Bush on mid-east, who should act, and the pig; Putin's dig on Iraq

[dajoki]

Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-wobush0716,0,5816676.story?coll=ny-top-headlines

Bush's pig tales show disengagement
BY TIMOTHY M. PHELPS
Newsday Washington Bureau Chief

July 15, 2006, 9:03 PM EDT


WASHINGTON -- As Israeli warplanes were preparing an attack on Lebanon Thursday afternoon, and a Lebanese militia was aiming a rocket at the ancient Israeli city of Safed, President George W. Bush was bantering with reporters in Germany about a pig.

Bush kept bringing up the roast wild boar he was about to dine on at a banquet that night, even when asked about the swelling crisis in the Middle East, where pig meat is forbidden to religious Jews and Muslims.

<<snip>>

But in Russia Friday and Saturday, Bush and his advisers repeatedly refused pleas from Lebanon, supported by other members of the G-8 summit there, for him to call for a cease-fire or even to talk personally to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Asked Saturday in an appearance with Russian President Vladimir Putin what he could do to stop the violence, Bush said it was up to others to act.

<<snip>>

The issue overshadowed a summit the United States hoped would present a united front against Iran's nuclear program. Putin, who Bush calls a friend, even rebuked the president for suggesting that Russia should have more democracy like that in Iraq.

"We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, I will tell you quite honestly," Putin said.

[whistle]

1. Let's get it straight, the photos of George Bush slicing meat from

...the roast on a spit ARE NOT OF A PIG! That roasted animal was a deer or more specifically a deer-ling or young deer. George repeatedly inferred the roasted animal was a pig either because he really is a Dimson and did not know the difference, or, as I am inclined to believe, he did not want folks back home in the U.S. thinking he was some heartless neanderthal consuming great gobs of Bambi! The photos don't lie, that animal in the pictures of Dubya hacking off a large morsel of meat was NOT pig.

[NYC]

2. So Bush's famous pig (boar) was a deer.

Thanks for that information. All I had heard was the he would eat roast boar, and he several times referred to it as "pig".

So, it was the pig eating the deer?

[whistle]

3. Yes, if the animal on the spit had been roast boar (pig) it would have

...resembled KKKarl Rove in appearance with a flat pig nose, thick jowls, fat head, ears point up and a barrel shaped body and ham hock shoulders and front legs. This animal was sleek built for dodging republican bullets, but sadly it did not dodge fast enough!

[NYC]

4. That description will enable me to recognize

a pig or boar anytime, anyplace. Thank you.

[kerrygoddess]

5. It's a wild boar

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=3614

Wild boar is very popular in Germany and other European countries.

[radfringe]

6. Pig quip

while watching news this weekend - my partner went on a bit of a rant over bush's response (or rather lack of significant response) to Israel/Lebanon

she concluded "the Decider" is having a hard time deciding how to spin it. She quipped "he can't decide whether to put lipstick or BBQ sauce on it"

on edit: typo corrected

[Fleshdancer]

7. HAHA!

I hope your partner posts on DU as well...that's hilarious! :rofl:

[radfringe]

8. unfortunately she doesn't

my partner considers herself a "disillusioned hippe" and categorically states that politics make her crazy...

on the bright side - she has given me permission to use the quip in a cartoon.... :grin: