WASHINGTON - President Bush claims that his belly-laugh in response to a reporter's question about the plight of riot-ravaged France was not, as some commentators have speculated, derisive gloating over France's misfortune in light of France's wide-spread anti-Americanism, its strong opposition to Bush administration policies, or its citizens' intense dislike of President Bush personally. Rather, the President said that at the exact moment the question was posed to him, it just happened that "an unrelated funny thought" popped into his head.
