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To: Nachum
They still call him "Mr. Bush".
12 posted on 03/21/2003 3:44:33 PM PST by Dat
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To: Dat
It's the British way of doing things. All the UK papers do it too, and they refer to Tony Blair as "Mr. Blair" a lot too.

It's meant as a sign of respect (as opposed to the crass, "Bush," often used by U.S. papers), rather than disrespect.

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22 posted on 03/21/2003 5:05:58 PM PST by TheAngryClam (Victory over Iraq - God go with our soldiers.)
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To: Dat

This Australian newspaper also says "Mr. Blair" and "Mr. Chirac." What you (and I) are griping about are the American newspapers which say "Mr. Bush" and "President Hussein."

28 posted on 03/21/2003 8:26:04 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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