looks like European leaders are avoiding bush* at Normandy (PHOTOS)

[diamond14]

no surprise there...after bush* went out of his way to INSULT and DEGRADE the Leaders of Europe for several days...it's no wonder that none of them really want pictures taken with bush*...looks like bush* was shunted to the side for most of the major events at Normandy...





German chancellor Gerhard Shroeder (L) and French President Jacuqes Chirac tour the new Memorial for Peace in Caen, northwestern France, June 6, 2004 at their Franco-German joint memorial ceremony. Schroeder is the first German leader to take part in D-Day events in France as veterans and World leaders gather for ceremonies celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler


Air France flew the veterans to Paris free and the city's finest hotels are putting them up and throwing big parties. World War II-era American Jeeps sat on the sidewalk outside one hotel while a band played swing music and waiters served free champagne to the fighters and their families.



French President Jacques Chirac (L) chats with Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) in Arromanches, during the International ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)


Queen Elizabeth II (news - web sites) and French President Jacques Chirac (L) review French and British soldiers, June 6, 2004, at the British cemetery in Bayeux. The Queen, Chirac, and the veterans were attending a commemoration service of the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy D-Day landings. REUTERS/Robert Francois


Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites), left, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder arrive in Arromanches, Normandy, Sunday, June 6, 2004, for the International Ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in France. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)


President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland, right, and French Prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin review troops in Urville, northwestern France, Sunday June 6, 2004, during ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. (AP Photo/Frank Perry, Pool)



the chimp tries to get some attention....sad...

[indepat]

1. Even seemingly grim?

[Don_G]

2. A Politician Has To Look Good

For the folks back home. They can't do it next to Dimbo or in a "first amendment zone."

[Mikimouse]

3. Message for *...

Now who's irrelevant, asshole?

[Neecy]

4. nice Nazi salute, that

What a pig...giving a little seig heil for the cameras.

To be fair, though, I don't think he was at the British ceremony, or the ceremony in Caen, hence his absence from the photos.

[diamond14]

8. bush* wasn't invited to either major diplomatic event....

bush* has become a MAJOR embarrassment to most other countries...and even here in America, I am EMBARRASSED by bush*...

[Ironpost]

5. Like the rest of us

I don't think any duer would allow a picture taken with * either. What a scumbag

[opihimoimoi]

6. Iz that a Hitler salute?? Bush looks pathetic and ignored. Like a dirty

smelly mongrel looking for scraps of attention....him being the Attention Whore with ADD. Pity.

[progressivebydesign]

7. Bush looks like shit!

Nice body armor there, dude! Seriously, he looks just awful. He doesn't like travelling, does he?

[baby_bear]

9. I read that the European leaders did not want to give * photo-ops

This was two or three weeks ago and I don't remember where I read it, but it said something to the effect that the European leaders (most of them) were not anxious to provide Bush with photo-ops on D-Day that could end up being used in his election campaign.

Looks like it was true. heh heh heh


s_m

[diamond14]

14. PHOTOs: bush* insulting the French President AND the POPE !!

this is actually a DOUBLE INSULT...with pickles making fun of the old Italian women who sometimes wear the old Catholic prayer veils, despite that pickles has never belonged to the Catholic Church....and bush* showing NO RESPECT to the aging Pontiff (who is also the head of a country called: The Vatican) and the head of the Catholic Church...

[madrchsod]

22. didn`t catch that...

they are an embarrassment to this country..but the dumb asses who vote for him love him for it ,don`t they....

[sandnsea]

29. No, Laura is showing respect

By covering her head. In many parts of the world Catholic women still cover their heads. Even in the US, like some of my aunties and even a couple of cousins. No disrespect there at all.

Georgie on the other hand, what a putz.

[tridim]

10. Looks like *'s goals of "uniter" not divider

have come to fruition. Way to go whistle-ass, the entire world hates you and your party.

[IconoclastIlene]

21. Yes he was a uniter alright; he united the world against us.

Be more careful next time; what the leading protagonist has to say.

[seabeyond]

34. actually the post above more acurate

i like that hadnt heard it that way. always before was everyone against us. but that isnt true, every against him and his party. not us as a whole or a nation for the most part, just the repugs

[PartyPooper]

11. Junior will have his picture taken with these leaders at the G8 meeting.

I wish they would all boycott the summit instead!

[napi21]

12. So you expected something else?

If you pi** off all the world leaders and say you're damn doin' it alone and don't need them, it's no big surprise they ignore you when you have to comne crawling for help.

I hope is does go back to wherever he's staying and throws a fit! Same think he will do when he finds out in Nov. that the American people are going to do the same thing.!!!!!!!

[diamond14]

15. actually, bush* is back in DC....just saw TWO pResidential

helicopters together flying by....

[napi21]

25. Fine...so let him throw the fit in the WH!

I'm sure he's pi**ed because everybody didn't embrace him as the Imperial Leader who doesn't believe the media from any country is telling the truth.

Just one of those days I'd like to be the fly on the wall, ya know.

[elf]

31. He is back, but not in W/DC

Air force I landed near Savannah. He is on Sea Island already.

[DEMVET-USMC]

35. Right On ! Come Nov. the American people are going to do the same ! !

GET SOME napi21, ...Oscar

[Neecy]

13. another item of note

I didn't see any of these European leaders chumming it up with Blair, either.

A couple of international pariahs.

[pinto]

16. the EU has read the writing on the wall. They are better off w/out the US.

The D Day remembrances have been great...and historical. Chirac pointedly made that clear...

Seems most of the EU chooses not to buy into the American "crusade".

I wonder how the UK will manage this tightrope act.

on edit: I welcome the growth of an independent Europe. That was the point of D Day, no?

[ParanoidPat]

17. ***EXTRA! EXTRA! SHRUB SNUBBED FOR IRAQ FLUB! EXTRA!***

:evilgrin:

[Straight Shooter]

18. Looks like bush's Toni home permanent didn't do so well

Anyone else notice what little hands he has? Or is it just the angle of most of the pictures taken of him?

[Lou_C]

28. You know what they say about a man with small hands don't you?

:evilgrin:

[madrchsod]

19. the queen is still pissed about

the dumb fucks who tore up the gardens around the palace and the general tone of bush`s visit...bush`s "rainbow tour" is worse than evita`s.....

[IconoclastIlene]

20. I wish he would stay here in the USA with his handlers and stop

embarrassing us in person, in public and in front of the leaders of the whole world...it is bad enuf when they get it second hand; who needs to have this numbnutz running around with people who can speak their own language and probably lots of others.

This guy is a creepy people.

PS...Reasons'demise is a pimple on my buttski. Sorry but the whole republican agenda has brought us to our knees and yet, I don't think we aint seen nothing yet.

[PartyPooper]

30. RE: the USA, Do you mean "America" or "Texas"?

In response to a reporter's question in France, Junior 'paraphrased' a speech and said, "Well, there is America...and, then there's Texas."

So, where should he go?

:shrug:

[Tellurian]

23. Good dance title.."Do the SNUB"...

Just turn your back on the lonely Maytag repair man..

His job was cut by *..

[VolcanoJen]

24. Just to be fair... I don't think Bush was at Caen, or Bayeux.

There have been numerous, and simultaneous, ceremonies today in Normandy. The Canadians, for example, had their ceremony at Juno Beach just as the Franco-American ceremony kicked off at Utah Beach. The British were still in religious services at Bayeux Cathedral during the Franco-American ceremony, as well.

I think the only ceremony attended by all of the dignitaries was the one at Arromanches, where it would appear Bush was snubbed. He barely grabbed two seconds of screen time during that ceremony.

And, honestly.. I haven't seen ONE PHOTO of Blair! Did he even make the trip??

[muriel_volestrangler]

26. Yes, Blair is there

but he's not a head of state, and the Queen has done the main British speeches, so he's fairly low key.

[Kellanved]

27. don't read too much into it

The whole thing is dictated by a strict protocol and scheduled events. As well there is the distinction of Head of governments and Heads of State - for most nations the Heads of State are doing the photo-opping, while the PMs are staying in the background.

[troublemaker]

32. These were separate ceremonies

Each leader met Chirac at his own ceremony. (I guess it would be pretty awkward for France if they tell every country they're most indebted to them.)

[oasis]

33. There not going to help Chimps election campaign w/photo ops. 4 more years

of this lunatic and the earth will be in peril of becoming a cinder.