Is the world ready for four more years of President Bush? AP

[Viva_La_Revolution]

December 31, 2004


By WILLIAM J. KOLE

PARIS - To the French, he's an uncouth cowboy - a swaggering statesman in a Stetson who shoots from the hip and asks questions later, if he asks them at all.

They're not the only ones who think so. From Berlin to Beijing, President Bush was widely scorned abroad during his first term as a headstrong hombre more interested in action than consultation.

Now, as the world spins into a new year, many are eyeing his second term with a mixture of caution, frustration and resignation.

Denied the chance to wipe the slate clean with a Kerry administration, nations like France - snubbed and sidelined by a bitter trans-Atlantic rift over Iraq and other foreign policy squabbles - can only hope that Bush will cast a less imposing shadow over the next four years.

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[derby378]

1. You're just a Coca-Cola cowboy...

As if we didn't have to remind the world one more time...Bush isn't native to Texas. We had nothin' to do with him.

[TexasChick]

7. Exactly! It's all just for show and that ranch he has in Crawford is just

a prop!

[Cary]

2. The world pretty much sat by and let the Soviet Union disintegrate

under the weight of inviability of Cuba, Poland, Afghanistan, . . .

Assuming the human race is to survive, why wouldn't the world learn from this lesson?

[mattclearing]

3. How could it be?

eom

[justinsb]

4. the World is getting ready

I've got a group going with 130+ members in 20 countries working on strategies to resist and circumnavigate Bush..please see the link in my signature if you're interested.

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[Sparkly]

6. I think Republicans want to believe he's seen that way

There's a tendency for his sheeple to say, in essence, "They can't deal with how MACHO he is!!"

I don't think that Europeans see him as "a swaggering statesman" or a "headstrong hombre" or a man with an "imposing shadow." I think they see him as a callous, arrogant idiot unqualified for his position and dangerous as a result.

[4MoreYearsOfHell]

8. While the village idiot puffs out his chest

and glimmers, glares, and smirks...

The rest of the world moves merrily along, finding their own way despite the leadership vacuum...