The President and the Prince, hand in hand...look like Girly Men.

President Bush, looking very un-Texan, woos Saudi prince, both risk looking like Girly Men.

President Bush walks hand in hand yesterday with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah at the President's Crawford, Tex., ranch. Bush pleaded with the prince to boost Saudi Arabis' oil output. President Bush pleaded with Saudi allies yesterday to boost oil output swiftly to help lower skyrocketing gas prices blamed for tanking the economy - and his popularity. Bush national security adviser Stephen Hadley called Bush's meeting with Crown Prince Abdullah "good news for the markets" - but there was no evidence the Saudis had offered anything new but a long-term plan to boost production by 2009. As Bush appealed for help from his frail, longtime oil pal, the President faced a job disapproval rating that climbed to 49% in a new Gallup Poll. "The crown prince understands that it is very important ... to make sure that prices are reasonable," Bush said before Welcoming Abdullah again at his Texas ranch.

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