slightly [old], but in case you missed it:

our illustrious leader sneaks up behind the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the G-8
Summit meeting to give her an "out of the blue friendly massage"

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"Bush applies his hands to Merkel's shoulders and neck while she's speaking with Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi; the chancellor hunches her shoulders, then throws her hands up to stop the unexpected massage with a wan smile -- and an expression that can best be translated as "Ewwww.""

supporters will claim it's just a stupid gaffe, no big deal in the grand order of things.

but really? an inappropriate and unwanted physical contact by the president to another
world leader at an international policy meeting?

I think Dialog International summed it up best:

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""When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't look for it from the world's uberpower.""

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/278134_bushrub20.html

http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=24262





[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 4:05 PM. Reason : ]

7/20/2006 4:00:41 PM

Damn that's embarrassing.

7/20/2006 4:07:00 PM

shit was pretty funny

7/20/2006 4:07:20 PM

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"inappropriate and unwanted physical contact "

This appears to me to be neither.

Joe, you sound like an ugly woman with this kind of talk...

Seriously though, do you really think it was unwanted? I mean, do you think she was offended? I'd be delighted to get a quick back rub from almost anyone.

7/20/2006 4:08:48 PM

Well generally with gropeing, you want to make it quick, and you want to make it kind of hidden. Gives them less time to react and you can deny it. The best move is the walking ass squeeze. The bump and tits squeeze is signifigantly more difficult, but is still a much better move than the behind the back shoulder rub.

7/20/2006 4:10:48 PM

lol

7/20/2006 4:18:50 PM

She's hot.

In any case, Europeans have different ways of doing things than we do. There's no doubt she would not have been offended at all by that.

7/20/2006 4:20:14 PM

so you think only european women would be offended if a man tried to give them a shoulder rub in a professional environment?

Try that at your work and see if you don't get a sexual harassment suit.

7/20/2006 4:35:18 PM

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 4:36 PM. Reason : hey chancellor]

[Edited on July 20, 2006 at 4:38 PM. Reason : x]

7/20/2006 4:36:34 PM

Perhaps it was an inside joke from earlier?

Perhaps nobody should give a damn.

7/20/2006 5:19:02 PM

it would have been funny if he had her wear a beret and give him a blowjob

7/20/2006 5:19:35 PM

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"Seriously though, do you really think it was unwanted? I mean, do you think she was offended?"

Are the pictures of her, that clearly show her not enjoying it, not showing up on your computer?

That being said, this is only slightly more of a deal than the shit thing which wasn't a big deal either.

7/20/2006 5:31:01 PM

I don't think it's a big deal, I mean making a big deal about this would be like trying to impeach a president for getting a blowjob from some skank.

But I still think it's funny.

7/20/2006 5:35:25 PM

in my own experience over there, i havent found such things to be all that frowned upon, unless merkel is just really uptight and overly professional.

i mean, they might have been discussing something serious when bush came up and tried to do that.

7/20/2006 5:36:29 PM

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"Joe, you sound like an ugly woman with this kind of talk..."

are you a fucking redneck retard, or what?

7/20/2006 6:13:00 PM

It was a failed assassination.

Bush can't do anything right.

7/20/2006 7:10:51 PM

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"it would have been funny if he had her wear a beret and give him a blowjob"

Monica wasn't the Chancellor of Germany...

Mike

7/20/2006 7:16:56 PM

BAD TOUCH

BAD TOUCH

7/21/2006 3:17:52 AM

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"unless merkel is just really uptight and overly professional. "

bad timing, dumb move maybe, but he didn't do anything wrong. calm down joe, you'll get him on somethin big one of these days

7/21/2006 3:25:12 AM

what he did wasn't any worse than an intern-blowjob in the oval office.

all i'm sayin is:

Quote :

"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The dangerous situation in Lebanon ... requires true leadership. Don't look for it from the world's uberpower."

7/21/2006 4:11:59 AM

funniest thread of the month

7/21/2006 4:14:00 AM

She looks like Rachel Dratch.

7/21/2006 8:08:55 AM

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"inappropriate and unwanted physical contact "

i dont think any of us can say whether it was unwanted or not, but i think its tough to argue that it was appropriate in that situation.

that wasnt a backyard bbq among friends...that was a work meeting, and a highly publisized one at that.

you can be sure there would be hell raised if a company's VP did that to another VP....this situation really isnt different.

7/21/2006 8:32:26 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwORpJs96E&feature=Views&page=3&t=t&f=b

7/21/2006 10:15:52 AM

Just easin' the tension, baby. Just easin' the tension.

7/21/2006 10:30:21 AM

^ahaha

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"In any case, Europeans have different ways of doing things than we do. There's no doubt she would not have been offended at all by that."

Yes, in Europe, they just have sex in the streets in rush hour traffic as well. It creates an adrenaline rush.

I don't consider this anything outrageous, just amusing & a bit strange.

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 11:58 AM. Reason : odd]

7/21/2006 11:58:11 AM

democrats are gonna try to impeach him over this, right?

7/21/2006 12:00:41 PM

Quote :

"Forget it, man. She's a bitch."

7/21/2006 12:27:00 PM

haha the video is even more hilarious

7/21/2006 12:41:54 PM

is the video as funny as every single aspect of this particular picture?



from bush's face, to her acting like some retard that just bench pressed 20 pounds twice in the special olympics

7/21/2006 12:43:50 PM

Yes, and it's funnier.

*Bow*

7/21/2006 1:36:00 PM

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"She looks like Rachel Dratch."

that skit just wrote itself

7/21/2006 1:49:02 PM

Quote :

"democrats are gonna try to impeach him over this, right?"

The republicans might, they have more of a penchant for trying to impeach people for inappropriate sexual conduct.

7/21/2006 2:13:44 PM

Quote :

"Just easin' the tension, baby. Just easin' the tension."

AHA

Well, go ease it on someone else.

Something to that effect.

7/21/2006 3:00:21 PM

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"I don't consider this anything outrageous, just amusing & a bit strange."

not really sure where the comparison to Clinton's bj comes from... doesnt even appear remotely sexual to me?

7/21/2006 3:27:09 PM

Ain't no fuckin' ballpark neither. Now look, maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but, you know, touchin' his wife's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her Holiest of Holies, ain't the same fuckin' ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Look, foot massages don't mean shit.

7/21/2006 3:45:54 PM

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"Are the pictures of her, that clearly show her not enjoying it, not showing up on your computer?"

My pictures tell more of a "Hey, who's doing that...Oh George, you cheeky monkey" story than a "I'm highly offended by these antics Mr. President"

But that's just me...

7/21/2006 3:53:15 PM

English motherfucker, DO YOU SPEAK IT?

7/21/2006 4:14:22 PM

now what the fuck? He's got a fetish for german chancellors, and bald heads?


















i swear to god, we elected a fucking monkey to the most powerful office on earth.

http://rigorousintuition.blogspot.com/2005/02/smoking-scalp.html





[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 2:26 AM. Reason : ]

7/22/2006 2:24:06 AM

hes jesus

7/22/2006 2:25:17 AM

i hope he pats Kim Jong Il on the head if/when he ever meets him. Koreans like that head-patting stuff




[Edited on July 22, 2006 at 2:36 AM. Reason : ]

7/22/2006 2:35:23 AM

That one is wonderful.

Wow.

7/22/2006 4:18:16 AM