Bush holding hands--what to make of these photos?

[spinbaby]

Yahoo has several photos up of Bush clutching the hand of President Obasanjo of Nigeria. It just looks so strange to see him holding hands with another world leader.

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. Ebony..........and Ivory................

[Walt Starr]

2. "Unka Dick always wants me to show my Conservative Compassionateism

with black people! This ought to make Unka Dick REALM HAPPY!"

[MallRat]

3. Well, when you're tipsy...

...it's hard to walk a straight line. President Obasanjo is only doing what any good friend would do in that situation.

-MR

edited to fix speling errur.

[Morning Dew]

4. One for the Freepers

To little Jeremiah:

Homosexual agenda ping.



lol

[upperleftedge]

6. Nigeria has oil!!

They are not holding hands. Bush is twisting his arm.

[Malva Zebrina]

8. and Bush does look tipsy , bloated and drunk

nt

[crossroads]

17. ...yep, bloated, full of sh*t...

:shrug:

[alvis]

5. But will he be allowed to go back to Bob Jones University? n/t

[skypilot]

7. He has ALWAYS contrived...

...to have his picture taken cozying up to black people. ALWAYS!!! The very first photo I ever saw of Bush was of him kissing a little black girl ON THE LIPS. It was so creepy.

[psychopomp]

9. My guess is that Obasanjo took the initiative

Dumbya was probably looking particularly vulnerable and confused and Obasanjo thought it best to shore him up and thus curry favor and offer support at the same time.

Looks like it was a sunny day. All that bright light must have dazzled and bewildered the twit's beady eyes. I just see the Nigerian President walking over and taking little Georgie by the hand and helping him walk it off...

on edit: the Navy *is* holding massive, high-profile military excercises off the West African coast, so this public display is probably in Obasanjo's best interest at this point.

[spinbaby]

12. Except that...

In the first photo at least it seems to be Bush clutching Obasanjo's hand with Obasanjo looking like he'd really rather not. Perhaps Obasanjo offered Bushie a hand and found it clamped in a death grip?

[cheezus]

10. Gaaaaaaayyyy.....

man, Bush the whole tie bush is
1 - trying not offend the guy by being weird about holding the guy's hand
2 - trying to at the same time be macho and totally "not gay"
3 - feeling confused about the way it's making him feel.


poor poor homophobe :P

[DU9598]

13. Nice dress

"That's a nice dress you have there madame president. My wife, err, my NSA Condi has one just like it."

[Richardo]

11. Check out the cover for "House of Bush, House of Saud"

So comfortable in his manhood...

"C'mon, Prince, knock it off! Ever'body's LOOKIN' 'n' stuff!"

[Joanne98]

14. It must be the oil then. Good catch lol

n/t

[UTUSN]

22. Richardo, You and CatWoman ALWAYS Beat Me to It!

Congrats!

[Richardo]

31. Doesn't say much for my attention to my actual work, does it?

Oops! :evilgrin:

[chimpy the poopthrower]

15. cultural difference

Men in some parts of the world hold hands as a sign of friendship. I actually think the funnier picture is the one just posted where he is squirming. He's actually showing a little class in these pics.

[hlthe2b]

16. I dare someone to go post these over at FR (aka) bigot-land....

[Corgigal]

18. Quota photo op

check. Good until election day.

[Carni]

19. Bush probably said "Pull my finger"

And the guy wasn't familiar with the term

[starroute]

20. What about the latest Bush/Blair photo?

[yellowcanine]

33. Tony is saying, "Give me my effin hand back, pretzelboy."

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[scrotim]

21. I don't know, but Obasanjo is clearly carrying W's love child.

Nice maternity dress, though.

[LiberalEconomist]

24. I don't know

it could be a cultural thing. In India, for instance, adult friends (both male and female) hold hands.

[scrotim]

26. forgive my weak attempt at humor. Clearly, you're right.

:)

[ElementaryPenguin]

23. Chimpy's playing sheriff! Pretending he's got this guy cuffed!

What a man!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

25. I wonder what else they can get him to do for oil? eom

[BringEmOn]

27. "Does this mean we're goin' steady now?"

[kalian]

28. Because there is OIL IN NIGERIA....

and he's getting all of it.

[kittykitty]

29. Men in Nigeria hold hands--also in other African countries---

The men. . . . . . in Nigeria are different from most of us here in U.S. For instance, heterosexual males hold hands.

http://www.octanecreative.com/mnrenewal/HoldAnotherMan.htm

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

30. In many Middle Eastern countries as well. n/t

[yellowcanine]

32. The teacher will serve them cookies and milk after their naps.

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