Bush Makes Public Appearances In Ghana

Max Peck / February 22, 2008, 3:28 AM / Global Political Relations / #6

That rascally ol’ George Bush was spotted on Wednesday at the Ghana International School baseball field, sitting amongst a sea of adolescent athletes. While watching the game, Bush made excited exclamations about the game in progress and more than a few times attempted to stir the crowd (mostly young boys) by singing choice selections from the traditional American tune “Take Me Out To The Ball Game.”

After that, he signed a few baseballs embossed with the presidential emblem then headed off to a more important affair: a state dinner with Ghanaian bigwigs. There, Bush listened to Ghanaian President John Kufour’s speech, in which he was complimented for his attentiveness to West African affairs. According to astute listeners, peacocks also in attendance insisted upon interrupting the many speeches given that day no less than forty-five times.

During Bush’s chirp-sprinkled speech, he mentioned the recent Pakistani presidential elections and the task of curbing the spread of AIDS across Africa. He advocated the use of condoms and, most notably, the practice of abstinence (for which a third of the sexual awareness funding has been allocated) – this specifically has drawn criticism because Africans typically have multiple sexual partners (to generalize), so it is expected to have a slim chance of actually working out.

During Ghanaian President John Kufour’s speech, he expressed his dismay that Bush was only staying for two nights. Unbeknownst to him, this is actually quite the long time for Bush to stay in one nation, if you reference the recent past – Benin got two hours and Rwanda got eight.

The new highway built along a busy route has recently been dubbed “the George Bush Motorway.”

http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory?id=4318918&page=1

Associated Press