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Champ and Bush Almost Shake hands in Africa
2013-07-02
While in Africa, Obama repeatedly has praised Bush for helping save millions of lives by funding AIDS treatment. "I'm looking forward to being able, on African soil, to once again thank him on behalf of the American people for showing how American generosity and foresight could end up making a real difference in people's lives," Obama said Monday.
Funny, I don't remember hearing/reading him quoted praising Bush.
President Obama and predecessor President Bush found common ground in Africa on Tuesday, honoring the victims of a terrorist attack in an unprecedented chance encounter a world away from home.
I almost took out the word "unprecedented", since it seems rather obvious. Besides, I suspect it was not "chance".
The U.S. presidents had a brief, silent appearance together at a monument to victims of the 1998 embassy bombing here in Das Es Salaam. While the two U.S. leaders didn't say anything publicly, or privately their wives engaged in a warm and chatty joint appearance at a summit on African women.
There's mush more about the "warm and chatty" at the link! My keyboard made a pun!(mush/much)
"We're going to start getting these all around Africa," Obama said at the Ubungo Power Plant, which was funded by a U.S grant and built by American corporations General Electric and Symbion. "Pretty impressive stuff." In remarks afterward, he touted the "Power Africa" electricity program as a win-win for Africans and U.S. companies.
Coal for Africans. And Chinese. Indians. We can export it from the US and burn it over there. Ships transporting it don't add to global warming, right? Hypocrite.
Posted by:Bobby

#2  He had a hard time in Russia.
Posted by: newc   2013-07-02 10:13  

#1  You know you are in trouble when the man you spent literally years denigrating has to be exploited in a public appearance to help boost your own image.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-07-02 07:44  

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