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Originally Posted by cthulu23
The article would be perfectly legal in the US because it never makes any threats against the President, it only makes an oblique reference to assassins of yesteryear.
The article itself is a humor piece by a columnist and I'm not sure if it actually made the print edition of the Guardian. Maybe this is the British version of Ann Coulter (meaning outrageous "humor",not politics obviously) ?
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Im not sure that the Ann Coulter comparison fits, she isnt funny at all.
And, I think a lot of American people dont appreciate the degree of hostility there is against Bush outside of the US. I cant speak with intimate experience of any other nation, but in the UK, Bush is generally reviled and mocked, he is genuinely hated. I cant tell you if it is a negative media portrayal or something else... but regardless of the facts or real story - most people I know consider that Bush won the last election by fraudelent means, most people believe he cannot read, and that he is a crook and a warmonger.
I am not trying to flame anyone, or say thats how I feel... but that is the percpection here in the UK of Bush, he is hated. I dont know how close it is running in the US, but in the rest of the world a Bush victory will be met with utter disbelief.