anonther great exaple of bush's diplomatic skills:

Sergeant_Scrotum · **anonther great exaple of bush's diplomatic skills: -** 04-21-2003, 06:34 AM

George Bush pulled out of a speech to the European Parliament when MEPs wouldn't guarantee a standing ovation…Senior White House officials said the President would only go to Strasbourg to talk about Iraq if he had a stage-managed welcome.. & he wonders why people think americans are assholes? when the presedent does stupid things like this it makes the entire country look bad. hake:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/pa ... teid=50143

Ydiss · 04-21-2003, 06:42 AM

It looks bad but that is the Mirror you're talking about there.

Tabloid spread that's very anti-war. Slightly biased report...

Sergeant_Scrotum · 04-21-2003, 06:55 AM

still the story is true. he would not speak because he could not be guaranteed a standing ovation.

Oddball · 04-21-2003, 07:59 AM

That pretty wrong, demanding people respect you.....ummm trying earning it instead maybe?

Ydiss · 04-21-2003, 08:13 AM

I wouldn't deny there's an element of truth in the statements but it's how they are presented that makes the difference. If it is true then he must be on a political suicide mission.

Ydiss · 04-21-2003, 08:14 AM

Is The Mirror your only source of this? if it is, trust me.. Don't believe everything you read in the paper, especially a British Tabloid.

Oddball · 04-21-2003, 08:17 AM

How come Brits have the most ravenous tabloids? Must be the presence of the Royal Family. Kill the Royals and we'll see nothing but the truth.

pest · 04-21-2003, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ydiss

Is The Mirror your only source of this? if it is, trust me.. Don't believe everything you read in the paper, especially a British Tabloid.

Heh, I was thinking the same thing except you could substitute the name scrotum for the mirror.

Sergeant_Scrotum · 04-21-2003, 10:26 AM

actully i read it in the toronto star or the national post.

Ydiss · 04-21-2003, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oddball

How come Brits have the most ravenous tabloids? Must be the presence of the Royal Family. Kill the Royals and we'll see nothing but the truth.

Here, here.

I couldn't give a toss about our monarchy.

However, I don't think that's got anything to do with our tabloids being creative and exploitational.

That would be down to people like Max Clifford to whom the whole media is a playground to do with how he chooses.

He's been documented to have used his paper to get one over a fellow investigative presenter (Louis Theroux) by printing a pack of lies about his activities in a club.

It's public knowledge that you can't trust these papers and yet when The Sun (direct competitor to The Mirror) is the most popular paper in the UK selling millions a day then you know they must be doing something right.

CaP bUsTa · 04-21-2003, 03:24 PM

i beleive what it says about Bush but at the same time i think that the applause is probably not the only reason Bush didnt speak, I'm sure the British tabloids conveniently forgot the rest.