Great moments in Presidential speaking: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter”
July 10th, 2008[A post by Ken Levenson.]
Britain’s Telegraph reports:
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.”
He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock….
One official who witnessed the extraordinary scene said afterwards: “Everyone was very surprised that he was making a joke about America’s record on pollution.”
Mr. Bush, our 9-year-old boy king — goodbye cannot be soon enough.
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July 10th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
The most honest–and pathetic–comment from Bush in a long time. Can we pretend we don’t know him?
July 10th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
most of you voted him in a 2nd term!
July 10th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
> most of you voted him in a 2nd term!
Actually, slightly less than half voted for him for president for 2nd term.
July 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Actually, slightly less than half voted for him for president for 2nd term.
Less than 31% of eligible voters in America voted for Bush in 2004.
July 10th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
I stand corrected.Phew!
I guess he needs a contraption like this strapped to his back. Would we be able to tell the difference then?
another Telegraph article…
…global warming study…
July 10th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
OK, then, 69% of us failed to keep him out of the White House.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
In this article, The G8: Humanitarian Failure and Making the World Safe for Corporate Power Bush said of the meeting (at the end of article)…
Think he was being cynical or what! Or maybe that should be sinister…
July 10th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
He made a joke about looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction in the White House looking under couchs and chairs for the stuff. Some people thought that was inappropiate, especially some who had people die in the invasion of Iraq.
But this agreement is largely a joke anyway, so in that, this is consistancy.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Hey Ralph Nader,
NOW, DO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GEORGE BUSH AND AL GORE?
NO, YOU PROBABLY CANNOT.
John McCormick
July 11th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
This floors me. Its like an Onion headline, only its real.
And I actually sent checks off to the DNC to try to fight against this dipshit getting a second term in office, so don’t blame this crap on me.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Joe, can it be arranged to have a side by side photo of the above with the one in this article, Cow farts…global warming study … there is a remarkable resemblance.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
paulm, I didn’t follow the link, but you should know that 95% of cow methane actually exists the front of the animal, not the back.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Nah, he didn’t say this. You must be lying.
Right…?
July 11th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Nah, he didn’t say this. You must be lying.
No, it’s not an Onion article.
Other professional journalists have independently reported the same.
July 12th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I haven’t trusted ‘other independent journalists’ since the Gore 9 errors debacle. Certainly not the Torygrapgh.
Having said that, I was only being half serious.
July 12th, 2008 at 2:19 am
This is a bad dream getting worse…
July 12th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Tom G — Definitely a nightmare.