Drastic measure taken to avoid a Bush speech?

[SoCalDem]

Apparently this poor soul is trying to kill himself with the
only thing available to him.. or maybe he's just
trying to gouge his own eye out to escape the stage?

[maine_raptor]

1. Whatever

Although I have to say that I think he's using the wrong finger.

[whistle]

2. He is Luis Inacio Lula da Silva current president of Brazil...

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Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Political Figure

Born: October 1945
Birthplace: Vargem Grande, Brazil
Best Known As: President of Brazil, 2002-present

Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva was elected president of Brazil in 2002. He was a populist left-wing candidate, leading a coalition of parties behind the banner of the Partidos Trabalhadores (PT, or Labor Party). Da Silva was born into poverty and trained as a metalworker, gradually becoming active in the Metalworker's Union. He was elected president of the union in 1975. He was a prominent labor spokesman during a series of strikes (1978-81) and became a co-founder of the PT. He was elected to the country's House of Representatives in 1986 and in 1990 made his first of three unsuccessful runs at the presidency. Lula was finally elected in 2002 on a platform of economic and political reform, promising especially to attack hunger in Brazil. He ran for reelection in 2006; despite a corruption scandal that tarnished his reputation as a reformer, he beat challenger Geraldo Alckmin in October of 2006 for a second term.

He legally adopted the nickname Lula in 1982; the name, a play on his first name of Luis, means "squid" in Portuguese.

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