What a joy to see the President laughing and enjoying himself. They all look happy and relaxed and the President looks great in his jeans.
Exhibit 7849-02b of crude media bias is evident whenever Bush and Blair get together. These guys really like and respect each other as men - and world leaders carrying a historic responsibility. Remember how hard the media tried to invent this Clinton-Blair rock n roll new generation bond? Blair hated Clinton, you could see the contempt oozing from his every pore. Clinton always put on that disgusting Alpha Male act when he was with foreign leaders ... he'd position himself to be taller (especially with Putin, who hated Clinton viscerally too), and I recall one time when Clinton elbowed Blair out of the way and hustled ahead of his host to gladhand Elizabeth Hurley in the reception line. Before her national leader could. What a piece of crap. But the media kept on pummelling us with these stories of jam sessions ... late night chatfests. Tony on guitar, Clinton on Sax. Arrrggggh. It was pure propaganda, it was pathetic 50 something editors and reporters trying to invent some new Camelot fantasy. It was a fraud, one among many the Professional "jouranlists" presented during those years.
Bush and Blair ... they have a genuine affection, trust and respect for one another. That's our President, he's a man who has earned the trust and support of our most important allies. Tony Blair and Vlad Putin ... the two most talented, clever and intuitive politicians on Earth ... have cast their entire political futures to stand with President Bush. That tells me a lot, and it's all good.