From what we know of Bush's earlier life (particularly when he was unemployed!) I hardly think he's shy. If anybody in that team is shy it's Cheney. He's so retiring it's sinister. And, come to think of it, old man Bush is nowhere near as chippy as I'd expect the proud father of a president ought to be. That's suspicious, too. There's a Bush family act going on here and I just hope that I live long enough to read the small print.
And there's something else ('tho this really belongs to my ongoing debate with Harry). Why hasn't Bush come to the UK? Why is he never likely to? Because the Queen has met him once when his father was president and that was enough. She thinks he's a clown. An American president coming to this country and not being invited for tea at Buckingham Palace, never mind not receiving an honorary knighthood or similar, would be too embarrassing for words.
Keith Hudson
At 11:48 02/06/2003 -0400, you wrote:
Gee, I am conversationally evasive too. I also avoid social occasions. Maybe he is not a small talk sort of guy. Maybe he is shy.-----Original Message-----
arthur
From: Keith Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 2, 2003 4:07 AM
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Subject: [Futurework] Conversationally evasive Bush
So far, Bush has been able to avoid all social occasions at St Petersburg and Evian, so my theory still stands (that he is incapable of social conversation outside his close circle of business friends and handlers). On the one big social occasion when all the world's leaders (except Bush) met for cocktails, dinner and a night out at the opera in St Petersburg, Bush was elsewhere (Poland). The next day he had a private hour with Putin and then a sightseeing tour of St Petersburg. The next day he had another hour with Putin and a press conference (where he said that the two mobile fueling vehicles covered in canvas found in Iraq were biological weapons of mass destruction!!). The next day, at Evian, he shook hands with Chirac, took a photo with the other leaders (but was seen chatting only with Blair). He's supposed to have had a private hour with Chirac (though I doubt it). And now he's off elsewhere.
The man is dim. Incapable of having a normal conversation with other political leaders (except Blair -- whose political career is probably just about ending). He's just a puppet in the hands of his dad's pals. Good on television though. When will America wake up that what they call a democracy is a travesty?
Keith Hudson, 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath, England
Keith Hudson, 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath, England
