First Bush-Obama Meeting: Hard Feelings and Hand Sanitizer

[a kennedy]

Bill Sammon FOXNews.com (Sorry, about this, but thought it interesting.....)

President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama are probably hoping their meeting Monday goes better than their first get-together, which left a bad taste in the mouths of both men.

Four years ago, Obama and other newly elected members of the Senate were invited to the White House for a breakfast meeting with Bush, who pulled the young Chicagoan aside.

"Obama!" Bush exclaimed, according to Obama's account of the meeting in his second memoir, "The Audacity of Hope." "Come here and meet Laura. Laura, you remember Obama. We saw him on TV during election night. Beautiful family. And that wife of yours -- that's one impressive lady."

The two men shook hands and then, according to Obama, Bush turned to an aide, "who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand."

Bush then offered some to Obama, who recalled: "Not wanting to seem unhygienic, I took a squirt."

The president then led Obama off to one side of the room, where Bush said: "I hope you don't mind me giving you a piece of advice."

"Not at all, Mr. President," Obama told the commander-in-chief.

"You've got a bright future," Bush said presciently. "Very bright. But I've been in this town awhile and, let me tell you, it can be tough. When you get a lot of attention like you've been getting, people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip, know what I mean? So watch yourself."


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[underpants]

1. Speaking of which-somewhere Cindy McCain is being hand bathed in Purell

it has been 7 days now, getting the stench and *shudder* the thought of all those common hands touching hers and John's HAS to be expunged.

[JHB]

2. BUSH said "I've been in this town awhile"?

A whole four years? Admittedly, that's longer than some, but still....

And of course, he couldn't tell that people were "gunnin'" for him because he was a big FAIL, not just beccause he got a lot of attention.

[bdamomma]

3. this is some sort of a threat George.

I do not like *'s choice of words.

"people start gunnin' for ya. And it won't necessarily just be coming from my side, you understand. From yours, too. Everybody'll be waiting for you to slip, know what I mean? So watch yourself."


So watch yourself???? What does george know?


Stupid man.

[TheBigotBasher]

4. To be fair that is quite sound advice to any politician

Not completely appropriate to US Politics, given the shape of the Senate, but the Churchill dictum "the opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you", was proven to be quite telling during the Primaries.

[dennis4868]

5. "Bush turned to an aide, "who squirted a big dollop of hand sanitizer in the president's hand"

good grief....another Howard Hughes!

[Alter Ego]

6. Not really...I'm no fan of Bush, but I got in trouble for reading that out of context.

Bush does it, and then offers it to Obama and says "Want some? Keeps you from getting colds."