Greg Tinti’s video of President Bush touching German Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s shoulder has been picked up by Der Spiegel.
“Unser Präsident, der Drive-by-Belästiger”, empört sich Bloggerin Lindsay Beyerstein. “Wie jeder geübte Grabscher” habe Bush einfach weggesehen, als die Kanzlerin vor seiner Berührung zurückgeschreckt sei. Er habe sie einfach sitzen lassen, “als sei das alles ihr Problem”. Blogger Greg Tinti fasst die Episode schlicht unter der Ãœberschrift “Grabsch-Gate” zusammen.
For those not fluent in German–and mine’s quite rusty–here are some translations.
“our president, the drive by Belaestiger”, is indignant Bloggerin Lindsay Beyerstein. “as each experienced Grab” Bush away-saw simple, than the Kanzlerin before its contact back-frightened. It let it sit simply, “as if that is everything their problem”. Blogger Greg Tinti summarizes the episode simply under the heading “grave CH gate”.
“Our president, the drive by Belästiger”, is indignant Bloggerin Lindsay Beyerstein. “As each experienced Grab” Bush away-saw simple, than the Kanzlerin before its contact back-frightened. It let it sit simply, “as if that is everything their problem”. Blogger Greg Tinti summarizes the episode simply under the heading “grave CH gate”.
Judge for yourself.
UPDATE: Strangely, the London Guardian blog picked up that same set up bloggers the next day (July 28) and puts it this way:
American bloggers, however, appear unconvinced. One, Uncle Dave, wonders whether Ms Merkel should bring a sexual harassment case against the US president, while Lindsay Beyerstein describes Bush as a “drive-by harasser”. Greg Tinti, meanwhile, at Outside the Beltway calls the encounter “Gropergate“.
