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Laura Bush Gets A Friendly Hello From New Zealand Soldiers


We had forgotten about these crazy war-dances the Maori like to do before important events like rugby matches and visits from the American First Lady. What is it with the Bushes and their weird knack for ending up at nutty dance parties? [YouTube]


10:06 AM on Wed June 11 2008
By Sara K. Smith
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  1. forgot my id says at 10:15 am, June 11th, 2008

    We should respect the diversity and creativity of other primitive cultures and peoples no matter how strange or retarded they may seem to us.

  2. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 10:19 am, June 11th, 2008

    It’s just a jump to the left,
    and a step to the right.
    With your hands on your hips,
    you bring your knees in tight.

  3. publius says at 10:25 am, June 11th, 2008

    Oh, boy. They just kept creeping closer and closer to Laura. I was just waiting for one of them to leap toward her and attack, war-dance style. Didn’t happen.

  4. Deepthroat says at 10:32 am, June 11th, 2008

    so fucking awkward

  5. Sean O says at 10:32 am, June 11th, 2008

    The Haka rules. Or, at least it ruled, before BYU started doing it.

    Way to screw yet another thing up, Mormons.

  6. Chiraq says at 10:33 am, June 11th, 2008

    WTTTTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF?! What was more discomfiting? The boys doing their little fire dance OR Laura’s icy “where the hell are the sniper fires I can later lie about” smile?

    Um… get me the tat-boy. I likeeeee the muscles.

  7. loudmouthredhead says at 10:36 am, June 11th, 2008

    Does that make the luxury Airstream trailer she was toting along the Redneck Soul Train?

    What they didn’t show her saying: “Oh mah, Ah do declare! Y’all might have to stop bah the trailer latah….”

  8. Harvey Birdman says at 10:41 am, June 11th, 2008

    It should have ended with her drunkenly slurring, “Oh, you men.”

  9. loudmouthredhead says at 10:41 am, June 11th, 2008

    Continued:
    “Why, weren’t you that nahs colored boah who dun came an’ trimmed mah rose bush?” *wink*

    To which the New Zealand soldier puked himself to death…

  10. freakishlystrong says at 10:42 am, June 11th, 2008

    Man, she should stay there a little longer and finally get some real sex
    after all this time, as opposed to the Republican sexisex: through a sheet with holes
    strategically cut out..over the vajayjay and over the eyes to serve as KKK hoods after teh sexes…

  11. loudmouthredhead says at 10:45 am, June 11th, 2008

    freakishlystrong: vajayjay? rofl. I haven’t heard that one in years. XD

  12. RooseveltFranklin says at 10:51 am, June 11th, 2008

    I thought that delightful little Maori hate-fuck dance was supposed to end with Laura in a cauldron or thrown in a volcano or something.

  13. freakishlystrong says at 10:55 am, June 11th, 2008

    loudmouthredhead: I don’t think Repubs have “cooters” for some reason…

  14. Uh, where are the sheep? I thought there were supposed to be sheep involved. New Zealand, you know. Maybe it’s stylized sheep.

  15. Clancy_Pants says at 10:57 am, June 11th, 2008

    A la tuhuelpa legria macarena
    Que tuhuelce paralla legria cosabuena
    A la tuhuelpa legria macarena Eeehhhh, macarena

  16. loudmouthredhead says at 10:58 am, June 11th, 2008

    RooseveltFranklin: They didn’t want to OFFEND said fire god.

  17. Darehead says at 11:04 am, June 11th, 2008

    No sticks?
    No tats?
    No tongues?
    Maori dancing is so much more. Guess they didn’t think Laura could handle it.

  18. AngryBlakGuy says at 11:05 am, June 11th, 2008

    …how close was that, to turning into a gang-bang?

  19. loudmouthredhead says at 11:06 am, June 11th, 2008

    Darehead: She can hardly handle cogent conversation without zoning out. Do you REALLY think she could handle that?

  20. WadISay says at 11:10 am, June 11th, 2008

    These guys were lucky the Secret Service didn’t take the whole bunch of them out.

    (Nice to see tht Laura and Hillary are using the same tailor.)

  21. Darehead says at 11:10 am, June 11th, 2008

    loudmouthredhead: It’s impossible to zone out for real Maori dancing. Laura likes male strip bars after all and Maori men are HOT, macho and nearly naked. All she has to do is stand and drool.

  22. upperleft says at 11:12 am, June 11th, 2008

    I’m sure glad those New Zea Landers are on our side. They are on our side aren’t they?

  23. thefrontpage says at 11:14 am, June 11th, 2008

    What kind of dance would have occurred if Jenna and Barbara were there?!?!?!?!

  24. graceless says at 11:18 am, June 11th, 2008

    thefrontpage: I’m afraid it might involve a Pole?

  25. V572625694 says at 11:24 am, June 11th, 2008

    The Hip-Hop Battalion passes in review. What a sight!

  26. Serolf Divad says at 11:37 am, June 11th, 2008

    Sean O:

    The Haka rules. Or, at least it ruled, before BYU started doing it.

    Way to screw yet another thing up, Mormons.

    I’m pretty sure the Angel Moroni gave it to the lost Mormon tribe of Israel while they were still trapped inside volcanoes before he gave it to the New Zealanders.

  27. Darehead says at 11:50 am, June 11th, 2008

    upperleft: Define “our.” I think they sent a few engineers to join the “coalition of the sort-of willing” in Iraq for a few months. And now the neoliberals in both countries want various kinds of FTAs with one another.
    I’m just a typical haole bitter so I can’t answer that well. Wonk should have some Kiwis charging in here soon for a fuller explanation. Oh wait…is Tony a Kiwi?

  28. They should have fed her to the Orcs.

  29. Gopherit v2.0 says at 12:01 pm, June 11th, 2008

    Yet another dance screwed over by the white guy dance deficit.

    Darehead: “Oh wait…is Tony a Kiwi?” I believe one of his personalities is from Wellington, yes.

  30. populucious says at 12:04 pm, June 11th, 2008

    Friends, clearly we have just been “served”. The only way to regain our national honor is to demand a dance off between the US and New Zealand militaries.

  31. gurukalehuru says at 12:40 pm, June 11th, 2008

    The drill sergeant there at the end was saying “Dammit, I told you to leave out the ficky-ficky motion!” Still, I’m guessing Laura was checking the Airstream fridge for cucumbers after.

  32. Mahousu says at 12:41 pm, June 11th, 2008

    What’s even more embarrassing is the dance she was greeted with when she visited the Japanese navy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ2wX7WyGnE

  33. disgustedcitizen says at 1:46 pm, June 11th, 2008

    Whoa, what was that “grab the hips and hump” motion they made about half way through the dance suppose to signify - fuck the first lady and the Air Stream she rode in on?

  34. GlennBecksTaint says at 2:26 pm, June 11th, 2008

    That’s the first time she’s gotten wet in the panties since the 90’s.

  35. “I’ll take… you, and you… and you three to go.”

  36. AxmxZ: no, no, no, no , YES, no, no YES, no, no YEEEEEEEES!

  37. ladymacbeth says at 7:11 pm, June 11th, 2008

    meh. i already saw this on out-takes for ‘return of the king’. only it was waaaayyyy better because viggo actually participated.

    i am not a paultard.

  38. ladymacbeth says at 7:13 pm, June 11th, 2008

    btw: is laura wearing a PANTSUIT??

  39. WIDTAP says at 9:06 am, June 12th, 2008

    Can anyone tell me which one of the boys is Jemaine Clement?

  40. SpecialHorse says at 1:09 pm, June 12th, 2008

    I actually think that was pretty cool.

  41. ¡YMCA!

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