Quotable: Uruguay’s fantastic meats
And aides traveling with Mr. Bush this week did their best to contend that he was not paying a stitch of attention to [Venezuelan President Hugo] Chávez. But Mr. Bush undercut them by suggesting during an interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News that Mr. Chávez was indeed on his mind. Ms. Van Susteren ...
And aides traveling with Mr. Bush this week did their best to contend that he was not paying a stitch of attention to [Venezuelan President Hugo] Chávez.
And aides traveling with Mr. Bush this week did their best to contend that he was not paying a stitch of attention to [Venezuelan President Hugo] Chávez.
But Mr. Bush undercut them by suggesting during an interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News that Mr. Chávez was indeed on his mind. Ms. Van Susteren interviewed Mr. Bush after he visited the ranch of President Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay, where his host served him Uruguayan barbecue. “Venezuela has got fantastic meats,” Mr. Bush said, then caught himself. “I mean, Uruguay has got fantastic meats.”
–New York Times, March 15, 2007
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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