CNN Characterizes Gerhard Schroeder as George Bush's "ex-friend"

CNN is characterizing former German Chancellor and Gazprom employee Gerhard Schroeder as an "ex-friend" of George W. Bush's. Under it's "Latest News" list, one headline reads "Ticker: Bush is lying, ex-friend says". For CNN to characterize Gerhard Schroeder as ever having been a friend of Bush's (in anything other than a purely diplomatic sense) is a stretch at best - and a disingenuous fabrication designed to attract reader's attention at its core.  

One of the side-effects of Bush's re-emergence is that the German media is sure to revert to its reflexive diarrhea of hyper-simplified attacks on everything in the United States not associated with the far left. Strap on your safety belts.

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[Derteilzeitberliner.wordpress.com]

Es hat schon angefangen, wie man in den Spiegel-Artikeln über Bush-Memoiren lesen kann.

"War er das personifizierte Böse? Oder eine Art moderner Christus, der alle Sünden der Welt auf sich nahm? George W. Bushs primitiver Politik-Stil und seine Schwarz-Weiß-Rhetorik schürten den Hass der Europäer auf diesen seltsamen Mann - und versöhnten uns dafür mit den USA."

"Denn neben Bushs böser Regierung gab es ja noch die guten Amerikaner, die sich, wie die Country-Mädels von den Dixie Chicks, für ihren Präsidenten schämten. Da konnten wir uns prima solidarisieren, und wenn Jon Stewart oder Michael Moore den Commander-in-Chief aufs Korn nahmen, lachten wir gerne mit. Zu diesem Amerika wollten und konnten wir gerne gehören. Alles Schlechte ließ sich wunderbar auf den tumben Bush Jr. abladen. "

And so on...

[GringoTex]

When was he ever Dubya's friend? Certainly after Schroeder's 2002 reelection campaign, where he bashed Bush to gain votes, there was no pretense of friendship between the two. Can you imagine a "Beer Summit" between Schroeder, Bush, and Herta Daubler-Gmelin?

[Joe]

Don't Schroeder, or Westerwelle for that matter realize that they're globally irrelevant?

[Ada @ Israel]

As for Schroeder, he's working at least and has something to do in contrst to Bush whose only activity nowadays is to attractas much attention as possible.

[GringoTex]

The new layout is too narrow.