Doesn't GWB just seem to be in charge in these photos? What a strong leader he is--and it also seemed like he had a good time. I also loved it when he gave Chancellor Merkel a hand when she was stepping into the photo. He looked so confident, happy, and strong.
LOVE the photos, and LOVED the President's FRANK assessment of Hezbellah, et al, during a 'private' conversation with Tony Blair!!
MUST READS:
BUSH LAUGHED AWAY SUMMIT GAFFE
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush "rolled his eyes and laughed" after being told that his unguarded comments about Israeli attacks on Lebanese militants had been broadcast to the world, the White House said.
Bush's private conversation with British Prime Minister Tony Blair was caught on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Saint Petersburg.
The US president told Blair that Hezbollah must "stop doing this sh**" -- carrying out attacks on Israel -- for the violence to end. He also said that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would soon tour the Middle East.
Asked what Bush felt when told about the broadcast of the comments, White House spokesman Tony Snow said: "His reaction first was, 'what did it say?' So we showed him the transcript, then he rolled his eyes and laughed."
You can read the entire article at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060717/pl_afp/g8summitmideast_060717222745
PLEASE, SOMEONE SEND THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE TO SEAN HANNITY:
THE REAGAN MYTH
The Gipper's record is being distorted to make President Bush look bad.
BY FRED BARNES
Monday, July 17, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
I was recently asked about President Bush's chances of a political resurgence. Might Mr. Bush be able to recover as strongly as President Reagan did from a slump in his second term in the 1980s? My response was, Reagan recovery? What Reagan recovery?
Though he continued his ultimately successful fight to win the Cold War, Reagan achieved nothing new--practically nothing--after the Iran-contra scandal broke in 1986. His presidency was crippled. The Republicans had lost the Senate. His nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987 was defeated, partly because of feeble White House support. His veto of a transportation bill was overridden.
The question was innocent enough, but it reflected a broader pattern of misrepresentation of Ronald Reagan's record in the White House that has become not only widespread but widely accepted. Reagan was, I believe, one of the greatest presidents of the 20th century, but many of the things that both liberals and conservatives now credit to his presidency simply never were. And there's a political purpose behind this Reagan revisionism. He is cited mostly to criticize Mr. Bush and congressional Republicans for falling short of some mythical Reagan standard.
You can read this entire RIGHT ON commentary at
http://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008665
I'm off to the grocery store . . . It certainly is tough to keep food in the house during the summer when the kids (and their friends) are at home during the day!
I even heard someone on MSNBC say that President Bush really "came out on top" at the Summit...and presented himself...and acted like the leader of the free world.
With the exception of Chirac, GWB seems to like these people, and they like him. I especially like the pictures of him with Koizumi, Merkel and Putin. They obviously enjoy each other's company.