Bush re German Chancellor Merkel: "I look forward to showing a piece of property I dearly love"

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/11/merkel_at_bush_ranch_today_any.html

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The question came up this week in the Map Room of the White House, where Bush sat for an interrview with German TV, whose reporter asked him: "Mr. President, in a couple of days the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel will come to your ranch, which I think is a 'special privilege. What will you do with her on the ranch on a weekend like that?''

"Well, we will -- if she wants -- we'll do anything she wants,'' Bush said. "If she wants to go for a hike, I'll go for a hike. If she -- I look forward to showing a piece of property I dearly love.

"But we'll have plenty of time to visit in a different setting,'' he said. "It's not very formal, but it will be conducive to a conversation amongst friends.''







At the Group of Eight summit last year, President Bush surprised Merkel with a little sneak-up-from-behind back rub. Summit pool television images.