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George Bush's 25 Most Embarrassing Moments

The Funniest Gaffes of All Time

By Daniel Kurtzman, About.com

The definitive rundown of President George W. Bush's most memorable gaffes, bloopers, flubs and brain lapses.

1. Bush Attacked By Shoes

An Iraqi journalist throws his shoes at President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad. Hilarity ensues.

2. Bush Shows Off His Dance Moves

President Bush gets down and boogies with African dancers at an event for Malaria awareness.

3. Bush Gropes Germany's Chancellor

While attending a G-8 summit, President bush gives German Chancellor Angela Merkel a creepy, uninvited neck rub. Watch video of the incident and view the frame-by-frame pictures.

4. Bush Can't Stop Thinking of New Ways to Harm Our Country

President Bush declares, "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

5. Bush Has No Exit Strategy

President Bush tried to escape from a news conference in Beijing after facing hostile questions from reporters, only to be thwarted by locked doors.

6. Bush Jokes About Failure to Find WMDs in Iraq

As part of a bizarre comedy skit at the 2004 Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner, Bush shows a series of photos depicting him searching for those elusive WMD's in the White House.

7. Bush Can't Get Fooled Again

Watch video of President Bush saying, "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

8. Bush Tells Brownie He's Doing 'A Heck of a Job'

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Bush tells FEMA director Michael Brown, "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."

9. Bush Gets Violated By a Turkey

President Bush gets a surprise while pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey.

10. Letterman's Top 10 George W. Bush Moments

David Letterman entertains the crowd at the annual White House Correspondents' dinner by presenting the "Top Ten Favorite George W. Bush Moments," featuring a video highlight reel of classic Bush bloopers.

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