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Bhaisahab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 01:21 AM
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Ex-Swedish Minister Won't Be Charged for Insulting Bush
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"STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Sweden's former migration minister will not face charges for calling President Bush "that damn old man from Texas," an investigator said Friday.

Jan O. Karlsson's comment during a press lunch in May 2003 was protected by free speech laws, Justice Chancellor Goeran Lambertz told the Swedish TT news agency.

The chancellor's office investigates complaints against government officials.

An unidentified person filed a complaint against Karlsson saying his statement was racist and demeaning to the U.S. government, TT reported."

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-sweden-bush-insult,0,6131059.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

could the name of the unidentified person be... i dunno... karl rove??
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Serenity-NOW Donating Member (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 01:36 AM
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1. Racist? Texans are an ethnicity? Not that * is a Texan...
My only complaint to this guy would have been that he fell for the 'Texan' lie. It's Connecticut Jan.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-16-04 01:44 AM
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2. Is there, perhaps, a special medal for such an event?
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