Posted on 10/31/2009 1:19:08 PM PDT by libh8er
NEW DELHI: Prime ministerial lunches are rarely fun affairs. People sort of get on with it, and then get on with their lives. Not on Friday. Early in the day, former US president George Bush, on a pleasure trip to India, announced cheerily, “I’m off to have lunch with my old pal.”
He sauntered across to the home of his pal, one Manmohan Singh, who famously abandoned his starchy mien to declare this nation’s “deep love” for Bush, then stood stoically through the vicious jokes hurled at him. But for all those present at the “friendly” lunch this afternoon, Bush clearly reciprocated in full measure. The food wasn’t to die for but the conversation, declared one guest, was adequate compensation.
Colleagues reported that Singh was rarely as “chirpy” as he was on Friday afternoon. The conversation was light and sparkling, there was a lot of laughter and banter. So when Singh talked about how much he appreciated the huge gesture of the nuclear deal, Bush quipped, “Yeah, it was a big deal and to get it we had to break a bit of china.”
Embarrassed but grateful laughter greeted this. His new venture of having his presidential library at the Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Bush declared, was his main interest now. He is also writing a book, “but most of America doesn’t believe I can read”. The laughter now was a little more uncertain because it wasn’t clear whether the assemblage should be laughing at the ex-prez of the US, or tut-tut at the American people’s naivete.
At the outset, Bush disarmed all by thanking them for coming to see a “retired guy”.
Thanks. (Remind self to search first, remind self to search first, remind self to search first...)
The guy wasn’t perfect but he was honorable and we’re going to miss him.
Hopefully we can get someone a little more conservative in there next time, but it would be hard to find someone more decent.
No problem- The more exposure the better. I’ve made the same error countless times!
Bush's kindness is worthy of rememberance, compared to the lack of it in the narcistic, pretend president we now must tolerate, and who believes that he is an immaculate fudgecicle, above self deprecation.People are now dying because of it.
Not so, we’ve already found her!
Obama is probably purple with rage and plotting revenge against Bush and India.
Obama is already siding with Pakistan against India. In fact, the three big losers with Obama in the White House are Israel, India, and the border states formerly owned by the Soviet Union.
Any day now I expect to see him split Georgia with Putin.
All FREE countries are the losers with Obama.
He hates India’s guts as does Israel’s guts as does Taiwan’s guts, etc. etc. etc..!
Thank you.
I can think of someone. Her name is Sarah Palin.
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