http://politicsandpress.com/2008/getting-to-know-you-dubja-style/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/getting-to-know-you-dubja-style/#comment-4437 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:28:45 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/getting-to-know-you-dubja-style/#comment-4437 The problem with preparing a protcol guide for Dubja that describes Canadians as "modest" and "polite" is not that it is rather basic - in fact, how the State Department avoided "nice" may be a story in and of itself. No, the problem is the assumption that Dubja would ever read such a document. No need for protocol for Texans - they are a different breed. Our election of one, particularly after our experience with the last one [ol' LBJ], re-enforces the perceived stupidity of the American electorate. The problem with preparing a protcol guide for Dubja that describes Canadians as “modest” and “polite” is not that it is rather basic - in fact, how the State Department avoided “nice” may be a story in and of itself. No, the problem is the assumption that Dubja would ever read such a document. No need for protocol for Texans - they are a different breed. Our election of one, particularly after our experience with the last one [ol’ LBJ], re-enforces the perceived stupidity of the American electorate.

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