Bush disses the French the day before his visit to France

[Robbien]

ROME - (KRT) - As Iraq war protesters marched through the Eternal City on Friday, President Bush put some of the blame for bad global feelings on his French counterpart Jacques Chirac.

Asked by Paris Match magazine, "What went wrong?" Bush replied: "You need to talk to the French leadership."

The White House released a transcript of the interview the day before Bush flies to Paris to meet with Chirac about more help rebuilding Iraq. The French president vehemently opposed the war.

Bush added that he has "great respect" for Chirac, but the two simply disagreed on what to do about Saddam Hussein.

"I've had friends all my life, who I call friends, who didn't agree with every decision I made," Bush said. "And Jacques made it perfectly clear to me he didn't believe the use of military force was necessary."

That doesn't mean Chirac can't visit the Bush ranch, the president said, though he didn't exactly send a gold-plated invitation.

"If he wants to come and see some cows," Bush told the magazine, "he can come out there and see some cows."

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/world/8841694.htm

Posting this here because the article's title was so misleading. It said "Thousands Protest visit by Bush" and nothing about these non-Presidential comments.

[Snow]

1. Hmmm. Are there any cows on the ranch? n/t

[nini]

2. sure... Barbara Sr.

:evilgrin:

[neuvocat]

3. MMMMWAAAAAHHHH-HHHAAAHHH-HHHAAAHHH!!!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

10. AHAHAHHAHA

hahahahahha

[nini]

16. LOL

I couldn't resist :-)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

18. "The eggs are cooling and the butter is getting hard."

R.I.P.

[nini]

19. I really miss Chick

the games aren't the same without him :cry:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

20. I moved north and got the 2nd best ever....

Kevin Calabro.

"Oogily-moogily"
"It's getting weird in here!"
"My fruit-of-the-looms are up around my neck!"
"Good Golly, Miss Molly!"

Next best thing to "Bunny hop in the pea patch." :cry:

[Robbien]

9. It also displays his stupidity. America got its cows from Europe

Why would Europeons need to come here to see cows when they had cows hundreds of years before we did.

[mmonk]

4. bush can dis the French all he wants,

wait 'til he sees the dis he'll get in France.

[Kellanved]

5. IMHO there won't be much

A certain respect for the commemoration, PC, actions by the Government and almost 20000 police officers will limit the amount of visible protests.

[mmonk]

8. you may be correct

[BonjourUSA]

11. Will Bush see or perceive only one French without invitation card ?

[gratuitous]

6. I call bullshit!

From the article:

"I've had friends all my life, who I call friends, who didn't agree with every decision I made," Bush said.

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I'd challenge Stupidhead to name just one person who fits his description, and who will back up this bullshit assertion. Bushy don't brook no disagreement with his imperial whims.

[jjmalonejr]

7. I hate the way Bush uses foreign leaders' first names.

"Jacques made it perfectly clear to me he didn't believe the use of military force was necessary."

He referred to Secretary General Annan as "Kofi" the other day.

Does he want them to refer to him as "George" in their public statements? I mean, he went apeshit when that one reporter called him "Sir" instead of "Mr. President" ("Who are you talkin' to!?!?" he barked.)

What a freakin' Jacquasse.

[searchingforlight]

12. Do you think he knows that there are cows in France too?

[smirkymonkey]

21. Yes, but are they white?

[Straight Shooter]

13. And if he wants to see some hyenas, he can meet the bush family

What a dork, what an unmitigated, crass, ignorant dork.

[BonjourUSA]

14. Don't worry ! We can wait for some months yet !

But don't miss your coup :)

[Ivote]

15. Are there any cows?

Of course and they are all MAD COWS. HMMMMM

[Cleita]

17. They said on the news that the Chiracs and the Bushes

would have a private dinner together after all the official business was over. Do you think freedom fries will be served with the escargot? If I were Madame Chirac, I would plan such a menu.