Bush faz gracas sobre si proprio

Quem lhe escreveu as piadas la na Casa Branca realmente tem nocao dos sarilhos em que Bush se mete. Nao me admira que a unica maneira de eles nao se renderem as evidencias e' fazer humor sobre as suas proprias desgracas..


Bush serves up the jokes at meal

The President's jokes
US President George W Bush joked about sliding ratings and his post-White House plans as he lampooned himself at an annual press dinner on Wednesday.

"A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice-president had shot someone.

"Ah, those were the good ol' days," he said, to applause from the audience.

Journalists were also treated to a Karl Rove rap at the meal where presidential self-deprecation is the tradition.

'Hurt' Cheney

Mr Bush began his speech at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington by thanking the association for providing the food and "Senator Webb for providing security".

A senior aide working for Jim Webb - a Democratic senator from Virginia - was arrested this week as he was caught carrying a loaded handgun into the Capitol building.

Mr Bush noted that his vice-president, Dick Cheney, was not present at the gala event.

"He's had a rough few weeks. To be honest, his feelings were kind of hurt. He said he was going on vacation to Afghanistan, where people like him," he said, alluding to a recent visit to Afghanistan by Mr Cheney in which he was targeted by a suicide bomber.

Using a deadpan delivery style to good effect, Mr Bush spoke of the controversy surrounding the firing of eight federal prosecutors working at the Department of Justice.

"I have to admit we really blew the way we let those attorneys go," he said. "You know you've botched it when people sympathise with lawyers."

from news.bbc.co.uk