In the past few years, presidential cavorting around has been taken to new heights by Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez, his master below in Havana, and his little mini-me, Evo Morales of Bolivia. Big photo ops, goofy costumes, wild radio shows and lots of spectacle seem to be the norm of the day. That said, for good or evil, these events attract attention because the participants all look like they are having fun.

President Bush has no doubt noticed this … and has decided to top them.

He invited Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi over to the White House and onto a caravan to … urgghhh … Elvis Presley’s castle, Graceland, to out-cavort the tyrants. You never saw such Texas Cowboy cavorting with a Dreaded Japanese Tourist in action. I guess capitalistic allies who launch successful nuclear-missile shootdowns together have more fun than crummy retrograde communists who are out to tweak the West.

You gotta see the wild pictures posted by Jim Hoft at GatewayPundit, here.