In this second installment of 'Weird News,' I bring you a real gem I found a month ago--during President Bush's regional peace tour--on another Jordanian electronic news site, Saraya News online. Surprisingly (...), to my knowledge the story was not picked up by mainstream international media.
"Bush drinks too much alcohol at Olmert's house: Rice tells him 'Shut your mouth and don't talk'"
The article claims an inebriated Bush confessed his inability to understand the complexities of Israeli domestic politics, before telling a room full of the party leaders of Olmert's fragile coalition that they should continue to support the Prime Minister and sustain his term. Apparently Rice, embarrassed by the diplomatic gaffe of a visiting world leader's attempts to comment on/interfere in the host nation's domestic politics, passed the President a note instructing him to shut his mouth and stop talking. At which point--and this is the best part--Bush smiled and read the note aloud before the whole room had a good hearty laugh.
It's real. This stuff is out there. And actually, for that day it was the lead story on the Regional/International section.
1 comment:
Apparently the sarcasm in my presentation of this story is not always getting through.
I call these things 'Weird News' because they are ridiculous.
This piece is clearly ridiculous because, giving no sources, it purports that a President who abstains from alcohol got drunk at a private dinner while on a historic Middle East peace tour.
I mean, come on, it reads like a water cooler rumor.
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