BUSH NAMES SYRIA, IRAN TO 'AXIS OF *SSHOLES' President's Obscenity-Laden Keynote Address Rocks G-8 Summit Days after using an expletive in discussing the Middle East conflict with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President George W. Bush's potty mouth was at it again, this time in a 45-minute obscenity-laden keynote address to the G-8 summit. It was a startling performance for the President, who used the raunchy, paint-peeling address to name Iran and Syria to what he called "The Axis of Assholes."
Mr. Bush said that the role played by the two nations in the ongoing conflict with Israel was evidence of "a larger pattern of asshole behavior."
Calling on all of the G-8 leaders to take part in what he termed "the war on assholes," the President closed with a stirring exhortation: "Are you with us, or are you with the assholes?"
Many of the G-8 leaders in attendance seemed taken aback by the President's remarks, which seemed at times more appropriate for an appearance on Howard Stern's radio program than for a diplomatic summit.
"This was not the sort of language one expects from the President of the United States," said Russian president Vladimir Putin. "This is more what you'd expect from Dick Cheney."
Moreover, President Bush seemed to be taking a calculated risk in his raunchy keynote address, since any call for a united front against assholes could offend many of the assholes in attendance.
"The President's remarks were ill-considered and uncalled-for," said prominent asshole Jacques Chirac.
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