July 17, 2008
186 Days...
You have to hand it to George W... he is determined to be entertaining to the bitter end:
George Bush surprised world leaders with a joke about his poor record on the environment as he left the G8 summit in Japan. The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter."
He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock.
Mr Bush, whose second and final term as President ends at the end of the year, then left the meeting at the Windsor Hotel in Hokkaido where the leaders of the world's richest nations had been discussing new targets to cut carbon emissions.
(So is this more, or less, asshole-ish than the time he gave Angela Merkel a massage? -- vid here.)
This much is certain: Neither McCain nor Obama will be nearly as entertaining as either George W. or Bill Clinton. In a way, it's kinda sad...