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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:09 PM
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Watch Foreign Leaders Avoid Shaking Hands with Bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNb-9PYEHjg

Like he forgot to put on deodorant or something?
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WhoDoYouTrust Donating Member (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:20 PM
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1. I was just looking for this, Don.
Thanks!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:26 PM
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2. That says it all. They have ZERO respect for him. n/t
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 11:28 PM
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3. Probably did the 'cowboy hankie' thing, trying to make like he's a real
western outdoor kinda guy...instead of the spoiled legacy frat-boy cowardly deserter east-coast elitist he really is.
To call him a piece of shit is to insult excrement everywhere.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:34 AM
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4. HAHA!
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Sweet Freedom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:05 AM
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5. Looks like he was avoiding them.
He walked by them all with his head down. He looked kind of like the neighborhood kid no one likes, but your parents force you to play with. He knows no one likes him, so he just tries to lay low.
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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:47 AM
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10. That is sort of my take on it also. He never tried to shake anyone's hand. If he would of, I do
believe no one would have refused.

I believe the reason why he did not try to shake anyone's hand was because he was afraid of being rejected. There must be a good reason why he would feel this way. The frat boy actually looks like he is feeling some shame there.

I did not know that this was even possible because all I have ever noticed from him has been egotistical arrogance.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:08 AM
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6. They should have jumped him and beat the snot out of him
it's ALL his fault.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:10 AM
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7. Junior must have forgotten his hand sanitizer!
Or maybe TSA confiscated it because he tried to carry it on AF1 rather than pack it in his checked baggage!

:rofl:
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:10 AM
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8. That's because he greeted them all at the door already
Notice he's also not raising his hand to shake theirs. C'mon people.
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IsItJustMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:50 AM
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11. I never saw that. Do you have a link?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 05:53 PM
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12. I saw it on the news and on a thread here but I can't find it now
Dignitaries are always greeted by the President as their limousines drop them off for meetings like this. It's protocol. So yes, he shook hands with all of them.
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 09:18 AM
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9. He had to look down to the ground when he got to Merkel...
...it was all he could do to keep from grabbing her in a "massage" again, I guess.
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