Re: Idiocy in Action: Bush in fine form at APEC summit

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 9/7/07, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
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> Via MSNBC.com (Reuters).
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> [snip]
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> Even for someone as gaffe-prone as U.S. President George W. Bush, he was in
> rare form on Friday, confusing APEC with OPEC and transforming Australian
> troops into Austrians.
>
> Bush's tongue started slipping almost as soon as he started talking at a
> business forum on the eve of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
> summit in Sydney.
>
> "Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for your introduction," he told Prime
> Minister John Howard. "Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC
> summit."
>
> As the audience of several hundred people erupted in laughter, Bush
> corrected himself and joked, "He invited me to the OPEC summit next year."
> Australia has never been a member of the Organization of the Petroleum
> Exporting Countries.
>
> Later in his speech, Bush recounted how Howard had gone to visit "Austrian
> troops" last year in Iraq. There are, in fact, no Austrian troops there.
> But Australia has about 1,500 Australians military personnel in and around
> the country.
>
> Upon finishing his speech, Bush took the wrong way off-stage and, looking
> slightly perplexed, had to be re-directed by Howard to a center-stage exit.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20632737/
>
> What a putz.


We could have 8 more years of fun if we just elect Cheney as his replacement..

..c'mon who is up for it?
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