2008年可以說(shuō)是多事之年，其中美國(guó)大選一波三折，經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)讓全球震動(dòng)。美國(guó)《時(shí)代》雜志最近評(píng)出了2008年度十大尷尬瞬間，其中竟有四件與美國(guó)大選有關(guān)。

1. Bush dances while waiting for McCain

It was already going to be a delicate moment of political theater — an unpopular president offering a candidate he didn't really like an endorsement the candidate didn't really want. But the situation was made all the more awkward when George W. Bush went to the North Portico steps of the White House in March to welcome new Republican presidential nominee John McCain — and McCain wasn't there. "So, anyway," Bush said to waiting reporters. "As I was saying..." Still no McCain. The president smiled. And then he did a soft-shoe dance. "I'm just going to tap dance the day away," he said. Minutes later, McCain arrived with wife in tow, and the tap-dancing president endorsed the tardy candidate.

第一、布什等麥凱恩不耐煩跳舞打發(fā)時(shí)間

2008年3月5日，在獲得黨內(nèi)提名所需的1191張黨代表票后，美國(guó)共和黨總統(tǒng)候選人約翰·麥凱恩前往白宮，與總統(tǒng)布什共進(jìn)午餐，作為布什正式宣布支持他的前奏。但布什卻被麥凱恩晾在白宮北門等了好一會(huì)兒。早早來(lái)到白宮北門的布什左等右等麥凱恩不到，為了調(diào)節(jié)氣氛，竟然在眾位記者面前獨(dú)自跳起踢跶舞來(lái)。