Bush Charms Them at APEC ---pix--->>>

[Stephanie]

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Bush has bad day at theater

SYDNEY, Australia - President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House.

He'd only reached the third sentence of Friday's speech to business leaders, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, when he committed his first gaffe.

"Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit," Bush said to Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

Oops. That would be APEC, the annual meeting of leaders from 21 Pacific Rim nations, not OPEC, the cartel of 12 major oil producers.

Bush quickly corrected himself. "APEC summit," he said forcefully, joking that Howard had invited him to the OPEC summit next year (for the record, an impossibility, since neither Australia nor the U.S. are OPEC members).

The president's next goof went uncorrected — by him anyway. Talking about Howard's visit to Iraq last year to thank his country's soldiers serving there, Bush called them "Austrian troops."

That one was fixed for him. Though tapes of the speech clearly show Bush saying "Austrian," the official text released by the White House switched it to "Australian."

Then, speech done, Bush confidently headed out — the wrong way.

He strode away from the lectern on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop. Howard and others redirected the president to center stage, where there were steps leading down to the floor of the theater.

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[dancingme]

1. that 4th photo will turn up on The Daily Show

:rofl:

[madokie]

2. in that last pic it looks like ole puttie poot is ready to pull his heart out

'his' being bushilter

add: upon a second look it looks like the little one knows it too

[sinkingfeeling]

13. It looks like Bush is about to 'do tears' because Puttie's giving him the cold shoulder!

[Ino]

17. He wants to "do" shirt-less Pootie.

"Ah left Laura at home, Pootie! Come to papa"

[Avalux]

3. Don't you mean OPEC??

:rofl:

Idiot King George looks like shit.

[madokie]

4. kondee must be a real chore for him

whereas the 'lump' just lays there :rofl:

[la la]

11. OR--

condi isn't the great stress-reliever that bushie thought she was.

Those stilettos can hurt if placed in the 'right' places!

[madokie]

19. Thats too kinkie for me to even imagine

I mean where would I start with that visual:-) :rofl:

[BurtWorm]

5. "He strode away from the lectern on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop."

I want to be in the parallel universe where he wasn't stopped!

:patriot:

[onethatcares]

14. you and me both, down he goes with that

stewpid shit eating grin on his face, like the last time the doors didn't open.

[Double T]

6. bush has got to be secretly working for SNL.

[groovedaddy]

7. Just missed a "steep drop" - hell, the country has been in free fall

since he was installed!

[tridim]

8. Did * get a tracheotomy?

[Justyce]

9. It's like driving by a car wreck.... when I see

"bush pix" in the title, I don't want to click it & look because I know it will make me ill, yet I do it anyway... ;)

[BrklynLib at work]

10. Too bad they stopped him before the edge......

It would have made great video!:evilgrin:

[la la]

12. maybe that hidden get-up on his back

is really a harness, in case he does ( now and forever more) go off edges. Or a bungie cord rig. How else does he always spring back from disasters?

[Octafish]

15. Asshole.

Sad thing is...



...there are plenty more where he came from.

[bhumikag]

16. OPEC or APEC??

haha..OPEC summit for APEC..i think the president is so occupied with oil that every summit he attends is OPEC for him..

anyway..about the charm part..there are some who disagree.. meeting with South Korea was not too good and yes..he also thought that he is in europe!! here read this for moreon the hilarious gaffe

bhumika
politics desk,the newsroom

[monmouth]

18. Why would Howard re-direct him??? Ahh well..