Years of BarRoom Brawls Pay Off
WashPost | Count how many times they work in the pun "diplomacy takes a beating"
For President Bush, it must have been like going out without his wallet. He turned around and the presidential shadow -- his Secret Service agent -- was gone.
Moments later, Bush single-handedly rescued the agent from a boisterous scuffle between U.S. and Chilean security forces. The role reversal became the talk of an international economic summit that was studded with bizarre incidents in which diplomacy took a beating, in some cases, literally.

Gotta give it to you, B, he handled this a lot better than Kerry would have. Yelled in French? Complained about how hard it is to find good help these days? To be honest, he'd prolly waffle between the two. ;)

Bush: 1, Americans: 0.

NB - Ha HA! Of course, the down side is that Kerry could've brought a return of the famous 'Waffler' in Doonesbury. ;) BAM