I fail to see what that has to do with GWB...who is the focus of this thread.
The point is, give the guy a break. He has the toughest job on the Planet Earth.
Terrorism, islamofascism, dirty nukes on one end... Nancy Pelosi, liberals, Harry Reid, cut and run pansies, elections on the other.
In the words of that great poet and philosopher James Buffet:
"If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane."
W has to be thinking:
"Damn it, Rove told me there would be a permanent Republican majority if I just tried to make everyone happy and give them what they want. Oh well, should I order the California Roll at dinner or would that be too 'American'? Maybe I should try something exotic and really impress them. Maybe I'll try the Spider Roll, that sounds good."
If I got this right, he was contrasting the surplus of the USA and our free market economy (which makes life easier for us as well as a president who must always be aware of our economic situation and try to keep it healthy and growing), with the economic structure of the other nation.