At summit, Bush says cheers - with wine?!?
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We know international summits are tough. They’ve been known to make a teetotaler go weak in the neck as recently as, oh, last year.
Now we have this photographic intel that the Teetotaler-in-Chief raised a glass with President Yushchenko in Kiev last week! The Dr. Vino cam only has this one angle, but it looks distinctly like the fruits of the vine that he his holding in the glass behind his goobery hand. My guess is that it beats fermented yak milk!
UPDATE: thanks to a comment from reader Mark, please feel free to “CAPTION THIS PHOTO!”
Apr
8
2008
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On April 8th, 2008 at 5:53 pm ,Arthur wrote:
I’ve notcied that while “W” raises his glass in a toast, he always sets the glass down without taking a sip….
On April 8th, 2008 at 9:14 pm ,Mark Ashley wrote:
“Goobery hands”… is that what you call palming the glass like it’s a basketball?
Maybe we should caption the photo!
On April 8th, 2008 at 10:22 pm ,Dr. Vino wrote:
Thanks for the further intel, Arthur!
Mark, please, feel free to dive right in! I’ll update so others feel free too!
On April 9th, 2008 at 10:28 pm ,Arthur wrote:
How about: “Here’s to Dioxin-free vineyards!”
On April 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pm ,russell's teacup wrote:
aren’t alcoholic teetotlers such fun to be with? aren’t they just the kind of people you want to share a beer with? no? wasn’t that the rationale for voting for this goob?
On April 14th, 2008 at 10:07 am ,Michael wrote:
My two cents is that this photo was carefully crafted, and he intentionally palmed the glass so people couldn’t tell whether wine was actually in it.