Bush To Filipino President: "I Am Reminded Of The Great Talent Of The -- Of Our Philippine-Americans When I Eat Dinner At The White House"

President Bush met with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today at the White House. Arroyo was in Washington while her country tries to recover from a typhoon that devastated coastal areas and flipped a ferry carrying over 800 passengers last week. Before discussing aide for the Philippines, Bush couldn't resist beginning the sober meeting with a quip about a Filipino member of his kitchen staff. Read part of the transcript from the meeting and click here to read more about one of the "Philippine-Americans" Bush is referring to. See the excerpt below:

PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that -- in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House. (Laughter.)

PRESIDENT ARROYO: Yes.

PRESIDENT BUSH: And the chef is a great person and a really good cook, by the way, Madam President.

PRESIDENT ARROYO: Thank you.

Comments

[Knowbetter]

Don't blame us - we didn't vote for him!

Sincerely,

Austin

[Jeff1958]

91. That's my guess. The question is - what is our President's IQ?

[strifeknot]

You're much too generous. 80, max.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

In Euros?

100 is average. By definition. You're too kind.

[Babs la Plume]

This makes me wonder about that 43 he wears on his clothing . . . just sayin'.

[faust2001]

Sick man.

[SaraPulis]

Double-you. Tee. Eff.

[gallery]

Ugh. George the statesman.
At least he didn't jump up and try to massage her.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

He would have, but her chair was against the wall.

[white mende man]

she didn't want to take any chances.

[oafishcad]

Governor Bush should never have left his condo.

[sixletters]

Seriously, what is wrong with this man?

[Spitzerhopper]

Not to mention the cotton pickin

[sjdowling]

W, the Global Village Idiot.

[ReasonIsMyReligion]

Beat me to it.

[missusam]

All those who voted for this man, should go seek therapy.

[Furby]

Are you talking about that 60% of american voters who voted A SECOND TIME for Bush in 2004? or the sum total of all of those who voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004? That might be hard to do since these days we can't find a single one of them anywhere. It's like magic, they've all vanished in thin air.

[CindyM2008]

LOL...so true

[GeoLee]

I wonder how many of them had the distinction of not only voting for Bush twice , but for Nixon twice, too. Oh, but I know where most of that group lives: Kansas. I can pretty proudly say that as a Kansan, no vote for president I have ever made has been reflected in the Electoral College vote because in my 40 years voting time, Kansas has not ever backed a democratic Preisdential candidate.

[dbdzen]

This guy is more than an embarrassment to the United States.

[ferrumstongue]

He's in good company, the Philippine president IS more than an embarrassment to her country. She has negative net ratings which are even worse than GWB's. Notice she even thanked Bush?