Bush wipes his hand on Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with Haitian residents.

[Ian David]

After the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti in January, President Obama asked former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush to lead the U.S. relief effort in that country. The two men viewed one of Haiti’s “massive tent cities” yesterday, in a trip — their first one to the country together — to “remind donors of the immense needs facing the recovery effort.” BBC aired video of Bush and Clinton’s visit, and Mediate noticed that at one point, Bush appeared to wipe his hand off on Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a crowd of Haitians. Watch it:

<snip>

Bush has a well-known aversion to germs — and a tendency to use other people’s clothing to clean himself off. He infamously used a woman’s shirt to wipe off his glasses and reportedly had an aide give him “a big dollop of hand sanitizer” after shaking hands with Barack Obama.

More (with video):
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/03/24/bush-clinton-wipe/

[Dappleganger]

1. GWB: the gift that keeps on giving. nt

[YOY]

3. +1

Everytime they start the bagging...just bring him out.

He's like Carter in reverse.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. He's like Monk....only not so smart (nt)

[vaberella]

4. I wonder if it's germs or a mass number of Black people.

Many people are allergic to Black people...we have that sort of affect on them.

[peekaloo]

16. but he knows the handshake and everything!

[Hepburn]

5. OMG....

...what a total asshole.

[xultar]

6. Gratitude. Obama was giving the fucker a chance to redeem himself 4 Katrina

and well...now lookie.

[Brickbat]

7. I love Clinton's expression when Bush does that. He's totally like, "WTF, asshole?"

[Ian David]

13. I know! That was priceless! n/t

[tanyev]

21. At least use your own shirt, asshat.

Geez.

[Cha]

56. Lol!

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. I can only imagine where he wiped his lips after kissing the Saudi King.

I really don't want know......

[Jennicut]

10. Karl Rove's ass?

They didn't call him Turd Blossom for nothing.

[peekaloo]

14. he rinses them via the King's "spigot".

[soleft]

9. As if passing HCR wasn't enough to make us appreciate Obama

[liberal N proud]

11. What a freak

[DrDan]

12. I am speechless - what arrogance

[BlueGirlRedState]

15. I'm so glad he's gone

And yes, Obama did give him a chance to redeem himself and this is the best he can do. Such a contrast with Clinton, who's a man of the people. Go away, George. This really isn't working for you.

[Ian David]

20. Oh, hell yeah

New Lang Syne 2008 (Thank God It's Over)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkkCJpJiEhk

[proReality]

17. He is such an embarrassment!!! n/t

[Froward69]

18. slimeball

[Teaser]

19. eh, he's involved in a good cause here.

It's clear he's got some kind of phobia about this. Given my own aspie related weirdness, I'll pass on criticizing this.

[Ichingcarpenter]

27. Yeah Right

:puke: :eyes:

[Teaser]

31. truly a masterpiece of logic

.

[Ichingcarpenter]

35. I give you the benefit of doubt.

But If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

32. OK but wouldn't most people wipe their own hand with a handkerchief or use their

pants or anything else, really? But wiping yourself on someone else is just dickish.

[Cha]

59. Precisely..no pass for bush wiping his hand on Clinton's

shirt..it's just wrong.

[renate]

43. fair enough, but you wouldn't use another person as your own private hand towel, would you?

It's one thing to have tics or phobias or whatever, but I think this is symptomatic of a lifetime of entitlement.

[lunatica]

22. Bush must hate being anywhere near there

He's such a spoiled man who's filthy rich and now he has to go do something which in his mind must be vile.

There's something kinda karmic about that...

[Soylent Brice]

23. it never ends with him. one damn thing after another.

[HughMoran]

24. Bush = Monk

funny

[tuvor]

25. Wow, a thread with consensus!

Been a while since I've seen one of these.

[LiberalFighter]

26. Someone should immediately after shaking hands with him

cough and pretend to sneeze into their own hand.

[leftygolfer]

28. Get him out of there now!

He's embarrassed the country enough.

[City Lights]

29. Junior is a nose picker, so I don't think it's an aversion to germs.

Germs from certain people, maybe. IMO, he's a run-of-the-mill racist. I despise that muthafucker.

[Blue Owl]

30. Dubya needs to do a lot of wiping

n/t

[kestrel91316]

33. They really shouldn't let him out of his cage. I vote for confining him

with all the booze and drugs he wants until he finishes himself off.

[otohara]

34. Reminicent of Letterman Show - Wiping His Glasses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVYcWxvqaM

[progressoid]

38. That was my thought as well.

What an ass.

[bagimin]

55. Exactly...

same bs.....the man is clearly deranged.

[Bragi]

36. Bill never should have gotten Obama to appoint Bush

I know Bush is the biggest client of Bill Clinton PR Inc., but really, he should not have gotten Obama to appoint his war criminal client to co-chair this relief effort.

If anything, Bush's presence has probably reduced the amount that otherwise might have been collected by the Haiti fund.

Please make sure your donations go to real relief organizations working in Haiti that are not co-chaired by a war criminal.

[mstinamotorcity]

37. Isn't it ironic

that he can wipe his hands on somebody else to get the germs and dirt off just like he tried to do with this country. Only every time we find out dirt that led to the recession and the disappearance of twenty four percent of Americas wealth it leads back to Dubya and his administration.}( }( }(

[Ian David]

46. Out, damned, spot! Out, I say! n/t

[felinetta]

39. Bush is an Asswipe.

[msanthrope]

40. George, no amount of wiping will wash the blood from your hands.....n/t

[struggle4progress]

41. Yep. George's an ass act

[Ignis]

61. Oh, well played.

:thumbsup:

[Ysabel]

42. creepy...

also i don't get it / to show haiti that we care we send them a monster??

[Phx_Dem]

44. OMG.

[benld74]

45. Owner of the hand * shook, ran screaming in the other direction foaming at the mouth

[supernova]

47. * is proof that $$$$ =/= manners or class

Clinton was kind enough not to deck him.

I might not have been so generous.

[greencharlie]

48. that's VERY strange... nt

[peacetalksforall]

49. What is going on? Comments about Clintons Public Relation Company? And

then we learn that Pres. Obama asked them to go there?

What comes first?

Who paid for this trip? Does the money go to Clinton? Did he offer it to Bush? Is Bush paying Clinton?

On a serious side - I think we should know what is going on.

On a fun side - if Bush is paying Clinton Bush probably thinks he has the right to use Clinton's shirt and arm as a washcloth.

I just can't believe this.

Bush - arrested development in his youth and again as a Yale frat boy. He NEVER GREW UP.

I thought the stuffed mouth while talking to Blair, rubbing the soldiers of the German Minister, picking his nose and (can't finish it). I wish all of these were urban legends.

What did we do to deserve that person as President of this country?

[tblue37]

60. I know it's just a typo, but this was unintentionally and wonderfully funny,

peacetalksforall!

". . . rubbing the soldiers of the German Minister. . . ."

[tledford]

64. Ask your friends on freerepublic.com. eom

[peacetalksforall]

65. Are you kidding? I don't come from there and never go there. Don't know why you said that.

[indepat]

50. You'd think junior would want to be a little couther so he would not be remembered as the

uncoutherist former president ever. :shrug:

[Glimmer of Hope]

51. Unbelievable.

[butterfly77]

58. Too bad it isn't...

it has always been on display but many refuse to see it and many of the teabaggers are just the same..

[polichick]

52. Wish Obama hadn't chosen Bush for this mission - a horrible U.S. representative. nt

[Martin Eden]

53. Pretty Dang Funny

Made me forget for a moment the outrage I still feel over GW's crimes.

[theothersnippywshrub]

54. Just one more mental illness to go with the Oedipal complex and Messianic delusion.

It is a good thing for our country and the world that Bush is so fucking stupid and incompetent. Otherwise he would have caused even more death and destruction.

[Cha]

57. bush is the germ.

[Catherine Vincent]

62. What a jackass!

[D23MIURG23]

63. Poor Clinton. I wonder how he got stuck babysitting monkey boy.