George W. Bush Wipes Hand on Bill Clinton's Shirt After Shaking Hands with Haitian

[BR_Parkway]

Still classy asswipe! Just like your mama

http://www.mediaite.com/online/george-w-bush-wipes-hand-on-bill-clinton%E2%80%99s-shirt-after-shaking-haitian-hands/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+mediaite/ClHj+%28Mediaite%29

Former President’s George W. Bush and Bill Clinton made their first joint visit to Haiti this week, touring and helping out in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital city devastated by the January earthquake.

It’s an admirable visit, but something else happened while down in Haiti – it appears Bush wiped his hand on Clinton’s shirt. Let’s go to the videotape!

Breitbart.TV originally asked the question, and with the video evidence the comments section was in virtual agreement last night. It looks like while shaking hands with a Haitian crowd, Pres. Bush pulls back and transitions to what at first appears to be a shoulder pat on Pres. Clinton’s shoulder. But then he moves to a wipe – and turns away.

The visuals just look bad – an American President shaking hands with a crowd of Haitians, then getting something he deems ‘icky’ and wiping it on the shirt of another American President. And since it was Bush, it calls to mind the quote from his mother, Barbara Bush, after Katrina: “So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this–this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.”

[ZombieHorde]

1. Recommended. nt

[Deep13]

2. He believes the Haitians are somehow disgusting...

...and since Clinton was also born poor, he's not much better.

[BurtWorm]

3. There's no question that's what he was doing.

Stupid pig.

[catbyte]

4. Stay classy, W.

:eyes: :rofl:

[Old and In the Way]

5. I hate to be a contrarian on this board...and my anti-Bush creds are well established.

I watched the video. Maybe that was his intent...but it looked like a a friendly tap on the shoulder to Clinton. I can't read his mind, so I can't devine his intent. I am aware that he does have a germophobic tendency, so it's possible that was his (conscious or subconcious) intent. But more likely he wanted to convey that he was ready to leave and return to the hotel for gin and tonics on the veranda.

[BurtWorm]

9. Watch it again and tell me if you think so. It doesn't look like a 'pat.'

In fact it's clearly not a pat. Maybe it's a 'rub,' a la Merkel?

You're right that we can't read his mind. The problem with Bush is, he's made it very difficult to give him the benefit of the doubt in situations like this.

[havocmom]

11. Agree, no pat that. And if he was signaling to go to the veranda

it was a begging, pleading, childlike gesture, which with little george,is possible.

[SpiralHawk]

6. Chickenhawk Republicon Family Values are soooo pathetically stanky

The Republicon Chickenhawks like George AWOL Bush have no honor, as they repeatedly demonstrate.

[Walk away]

7. Dubya is going to die and come back as my Hedge Hog boot scraper...

In eternity he'll be wishing for a sweaty palm after I do doggie pickup.

[Tommy_J]

8. OMG

W's intent looked clear enough. He absolutely has a narcissistic personality disorder

[eppur_se_muova]

10. For the handful of DUers who haven't seen this classic ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVYcWxvqaM

[Kadie]

12. ABC News has the video in slow motion - link

Smear Tactic! Bush Wipes Hand on Clinton
The ex-president wipes his hand on Bill Clinton's shirt after greeting Haitians.
03/24/2010

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/george-bush-wipes-hand-on-bill-clinton-10189471

[Jester Messiah]

13. Hm, maybe Kanye had a point. [nt]

[Mithreal]

14. Bush Crime Family has no shame.

[butterfly77]

15. K&R!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Clinton's just relieved Dubya didn't barf in his lap.

With that family, it could have been much, much worse.

[WI_DEM]

17. Good to know he's still as classy as ever

eom.

[Egnever]

18. Not surprising remember when he used the womans dress to clean his glasses?

on a late night TV appearance?

[truthisfreedom]

20. That's right here in video form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVYcWxvqaM

[arthritisR_US]

19. he's such a pig...

:puke:

[leveymg]

21. Something an 8-year old would do. One with impulse-control problems.

Dubya still shows symptoms of mild Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), and a catalog of other psychological and neuro-psychiatric dysfunctions. See,

George W. Bush - The Complete Psychiatric Workup
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x231653