President Bush Welcomes French President Sarkozy to Walker'

August 11, 2007,11:47 A.M. EDT,PRESIDENT BUSH: You all having a good time here?,Q Thank you, it's great.,PRESIDENT BUSH: Particularly thinking about you, Mark.,Q Yes, sir.,PRESIDENT BUSH: Mark, let me ask you, looking forward to going down to Crawford?,Q You bet, can't wait.,PRESIDENT BUSH: Good, well, that will be Monday., Q Mr. President, what do you expect about France --,PRESIDENT BUSH: I expect to be with a friend. I'm looking forward to having him with my family. The best way we can do things -- best way we send a good signal to President Sarkozy is invite here at the family house. I've got a lot of my brothers around, my sister, my daughters. He's going to figure out what --,FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH: Youngest grandchild made these signs.,MRS. BUSH: Did you see the signs the grandchildren made?,FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH: Le signe.,PRESIDENT BUSH: What language are you speaking? (Laughter.),FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH: Is that "sign" -- signe?,Q Mr. President, aren't you disappointed that --,PRESIDENT BUSH: Never disappointed, always upbeat. Feeling good, feeling optimistic about life. Thank you. Thank you. Disappointed about what?,Q About Mrs. Sarkozy not coming?,PRESIDENT BUSH: Of course we are. She's a very dynamic woman. She is -- we were looking forward to seeing her, as well as the children. And so we're disappointed she's sick, but we understand. That happens sometimes in life.,FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH: Very nice of him to come, having been back to France yesterday --,PRESIDENT BUSH: Yes.,FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH: -- it's amazing.,Q Are you surprised the President of France vacations in America?,PRESIDENT BUSH: We're pleased he's here. Of course he makes the choice he makes. If people were asking me where I think they ought to vacation, it would be right here in America -- where I'll be vacationing, as you know. Monday, starting in Crawford.,Q Could you imagine you, or you, sir, as President, vacationing in a foreign country?,PRESIDENT BUSH: Of course I could.,Q Really?,PRESIDENT BUSH: Yes, there's some spectacular¹ spots around the world that would be --,FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH: We've done it.,PRESIDENT BUSH: -- great places to relax. But as you know, Mark, I'm a fellow -- I'm a Texan, I like my place down there. I like to go down there as much as I can. It's where I can relax. It's also -- the job follows you wherever you go, you're always President. And so here we are at my Mother and Dad's house, enjoying a beautiful Maine day, fixing to sit down with the President of France. We're going to have a heart-to-heart talk. We'll be talking about a lot of key issues.,The good thing about President Sarkozy is you know where he stands, he'll tell you exactly what he thinks. And I hope he'd say the same thing about me., Q Do you think, if he invites you to go to,France for a vacation --