of who is in the room. Many people ( I am not one) are terrified of germs and such.


Has there been any other anecdotal evidence that Bush only does this when he shakes hands with Black People?

There is plenty of evidence that Bush is an idiot and many other things, but this is another petty shot that makes all the good things we say sort of cheap.

Please....use the race card when necessary...but I cannot see how this counts.

[slestak]

36. That's because it doesn't count

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=50382

From the article:

"Apparently a bipartisan solution, former Democratic President Bill Clinton -- a notorious hand-shaker -- has also been known to use a hand-sanitizing product when out in a crowd."

[CatWoman]

48. did Clinton, after shaking hands,

load up a wad of the stuff right there in front of the person?

[H2O Man]

50. "wad of stuff"

CatWoman!

[CatWoman]

52. !!

:hi:

[H2O Man]

55. Let's hope

anyone would clean that off before shaking hands.

[CatWoman]

56. that's what blue dresses are for

:rofl:

[H2O Man]

61. I know that

this president gets excited about appearing in public, but .....

[CatWoman]

49. you need to squirt some in your mouth

yeah, I said it.

I played the moran card.

What are you going to do about it?

call Homey Land security on me?

[wicket]

64. Catwoman, have I told you lately...

...that you ROCK?!?!?!!!! :D

:yourock:

[CottonBear]

77. Homey Land security ROFL!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:hi: Have a great Autumnal Equinox Day!

[KingFlorez]

60. Don't defend him

He has plenty of people to do that on the Republican message boards

[wicket]

63. Interesting posting history you've got there

:nopity:

[SammyWinstonJack]

37. Didn't his daddy, upon meeting Sen. Wellstone turn and ask someone,

"Who's this chickenshit?" Real classy pair, father and son. :puke:

[geardaddy]

38. Hand sanitizers are just wrong in the first place...

Unless you work in the health care field. Just my opinion. I think the whole purpose of them is to scare the shit out of people so that they'll buy more.

[kestrel91316]

72. Correct. They are extremely harmful to microbes in the

environment (you know, the ones that make the world go 'round), and by using this crap on ourselves all the time it just kills the normal, beneficial flora on us and allows the BAD NASTIES a foothold.

Ask any microbiologist. DO NOT USE PRODUCTS WITH TRICLOSAN. Includes "antibacterial" soap.

[brentblack]

39. Overlooked in the Article...

Byrd (former Grand Kleagle Klansman from WVA) advising Obama against getting in a rush to get to the WhiteHouse.

Bush putting sanitizer on his hand seems rather tame compared to a Klansman (resigned or not - show me a racist at 40 and I will show you a racist at 80) telling a young black man to temper his ambitions.


Want to throw around racist accusations? No need to look further than Byrd.

[H2O Man]

41. silly n/t

[brentblack]

42. Silly how?

Because we accuse Bush of being a racist for using hand sanitizer or that we overlook a former klansman telling a young black man that he (the white guy) knows what is best?


One is obviously racist...the other is simply supposition without supporting evidence other than the use of hand sanitizer.

I am just asking the we be consistant. If the Byrd statement was not in the article, I would not have brought it up. However, it was the main point of the article - the Bush issue was a two sentence sidebar.

[H2O Man]

43. Here's how:

Byrd can not change the past. But we should not be handcuffed into being focused on a person's past. If I mention Minister Malcolm X, and someone says, "Why, Malcolm was just a peddler of drugs and women's flesh," I would hope that you would agree that person misses the most important thing about Malcolm: that he illustrated the idea of human redemption, and the power that we all have to change.

Byrd was indeed a foul racist, just as Malcolm was a foul hoodlum. Both changed for the better.

The serious issues that DUers share regarding George W. Bush are not about who he was in the past. They are about exactly who he is today. You may not believe the OP is evidence that he is a racist, and that in and of itself would be a reasonable point to raise, without the bit about Byrd. I would, however, mention that I know two people -- both very good judges of character -- who have had dealings with Bush that convinced them he was indeed a racist. That does not mean he is in the mold of a Ku Klux Klan conehead. Nor does it mean that he "hates" all black folk. But he has some curious behaviors. If you have read, for example, Bob Woodward's books on Bush, you would be familiar with his refusal to meet with Colin Powell unless Condi Rice was present. Odd. He met with other high-ranking administration officials alone, but not Colin. What's that all about? And what is it that Colin and Condi have in common, that would make George seek to have her in the room with him?

[brentblack]

44. Fair enough

I must confess to not knowing much about Malcolm X., other than he was a sharp dresser and was killed in Harlem. I was not aware that he was a troubled youth - but I figure we all were a little trouble. If not, you weren't trying enough. I tried my ass off...lol.


However, I still think this is a petty issue with little concrete evidence. Who knows the true mind of anyone? You can share a bed with someone for years and still not know them and what is in their heart.

Anyway...I have rarely dealt with any white man from that generation (North or South) that is not slightly racist - however benign it may be.

[CatWoman]

51. my, what a student of history you are!!

black history at that!!!

I must confess to not knowing much about Malcolm X., other than he was a sharp dresser and was killed in Harlem

do you know the name of his tailor as well?

you know, the guy who sold him all those fabulous zoot suits?

[Catherine Vincent]

54. "..sharp dresser and was killed in Harlem"

And that's all you knew of Malcolm X? What a silly twerp you are!:eyes:

[KingFlorez]

62. Trying not to laugh

But I'm about 5 seconds away from laughing at what you said

[TankLV]

79. Oh, boy - we have a "winner" here folks!

Amazing, simply amazing.

Open your mouth and remove all doubt as to who and what you are...

[kestrel91316]

74. This is called Democratic Underground for a reason. If you

want to barge in and be a Bush apologist, there are websites more suited to peolpe like you.

Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

[Catherine Vincent]

53. So what?

Bush is still an idiot.

[AspenRose]

58. I hear that argument often

Whenever someone on the left points out racists on the right, the right inevitably plays the 'but Robert Byrd' card....

I've seen Hannity play that card to death.

Prop up that strawman!

[KingFlorez]

57. And what does that have to do with the price of tea in China

What Byrd did years ago doesn't change what your President did

[TankLV]

80. But the fact that Byrd has spend DECADES since DENOUNCING that part of his

past, and BEHAVING in ways that have MADE AMENDS for that past have no merit, right?!

And bunkerboy is doing all his henious CRIMES NOW, with INCREASING FREQUENCY, is excusable, right?!

[bling bling]

65. BWAAAAHAAA!!! The man who picks his nose in public

is worried about OTHER people's hands!

Obama, you oughta be glad they provided you an easy opportunity to get your own hands sanitized. Bleeeccchh.

[BootinUp]

69. Bush is a permanent stain on all our hands

it cannot be washed off or sanitized I am afraid.

[zonkers]

70. As detestable as he is and as frustrated as we are, I don't think this is

true, nor is it worth making hay over.

[Jamastiene]

75. What an insult.

That man needs to be impeached. Maybe we need to come up with a catch phrase that is super catchy and keep repeating it until it happens. That seems to be working for the other side. We need to do something, else suffer with that oaf for 2 more years.

[wicket]

76. kick

:kick:

[jaysunb]

78. I had a chance to meet and greet Bush last year

I went for a beer & smoke instead.....