His father went to Germany to topple a wall - now George Bush arrives to m

[emad]

Julian Borger in Washington and Nicholas Watt in Brussels
Saturday February 19, 2005
The Guardian

George Bush has followed in his father's footsteps through much of his career, from Texas to the White House to the Arabian Gulf. Next week, that same trail leads him to Mainz.

Sixteen years ago, when the eastern bloc was in ferment, the first President Bush arrived in that tranquil Rhine town, and called for "a Europe whole and free".

That call has been more than answered. The Europe that greets the second President Bush tomorrow at the start of his five-day tour is probably freer than anyone could have imagined back in 1989. It just does not care much for Mr Bush.

Transatlantic relations are at their worst for a generation, and Washington now recognises that the problem threatens to hobble its ambitious global agenda. The president has therefore dedicated the first foreign trip of his second term to addressing the troubled relationship.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1418125,00.html

[Botany]

1. Oh please dear God .....

..... Let him try to speak a little german. LMAO

Herr * ist ein sheistkopf? Ja o nein? "itch nitch spreenkin' dutch rarre guot"

[smirkymonkey]

2. And his grandfather went to Germany to get rich on the atrocities

of the 3rd Reich.

The article makes it sound like Poppy actually had something to DO with creating a "free and whole Europe." He was a bystander who capitalized on a photo-op and nothing more.

The whole family is the lowest form of scum. I hope the people of FREE Europe send him a message loud and clear that he's nothing more than a common criminal in thier part of the world.

[signmike]

3. I thought Saint Ronny was taking credit for the wall...

[smirkymonkey]

4. He did as well, both of them attempted to capitalize on an historical

event that had absolutely nothing to do with them.

Beginning of the whole "freedom and democracy" meme.