Clinton, Bush show differing styles on tsunami tour

[lancdem]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050222/ap_on_re_as/tsunami_presidents_1

It's a pretty good article.

This paragraph had me LOL:

At one stop in Sri Lanka, Bush was silent and seemed to lose interest as Clinton dominated a conversation about water purification equipment on display near the rubble of destroyed homes.

[whistle]

1. Yes, old man Bush comes across as the republican cretan....

...that he is and Clinton as usual is the crowd pleaser.

[Bluebear]

2. Poppy impatient to "get on with the schedule"

'The elder Bush, in contrast, was usually low-key and reserved, and willing to get on with the schedule. At one stop he talked about the need for schools and "things like that."'

[lancdem]

4. I edited my post to add the graf

about Poppy getting bored.

[Bluebear]

5. Message: I DON'T care

[lancdem]

7. LOL

Yep. Even Clinton five months removed from quadruple bypass surgery is super engaged.

[jdj]

12. could it be that Bush is a bottom?

It would kind of gel with everthing else we know about him...his passive nature showing through across the board.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. LOL!!! Oh man I miss those days

poppy was such easy fodder. His dim son is too, but the media protects him now.

[Bethany Rockafella]

3. Clinton is the man!

[Worst Username Ever]

6. Loved it, although I question the Clinton comment:

"No doubt, the fare was not on Clinton's post-surgery diet. But he enjoyed a sip of coffee at a beach bar in the Maldives. "I love this coffee," he said. "This coffee would raise the dead." "

Not trying to nit pick, and I am sure it was not intentional, but seems a bit inappropriate given the circumstances...

[lancdem]

9. I hadn't even thought of that

The comment probably just slipped out.

[democracyindanger]

10. And if he were still President,

that comment would lead the nightly news and spark a Senate investigation.

[lancdem]

11. Ken Starr would be on it

like white on rice.

[Worst Username Ever]

13. Exactly. Ridiculous double standard.

[McCamy Taylor]

8. "the charismatic Democrat still generates near rock star-style adoration"

:dem:

[Spinzonner]

14. Bush was just being contemplative

trying to figure out how Carlyle could make a killing off the death and destruction

(All bad taste puns fully intended)

[EC]

16. Remember Poppy didn't even know what a checkout

scanner was....