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Bush caught out by open microphone
The Australian ^
| July 17, 2006
Posted on 07/17/2006 3:57:32 AM PDT by Dundee
Bush caught out by open microphone
US President George W. Bush has been caught out making candid comments on the Middle East crisis by an open microphone at a summit in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.
Mr Bush was caught saying that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t". "What they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this s**t, and it's over," Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair at a leaders' lunch at the Group of Eight industrial countries gathering here.
The president was on camera but apparently unaware that his words were being captured by a microphone.
It was unclear who 'they' were.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: essword; g8summit; hezbollah; openmic; profanity; st; syria
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Might I suggest Mr President that we let Israel bomb Hezbollah to s**t.
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posted on
07/17/2006 3:57:36 AM PDT
by
Dundee
To: Dundee
This sounds like no surprise at all to me.
An eminently sensible set of comments. Honest, and true.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:00:40 AM PDT
by
AFPhys
((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
To: Dundee
Mr Bush was caught saying that a key to defusing the Middle East crisis was for "Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t". "What they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this s**t, and it's over," Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair Sounds right to me.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:01:26 AM PDT
by
beyond the sea
(The truth exists even when it is ignored.)
To: Dundee
Slow news day in Australia?
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:01:58 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(It is by will alone I set my mind in motion...)
To: Dundee
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:02:24 AM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Dundee
I'd like to see more "open" mics around our President. We'd cut through more crap.
To: Dundee
The world needs more straight talk like this from the leaders and a whole lot less diplo-speak.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:04:33 AM PDT
by
Tiny
To: Dundee
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:04:40 AM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dundee
"It was unclear who 'they' were"
Really? I have no doubt, or does this reporter know of other nations that have been sneak-attacked, had their citizens kidnapped and generally been subjected to long-term low-level terrorism for decades by Hizbollah?
The identity of who "they" are couldn't be clearer.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:04:55 AM PDT
by
BelegStrongbow
(www.stjosephssanford.org)
To: Dundee
Profanity is the crutch of the conversational cripple, Mr. President.
To: Dundee
I saw that clip. Dubya knew the cameras were running, he doesn't get caught out like that.
In fact, Blair almost looked posed for the moment. I'd love to see the p.c.'ism dropped for about 30 minutes and have Dubya tell the G-8 exactly how he feels.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:05:22 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(American: a Citizen of the United States of America........not just some resident of said continent)
To: Dundee
YOU ROCK, MR PRESIDENT! RIGHT ON!
Bravo, President Bush, well-said!
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:05:49 AM PDT
by
goresalooza
(Nurses Rock!)
To: Dundee
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:05:50 AM PDT
by
SueRae
To: Dundee
""Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t". "What they need to do is get Syria to get Hizbollah to stop doing this s**t, and it's over,"
Just telling it like it is, Mr President.
Good job.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:06:17 AM PDT
by
Jameison
To: shalom aleichem
I'd like to see more "open" mics around our President. We'd cut through more crap.His polls would rise too...Major League!
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:06:21 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: shalom aleichem
I'd like to see more "open" mics around our President. We'd cut through more crap.
Wouldn't it be nice if ALL Pols talked candidly? Too bad that's not what politics is about.
To: Dundee
A typical Bush remark- direct, no-nonsense, and accurate.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:06:45 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Dundee
I'd love to hear what Tony Blair said in respons. I hope he didn't wet himself.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:09:01 AM PDT
by
rhombus
To: BelegStrongbow
Yep - the Illuminati. Or the Bildibergers. Well...definitly not the U.N.
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:09:19 AM PDT
by
geopyg
(If the carrot doesn't work, use the stick. Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
To: AFPhys
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posted on
07/17/2006 4:09:23 AM PDT
by
wildcatf4f3
(high compression hothead here)
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