I hope they wiped the toilet seat too!
Much has been made of Bush’s six country tour of Latin America last week, in which the only major accomplishment was The Boy King grabbing a Brazilian rattle and dancing with Children (he seemed very much at home). Condi appeared slighty human, while Laura searched for her rythym for several seconds and then thought better of it (watch the video, its worth it!).
George stumbled around as usual, at one point greeting the Brazilian president with “I’m so glad you’re here,” then, to much laughter, correcting himself with “I mean, so glad I am here.”
Frankly I think they needed to make some kind of news to screen over the Walter Reed vet hospital scandal, the Scooter Libby verdict and the “Attorney purge.”
Around corners, just out of view, thousands demonstrated everywhere they went, and President Chavez of Venezeula followed them around needling and heckling and inciting protests, speaking to full soccer stadiums about George being a ‘’political cadaver,” and the ‘’little gentleman from the North.'’
The most amusing report from the week, however, was from Guatemala, in which Mayan priests followed the Bush tour through sacred archaeological sites, performing rites of purification to eliminate “bad spirits” after the visit from the Boy King, so that their ancestors could rest in peace.
According to a Mayan leader:
“That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for the Mayan people and their culture.”