Politics Here and There

European leaders obviously do not have the same level of security as the Miserable Failure we Americans have. Two incidents, one involving Tony Blair and another Gerhard Schroeder seem like basically harmless political protests. While they go beyond the usual cream pie in the face--standard fair in European Politics--I'm much dissappointed by the lack of creative interaction Americans have with our own president.

From time to time I think every politico deserves a pie in the face, even Bill Clinton (Clinton of course, would have gladly eaten the pie, I'm sure). The segregation that American politicians have from the ordinary people they legislate for is I think well illustrated here. Never would the president worry an American might slap him-- they are never close enough. Maybe that's why Ronald Reagan had no idea what a grocery barcode scanner was.