President Bush To Attend Olympic Opening

While Some World Leaders Will Boycott Opening Ceremonies In Beijing, White House Confirms That Bush Will Attend

(AP)  President George W. Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the White House said Thursday.

While there was no question Bush would attend the Olympics in August, the president's plans for the opening ceremonies had not been confirmed until now. Some world leaders have said they may boycott the Aug. 8 opening event to protest the most recent Chinese security crackdown in Tibetan areas of China.

White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday that Bush will travel to South Korea, Thailand and China in August.

The trip is built around the Olympics, which the White House has long said that Bush planned to attend as a celebration of sports.

Just hours earlier, the White House was equivocating about whether Bush would attend the opening ceremonies.

At first, Perino said "I would certainly think" that the opening ceremonies would be part of his trip. Questioned whether that was what she meant to say, she backtracked and said, "I said it's a distinct possibility" and that the opening ceremonies "could be part of the schedule."

Firm dates for Bush's travels have not been released.

The president and first lady Laura Bush will begin their trip in South Korea, the site of violent protests over the import of U.S. beef. Anti-government protests about the matter have raged for weeks and turned central Seoul into a riot zone.

Perino said Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak would discuss a proposed free-trade agreement along with regional and global security matters.

Bush then will travel to Thailand to celebrate its long-standing relationship with the United States and confer with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, Perino said.

In China, Bush will meet with President Hu Jintao; a key focus will be the multicountry effort to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons capability. Then the president and the first lady will attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, Perino said.

[whiskyrocker]

I''m sure he will make us all proud.

[sgtrds-e4]

Can we make sure he STAYS there?

[yankeerebel7]

This whole Olympics has already been a failure really. You know there''s problems when the freakin torch can''t even pass through one city without groups of people trying to put it out. Watch out, Bush...some Chinese cities are so polluted it''s hazardous to even breathe the air. Some athletes have refused to go because of this.

When does football start?

[cbsfan73]

Frankly, I am a little embarrassed to have him there on behalf of the American public. Couldn''t we send someone that is a little less despised? Like maybe Theodore Kaczynski?

[bozworth4]

Has to go the chinese own him just like they do most of this country. When they foreclose on the countrys mortage what kind of mall will be built at arlington?

[komoncents]

Perfect match - the blood-stained leaders of the world''s top eco-terrorist-countries get to wallow in the muck together.

Any chance we can get em to run in the firing squad 500?

[ciitzenusa]

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[cbsfan73]

I think his psychiatrist forbids him to eat pretzels. But bananas are okay...

Posted by Impeach_W
"He asked for advanced approvals from the EPA that the air will be Extra safe for beathing.
I hope he knows to bring his own beer and pretzels..."

[foranc]

few things leave me without words. this is one of them.

[demwatcher]

Send Clinton and Gore. They are real buddies with the Chinese.

[option-allie]

Pray his other daughter is getting married so he can''t go. Anything. Anything at all.

[sandy19731]

Have a nice trip, Mr. President

[liberalme]

Maybe they''ll hold him hostage until our debt is paid off.

[sistatee-2009]

May the Olympic torch burn his dumb -ss to a crisp.

[lambor59]

How in the world a dumb monkey got invited to the Olympic with our tax pay money...this thug is infected with mad cow disease, he could spread it all over China....look out people stay away from this stupid thug, the Koreans know that this guy is sick with mad cow disease, that''s why they all come out on the street to protest buying stainted beef from the US.

[barbaraf4]

I wonder how much it costs to fly Air Force One and escorts round trip to China.

[walt1944-2009]

The Great Emperor Bush II is demonstrating how important human rights are to him, by ignoring calls for him to join world leaders in boycotting the opening Olympic games ceremonies in Beijing and going anyway!

The Great Emperor knows full well that China literally financially OWNS the USSA and naturally, would not want to offend his Asian "bankers". If offended, the Chinese might call all their loans, burn all their worthless USSA dollars and REPO the USSA having the People''s Army march in to take possession.

What would the neocon Fascist Nazis think? What would the $50 million a year Rush Limbaugh think? What would the "religious right" think?

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!
sig heil, DEFINITELY MORE OF THE SAME, McCain!!!!

[sistatee-2009]

I wonder how much it costs to fly Air Force One and escorts round trip to China.
Posted by barbaraf4 at 09:30 PM : Jul 03, 2008

Probably enough to pay unemployment for all the displaced workers in the U.S. for a year.

[gce65]

I suppose Bush will be blowing the Chinese Premier as well in a back room before the games start...

What a sycophant!

[harpoot]

Birds of a feather .....

[apprxam]

Okay, I see it now. He''s gonna beg the Chinese to pump more oil? Hey, why not ask for the parts they took for that plane they forced down in 2001.

[lucasnico]

he''s attending because he borrowed BILLIONS from the Chinese to fund the war in Iraq

[stn_sage]

Not attending is the correct thing to do---so, obcourse he''ll be there ''with bells on''!

He must continue to thank them for underwriting the Iraq war besides sending millions of American jobs to China and allowing them to swamp our markets with their dangerous, poisonous products!

Gee, I thought the President of the United States was suppose to work for the betterment of HIS people and NOT everyone elses''! Oops! Silly me!

[Michael Arnold]

Good, maybe he''ll stay -- for good.

[blackyowe]

Who cares he is a headless horseman on a lame duck.

Oh great, the idiot son gets another chance to humiliate the country.

[juwboy]

hadenough43:

Don''t you mean idiot_SAN?

That''s what the Chinese call him.

[oneworldusa]

How much fuel and tax dollars would it save if he just stayed home and watched on TV? How about phoning in instead?

[naucoming4u]

Don''t look at it like Bush is going to the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in spite of Tibet...

...just look at it as Bush going to meet with his lender(s)!

[naucoming4u]

The Chinese Olympics...

...the only time where the souvenirs in the gift shop are made in a factory just down the street!

[deacon20081]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1256448/posts
Saudi Government Daily Editorial:''Bush the Nazi''
Posted on Monday, October 25, 2004 2:12:56 PM by Stoat
The Saudi government daily Al-Riyadh recently published an editorial titled "Bush the Nazi," referring to allegations that President George W. Bush''s family had ties with the Nazis. The following are excerpts from the editorial: [1]
Did President Bush''s Grandfather Collaborate with the Nazis?
"[The British newspaper] The Guardian published what it contends are documents incriminating the president''s grandfather of collaboration with the Nazis and bringing [Adolf] Hitler to power, and that his wealth was an outcome of agreements with the Nazis, and this wealth was passed on to [his] children and grandchildren in America.
"This issue fits in with the confusion [surrounding] the elections, as each candidate attempts to earn support by revealing suppressed facts [about his opponent], even in secret archives, and thus it is not impossible to verify or refute these [allegations].
"Verification [of these allegations] stems from [the fact that] business is not founded on ethical aims, and one deals with the devil if it will bring material gains%u2026
"[On the other hand] we may refute [these allegations] if we take into consideration that it is the Israelis, of all stripes, both influential ones and those of a lesser order, that follow more than anyone else Nazi history and track down Nazis."

[deacon20081]

Continued
Either the Israelis Used the Documents to Blackmail Bush, or Else They are Using Them to Elect Kerry
"Therefore, either these documents were archived during the terms of [Bush] the father and [George W. Bush] so they could be used as a means of blackmailing the two presidents into continuing to serve Israel, or the time has now come to publicize these facts, if they are indeed true. That is to say, perhaps Bush Jr. has played all his cards and he has no choice left but to leave the White House, with [John] Kerry as his successor, about whom it has been said that he has Jewish roots, like [Madeleine] Albright, the former Secretary of State who didn''t make public her religious identity until several years after [assuming office].
"The delicate question is whether Israel cooperated with the ruling Bush family while knowing these secrets, according to the principle of whoever does you excellent service is your ally, even if in the past he had [ties] with the Nazis? Or perhaps this information is inaccurate or fictitious, and its publication has come at a time when the investigators don''t have time to conduct a thorough investigation and to defend Bush, since the elections are fast approaching. If we assume that the accusation is true, it is probable that elements in the service of Israel and [acting] in conjunction with it felt which way the wind was blowing in anticipation of the elections, and [concluded] that Kerry was better suited to the Israeli positions."

[juwboy]

deacon20081:

Gentile-Americans outnumber Jewish-Americans by about 50-to-1.

Gentile-Americans outnumber Jews by about 20-to-1.

Gentiles outnumber Jews by almost 400-to-1.

So, if Jews are controlling your destiny, you are saying that an infinitesimal fraction of any Jew is more than a match for a weak, ineffective, limp-wristed Gentile like yourself.

What a HUMILIATING admission for you to make!!!

[timdgrim]

Hu Jintao probably told him he better get his b*tt over there for the ceremony or they would call in the billions in loans!

[scottyusa]

Bush is right this time. It would be a travesty to contaminate the olympics with politics.

[reptilian96]

FOX NEWS discovered the presence of a massive spy ring inside the United States run by the government of Israel. This seems a harsh gratitude from a nation which obtains 10% of its annual budget from the American taxpayer, $3+ billion a year. Over the years, American taxpayers have been required to send Israel more than four times what the US spent to go to the moon.

question is do we really need Israel? I don''t think so. Israel is a burden on us american tax payers, we could use our money here in USA. we don''t need backstabers. If muslims were not in that part then the battle would''ve been with christans and JEWS in that part of the world. Just like British Jews were doing to IRISH (IRA), see the new perspective. Anyway, we don''t need Israel for the simple fact that they are not in our good interest.

NOW i read that Israel can''t fight IRAN if USA won''t help Israel. I mean come on more American TAX $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

So all of you American Israeli supporters get ready to shell out some more doe without your permission JEWS will take you money like they always did. Us hard working Americans will be homeless for long, long time. ww3 coming soon. under construction by the Israeli JEWS.