EU Apathy. Bush hobbles out of world stage limelight. Laura holes up in trailer inside C-41.

[chill_wind]

George Bush: Farewell tour stirs up European apathy
US president's whistle-stop European excursion will be his last in office. But no one seems to be paying much attention
guardian.co.uk News blog
June 10, 2008 11:54 AM

It's a bruising schedule: six stopovers and countless leaders in the space of a week. But does anyone really care what George Bush gets up to on his whirlwind farewell tour of Europe?

It's not that the subjects on offer are unimportant. At an EU summit in Slovenia today, the US president signed a statement covering all sorts of important issues, from Iran to Zimbabwe to climate change.

Nor will his reception be unfriendly. Among Bush's hosts this week are the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and France's president, Nicholas Sarkozy - both far more amenable to the current White House than their predecessors, Gerhard Schröder and Jacques Chirac.

The problem here is Bush himself, who, even by the usual lame duck standards of term-end presidents, is hobbling somewhat pathetically out of the limelight.



(...) One EU diplomat was far more blunt in hisanonymous comments to Germany's Der Spiegel:

"In truth, the US-EU summit is only being held because it is on the schedule. Of course there are possible areas of cooperation, like climate protection. But everyone is already looking beyond the Bush era."

more at link: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/2008/06/bush_stirs_up_apathy_around_eu.html


He still has one fan left: Laura.

History will vindicate him, says Laura Bush.

"I know he may not be that popular right now, but we've liberated two countries - 50 million people have been liberated from very brutal regimes - and I think that's really important... He's going to have a really unbelievably great legacy, with the advantage of hindsight."


Laura's surprise visit to Afghanistan.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23833514-38197,00.html?from=public_rss

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9530994?nclick_check=1




http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6082877,00.jpg


"White House staff, press and Secret Service sit outside a luxury trailer where Laura Bush flies in privacy inside a C-41 military aircraft from Afghanistan / Reuters"

[xxqqqzme]

1. was the trailer carried everywhere

so her feet didn't have to touch the ground?

His legacy will be unbelievable - no one will believe it actually happened!

[Blaze Diem]

2. Ya Laura, lots of time for that 'Hindsight' in prison.

F your whole damn criminal family.

[elehhhhna]

3. " 50 million people have been liberated from very brutal regimes "

From this I deduce that a minimum 2% civilian death rate is cool with her.

[acmavm]

4. 50 million liberated from a brutal regime? More like 1.5 million

Iraqis and over 4,000 Americans liberated from life.

[chill_wind]

5. Laura's Luxury Caravan Force One- more pics

more pics: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=168752

[Vickers]

6. Jesus, these assholes can't even fly coach in a cargo plane.

Got royalty?

:eyes:

[chill_wind]

7. Didn't we have any spare FEMA trailers around for the jaunt?

Reuters issued caption correction-- it was a C-17.