Bush thanks "AUSTRIANS" for inviting him to "OPEC"

[cui bono]

Bush: OPEC or APEC
By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 09/07/2007 04:50:19 AM MDT

SYDNEY, Australia—

<snip>

"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. {damn!}

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[Lefty-Taylor]

1. And in your headline that would be "Australians" not "Austrians." :>)

[cui bono]

2. Um, no, it wouldn't. Did you read the article?

[Lefty-Taylor]

4. Yep, you're right; the Texan Idiot had it wrong. (I'd suggest quotes around his mention of

"Austrians.")

[Karenina]

3. Tell it to your dipshit *dauphin, dude

and learn to read.

[malaise]

10. No Bush said Austrians

What a moron.

[babylonsister]

5. Rec'd. Typical, but pretty funny once you swallow the bile at the

fact that this man is supposed to represent us. Oye!

[Lefty-Taylor]

6. Only one of a thousand-plus Bushisms!!! How many more days before he goes away?

[DFW]

7. Way too many, if it's more than one!

[Karenina]

8. Sorry for my snippy reply L-T!

It's a red flag to see a newbie go after a poster when s/he OBVIOUSLY has NOT read the piece.

Welcome to DU!

[Disturbed]

9. "on a path that would have sent him over a steep drop."

Too bad he didn't keep going. Then Cheney could be Impeached & America could get straightened out.