Opinion Brief
Why did George W. Bush wipe his hand on Clinton's shirt?
After shaking a wellwisher's hand during his trip to Haiti, George W. Bush appears to wipe off on Bill Clinton's shirt. Cue the speculation
posted on March 24, 2010, at 6:08 PM
Best Opinion: Think Progress, Huffington Post
A goodwill visit of former Presidents Clinton and Bush to earthquake-stricken Haiti is making headlines for the wrong reasons. As captured on video (see below), Bush shakes the hand of someone in the crowd, then appears to wipe his hand on Clinton's shirt. Bush has a "well-known aversion to germs," explains Amanda Terkel at Think Progress. (In The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama recalls Bush using a "big dollop of hand sanitiser" after shaking Obama's hand at the Oval Office.) But "whatever Bush's reason," says the Huffington Post, "it looks pretty bad." Watch the controversial video here:
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