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The Bono-Bush Hug Dodge

At the 2006 National Prayer Breakfast, U2 singer Bono stiffed then-president Bush out of a photo op when Bush tried to give Bono a hug. He dodged the hug by stepping behind the podium, and thought that nobody noticed. But when he sat down, he was sitting next to then-Senator Barack Obama. In the following video, Bono relates that Obama leaned over and said “Nice work with the hug dodge.”

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This was written by Iron Knee. Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009, at 5:56 am. Filed under Humor. Tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. Thought Dancer wrote:

    For anyone short on time for that somewhat long video,the relevant part starts just under half-way through.

    Monday, July 20, 2009 at 6:59 am | Permalink
  2. Sammy wrote:

    It’s really kind of a dick move. I’m no fan of Bush, but I’d show him respect in person.

    Monday, July 20, 2009 at 11:09 am | Permalink

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