WASHINGTON — President Bush will continue his formal exit from the world stage when he arrives in Japan on Sunday for his final annual meeting with leaders from seven of the world's other top economic powers.
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Some analysts think that Bush's domestic lame-duck status will hinder his effectiveness in Hokkaido. They say that some of his G-8 partners, tired of locking horns with him on issues ranging from the war in Iraq to his administration's staunch opposition to the Kyoto climate-change treaty, aren't sad that this will be his eighth and final summit.
”People read the American poll numbers and realize there's no juice behind Bush,“ said John Hulsman, an analyst for the German Council on Foreign Relations, a research center. ”They (other G-8 leaders) will be polite, they'll be respectful, they'll listen to him, but they can't wait for him to leave the room.“
Posted by kerry at July 8, 2008 02:32 AMSAMIR: I don't want to go to any prison! Why the hell did I do this?! I've never done anything wrong in my whole life! We weren't thinking clearly because you told us we were losing our jobs! And look at us now, we're, we're worried about going to prison!
PETER: Don't worry about it. I'll think of something.
SAMIR: Ass. I'm going home. You are a very bad person, Peter.
Samir and Michael leave. Peter knocks on the wall.
PETER: Lawrence! You awake?
LAWRENCE: Yeah, man!
PETER: You wanna come over?
LAWRENCE: No thanks, man. I don't want you fucking up my life too!