Bush caught on open microphone

[Swamp Rat]

Bush caught on open microphone

Agence France-Presse
Last updated 05:28pm (Mla time) 07/17/2006
SAINT PETERSBURG -- US President George W. Bush, caught on an open microphone at a summit here, said Monday that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this shit."

"What they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit, and it's over," Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a leaders' lunch at the Group of Eight industrial countries gathering here.

The president was on camera but apparently unaware that his words were being captured by a microphone. It was unclear who 'they' were.

http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=10319
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I just saw this 20 minutes ago on CNN. They are really playing it up, even quoting the word 'shit,' like it is a big deal. The crappy CNN infotainers are making it look like Bush is 'tawkin' tough' and putting pressure on Kofi Annan to do something about the situation, while maintaining a position where NO ceasefire is called. :eyes:

Btw, 'tough-tawkin' Bushler eats with his mouth open like a baby.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Exactly. Who's They...Mr Tough Guy?

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

7. His alien lizard masters

:D

[Hosnon]

83. I'd guess he used it in the way you do when you say:

"Well, you know, they say that Barbara Bush was a virgin when she conceived George."

[Fozzledick]

88. "They" are the people who take RESPONSIBILITY!

He doesn't really know who They are because he never really thinks about Them, but They are the people who come in and clean up the mess after boy George screws things up and runs away. They are the adults who do all the work, and B*sh has never really paid attention to them, much less been one.

A real leader in a situation like this would be saying "I've got to make it happen!", Georgie is saying "Somebody aughta do something about it".

[noyb3]

124. They=UN (I think)

It seems like Bush is getting ready to pin the blame for the continuing violence on the UN's unwillingness to pressure Syria. That way, he'll have have his excuse (UN inaction) for getting the US military involved.

[ScreamingMeemie]

156. Welcome to DU noyb3!

and you are probably right. :hi:

[xchrom]

2. accidentally caught on purpose.

makes the coward sound -- well -- i'm not going to give him that credit.

[Swamp Rat]

3. This has KKKarl Rove all over it

It is probably being repeated ad nausium now on CNN, but I had to turn it off. :puke:

CNN infotainers (Miles O'Brian was one of them) were acting like it was important breaking news, and as if they have a scoop. :eyes:

[xchrom]

8. of course! -- we are so being jerked around.

[Fozzledick]

75. Nah, it HAS to be an accident.

The one thing B*sh would NEVER do on purpose is tell the truth!

[spotbird]

97. Whether the comment was truthful

is certainly open for debate.

[xchrom]

121. no worry then -- he wasn't telling the truth.

just cursing for effect.

[deminks]

4. Reuters doing this, too. The ME crisis made him do it.

Mideast crisis drives Bush to colorful language

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060717/pl_nm/group_mideast_bush_dc_1

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A microphone picked up an unaware President Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hezbollah to "stop doing this shit" and that his secretary of state may go to the Middle East soon.

Bush was talking privately to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during a lunch at the Group of Eight summit in St Petersburg about an upsurge of violence in the Middle East, not realizing a microphone was recording what he said

Blair replied: "Right, that's all that matters, it will take some time to get that together."

The two leaders also referred to an offer by Blair to help. Blair said Rice has "got to succeed" if she goes out to the region.

[Swamp Rat]

9. Thanks. I've been waiting for the press to catch up with the BREAKING NEWS

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: OMG! Bushler said 'SHIT!' :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[rodeodance]

72. so Rice has to succeed if goes to that 'area'.

...The two leaders also referred to an offer by Blair to help. Blair said Rice has "got to succeed" if she goes out to the region.

[saigon68]

79. KindaSleezy Rice gets Tough

And UGLY

[hollowdweller]

5. Doesn't he realize they are "Bringing It On"

[Cooley Hurd]

6. Personally, I think it made him look like a buffoon...

Chewing (with his mouth open the entire time) and swearing. I hope they DO play it all day - it's certainly NOT flattering.

[Swamp Rat]

10. That was indeed gross!

:puke:

He looked like a cow chewing cud. :eyes:

[C_U_L8R]

17. Talkin' and Chewin' and Cussin'

What a disgusting waste of office space.

Not only did he look dumb...

Not only did he sound dumb...

but his comments were such dumb observations that they
make the "analysts" on Faux News look like freakin' geniuses

[saigon68]

112. HE is a War Criminal Ass-Clown

[lse7581011]

16. That's What I Thought

it made him look stupid not tough!

[Skittles]

23. I concur

makes him sound like the f***ing clueless turd he is....is this the analysis of a world leader or a schoolyard bully?

[Debau2005]

32. Agreed!

It does not make him sound tough, it makes him yet again an embarrassment to the United States.

[Sheltiemama]

142. Close your mouth, George

I couldn't get over that, either. All the other world leaders can chew with their mouths closed. I'm jealous.

[MethuenProgressive]

11. "They"? Who be this "They"?

A coallition of the dry drunk fantasy, no doubt...

[me9399]

12. not surprised

what class he has...not! how in the hell did this idiot get elected twice:wtf:

[AndyA]

45. He didn't.

He had friends in high places: Diebold and election officials who were willing to do the dirty work for him.

Bush was never elected, he stole the elections. Took them from democracy like the fascist he is. He picks his nose in public, talks with his mouth full of food, emits other noxious odors no doubt as well, just to show those in presence how disgusting he finds them.

Bush is a pig.

[unda cova brutha]

125. he wasnt elected

he was stolen from all of us.

[wndycty]

13. Dumb fuck, dumb fuck, dumb fuck. . . .

. . .LOL what a dumb fuck!

[chelsea0011]

14. The guy eats with his mouth open and eating and talking at the

same time sure was funny.

[MagickMuffin]

15. So, will the FCC fine the networks

and will the networks forward the penalty to the White House?

Will the networks get fined for every time they air the "SHIT"

It seems someone should have to pay for the foul language! Of course if they fine the WH the taxpayers will ultimately have to pay the fine.

[wndycty]

18. It won't go out over broadcast networks so no. . .

. . .cable is immune. But it does make Bush look like a hypocrite.

[MagickMuffin]

24. If cable is immune why is it

that they always censure the Daily Show and the Colbert Report?

I realize some cable shows are immune, but there is a certain amount of censure ship on some cable shows.

[wndycty]

48. Self censorship to keep the advertisers happy

Corporations are not going to sponsor what some would consider to be vulgar.

[EVDebs]

101. Doesn't such 'potty mouth' require a $500K fine ? Howard Stern and all ?

[CottonBear]

28. CNN Headline news played the whole tape: 'shit' included! (About 7am EST.)

Robin Meade (sp?) the morning host of Robin & Co. was almost speechless! (I actually like Robin and I like her even more now.) Props to CNN Headline News for airing what the rest of the world has already heard and what will be censored in the USA by the rest of the corporate media. (I'll bet CNN headline News won't air it again though...)

No, at 7.28 pm EST. Kelly O'Donnell on MSNBC, was just talking about the tape but MSNBC was not airing the tape. She mentioned the "expletive" (give me a break...you can say 'crap' but not 'shit' on air?) and that this is how Bush is known to speak in private.''

BTW, Dear leader looked like a bigger idiot than ever before: chewing with his mouth open, talking with food in his mouth, swearing (if 'shit' is swearing...) and generally sounding like a stupid frat boy.

edit: I corrected the name of the MSNBC reporter who was interviwed by phone on MSNBC about 7:25 am EST.

[ShortnFiery]

114. CNN has *briefly* come through for The People during recent times

We should support them more when they do show such glimmers of "The Fourth Estate." :-) Remember, ole' Wolf Blitzer aired the entire AUDIO of Condi having her hissy fit with the Russian Prime minister (complements of an open mic) last week. Granted they promptly lost/destroyed the audio after the first airing ... probably due to a threat called in by KKKarl Rove but it still showed a little courage. Any port in a storm, aye? Sometimes CNN slips gives us the unvarnished truth. :patriot:

[JanusAscending]

132. Sorry, Wrong!!

It aired, in it's entirety, on my local ABC noon news!!!:rofl:

[NJCher]

19. IMO, no setup

That was no setup. It shows him for what he is: appalling short of ability to solve any problem, let alone an incredibly complex situation like this.

Leaders are supposed to exhibit some modicum of dignity and respect and saying, "..stop doing this shit.." shows nothing of the sort.

Furthermore, his reference to "they" shows he is no leader. A real leader would have said "we."




Ch-er

edited to add:

It won't go out over broadcast networks so no. . .

. . .cable is immune. But it does make Bush look like a hypocrite.

It was the first thing I saw when I turned on ABC around 7 a.m.-something.

[rodeodance]

77. i think I agress.

[fasttense]

20. Oh not again. Isn't this like the third time the

neocon press has reported on the bushes being picked up off mike and unaware? This is getting old. I don't believe it was unintentional.

[NJCher]

21. has it ever occurred to you

That these people are incredibly unprofessional?




Cher

[Swamp Rat]

34. To me is certainly has, but CNN played it up like a scoop in a way that

seemed disingenuous. My gut feeling was it was no accident, especially since so much care is taken to control the media around Bushler. It seemed staged, though you may be right too. Perhaps the way the media reacted and are using it to make Bushler look tough influenced my perception?

[spotbird]

90. Both can be true

It is unprofessional to make statements of this nature by pretending not to know the microphone is on.

What pisses me off is that the media pretends to fall for it every time.

[spotbird]

91. Both can be true

It is unprofessional to make statements of this nature by pretending not to know the microphone is on.

What pisses me off is that the media pretends to fall for it every time.

[spotbird]

96. He didn't cover his mouth,

as he spoke, and ate (what a vulgar SOB). Even the mayor of Nowhere knows to conceal his mouth when cameras are on him and he wishes privacy. Bush is stupid, but he is obsessive about secrecy, it's just absurd to believe that this wasn't deliberate.

[MaineDem]

98. I found the eating to be obnoxious

It was gross and totally uncouth.

I'm convinced everything he said was deliberate.

[spotbird]

100. Remember when he was appointed?

All the Republicans boasting about how dignity had been restored to the WH.

Truth be told I'd rather my President engage in consensual sexual activity in private than cuss, chew food and spit on another world leader with the cameras rolling. Call me old fashioned.

Public dignity is more important, because it impacts me.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

22. A real Talleyrand...

Ain't he?

I cannot wait for his definitive series of books on diplomacy.

[Tesha]

25. And it will *NEVER* be on American TV!

See, that's the beauty of the FCC's "Crack down on indecency"
campaign. Because the fines are so stiff, no broadcaster will
be willing to broadcast Bush speaking indecently; it would
simply be too expensive for them to do so and would directly
jeopardize the renewal of their broadcast license.

It's all so convenient when you run all the branches and
mechanisms of government, isn't it?

Tesha

[C_U_L8R]

29. But it will be on every one of the internets

y'know the one with all the tubes

[Radioactive]

31. It will be on YouTube!

Fear not it will be on YouTube before long, they tried to show it on Sky News here in the UK earlier but strangely enough the video wouldn't work.

[Penndems]

50. . . . and the one with crooks and liars, too

;)

n/t

[CottonBear]

33. CNN headline News aired the whole thing! I heard it! 'Shit' and all.

It was priceless! It aired about 7 am EST. See my post above.

[Cooley Hurd]

38. CNN's Ed Henry quoted him VERBATIM during the 6am hour of...

...American Morning. :rofl:

[Tesha]

39. Well, the lawsuits will be interesting. Glad I was wrong! (NT)

[Swamp Rat]

41. Aren't they worried about FCC fines?

Apparently not. :eyes:

[spotbird]

93. Cable isn't broadcast over the public

airways. Therefore, they aren't subject to the same regulations.

[Swamp Rat]

143. How come Jon Stewart or Howard Stern can't say 'shit' on the air?

?

[high density]

146. Jon Stewart is bleeped more for advertisers I think

It's a self-censorship sort of thing, probably to keep the TV-14 rating and more ad money.

FX has shows that have "shit" in them all the time. Howard Stern, now on Sirius, can say whatever he wants over satellite radio. XM has shows/songs with cussing in them as well.

[Cha]

153. Still, it's Hypocritical

of the resident monkey to say "shit" on the air and crack down on everyone else!

You say, "that's just one more to add to the Mountain of HYPOCRICIES!"?

I say you're right!

[rodeodance]

73. thanks for the report.

[Fozzledick]

102. I's love to see them address it directly

"Good evening; we are not allowed to tell you what B*sh said today by order of the FCC."

[yy4me]

26. He looked and sounded crude. So very un-presidential.

Again, I sound like a broken record but he is an embarrassment to the US. And I know that the G8 members are more fully aware of it than ever. The guy is nuts. Couldn't he even pretend to sound intelligent by framing his thoughts in adult, educated language. This was not the forum for swearing. I would imagine that everyone else there was on his best behavior.You know, the "on the world stage" thing. How can the supporters of this administration believe that this person represents them? I guess they don't think much of themselves.

[lostnfound]

60. He looked and sounded crude, which is WHY he appeals to his supporters

I do think there's a certain mentality common among Bushbots of wanting a president who thinks and sounds like they do, not some elitist intellectual with polite manners.

[Ian David]

27. Did he also say that Hezbollah are major league assholes?

Bush is a genius, isn't he?

"You see, peace is hard work. I've studied it for a long time. And my experts tell me, that the key to peace is for people to stop killin' one another. Some people don't know that, see. They have to stop that shit. That killin' and shit.

"Hezbollah, they're major league assholes. Bigtime.

"You've gotta catapult the peace. And we have all kinds of catapults. To catapult the peace. And some of those catapults are nookyooler."


http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/world/view_article.php?article_id=10319

[WePurrsevere]

42. Have they "updated" the article at your link to remove the last 2 lines

you quoted Bush as saying? or ??

Although I certainly wouldn't put it past Bush to speak like this and I'm admittedly in a bit of a brain fog this morning, I'm not seeing anything more then what's been quoted in the OP.

:hangover:

[Ian David]

47. Those were my "Hilarious Made-em-ups." n/t

[WePurrsevere]

53. Ahhh.. okay. It's not always easy to tell where Bush & humor part ways.

;) :evilgrin:

n/t

[leftchick]

30. Yahoo: Bush curses Hezbollah's actions

:eyes:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060717/ap_on_go_pr_wh/g8_summit_bush_overheard

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - President Bush cursed Hezbollah's attacks against Israel in private conversations with foreign leaders Monday that were picked up by a microphone.


Bush expressed his frustration with the United Nations and his disgust with the militant Islamic group and its backers in Syria as he talked to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the closing lunch at the Group of Eight summit.

"See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this (expletive) and it's over," Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll.

He told Blair he felt like telling U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who visited the gathered leaders "to get on the phone with (Syrian President Bashar) Assad, make something happen."

[C_U_L8R]

35. What a freeeeakin' stroke of genius

yeah .... heck of a job there Bushie !!!!!!
Just tell old Kofie to make it happen .. that's the ticket !!!!

Why hasn't anyone thought of THAT before !!

Wow .. we are Sooooooo fortunate to have your inspired and thoughtful leadership :sarcasm:

:rofl:

[Neecy]

71. heh...

...Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll

At least the print media is pointing out the disgusting fact that Chimpy speaks with his mouth full of food.

I guess Bar didn't waste her 'beautiful mind' teaching her son table manners.

[baldguy]

36. He's right. But who said Hezballah listens to Syria?

Hezballah doesn't care who gets hurt - as long as they can kill Israelis.

[Deja Q]

129. I agree with you.

I may have asked questions in my direct response to the OP, but yeah, Hizbollah has to stop. So does Israel. And it'll take more than a silly disarmament on both sides to do it; that's just the beginning.

[baldguy]

137. It needs an American President willing to hold their hands &

do some difficult diplomacy.

And we've Zippy, the Wonder Chimp. :cry:

A lot more people will die because of Bush's incompetence & active DISinterest.

[Penndems]

37. Saw the video on "Today" this morning - he was disgusting

Talking with Prime Minister Blair about Hizballah, and the Israel-Lebanese conflict, with his mouth open, cutting his food the same way someone would whittle a piece of wood. Absolutely no class whatsoever. The utterance of the expletive was just icing on the cake.

Bush's behavior was, for lack of a better word, "guttural". His right-wing base must be really proud Bush is representing this country abroad with such "honor". :sarcasm:

[leftchick]

40. photo of the jackass and his poodle

A video image shows U.S. President George W. Bush (L) speaking privately to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during lunch at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in St. Petersburg, July 17, 2006. A microphone picked up an unaware U.S. President George W. Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hizbollah to 'stop doing this shit' and that his secretary of state may go to the Middle East soon. Bush was talking to Blair about an upsurge of violence in the Middle East, not realising a microphone was recording what he said. REUTERS/Pool via Reuters TV (RUSSIA)

[Swamp Rat]

43. I bet there are photos of him and his gaping maw too.

Fire up Photoshop!!! :D

[Radioactive]

46. Blair is a laughing stock

The man has no balls at all, he just listens and agrees to whatever Bush says.

[me9399]

49. ditto about Blair nt

[C_U_L8R]

51. The tie says it all

befitting a poodle

[partylessinOhio]

55. That stupid pink tie is long enough to hang himself or the Chimp!

Edit to add a photo:


Is the boy drunk?




* is disgracing all of us. He should have been removed long ago.

[Warren Stupidity]

44. Shouldn't CNN get a Howard Stern level FCC fine?

I am so offended.

[Swamp Rat]

61. $325,000 for each time they say 'shit' n/t

[IndyOp]

67. Seriously? Who do we report them to? (n/t)

[Swamp Rat]

68. The FCC

But I doubt they will do anything.

[WePurrsevere]

52. Whether it's literal or figurative "shit" is always coming out of this

man's mouth... apparently one must also be cautious about food spewing along with it since his mother didn't teach him that it's not considered polite to chew or talk and chew with your mouth open. :puke:

BTW, who is this "they" BuSh*'s talking about? World leaders? If so shouldn't that be "we"? Is "they the UN? I haven't been online much the last few days but didn't the US just veto a couple of proposals that the UN was trying to pass to possibly work through this mess?

(Why is it that my life can be fairly quiet, ho hum and boring for looonnnggg periods of time but the second I need to actually run around and DO stuff offline the world goes into hyper-drive of stupid so I mess lots of bit and pieces?) :banghead:

edited for a dropped letter :hangover:

[Joe Bacon]

54. Bush is playing to his base

And his ignorant Christian base will just lap this up, believing what a great tough John Wayne type guy this coke snortin' clown is.

[Swamp Rat]

62. Would Jesus say "shit" while chewing food?

:D

[C_U_L8R]

85. Exactly.... an astute observation

hahahaha

[Lisa]

136. Or implicitly boast about ordering other people around?

I somehow have that mental image of Bush lounging around, picking dirt out of his golf shoe cleats, and spouting self-satisfied rubbish. This quote reveals a lot more about him than it does about the UN Secretary General!

[Roland99]

56. Frat Boy President.

:eyes:

[WillieDee]

57. We want the video!

I'm sure it'll be up before too long, but I'm impatient. :)

[Judi Lynn]

66. Here's the MSNBC clip:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13901209/

[ck4829]

58. Who are "They"?

[Benhurst]

59. Oh, I'm shocked, shocked. I thought Walker Bush was a good

barn-again Christian man who, unlike that degenerate Bill Clinton, never used naughty words, unfit for our children's tender ears.

How can we tell our poor little ones that the President of the United States, albeit an unelected one, has a garbage mouth?

Oh, the horror, the horror!

[spotbird]

94. What will we tell the children? nt

[Fermezlabush]

63. CNN: the Beavis&Butthead News: "He said shit! heh, heh, heh!

[Vidar]

64. Karl stole this one from a West Wing episode.

[Swamp Rat]

70. I've never watched West Wing

Was there an episode similar to what happened this morning?

[Vidar]

150. President Bartlett dissed an opposing candidate's intellectual

credentials over an "accidentally" open mic. Subsequent polls showed voters responding favorably, & there was a strong implication that the microphone had been left on deliberately.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

160. Kick

[ananda]

65. The man is..

.. a local, national, and international chancre on the ass of the world.

Not in my name.

[rocktivity]

69. Well, Bush ought to know

Look at what a great job he's done of getting Al Qaeda to stop doing THEIR shit. And if he really wanted to put pressure on Annan, he should have have Bolton vote for the UN cease fire resolution.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Marie26]

74. So, he's clueless.

No surprise there.

[Robb]

76. My virgin ears!!!

My babies will grow up cursing like sailors and shooting heroin in their eyes!!

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!? :bounce:

[Jawja]

78. * gets caught on open

mic too many times for it to be an accident, IMHO.

[cureautismnow]

80. Did he give 'em the finger, too?

What a complete and utter embarrassment to our country. This chimp belongs in a zoo or safely behind bars.

[fun n serious]

81. More Scatology obseesion evidence. N/T

[rodeodance]

82. Bush : “See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria ......"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13901209/
Bush caught on tape swearing about Syria
Microphone also picks up other comments — from Mideast to Diet Coke

Updated: 8 minutes ago

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - It wasn’t meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance — including President Bush cursing Hezbollah’s attacks against Israel.

Bush expressed his frustration with the United Nations and his disgust with the militant Islamic group and its backers in Syria as he talked to British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the closing lunch at the Group of Eight summit.

“See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s--- and it’s over,” Bush told Blair as he chewed on a buttered roll.

He told Blair he felt like telling U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who visited the gathered leaders, to get on the phone with Syrian President Bashar Assad to “make something happen.” He suggested Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice might visit the region soon.

[rodeodance]

84. says Blair appeared to be pushing Bush about peacekeepers

Blair, whose remarks were not as clearly heard, appeared to be pressing Bush about the importance of getting international peacekeepers into the region.

[1932]

99. I'd have a lot of respect for Blair if he saw that Bush's mic was on &

went over to him with the purpose of letting the world hear who is standing in the way of getting an international peace-keeping team in the region.

[MiniMe]

86. Time to complain to the FCC. I think the violator should be fined

And then imprisioned. hehe, ok, wishful thinking

[spotbird]

87. Sure he didn't know the mic was open....

This has happened several times during this administration. It always manages to be a message they want in the mainstream, but want to pretend that it wasn't a public announcement.

[mikelgb]

89. MY VIRGIN EARS

call the FCC!

[DrZeeLit]

92. No way "Accidental" -- Rove trying dead "Cowboy Diplomacy" without

having to write an entire speech around the issue.

He got this clip on EVERY newscast.
Many verbatim.

The sound byte = "We're tough on terra" and Bush has to do NOTHING.

Very clever.

Shit.

[noonwitch]

95. This is one time I don't disagree with him, though, however crudely stated

Syria probably can help stop Hezbollah from launching rockets into Israel.

I just feel very badly for all the civilian Lebanese, Israelis and Palestineans caught between the fighting.

[Rhiannon12866]

103. I heard about this, but haven't seen it yet. I'm keeping the TV on CNN.

And I also heard that he was chewing at the same time...:puke:

What I'd like to know is whether he was really "caught," or whether this was yet another staged incident, to get the message out. And CNN will spin it in his favor, whatever he says... He could have vomited on camera, like his father, and they would somehow have spun this to make him sound tough and decisive.x(

[young_at_heart]

104. He's definitely a "good old boy"

People seem to like a plain-spoken, earthy type of guy you would like to have a beer with. Diplomacy---who cares?

[bennywhale]

105. Bush slip puts pressure on Syria

"Unaware that his microphone was switched on President Bush was recorded telling Tony Blair that Syria should press Hizbullah to "stop doing this shit".

Earlier Tony Blair called for an international stability force to move into southern Lebanon as "the only way" of stopping bloodshed in the Middle East spiralling out of control. The prime minister repeatedly stressed the importance of a stabilisation force - in which Britain is unlikely to play a major part - saying: "If we can't get such a force to act in that way, then I think it's very difficult to see how we are going to restore calm."

Later, Bush said he felt like telling Annan to telephone Syrian President Bashir Assad "and make something happen".

"We're not blaming Israel and we're not blaming the Lebanese government," he said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1822620,00.html

Good thorough analyisis and solution Mr President

[napi21]

106. I actually don't fault him for his language. e ALL use those words

and MORE! I do have to wonder how people wearing a mic can't seem to remember that IT MIGHT BE ON!!!!!

[Reciprocity]

107. I used to work in radio,

with microphones, shit happens.

[Pithlet]

108. Do you have a link?

If you don't, please include one as soon as you can and edit your title to the headline if it doesn't match already.

[ckramer]

109. I watched it this morning from NBC today show

it played that whole recording...pretty funny to tell you the truth when he sweared like that.

[lovuian]

110. They = Iran or the Saudis cause Oil is going up

and up and up

[jseankil]

111. "Yo, Blair. What are you doing? Are you leaving?"

He's a man-child.

Transcript
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13901534/

[hedgehog]

116. He's got to hurry home to do something

Just what is he hurrying home for? Did he drink up all the booze from the hotel mini-bar or what?

[Efilroft Sul]

113. IF Bush were a real leader, he'd be flying to Tel Aviv right now.

But he's not. Were I President, I'd be dragging every G8 leader to Israel right now and forcing everyone to the table to hash this crisis out. I'm not saying I'd be successful, but I sure as heck wouldn't be flying back to D.C. after conducting pig-roast diplomacy in St. Petersburg.

[Ilsa]

115. If the crisis is bad enough to curse about it, why doesn't he get off his

ASS (I hope the internet police don't fine me) and show some leadership?

[Rhiannon12866]

118. I just saw it and I agree with you.

In this clip, as in the one from Germany a couple of days ago, when all he was thinking about was a pork dinner, he seems more interested in feeding his face than working to stop the violence and the desperate plight of these people, including 25,000 Americans still stranded in Lebanon.:grr:

And don't worry about the internet police. There just aren't enough of them to keep track of all 91,000 of us...:D

[antonialee839]

117. Accidentally on purpose.

I'm surprised he wasn't talking about the roast pig.

[Gregorian]

119. I'm recommending this thread, just because

It's the best thing I've read this morning.

You guys don't miss a thing. What's with that ten foot long pink tie? What a group of dingbats.

What ever will we do with ourselves once this goof is gone? Oh yeah, we can be productive again.

[AngryOldDem]

120. Could have been worse...

...He could have made a remark about dropping bombs, or threatened Syria outright.

Just what does he want Annan to do? I thought the UN was just a pissant organization in his eyes.

[VegasWolf]

122. Who needs Dan Quale when we have Georgie - another great legacy from

George H W Bush.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[MODemocrat]

123. Bush is talking Gutter talk

They can twist and spin it anyway they want to, but it sounds as if he's in a sportsman's bar, talking about a football game and his team is losing. He has absolutely NO CLASS. Nor does the "media" for trying to portray that trashy talk as "tough talk."

How embarassing to have him representing this country. I've never heard any leader be so crass as Bush.:dunce: :dunce: :blush: :blush: :blush: :blush:

[MrPrax]

126. Yo! Blair...

As he chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bush expresses amazement that it will take Putin and an unidentified leader just as long to fly home to Moscow as it will take him to fly back to Washington. Putin's reply could not be heard.

"You eight hours? Me too. Russia's a big country and you're a big country. Takes him eight hours to fly home. Not Coke, diet Coke. ... Russia's big and so is China. Yo, Blair! What're you doing? Are you leaving," Bush said.

Bush thanked Blair for a gift of a sweater and joked that he knew Blair had picked it out personally. "Absolutely," Blair responded, with a laugh.

Bush, a stickler for keeping to his schedule, could also be heard saying, "We have to keep this thing moving. I have to leave at 2:15. They want me out of here to free up their security forces.''

Bush also remarked that some of the speakers at the meeting had the tendency to talk too long.

Toronto Star

[The Backlash Cometh]

127. It proves what we already knew

Bush is no diplomat. He can't even play one on t.v.

[Deja Q]

128. Define "shit". Aggression?? Self-defense?! The game of chess they were

losing?> What!!

It takes two to tango. Is Israel 100% clean of any wrongdoings? I doubt it. Both sides have their histories.

[Name removed]

130. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Cha]

131. "Like a baby"..and

a really Gross older person.

[Az_lefty]

133. what do you men "we" pissypants?

this guy is so useless as a president. What's he going to do now, make another speech? Wave the flag?
:puke:

[DemNoir]

134. Hold on

Isn't that glass of wine awfully close to Bush?

[Pachamama]

135. He's not tough or tough talking...he's just a rude, crude scumbag who has

a small vocabulary and likes to throw out insults and act like he is in charge.

And I think we know "they" are Iran and Syria that he is referring too....

George can't wait to bomb the "shit" out of them.... :nuke:

[Swamp Rat]

138. Maybe he will nuke 'em all, after a month long vacation

We're getting closer Pahamama... namasté :hug:

[KansDem]

139. My dog eats with his mouth open, and he's TOUGH!!!

So don't mess with him!

I actually don't have a dog buy wanted to make a point. I actually have two cats who both tend to eat with their mouths open, but they're just "pussycats" :)

[bkcc]

140. I'm willing to bet that the FCC will fine CNN.

How DARE they use the word "shit" on television??
;)

[Barrett808]

141. Juan Cole has pieced together the exchange between Bush and Blair:

I cobbled the Bush-Blair exchange on Israel and Lebanon, accidentally caught at the G8 on mike, together from WaPo and ABC News.

BUSH to Blair: "I think Condi is going to go (to the Middle East) pretty soon."

BLAIR: "Right, that's all that matters, it will take some time to get that together . . . See, if she goes out she's got to succeed as it were, where as I can just go out and talk."

BUSH: "See, the irony is what they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over."

BLAIR: "Who, Syria?"

BUSH: "Right . . . What about Kofi? That seems odd. I don't like the sequence of it. His attitude is basically ceasefire and everything else happens."

BLAIR: "I think the thing that is really difficult is you can't stop this unless you get this international presence agreed." . . .

BUSH: "I felt like telling Kofi to get on the phone with Assad and make something happen. We're not blaming Israel. We're not blaming the Lebanese government."

http://www.juancole.com/2006/07/bush-lean-on-syria-i-cobbled-bush.html

[aaronbees]

163. Very insightful....

Tweedledee and Tweedledumb make up foreign policy as they go along. It's funny how Blair sees himself as ineffectual, and Bush paints the world according to black/white color-by-numbers on who's right and who's wrong. Actually, it's not funny ... it's pretty damn frightening. It's all about puppetry and pulling strings with these buffoons. Juan Cole rocks ... perceptive commentary from him at that link.

[aaronbees]

164. Very insightful....

Tweedledee and Tweedledumb make up foreign policy as they go along. It's funny how Blair sees himself as ineffectual, and Bush paints the world according to black/white color-by-numbers on who's right and who's wrong. Actually, it's not funny ... it's pretty damn frightening. It's all about puppetry and pulling strings with these buffoons. Juan Cole rocks ... perceptive commentary from him at that link.

[lpbk2713]

144. I wonder if the other world leaders just wink and grin at each other

when Shit-for-Brains enters the room? I wonder if they are all just playing along on one big gag but tend to show a little respect just because he represents the USA. This clown is beyond inept. He is some sort of weird embarrassment to the intelligence of the people he represents and has no business being in the company of real world leaders.

[shayes51]

147. Well stated.

[high density]

145. This media is so stupid

They have incessant top reporting on Bush saying "shit," but they sit around and enable him to destroy the country and world.

[Bush_MUST_Go]

148. There's more to this clip

Blair/Bush exchange: transcript


Bush: Yo, Blair. How are you doing?

Blair: I’m just...

Bush: You’re leaving?

Blair: No, no, no not yet. On this trade thingy...**INAUDIBLE**

Bush: Yeah, I told that to the man.

Blair: Are you planning to say that here or not?

Bush: If you want me to.

Blair: Well, it’s just that if the discussion arises...

Bush: I just want some movement.

Blair: Yeah.

Bush: Yesterday we didn’t see much movement.

Blair: No, no, it may be that it’s not, it may be that it’s impossible.

Bush: I am prepared to say it.

Blair: But it’s just I think what we need to be an opposition...

Bush: Who is introducing the trade?

Blair: Angela (Merkel, the German Chancellor).

Bush: Tell her to call ’em.

Blair: Yes.

Bush: Tell her to put him on, them on the spot. Thanks for **INAUDIBLE** it’s awfully thoughtful of you.

Blair: It’s a pleasure.

Bush: I know you picked it out yourself.

Blair: Oh, absolutely, in fact **INAUDIBLE**.

Bush: What about Kofi? **INAUDIBLE** His attitude to ceasefire and everything else ... happens.

Blair: Yeah, no I think the **INAUDIBLE** is really difficult. We can’t stop this unless you get this international business agreed.

Bush: Yeah.

Blair: I don’t know what you guys have talked about, but as I say I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is, but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral.

Bush: I think Condi is going to go pretty soon.

Blair: But that’s, that’s, that’s all that matters. But if you... you see it will take some time to get that together.

Bush: Yeah, yeah.

Blair: But at least it gives people...

Bush: It’s a process, I agree. I told her your offer to...

Blair: Well...it’s only if I mean... you know. If she’s got a..., or if she needs the ground prepared as it were... Because obviously if she goes out, she’s got to succeed, if it were, whereas I can go out and just talk.

Bush: You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it’s over.

Blair: **INAUDIBLE**

Bush: **INAUDIBLE**

Blair: Syria.

Bush: Why?

Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing.

Bush: Yeah.

Blair: What does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the right way...

Bush: Yeah, yeah, he is sweet.

Blair: He is honey. And that’s what the whole thing is about. It’s the same with Iraq.

Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Assad and make something happen.

Blair: Yeah.

Bush: **INAUDIBLE**

Blair:**INAUDIBLE**

Bush: We are not blaming the Lebanese government.

Blair: Is this...? (at this point Blair taps the microphone in front of him and the sound is cut.)

Transcript provided by Sky News


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2273886,00.html

[question everything]

149. Watched the same. Like big children: he said "shit." (nt)

[judaspriestess]

151. I just heard it myself,

It sounds very contrived, like they don't know what other countries are thinking? gimee a fucking break. This dude is such a simpleton. This is another red herring.

here is what his base will think: " he said shit, at a boy, you tell em" quick lets go vote for the repukes.

[Cha]

154. What will the Christians

think? :o

[connecticut yankee]

152. It's called

"Cowboy Diplomacy"

[IndianaGreen]

155. The video shows Bush stuffing his face while Blair is trying to talk

to him.

Bush's language showed him as just another Freeper, because that's exactly how Bush thinks and talks!

[VegasWolf]

157. CBS News paints lipstick on the pig as always. Total one-sided news fit

only for fundies.

[jeffrey_X]

158. This is the most insulting part...

So he's the leader of the free world attending the G8 summit and this is his attitude towards it....

"I'm not going to talk too long like the rest of them. Some of these guys talk too long. Gotta go home. Got something to do tonight"

[Locut0s]

159. It occurs to me that Bush sounds a lot like a mob boss...

"What they need to do is get to get to stop doing this shit, and it's over" Sounds like a mob boss talking about how to deal with a rouge gang member and nothing like a president should be talking about sensitive political topics at a gathering of world leaders.

What the hell are the other leaders thinking when they see him act like this anyways? Talking with his mouth open, swaggering, using slang and showing the IQ of a dumb teenager. Many, if not most, of the other leaders at the conference would be highly educated, gifted speakers, and seasoned politicians.

[arenean]

161. Yo, Blair!

This from "The Independent" .... The Independent

'Yo, Blair!': Overheard at the G8
Published: 18 July 2006
Bush: Yo, Blair. How are you doing? (Does he regard Mr Blair as an equal? What about 'Yo, Tony'?)

Blair: I'm just...

Bush: You're leaving?

Blair: No, no, no not yet. On this trade thingy....(inaudible) (Mr Blair is getting anxious that the World Trade Organisation is falling apart because some nations, including the US, are putting domestic interests before a worldwide free trade agreement)

Bush: Yeah, I told that to the man.

Blair: Are you planning to say that here or not?

Bush: If you want me to.

Blair: Well, it's just that if the discussion arises...

Bush: I just want some movement.

Blair: Yeah.

Bush: Yesterday we didn't see much movement.

Blair: No, no, it may be that it's not, it may be that it's impossible.

Bush: I am prepared to say it.

Blair: But it's just I think what we need to be an opposition...

Bush: Who is introducing the trade?

Blair: Angela (The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will lead the trade discussion. That is good for Mr Blair. She is on his side.)

Bush: Tell her to call 'em.

Blair: Yes.

Bush: Tell her to put him on, them on the spot. Thanks for the sweater it's awfully thoughtful of you.

Blair: It's a pleasure.

Bush: I know you picked it out yourself.

Blair: Oh, absolutely, in fact (inaudible)

Bush: What about Kofi? (inaudible) His attitude to ceasefire and everything else ... happens. (Change of subject. Now they are on to Lebanon and the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan)

Blair: Yeah, no I think the (inaudible) is really difficult. We can't stop this unless you get this international business agreed.

Bush: Yeah. (Mr Blair is trying to push the idea of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. That 'yeah' does not sound like a wholehearted agreement)

Blair: I don't know what you guys have talked about, but as I say I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is, but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral. (Meaning: 'Please, George, let me go to the Middle East and be a world statesman')

Bush: I think Condi is going to go pretty soon. (Meaning: 'No')

Blair: But that's, that's, that's all that matters. But if you... you see it will take some time to get that together. (Meaning: 'Oh well, all right, if you don't want me to. Just a thought')

Bush: Yeah, yeah.

Blair: But at least it gives people...

Bush: It's a process, I agree. I told her your offer to... (Meaning: 'Drop it. You're not going.')

Blair: Well... it's only if I mean... you know. If she's got a..., or if she needs the ground prepared as it were... Because obviously if she goes out, she's got to succeed, if it were, whereas I can go out and just talk.

Bush: You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over. (Mr Bush is expressing his belief that Syria is pulling Hizbollah's strings, while Mr Blair is hinting the Syrians might be up to no good as well)

Blair: (inaudible)

Bush: (inaudible)

Blair: Syria.

Bush: Why?

Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing.

Bush: Yeah.

Blair: What does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the right way... (Here they might be talking about Kofi Annan, or they may mean the Syrian President, Bashir Assad)

Bush: Yeah, yeah, he is sweet. (Mr Bush is probably being sarcastic)

Blair: He is honey. And that's what the whole thing is about. It's the same with Iraq.

Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Assad and make something happen.

Blair: Yeah.

Bush: (inaudible)

Blair:(inaudible)

Bush: We are not blaming the Lebanese government.

Blair: Is this...? (at this point Blair taps the microphone in front of him and the sound is cut.)

Bush: Yo, Blair. How are you doing? (Does he regard Mr Blair as an equal? What about 'Yo, Tony'?)

Blair: I'm just...

Bush: You're leaving?

Blair: No, no, no not yet. On this trade thingy....(inaudible) (Mr Blair is getting anxious that the World Trade Organisation is falling apart because some nations, including the US, are putting domestic interests before a worldwide free trade agreement)

Bush: Yeah, I told that to the man.

Blair: Are you planning to say that here or not?

Bush: If you want me to.

Blair: Well, it's just that if the discussion arises...

Bush: I just want some movement.

Blair: Yeah.

Bush: Yesterday we didn't see much movement.

Blair: No, no, it may be that it's not, it may be that it's impossible.

Bush: I am prepared to say it.

Blair: But it's just I think what we need to be an opposition...

Bush: Who is introducing the trade?

Blair: Angela (The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, will lead the trade discussion. That is good for Mr Blair. She is on his side.)

Bush: Tell her to call 'em.

Blair: Yes.

Bush: Tell her to put him on, them on the spot. Thanks for the sweater it's awfully thoughtful of you.

Blair: It's a pleasure.

Bush: I know you picked it out yourself.

Blair: Oh, absolutely, in fact (inaudible)

Bush: What about Kofi? (inaudible) His attitude to ceasefire and everything else ... happens. (Change of subject. Now they are on to Lebanon and the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan)

Blair: Yeah, no I think the (inaudible) is really difficult. We can't stop this unless you get this international business agreed.

Bush: Yeah. (Mr Blair is trying to push the idea of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. That 'yeah' does not sound like a wholehearted agreement)

Blair: I don't know what you guys have talked about, but as I say I am perfectly happy to try and see what the lie of the land is, but you need that done quickly because otherwise it will spiral. (Meaning: 'Please, George, let me go to the Middle East and be a world statesman')
Bush: I think Condi is going to go pretty soon. (Meaning: 'No')

Blair: But that's, that's, that's all that matters. But if you... you see it will take some time to get that together. (Meaning: 'Oh well, all right, if you don't want me to. Just a thought')

Bush: Yeah, yeah.

Blair: But at least it gives people...

Bush: It's a process, I agree. I told her your offer to... (Meaning: 'Drop it. You're not going.')

Blair: Well... it's only if I mean... you know. If she's got a..., or if she needs the ground prepared as it were... Because obviously if she goes out, she's got to succeed, if it were, whereas I can go out and just talk.

Bush: You see, the ... thing is what they need to do is to get Syria, to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over. (Mr Bush is expressing his belief that Syria is pulling Hizbollah's strings, while Mr Blair is hinting the Syrians might be up to no good as well)

Blair: (inaudible)

Bush: (inaudible)

Blair: Syria.

Bush: Why?

Blair: Because I think this is all part of the same thing.

Bush: Yeah.

Blair: What does he think? He thinks if Lebanon turns out fine, if we get a solution in Israel and Palestine, Iraq goes in the right way... (Here they might be talking about Kofi Annan, or they may mean the Syrian President, Bashir Assad)

Bush: Yeah, yeah, he is sweet. (Mr Bush is probably being sarcastic)

Blair: He is honey. And that's what the whole thing is about. It's the same with Iraq.

Bush: I felt like telling Kofi to call, to get on the phone to Assad and make something happen.

Blair: Yeah.

Bush: (inaudible)

Blair:(inaudible)

Bush: We are not blaming the Lebanese government.

Blair: Is this...? (at this point Blair taps the microphone in front of him and the sound is cut.)

[arenean]

162. 'Private' chat heard by world caps disastrous G8 summit for Blair

Also from The Indy ..... The Independent

'Private' chat heard by world caps disastrous G8 summit for Blair
By Andy McSmith in St Petersburg and Stephen Castle in Brussels
Published: 18 July 2006

Capping a miserable G8 summit for Tony Blair, President George Bush has spurned an offer from the Prime Minister to go to the Middle East as a peacemaker, after deciding that he would rather send the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice.

The snub was revealed in a private conversation that was accidentally broadcast yesterday. It is the latest in a series of frustrating setbacks that bedevilled Mr Blair, as he spent the weekend trying to reprise the role of world statesman that he played successfully at the Gleneagles G8 meeting last year.

This year's gathering in St Petersburg, which ended yesterday, has seen Mr Blair struggling to make any headway on the two issues, climate change and world trade, that he wanted to push to the forefront of the agenda.

The Prime Minister has also thrown his personal authority behind a proposal to send an enlarged UN force into Lebanon, but yesterday he confessed that it was an "open question"as to whether it will ever happen, with other powerful nations clearly sceptical about the idea.

His unguarded chat with the US President provided a unique insight into the relationship between the two men, from George Bush's opening line - "Yo, Blair. How are you doing?" to his use of a mild expletive to describe the morass in the Lebanon.

They were talking before the start of yesterday's working lunch in St Petersburg's Konstantinovsky Palace, unaware that they were being overheard halfway round the world by a technician who was up early monitoring a live feed for an American TV station. By the time Mr Blair spotted the live microphone, the two leaders had unwittingly shared their private thoughts with the outside world - and revealed who is the boss.

A transcript of their conversation, compiled by Sky News, showed how Mr Bush simply blanked out the Prime Minister's suggestion that he visit the Middle East, telling him: "I think Condi is going to go pretty soon."

Mr Blair tried again, suggesting that the Americans could not afford to have their Secretary of State go into the region and come away empty handed, whereas, he said, "I can go out and just talk." At his press conference later, Mr Blair confirmed that the trip was off.

Mr Bush also revealed his frustration at other governments for not leaning heavily enough on the Syrians, which both leaders suspect of being able to control Hizbollah. "What they need to do is to get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this shit," he remarked.

The rebuff by Mr Bush in this manner was one of several frustrating experiences for Mr Blair during the three-day summit.

Climate change, which Mr Blair sees as the most important long-term problem facing the planet, was mentioned only in passing in a summit dominated by the Middle East crisis and by two powers - the US and Russia - with vast energy-producing interests that they want to protect. But when the Prime Minister reports back to the Commons today, he is expected to emphasise that every head of government in St Petersburg acknowledged that climate change needed to be addressed.

His mild expression of concern about civil rights in Russia was brushed off twice by President Vladimir Putin. First, with a joke at the Prime Minister's expense about the recent arrest of his friend, Lord Levy. Then later with an attack on the UK Government for failing to extradite a Chechen rebel, Akhmed Zakayev, whom the Russians want to put on trial for alleged terrorist offences.

Until yesterday's working lunch, Mr Blair also feared that his efforts to revive talks on a world trade deal had reached a dead end. In his private conversation with George Bush, he is heard saying "maybe it's impossible". But at his press conference later, he said his hopes of success had been restored by the lunchtime discussion, chaired by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in which all the protagonists seemed to agree that it was necessary to compromise.

But Mr Blair still risks being humiliated over his call for a peacekeeping force that would go into Lebanon after a ceasefire has been achieved. Mr Blair wants a multinational force much larger than the present contingent of 2,000 Ghanaian and Indian troops on the Lebanon-Israel border. But his hand is weakened by his reluctance to send in any British troops. European foreign ministers backed the principle of an international force, though no clear plan for a mission has yet been tabled.