World Leaders Don't Shake Bush's Hand At G20 Summit (VIDEO)

It appears in this video that President Bush's approval is in a sorrier state than polls indicate. In a video taken at the G20 summit, Bush walks across a line of world leaders without shaking or being asked to shake any of their hands. Whether the President is being rejected by the world leaders or he is rejecting them, CNN's Rick Sanchez aptly says that Bush looks like "the most unpopular kid in high school that nobody liked."

Comments

[ThirdSection]

This seems to have taken the "lame" in lame duck to a whole new level.

[V300]

I am astounded at how uneducated Americans are. Or else they would not have fallen for such an outright sham.
The third man in the top row is none other then Silvio Berlusconi http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/bush-and-berlus.htmll) whom nobody could accuse of not liking Bush.
If your voting, media and postings are an indication where the USA is heading ... well, you are screwed.
Riefenstahl would be proud of all the "unbiased" reports on Bush and the outgoing government.

V300

[manumoka]

Sore loser.

[MHCritic]

I voted for Obama but feel sorry for Bush that these leaders could not shake his hand. What a snub. I think it was very rude of the leaders to not simply shake his hand. The leaders were making a statement but it was not necessary.

[americanalien]

What a shame for a sitting President!

Bush got SNUBBED and there is no spinning that.

[BoardsOfCanada]

You apparently are reading any of the other posts, just like half of everyone else. Bush did not get snubbed. He shook hands and greeted everyone right before this, theirs actual footage of this, and it was "debunked" on Countdown and the Daily Show. The Huffington Post knows this, and their obviously succeeding in SPINNING this with the headline, which they've been doing quite often recently. I despise the man too, but this is misleading.

[manumoka]

I'm not sure why you would believe that story any more than this one.

[clsmithj]

This story was debunct, if you watched Countdown last night.

[BoardsOfCanada]

I wish at least half of the people who are posting did, but apparently they think we are "spinning" what actually happened. The Huffington Post has had a lot of misleading headlines as of recently, and it's getting quite ridiculous.

[Knowledgeseeker]

I would like to know why Fox news did not show this video

[americanalien]

simple: they are a Republican network

[fefo70]

Whether Bush is being snubbed or he is being ignored because they already greeted him once, the sad thing is that we are not sure and have to argue about it. Any other country would immediately assume that there must be some logical explanation for their leader being snubbed. We, on the other hand, because he is so pathetic a president and such an embarrassment, aren't even sure and are going back and forth about it. How bad a situation is it where we have to decipher between the two possibilites. I wish I could get the last eight years back somehow.

[EllaMcC]

Did nobody watch the ACTUAL events? Bush had just greeted each and every one of these leaders individually before they all saw each other for the photo. Get a grip everyone, and do just a little fact checking please. I can't stand Bush, but this is a very silly story.

[cyndeewi]

Dont' tell everyone to chill. If they gave him a hand shake before that's fine but this is all we have. Don't spoil our fun because you want us to research facts. You did it, so good for you. Let me have this moment thinking that they snubbed him please.

[EllaMcC]

Oops I used a bad word before, and apparently I've been blocked. So -- OK, have your fun, but may I at least point out that Rick Sanchez is something I'm apparently not allowed to say on HuffPo? (Thought I was at DailyKOS for a second!)

[jenniferlt]

I think if the world leaders liked or respected Bush we would have seen a very different video.

[RJSquirrel]

Not shake his hand. He's lucky no one spit on him

[OldLineDem]

Indeed. I was waiting for the rotten fruits & veggies to start flying myself.

[Verified]

Rick Sanchez needs to do his homework and stop projecting. It's been all over the news during the past couple of weeks that Bush likes to use hand sanitizer after he shakes hands. He is not proffering his hand to any of these people. It's not that Bush has cooties - he's just afraid of other people's cooties. Plus he looks like he's drinking again - likely getting more paranoid, too.

[matthewredmond]

if you go to white house . gov you will see pictures with every leader shaking bush's hand with laughter and happiness!!! the pictures were takin while the leaders were in gaging in normal conversation. it was not staged!!!!

[boltedwood]

If everyone had already greeted each other n shaken hands.....

Why did every single other person there shake almost every other person's hand as they lined up?.....

W was the ONLY person to not shake or greet any other person on the line up

[Lambpie]

They were lining up to take a photo people. He had already greeted them all. I loathe all the spin off the right, and can't stand it when I see in on the left. This should not be on here.

[bighillaryfan]

It makes one wonder doesn't it. That the article that points out the lie

http://theliepolitic.com/2008/11/george-bush-is-just-so-anti-social/

gets 6 DIGGs and the lie gets 300 DIGGs. :-)

[bighillaryfan]

Don't get too S-U-C-K-E-R-E-D by CNN. Their p-r-o-p-a-g-a-n-d-a and L-I-E-S about Hillary during the primaries places them in the sewer IMO.

This is proof there is always another side to the story.

http://theliepolitic.com/2008/11/george-bush-is-just-so-anti-social/