You have an uncanny knack for sifting the important "key fact" out of all this.
This mayor was just given "the Boccio del morte" by the President and it has'nt sunk in...YET.
He's political "dead meat" and does'nt realize it. A sort of Hispanic "wrong way Corrigan"...all dressed up with no place to go...
a "Mordito Bandito."
Well. Aren't you clever?
Did the President smile and shake his hand afterwards?
All these political leaders keep doing the most ridiculous and politically suicidal things, after which President Bush smiles and shakes their hand.