George Bush's clean hands in Haiti

George Bush unfairly mocked after video appears to show him wiping hand on Bill Clinton after handshake in Haiti



Does this video really show George Bush cleaning his hand on Bill Clinton?

The above video has been doing the rounds of the interweb, showing former US president George Bush in Haiti. As you can see from the video, it looks like Bush shakes hands with someone and immediately wipes his hand on Bill Clinton's shirt.

An NPR news post on the subject was headlined: "Hand-Shaking Bush In Haiti Wipes Mitt On Clinton's Shirt", and plenty of tweets and blogs thought the former president was guilty of insulting Haiti and possibly Clinton. But it seems unlikely, although without being there at the time it's impossible to say for certain. An equally likely version of events would show the personality differences between the two presidents.

The video clip above appears to have been selectively slowed at the point that Bush touches Clinton's shoulder, making his gesture seem worse than it was. In the full-speed BBC version – available here – Bush is seen tapping Clinton on the shoulder twice and then plucking at his sleeve. Clinton is notoriously unpunctual and an enthusiastic glad-hander, whereas Bush is known for keeping to a tight schedule. So it's just as likely that Bush was encouraging Clinton to hurry up.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8580641.stm

What the above carefully!

I could not copy the clip - but the BBC version of what happened is REAL and not edited. It shows Bush tapping Clinton TWICE on the should and then his hand slides down - it was not a hand wipe - but some in the media hate him so much they had to DOCTOR and edit the clip and slow it down....the original shows the two taps on the shoulder - the edited versions does not....

Media manipulation and most people bought it!

George W. Bush Is the biggest (little) ASS Hole the US has ever had as a President.

Two term President who did not bow to the rest of the world. No attacks on the USA after he took the war to the terrorists. He did not lead the USA as Obama does - always checking to see what is popular. Obama is actually following Bush on all his policies - The Iraq war - troops still there, Afgan - more troops, the bail out package, the prison in Cuba, on ALL these issues Obama railed against Bush to get elected, but now he imitates Bush, that is flattering to Bush I am sure!

If George W. Bush had been the first President to need a teleprompter installed to be able to get through a press conference, would you have laughed and said this is more proof of how inept he is on his own and is really controlled by smarter men behind the scenes?

If George W. Bush had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to take Laura Bush to a play in NYC, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had reduced your retirement plan's holdings of GM stock by 90% and given the unions a majority stake in GM, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had made a joke at the expense of the Special Olympics, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had given Gordon Brown a set of inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs, when Gordon Brown had given him a thoughtful and historically significant gift, would you have approved?


If George W. Bush had given the Queen of England an iPod containing videos of his speeches, would you have thought this embarrassingly narcissistic and tacky?

If George W. Bush had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had visited Austria and made reference to the non-existent "Austrian language," would you have brushed it off as a minor slip?

If George W. Bush had filled his cabinet and circle of advisers with people who cannot seem to keep current in their income taxes, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had stated that there were 57 states in the United States , would you have said that he is clueless.

If George W. Bush would have flown all the way to Denmark to make a five minute speech about how the Olympics would benefit him walking out his front door in Texas , would you have thought he was a self important, conceded, egotistical prick.

If George W. Bush had been so Spanish illiterate as to refer to "Cinco de Cuatro" in front of the Mexican ambassador when it was the 5th of May (Cinco de Mayo), and continued to flub it when he tried again, would you have winced in embarrassment?

If George W. Bush had mis-spelled the word "advice" would you have hammered him for it for years like Dan Quayle and potatoe as proof of what a dunce he is?

If George W. Bush had burned 9,000 gallons of jet fuel to go plant a single tree on Earth Day, would you have concluded he's a hypocrite?

If George W. Bush's administration had okayed Air Force One flying low over millions of people followed by a jet fighter in downtown Manhattan causing widespread panic, would you have wondered whether they actually get what happened on 9-11?

If George W. Bush had failed to send relief aid to flood victims throughout the Midwest with more people killed or made homeless than in New Orleans , would you want it made into a major ongoing political issue with claims of racism and incompetence?

If George W. Bush had created the position of 32 Czars who report directly to him, bypassing the House and Senate on much of what is happening in America , would you have approved.

If George W. Bush had ordered the firing of the CEO of a major corporation, even though he had no constitutional authority to do so, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had proposed to double the national debt, which had taken more than two centuries to accumulate, in one year, would you have approved?

If George W. Bush had then proposed to double the debt again within 10 years, would you have approved?

(You see, most people never think in terms fo the above as they are seduced by a media that has been seduced)

So, tell me again, what is it about Obama that makes him so brilliant and impressive? Can't think of anything? Don't worry. He's done all this in 10 months -- so you'll have three years and two months to come up with an answer.

This is a Dominican site not a US political site!

Welcome back William, I know that my sentiment may not be in the majority and although I disagree with about 99.9999999% of everything you say, I'm glad to see you're back. Perhaps if you could catagorize your anti Obama/US threads onto the United States header of this forum it would ease the hinderance of D.R. topics on it's assigned heading. Be well William and again welcome back.

P.S. I am under no illusion that you will entertain any part of my request.

forget it, xwill. it will not work. he cannot help himself, and not even can his psychiatrist. so just ignore him

Thanks Dev. The forum would be a bore if you and I and everyone agreed. The real problem is that some do not understand freedom of speech and why it is so essential.

1. I would take up your suggestion if I could. It does seem that anit- Bush threads and posts are OK here. So it is a double standard.
2. I think folks realise that the USA and the man who leads it has a huge impact on everycountry in the world. It is all very relevant to us in the DR. As an example: If Obama makes the wrong decisions regarding the nukes being built in Iran (and so far I believe he has) then Israel will bomb or nuke Iran and the world as we know it will never be the same. The DR is effected by every major decision Obama or any USA Pres. makes. That is just the way it is. You and others may disagree, but I think Obama is very dangerous to this world. I hope I am wrong on this point. But in the mean time I have aburden to warn of policies and decisions I consder immoral (supporting full term abortions) or dangerous - trying to talk Iran out of developing nukes while they laugh at the USA and Obama.

3. I notice that so many posters are living in the USA so General Info seems to be the place to put USA related stuff.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words!

I think that gp2 should make his posts while he is not buzzed from so much rum