Caught on Tape at the G8: More of Bush's Inane Small Talk

From Fox News, so you know it’s true:

“Russia’s a big country and you’re a big country,”
— Pres. Bush to Chinese Leader

Bush expresses amazement that it will take some leaders as many as eight hours to fly home — about the same time it will take Air Force One with Bush aboard to return to Washington.

“You eight hours? Me, too. Russia’s a big country and you’re a big country,” Bush said, at one point telling a waiter he wanted Diet Coke. “Takes him eight hours to fly home. Russia’s big and so is China. Yeah Blair, what’re you doing? Are you leaving.”

Later, he says to his host, Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin:

A stickler for keeping to his schedule, Bush could also be heard telling Russian President Vladimir Putin, “We’ve got to keep this thing moving. I have to leave at 2:15. They want me out of town so to free up your security forces.”

We can surmise that Bush needed to get back to his gym at the White House to work on his abs.

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Caught on Tape at the G8: More of Bush’s Inane Small Talk

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