Perhaps this sort of personal contact is not uncommon in the way dubya was brought up, and I'm certain he meant no harm by it. But you would think that there would be protocol experts around to advise the leader of the free world what was considered acceptable and not in a foreign country.
To bore you with another Cuban example, Cubans always complain that Americans try to squeeze your hand to a pulp when they shake it. They not only grip to hard, but they pump it up and down too vigorously and hold it for too long. American's on the other hand, tend to think Cubans have a limp and lifeless handshake, because they've always been taught that a "firm handshake" is somehow a conveyor of sincerity. Believe me, it has just the opposite effect.
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In Bush's defense
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- Did I miss any comment on the Angela Merkel incident?
- Aussies do it better (or worse)
- Off with his head! (n/t)
- Instantly overexposed
- Bush is that way.
- Merkel's best possible response (said with a big smile)
- At least he didn't lift her shirt and kiss her stomach
- Like Putin and the young boy?
- It's a Russian thing?
- Quite the contrary...
- I'm delighted to have disappointed you.
- Crying babies are meant to be paddled. Gotcha! ;-) (n/t)
- Whining preschoolers are meant to be put in time-out.
- "If you need to know now...."
- ...where angels fear to tread.
- Another parent voting with Mary Anne
- HZ Moms of the World Unite! (n/t)
- Amazing how we differ here.
- Whining preschoolers are meant to be put in time-out.
- re: I'm delighted to have disappointed you.
- Crying babies are meant to be paddled. Gotcha! ;-) (n/t)
- Quit picking on liberals....
- I'm delighted to have disappointed you.
- An Armenian thing...
- In Bush's defense
- Quite the contrary...
- It's a Russian thing?
- Like Putin and the young boy?
- Sorry, very improper
- Aussies do it better (or worse)