Video: The Lonely Guy
posted at 9:15 am on November 20, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Perhaps the definition of “lame duck” is that stage when people can stop being nice to you. The Left has gotten a big laugh out of George Bush’s treatment at the G-20. Rick Sanchez chalks it up to Bush’s “bullying” presence on the world stage:
In the video, one can see Bush talking with a few of the other G-20 leaders as he walks to his spot on the dais for the publicity photos, but not shaking hands. It doesn’t look as if Bush offers his hand, either, but also gives the impression of a snub.
If so, it’s incredibly petty on their parts. Bush represents the US, not just himself, and that reflects on their attitudes towards us as a whole. I’ll give Angela Merkel a pass on this, after Bush’s odd neck rub in 2006, but the rest of them have little excuse.
And a couple of notes to Rick Sanchez. First, I’m 45 years old and we didn’t say “cooties” in high school 30 years ago. Maybe we said it in elementary school. Also, I googled Sanchez and idiot together, and I got over 500,000 hits. What exactly does that prove?
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To those here who blame Pres. Bush for everything including the election of Barack Obama, F-you. Conditions beyond his control led to the election results.
Pres. Bush came into the office as a cocky spoiled son of an ex-pres. September 11 changed him forever. We will never know what kind of president he would have been because that day changed everything. In the early days and months, he was still fairly cocky but the difficulties of war and the burden of the office sobered him up. Reality bites as they say.
When Pres. Bush landed on that carrier, his approval ratings were sky high. People love a winner. The turning point for him and for the war came when the Democrats, realizing that his popularity spelled disaster for them, began sniping about the war, treatment of prisoners and whining that we were in another Vietnam. All this within a year to fourteen months in. Pres. Bush needed their support and they did everything they could to cut him off at the knees, including disparaging our own troops as murderers, rapists, mercenaries. You name it.
So, Pres. Bush didn’t veto a single bill until the last two years of his presidency. Well, thanks to the sniveling cowards in Congress, including those in his own party, he had to whore himself to get the support he needed for OUR troops on the battlefield. He may not have always made the right decisions, but there was never any doubt about who he supported and who he wanted to win in this war.
In the beginning of his presidency, his attempt at bipartisan cooperation led to the No Child Left Behind Act, written by Ted Kennedy. Laura Bush, a librarian and educator, no doubt had a lot to do with Pres. Bush’s desire to do something to fix the problems liberals have created in the education system. By all accounts, this act has not been successful, but again, the educators whined and fought it at every turn. Why, because they were now accountable for the results they were getting in the classroom, when all they want is a ton more money to fund their “progressive and innovative” education experiments with our children.
Pres. Bush has been an honorable man. Maybe not the best man for the job. Maybe unprepared for the realities of a complex world. Maybe too controlled by people more interested in their own careers than in serving this country to the best of their abilities. Maybe too naive and too loyal to those who were given jobs because of their support, but were not competent. But, he has always been gracious. He has done what he felt was right to protect this country. He did not sell it to China, nor sell out our allies.
Pres. Obama is entering office with a similar attitude. He believes the media hype and will come in thinking that he will change the world. But, the world will change him. We don’t know what he will face or what events will shape his presidency. What we do know is that we are all in this together. We all succeed or fail together. President Bush will leave office with little love of the people, both at home and abroad. So be it. But there is a higher power that knows his heart, and that judge will be more forgiving than those judging him so harshly now.
I pray that God will bless him. He deserves his rest. This generation will never understand the enormous sacrifices he has made on their behalf, nor will they appreciate the safety he afforded them after the greatest attack this country ever faced from a foreign enemy.
Jvette on November 20, 2008 at 10:57 AM
“Those aren’t the cooties I knew.”
Texas Rainmaker on November 20, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Your childish retorts speak volumes.
sherry on November 20, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Jvette – thank you. I absolutely agree.
el gordo on November 20, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Rick Sanchez is the love-child of Geraldo Rivera and Bill O’Reilly. He’s probably the best example of self-absorption in the media I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe “How do I look now?” isn’t running on a continuos loop in his little brain.
Marcus on November 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM
He was showing Obama the hand sanitizer (and moisturizer) he uses. Imagine shaking 100′s of hands a day, and then imagine where some of the hands have been…
right2bright on November 20, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Oh good grief. I get so sick and tired of the creating news out of thin air.
It was Bush’s summit. He met each one of them as they arrived had a photo op with each one of them then took them into a private chat. You notice that not all of them on the stage shoke the hands of all those coming onto the stage, probably because they only shoke the hands of those they had not yet had the chance to exchange personal greetings.
This entire group was assembled then they took their places on the platform for the photo op.
Texas Gal on November 20, 2008 at 11:08 AM
He reminds me of that West Side song.
I’m so pretty, I’m so pretty
I’m so pretty witty and gay…
right2bright on November 20, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Sanchez takes way too much delight in this story.
sheesh on November 20, 2008 at 11:10 AM
How bad is Sanchez?
MSNBC dumped him.
By the way, when I walk past someone who has done nothing but give me a hard time, or called me names or failed to support me in a just cause ….. I don’t offer to shake their hands either. High five for W.
Of course, all of the Euroweenies will be down on their knees and panting when Obambi struts the stage.
fogw on November 20, 2008 at 11:12 AM
I thought Canada was another country. Maybe John Ziegler should add that question to his next survey…
mycowardice on November 20, 2008 at 11:18 AM
We’ll all be missing Georg Bush soon enough. The Eurotrash may not be willing to admit it, but I’m sure they’ll be missing him too.
t.ferg on November 20, 2008 at 11:18 AM
I think it means that there is only one news source left in the world.
And that’s Fox.
Kini on November 20, 2008 at 11:18 AM
I will never underestimate the worlds ability to do nothing. Bush is a casualty in that game…but he will always be the Ganner Rhysode of our planet.
tomas on November 20, 2008 at 11:21 AM
+ 2!
4shoes on November 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Cooties? I had to educate my homeschooled kids on cooties. Sanchez is obviously not as “demented” as a homeschooler.
Mrs. Happy Housewife on November 20, 2008 at 11:28 AM
Bush inherited a difficult mess from a President who was more concerned with being popular than effective leadership. I don’t think there is any question that popularity has not been the driving force for the Bush Presidency.
It is a national disgrace the way the left has behaved toward this President. Many instances where they should have put country first, or taken the high road, were instead turned into embarrassing displays of disloyalty to our country and infantile disrespect for our highest office.
I like and respect President Bush. He kept his counsel during times of great difficulty and dignified the Presidency with class. He kept his eye on the ball and tried to avert both an economic disaster and a post 9/11 security disaster rather than play politics. The Democratic Congress and complicit media will have Karma to deal with. There is no question they betrayed our country.
eaglesdontflock on November 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Anyone want to bet when Obama does something the “world leaders” dislike and they diss him, the Left will be whining about how racist, how disrespectful, how mean they all are?
And it’s rather funny how the Left seems to think the world is going to “like” Obama – they will as long as he is willing to denigrate this country – when/if he actually puts America first he will be just as unpopular as Pres BushOf course they’re still hoping he will be a push over.
katiejane on November 20, 2008 at 11:31 AM
They should all be kissing his a$$. If it were not for his resolve Afghanistan would be ruled by the Taliban, where Al Qaeda would have training bases all over the country.
Saddam would still be a loose cannon in the region and Iran’s Hezballah would be coming at Israel from all sides.
If I were Pres Bush I would wait for them to raise their hands for a greeting.
FireBlogger on November 20, 2008 at 11:33 AM
So according to Journalist Sanchez its the number of google hits you can find on a derogatory Bush search term that justifies dissing the President.
Mind boggling…
Always Right on November 20, 2008 at 11:34 AM
I keep looking at the video and I still say it is President Bush that is not wanting to shake their hands. Right at last he acknowledges two guys behind him just as he turns forward. I see a lot to do about nothing.
rich801 on November 20, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Ditto.
Very well said.
Hawkins1701 on November 20, 2008 at 11:40 AM
After looking at it a couple of times I think perhaps it is being misinterpreted.
Perhaps Bush already greeted each one before this parade on stage happened (as they came in the room – he was the host) and did not seem it necessary to greet them each again.
The other leaders had not met each other publicly at this photo op and Bush already did as they came in the room.
No need to shake their hands twice.
albill on November 20, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Hillary will be busy.
getalife on November 20, 2008 at 11:42 AM
This is the dumbest “news” story ever. Bush wasn’t looking to shake hands. He’d probably already greeted him before, and I think there’s more important things to worry about rather than some cheesy hand shaking photo op. CNN= Epic fail on this middle school worthy story.
therightwinger on November 20, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Brilliantly stated.
Glynn on November 20, 2008 at 11:42 AM
rick sanchez, like the rest of his partners, are obama and the left’s lapdogs. this guy is so blatantly over the top, punch-drunk that he can hardly contain his orgasm. i would like to spend five minutes with this nimrod and give him a piece of my mind.
sandlin71 on November 20, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Ed- close the post now. Jvette’s eloquence should be the last word.
Bruno Strozek on November 20, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I search for “Bush Awesome” and got 20,000,000 hits. So I guess he’s more awesome than he is a bully.
So yeah, it doesn’t prove anything.
funsutton on November 20, 2008 at 11:46 AM
You put it perfectly
John The Baptist on November 20, 2008 at 11:47 AM
JOURNALISM 2008
The reporter is a joke. The story is a joke. The network is a joke.
edgehead on November 20, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Actually – I think it should be front and center on the main page.
Darbraun on November 20, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Only about 500000 people with websites know who Sanchez is. Frankly I think its probably offensive to idiots to mention them and Sanchez in the same breath.
LevStrauss on November 20, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Jvette on November 20, 2008 at 10:57 AM &
eaglesdontflock on November 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Right on. The Democrats have their share of putting our country where it is, especially since they gave our enemies so much extra strength to continue the fight by oposing everything Bush has done, just like they did to Nixon in Vietnam. I wonder how many many more of our soldiers and marines have died in Iraq and Afghanistan because of the transfusion of strength the enemies received from the Democrats.
DL13 on November 20, 2008 at 11:59 AM
What a bunch of BS!
This is another myth we haven’t challenged strongly enough. The LEFTISTS of the world hate Bush. And yes, most of them hate America too.
The world is just like this country. There are those on the right and the left. The left ALWAYS makes more noise because they are boorish, rude, hate-filled zealots. The media focuses on them and not the normal working people who have no time to “protest”. The media template is that the world hates Bush.
Talk to a few people who have immigrated here legally. The world loves America and a whole bunch of them love President Bush!
edgehead on November 20, 2008 at 12:07 PM
That comment does not seem to be grounded in reality.
mycowardice on November 20, 2008 at 12:13 PM
I’m not the biggest fan of W but I agree with you completely.
if by ‘Grounded in reality’ you mean ‘What I see living in my parents basement’, then yes. you might have a point
DaveC on November 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Well said.
lostinjrz on November 20, 2008 at 12:24 PM
I would absolutely consider it a great honor to shake George Bush’s hand. If those who should know that he has honorably and wholeheartedly served the best interests of his country and the world snub him, it is to their everlasting disgrace.
NellE on November 20, 2008 at 12:25 PM
Morrissey idiot gives me 269,000 Google hits
Bush idiot — 437,000
Jesus idiot — 7.2 million
Obama idiot — 11 million
So that places Sanchez somewhere between Bush and Jesus.
And before you guys go check: factoid idiot yields just short of 56,000 hits.
factoid on November 20, 2008 at 12:32 PM
The rest of the world now wants the Marines to save it from the Somali pirates.
Message to trotw, from the U.S.A. “take care of your own security, and your own problems; we know that you love us now, more than ever before”.
Schadenfreude on November 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
I was told recently by a life long Republican conservative, etc. that Bush was a “Semi-Socialist” and an Idiot, Clinton was much smarter and better and a “centrist, he passed Welfare Reform”, etc., etc. Oh and “now they say bush is going down as Herbert Hoover”.
what Jvette explained is something we need to communicate to republicans and others voters, who are very sensitive to constant Dem/MSM bitching and whining and outright Lies over the last several years.
jp on November 20, 2008 at 12:34 PM
test
jp on November 20, 2008 at 12:40 PM
They retire old nukes and replace them. I saw why waste the old ones?
- The Cat
P.S. Just sayin’
MirCat on November 20, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Rick Sanchez . . . .PLEASE READ.
F.U.C.K Y,O,U,
Your like the little mamas boy that was finally
allowed to go out and play with his toys. Your not
too bright Ricky. Cooties Ricky ? So whats going to be
your discript of Obama ? “Lucky Charm” What a dip$hit.
Sanchez and pig 2,210,000
Sanchez and a$$hole 1,190,000
Sanchez and jerk 1,110,000
Sanchez and dip$hit 14,400 hits
Sanchez and nitwit 5.560 hits
Sanchez and numb nuts 75,000
Texyank on November 20, 2008 at 12:49 PM
+5
………… May God Bless President George W. Bush, heal his soul, and give him the rest that he so dearly deserves. There are millions of Americans that know you are a good and decent man, with genuine beliefs and convictions. We know your word is true, and you are not the man that the Democrats and MSM have tried to paint you out to be to the detrement of the United States and it’s citizens in the eyes of the world.
……… soon, Mr. Obama, President Elect, the Office of will take the Oath of Office to be the 44th President of the United States………… all of his records are sealed, he is absent while trillions are being lost in the stock market in fear what a Democratic controlled government will do, and if anyone has noticed, Russia and China are on a world tour meeting with countries that would like to do us harm.
“American Idol” is over, ladies and gentlemen, and the selected winner is about to take the stage, but only now everyone is starting to realize………… he can’t sing.
………….. God Bless You President Bush, God Bless You!
Seven Percent Solution on November 20, 2008 at 12:51 PM
FIFY
D2Boston on November 20, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Then maybe you should get out of that basement once in a while.
mycowardice on November 20, 2008 at 12:58 PM
pretty stupid… they don’t realise that he’d already greeted the guests to the meeting he hosted.
NORUK on November 20, 2008 at 1:00 PM
I had to pull up short on that one. You know, take the high road.
Really Dave? When did you last “man up”?
I have family who have “manned up” in OEF and OIF. They consider it an honor to have served for President Bush and would vote for him again. Some are in the Intel community, and they think a great deal of him,. They’re the ones whose judgement I would trust. The people who know what “man up” really means.
eaglesdontflock on November 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Bush was the HOST and therefor met with each of them already that day, whereas the others were seeing each other for the first time this visit and maybe the first time ever.
So, President Bush had already shaken hands with each of them. Sanchez is a narcissistic fool, with ‘cooties’.
What a moron. Hey CNN, 300 Million people live here and you hire Sanchez?
.
History might show Bush was the EXACT man for the job.
.
The libs were set on revenge for the 8 year Clinton fiasco no matter who was in office… plus, they had to distract from all the Clinton screw ups which were HUGE.
shooter on November 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
You beat me to it.
Context is everything.
jgapinoy on November 20, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Jvette
Wow! Well done.
lizzee on November 20, 2008 at 1:19 PM
I googled Morrissey and intellect together, but I only got 46,000 hits.
benny shakar on November 20, 2008 at 1:21 PM
This guy is an idiot.. Could it maybe have been because he just greeted them all, before the photo op??
reshas1 on November 20, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Goes to prove that only non-thinkers watch Corrupt News Network.
cjs1943 on November 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Ed, on my post about Rick “Dirty” Sanchez trying to tear down Joe Wurzelbacher, one of my commenters had this to say about Sanchez:
I would say judging by the Sanchez we’ve seen, my reader probably is telling the truth.
MsUnderestimated on November 20, 2008 at 1:49 PM
Bravo, jvette; I couldn’t agree more.
Least of These on November 20, 2008 at 2:17 PM
I pray that God will bless him. He deserves his rest. This generation will never understand the enormous sacrifices he has made on their behalf, nor will they appreciate the safety he afforded them after the greatest attack this country ever faced from a foreign enemy.Jvette on November 20, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Amen. I’ve been trying to compose something that eloquent over the past several days, and Jvette took the words right out of my heart.
I only disagree with one point he made: that Bush will leave office with LITTLE love. I for one think he will leave office with a LOT OF love by more people than care to admit it. I am one of them. I’ve always loved George and always will. He’s a fine man, and one of honor. I may have not agreed with every decision he’s made, but that kind of relationship never exists in reality.
Knowing the honor this man holds in his heart, I could have almost felt it breaking the day B.H.O. leaked their “private” talk. Bush’s aide was correct to suggest it would be wise for Barry to keep “close counsel.” I wonder if Barry even knows the meaning of that.
MsUnderestimated on November 20, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Oops! I didn’t mean to strike-through JVette’s comment – meant to QUOTE it. Sorry, Jvette.
MsUnderestimated on November 20, 2008 at 2:40 PM
More ricky poop. He’s a scumbag
http://www.blogtoplist.com/rss/rick-sanchez.html
Texyank on November 20, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Keep trying Hot Air.
He ‘talks’ to one guy. The name is Gordon Brown. Brown doesn’t even unclasp his hands.
It is a sign of respect when somebody reaches out to shake the greater man’s hand. It is a sign of friendship when the greater man extends his hand for shaking. Neither happened hear.
In fact right when he left Brown’s line of sight and met Merkel’s he snapped his head down so fast it could of came right off.
All of this is indicitive of one thing, the meeting he had with the other leaders went so bad that it caused him to hate all the rest, and that’s pretty powerful stuff that your missing here. Also intersting to note is that all the western powers were in the top row, where as China and the Muslim guy were standing right next to Bush, seems like his advanced planning staff were snubbed out of the advance planning part.
PresidenToor on November 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM
As much as I have been enjoying the fresh-every-hour GOP cannibalism since the GOP’s historic repudiation in the election, I have to say the creative comments from Bush apologists are every bit as entertaining.
Bravo, my friends!
benny shakar on November 20, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Good for Bush, I wouldn’t shake those pussies’ hands either, they don’t deserve the privilidge.
Alden Pyle on November 20, 2008 at 3:32 PM
Sanchez, um hows the family of the man you killed?
Lets see ,…
1 – 10 of 10,900 for CNN’s Rick Sanchez( – kills man while driving drunk.
christene on November 20, 2008 at 3:57 PM
You, sir, are you friend of mine.
Glynn on November 20, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Never write when you are angry. It should be “you sir are no friend of mine.
Glynn on November 20, 2008 at 4:01 PM
To those here who blame Pres. Bush for everything including the election of Barack Obama, F-you. Conditions beyond his control led to the election results.
Pres. Bush came into the office as a cocky spoiled son of an ex-pres. September 11 changed him forever. We will never know what kind of president he would have been because that day changed everything. In the early days and months, he was still fairly cocky but the difficulties of war and the burden of the office sobered him up. Reality bites as they say.
When Pres. Bush landed on that carrier, his approval ratings were sky high. People love a winner. The turning point for him and for the war came when the Democrats, realizing that his popularity spelled disaster for them, began sniping about the war, treatment of prisoners and whining that we were in another Vietnam. All this within a year to fourteen months in. Pres. Bush needed their support and they did everything they could to cut him off at the knees, including disparaging our own troops as murderers, rapists, mercenaries. You name it.
AGREE!!,….God Bless President George Bush!
christene on November 20, 2008 at 4:02 PM
Hee hee…
The Ugly American on November 20, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Rick Sanchez is the love-child of Geraldo Rivera and
Bill O’ReillyRosie O’Donnell. He’s probably the best example of self-absorption in the media I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe”How do I look now?“I feel pretty ” isn’t running on a continuos loop in his little brain.Marcus on November 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Fixed
Texyank on November 20, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Before I even read that Ed had Googled Sanchez and idiot together, I googled Rick and idiot together and got over 3,000,000 results. Obviously Rick Sanchez is an idiot. And I agree: who uses the word “cooties” besides out-of-touch adults who are trying to relate with a younger generation?
Dusk Eagle on November 20, 2008 at 6:45 PM
Now where did I put my Troll-B-Gone?
I won’t address this to b.s. (Hey! Great choice of initials there, benny!) since he’s really not worth the effort, but I agree with the kudos for President Bush. The man’s made mistakes, but most of them had to do with trying to get along with the b.s. types who hated him no matter what he did.
Good presidents are the ones who get hated. As bad as Carter was — and he was probably the worst of the 20th century — he was never hated like Bush has been.
Good presidents are also the ones who get lied about the most. For the last 8 years, we’ve had the spectacle of watching President Bush be called a liar repeatedly by the biggest bunch of liars in existence. That’s why he’s going to be remembered as a much better president than people realize. His current low approval rating is primarily a product of smears and lies, and the truth will eventually come out.
I remember we used to talk about the left-wing bias of the media, and we would periodically get lectures from them about how they prided themselves on being neutral and impartial, and agonized about how they avoided the appearance of bias. I think they’ve given up even pretending any more.
tom on November 20, 2008 at 6:58 PM
According to the White House, Bush had previously met with and shook the hands of each one of these leaders and video (that I just saw on Inside Edition) substantiates this claim.
The people seen shaking hands here had not yet greeted one another prior to this photo op.
Mystery solved.
The Ugly American on November 20, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Google of Rick Sanchez jerk yeilds 72,000 hits.
DBQRobert on November 20, 2008 at 7:34 PM
And, after just a brief search of YouTube….Voila!
[handshakes begin at 1min mark]
It seems almost sad that Rick Sanchez has become such a lazy, sloppy journalist.
The Ugly American on November 20, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Huh, so I guess that begs the question how many times should you shake hands in a day?
Nice job, Ugly A
sheesh on November 20, 2008 at 7:46 PM
He may be sloppy, but I’m willing to bet his omissions are not due to lazyness.
4shoes on November 20, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Nice that we ignorant peans can do a better job at reporting than the guys/gals getting paid to do it.
4shoes on November 20, 2008 at 8:29 PM
What an idiot of a reporter. How blatantly biased can her be? I believe that history will be kind to President Bush.
sandgal on November 20, 2008 at 9:23 PM
This guy makes me squirm.
jimsarr on November 20, 2008 at 9:45 PM
Good post, Jvette…
If I had been running for Congress (or even President) this cycle, I would have asked President Bush to come campaign with me. I would have introduced President Bush as the man that has kept America SAFE for the last 7 years…
Gohawgs on November 20, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Jorge Arbusto is a RINO scumbag.
eh on November 21, 2008 at 6:03 AM
Jvette, that is as good of summary of the Bush Presidency, as I’ve seen.
MNHawk on November 21, 2008 at 8:06 AM
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