Comments on: Bushs Grabsch-Gate (Video)

By: madmatt

madmatt — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:25:45 +0000

actually I don't speak german and I think that was the easiest version to read!

By: Gollum

Gollum — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:54:50 +0000

Righto, Val. Here's the upshot of the German piece:

In Deutschland blieb ein Sturm der EntrÃ¼stung bislang aus - Bushs Geste wurde wohl eher als Zeichen schlechter Manieren gedeutet und nicht als sexuelle BelÃ¤stigung - im Gegensatz zu den USA.

Babelfish Translation:

In Germany a storm of the Entruestung was missing so far - Bushs gesture was interpreted probably rather as indication of bad manners and not as sexual annoyance - contrary to the USA.

Our inability to separate physical intimacy from sexuality - - and, for that matter, nudity from sexuality - - is a cultural embarassment.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:28:49 +0000

Bush is drive-by Olestra!? All that mountain biking has made him fat-free!!!

By: Val

Val — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:11:22 +0000

that should have read "drive-by-molester" sorry for the typos.

By: Val

Val — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:09:57 +0000

Let me translate that for you!

â??Our President, the Drive-by-Oolesterâ??, writes Blogger Lindsay Beyerstein. â??Like every experienced Grabberâ?? Bush simply looked away As the Chancelor Merkel frightened off by his physical contact. He had simply walked away from her â??as if everything would only be her problem." Blogger Greg Tinti summerizes this episode simply underneath a headline â??Grabsch-Gateâ??. (Grabsch = Grab)""

If you read the article you will find ashort discussion about the diffrent viewpoints to that grab-attack. the germans would never see that as a case of sexual harrassment. its more rude behaviour that we see. and typical "bush behaviour".