World leaders easily star-struck

July 6 - I found this article (and those also linked on the page) incredibly funny: Bono, Geldof and protesters steal spotlight:

Bono of the mega-group U2 and activist-musician Bob Geldof stole the spotlight on the first day of the G8 Tuesday with their incessant, high-profile calls for a huge increase in aid to Africa and the world's poorest countries.

Camera crews and G8 leaders alike were falling over one another to get access to the pair.

It evokes a lot of Beatlemania memories, let me tell you. I keep having this mental image of Chirac squealing like a girl and tearfully begging Geldorf and Bono for their autographs.

And then, after their fingers meet as they return his autograph book, ecstatically swearing that he'll "never wash that hand again." (Yes, I'm foregoing the obvious follow-up crack.)

Those gathered for the G-8 meeting (the participants, I mean) are supposed to be leaders of the most powerful countries in the world yet they're all ga-ga over rock stars?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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