What's P.M. Gordon Brown thinking, with George W. at the wheel? (photo)

[DeepModem Mom]

(Doug Mills/The New York Times)
President Bush drives a golf cart with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he arrives on Sunday at Camp David for two days of meetings.

NYT: British Prime Minister Holds Talks With Bush
By JIM RUTENBERG and SARAH LYALL
Published: July 30, 2007

WASHINGTON, July 29 — President Bush, whose relationship with Tony Blair when he was prime minister of Britain was unparalleled in closeness and reliability, on Sunday night began two days of meetings with Mr. Blair’s successor, Gordon Brown.

The selection of Mr. Brown, who took office in late June, has injected a dose of unpredictability into Mr. Bush’s most important trans-Atlantic partnership.

The meetings, the first of Mr. Brown’s tenure as prime minister, hold challenges for both men.

Mr. Bush heads into the new relationship as a lame duck. Mr. Brown enters it at the very start of his term, facing demands at home that may redefine what many considered a supplicant relationship with the United States under Mr. Blair.

Headlines out of London have predicted a new era of distance from the United States, first and foremost in terms of Iraq policy — a forecast that has not gone unnoticed at the White House or among diplomats in Washington....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/world/europe/30brown.html?hp

[Tom Joad]

1. surprised he is not running alongside, waiting for bushy to throw a frisbee to catch

[Bluebear]

2. He's lucky His Highness is letting him ride, not run behind ten steps. nt

[zabet]

3. Geeeez...

'Golf Cart One' :eyes:

[Bluebear]

4. Oh my stars.

:eyes:

[SoCalDem]

5. Driving Mr. Daisy...right off the cliff

:)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. He's thinking "Do I really have to be here (with a lame duck?"

[napi21]

7. At least they didnt let him drive the truck again!

Ohh, maybe that's just on the ranch!

[UrbScotty]

8. Just keep Cheney away.

Brown looks ugly enough not having been shot in the face.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. "I'm Little Sir Echo, how do you do? Hello. ... Hello. ..."