Bush and Chirac Break Any Tension With a Joke About Food (NYTimes)

[frank frankly]

Is this the worst news article of the year? It may have my vote.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/10/international/europe/09CND-PREX.html...

June 10, 2004
Bush and Chirac Break Any Tension With a Joke About Food
By TERENCE NEILAN

he two world leaders looked like and proclaimed themselves friends today, with hardly a hint of the deep differences that divided them over the invasion of Iraq last year.

President Bush did look a little restless at times, repeatedly tapping a foot on the floor as President Jacques Chirac of France spoke at the eight-nation summit meeting in Sea Island, Ga. But any tensions evaporated as Mr. Chirac paid his fellow leader what any Frenchman would consider the ultimate compliment: the food served at the three-day gathering was "certainly on a par" with French cuisine.

Mr. Bush, who began chuckling even before the comment was translated, interjected, "He particularly liked the cheeseburger he had yesterday!"

Mr. Chirac immediately responded by giving the thumbs-up sign, and exclaiming, in English, "It was excellent!"

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Bush is like a retarded gradeschooler on a playdate

It is DISGUSTING.

"He liked his cheeseburger!" proclaimed the Very Special President.

"And we ratfucked Haiti together!" sang the weary French Imperialist who really liked his previous oil contracts with Saddam Hussein.