"Bush laughed at the way Lee phrased that" (smirkin' at thousands of Korean anti-Bush protesters)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

President George W. Bush arrives at a military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul August 5, 2008.
(Lee Sang-hak/Yonhap/Reuters)

SEOUL, South Korea - President Bush on Wednesday brushed off the raucous demonstrators who protested him as he opened a three-nation visit to Asia, saying it's a sign of citizens living in a country where they are free to speak their minds.

"I enjoy coming to a free society where people are able to express their opinions — and your country is a free society," Bush told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

Lee sought to downplay the protests.

"The majority of the Korean people have been eagerly waiting for your visit," said Lee, who noted that thousands of people had gathered on Tuesday in Seoul to pray for Bush and the future of the U.S.-South Korea relationship.

"And of course behind these people there were those who were sort of opposed," Lee said in a wry reference to the thousands of anti-Bush protesters.

Bush laughed at the way Lee phrased that.

"I admire your forthrightness, your integrity and your deep love for the people of Korea," Bush said, sitting across from Lee at a large oval table at the presidential mansion.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26035641/

[Weezer]

1. On Criticism

"There ought to be limits to freedom." We’re aware of this web site, and this guy is just a garbage man, that’s all he is.” George Jr., discussing a web site that parodies him

http://whitehouser.com/politics/george-w-bush-quotes-bushisms/