The Bush Wit

The British had their Oscar Wilde. We have our George W. Bush.

Always dignified and presidential, sophisticated and smart, Mr. Bush distinguished himself recently with a demonstration of the razor-sharp humor that has won him so much acclaim from allies and adversaries alike.

At Camp David, the president received a question from Nick Robinson, of the BBC, who has posed challenging queries to him in the past. Bush disarmed Robinson with a series of subtle, yet devastating quips.

Robinson, who has asked Bush pointed questions in the past such as whether the president was “in denial” over the Iraq war, posed a question to Bush about whether he could trust visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown not to “cut and run” from Iraq.

Bush replied with a dismissal: “Are you still hanging around?”

Later on, Bush poked fun at the bare-pate of Robinson, joking, “You’d better cover up your bald head, it’s getting hot out.”

The respected British reporter shot back, “I didn’t know you cared.”

Bush responded with a cool, “I don’t.” The Mirror reports that Bush then “snorted disdainfully” and “walked away to laughter.”

Makes you proud to be an American, doesn't it? Wouldn't you just love to have a beer with him?