The GOP is totally cool with black people...

That was definitely strange - Bush's body language throughout showed he was very uncomfortable.

Don't think it is necessarily a racial thing though. Could be a sweaty hand or germ thing.

Looked more affectionate to me than a germ swipe off.

Even at church when we do the "meet and greet" thing before the service, I avoid shaking hands. If I can't avoid shaking hands, I use hand sanitizer as soon as I sit down. Who knows what diseases a person carries, or if s/he has just picked a bugger, or gone to the bathroom and not washed his/her hands?

I have always been a germaphobe, but after my husband picked up a staph infection that settled in his back (Emory MD/infectious disease professor says that this staph resides on people's skin), caused him to need major back surgery and lose a rib for the bone graft on his L1 and L2, and caused him to be on IV antibiotics 6 hours a day for two months, I have become even more of a germaphobe.

So if someone who dislikes George Bush for doing what he did while he just happened to get caught on video, I guess that people are offended by me. My advantage is that no one is videoing me nonstop. Do they think I am not "cool" with white people? Maybe so. The only black people at our church are the assistant minister and his wife, and we chose him to perform our daughter's wedding ceremony in June.;-)

Using bottled sanitizer isn't quite the same as rubbing your hands on the back of someone else......

IMO, however, this video is much to do about nuttin'

Even at church when we do the "meet and greet" thing before the service, I avoid shaking hands. If I can't avoid shaking hands, I use hand sanitizer as soon as I sit down. Who knows what diseases a person carries, or if s/he has just picked a bugger, or gone to the bathroom and not washed his/her hands?

I have always been a germaphobe, but after my husband picked up a staph infection that settled in his back (Emory MD/infectious disease professor says that this staph resides on people's skin), caused him to need major back surgery and lose a rib for the bone graft on his L1 and L2, and caused him to be on IV antibiotics 6 hours a day for two months, I have become even more of a germaphobe.

So if someone who dislikes George Bush for doing what he did while he just happened to get caught on video, I guess that people are offended by me. My advantage is that no one is videoing me nonstop. Do they think I am not "cool" with white people? Maybe so. The only black people at our church are the assistant minister and his wife, and we chose him to perform our daughter's wedding ceremony in June.;-)

Love ya mean it. ;-)

Love ya mean it. ;-)

Actually when I smoked in college to avoid social anxiety yet attract attention, I smoked Marlboro's or cigars. Me smoking a cigar at an SAE party is what attracted Big D to me. Subliminal message?

Actually when I smoked in college to avoid social anxiety yet attract attention, I smoked Marlboro's or cigars. Me smoking a cigar at an SAE party is what attracted Big D to me. Subliminal message?

I love a woman who has her lips wrapped around a big cigar....

Using bottled sanitizer isn't quite the same as rubbing your hands on the back of someone else......

IMO, however, this video is much to do about nuttin'

Bill Clinton, to boot!

I love a woman who has her lips wrapped around a big cigar....

Apparently so did Big D.

But I digress from the topic at hand (pun intended).

Actually when I smoked in college to avoid social anxiety yet attract attention, I smoked Marlboro's or cigars. Me smoking a cigar at an SAE party is what attracted Big D to me. Subliminal message?

Okay, I call censor alert!!!!

Seriously though, it's not a bad ploy. I believe the current term is peacocking.

Urban Dictionary: peacocking

Okay, I call censor alert!!!!

Seriously though, it's not a bad ploy. I believe the current term is peacocking.

Urban Dictionary: peacocking

Honey, you totally get me. Tangential to this thread. Sorry, y'all.

That was definitely strange - Bush's body language throughout showed he was very uncomfortable.

Don't think it is necessarily a racial thing though. Could be a sweaty hand or germ thing.

Using bottled sanitizer isn't quite the same as rubbing your hands on the back of someone else......

IMO, however, this video is much to do about nuttin'

I agree, it is more comical than anything. I don't believe George Bush is a racist.

Oh people - get a life!!!! It was obviously an affectionate pat on the arm!

What a waste of resources. Why are two former presidents walking around the streets of Haiti disrupting the aid effort? The amount of money spent planning and coordinating the trip, getting them there, keeping them safe on the ground, and then getting them out could have fed that crowd for a year. they should have known better.

SWGB why start this. The GOP is more than one person. This was all about germs and not about blacks.

SWGB why start this. The GOP is more than one person. This was all about germs and not about blacks.

How is SWGB responsible for Bush wiping his hand on Clintons shirt? This video was aired on most news networks and SWGB's thread title was tougue-in cheek.

How is SWGB responsible for Bush wiping his hand on Clintons shirt? This video was aired on most news networks and SWGB's thread title was tougue-in cheek.

Sometimes with SWGB, as with me, its hard to tell whether its "tongue in cheek" or it isn't.