Ex-Swedish Minister Won't Be Charged (Said Bush was "damn old man from TX)

[Khephra]

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.

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[Fenris]

1. What an outrageous statement!

He's not that old.

[WillParkinson]

2. How totally rude!

He's NOT from Texas.

[JPace]

3. Well he's right about the damned part!

I rather doubt if he's a REAL man though.

[hyphenate]

4. He's wrong about the man part, too

He's a mouse or a weasel, depending on who you ask. (Not meant to be denigrating to all the fine mice and weasels out there who are NOT GWB.)

[saigon68]

8. Not a man ---he's a CHIMPANZEE

But then again some Chimps might take offense to the comparison.

He could also be listed as some Unclassified Sub-humanoid type.

[skypilot]

5. "That damned poser from Massachusett..."

...is what he should have said.

[Bill McBlueState]

6. Hey!

He's from Connecticut. Don't try to pawn him off on us!

[skypilot]

7. Sorry,

...wasn't trying to pawn him off. I really did think he was originally from Massachusett. Don't know where I got that idea.:dunce:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. I wonder who the unidentified complainant was...

I've heard that Sweden's had some problems with skinheads of late.

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Racist?

These bush* butt-kissers are something else! Hahaha!!