Bay Area blogger Bruce Miller, whose Old Hickory’s Weblog has some of the best political analysis, pointed out that Dialog International received some coverage recently in the San Francisco Chronicle. The paper published an article on the blogosphere’s reaction to President Bush’s inappropriate behavior at the G-8 Summit:
"And Dialog International, a Web site that specializes in German-American politics and culture, said Bush’s behavior raised questions about the American president and his profile abroad.
"When he is away from his script and his handlers, his true lack of intelligence and emotional maturity surfaces for all to see. The dangerous situation in Lebanon … requires true leadership. Don’t look for it from the world’s uberpower."
While I appreciate the plug, I think Maureen Dowd had by far the best commentary on the president’s lack of decorum in her New York Times column yesterday:
"The president has enshrined his immaturity and insularity, turning every environment he inhabits — no matter how decorous or serious — into a comfortable frat house.
No matter what the trappings or the ceremonies require of the leader of the free world, he brings the same DKE bearing and cadences, the same insouciance and smart-alecky attitude, the same simplistic approach — swearing, swaggering, talking to Tony Blair with his mouth full of buttered roll, and giving a startled Angela Merkel an impromptu shoulder rub. He can make even a global summit meeting seem like a kegger."
