전직 대통령 조지 W. Bush kicked off his post-presidential speaking career in Canada yesterday — at a $400-a-plate lunch in Calgary.

하지만 캘거리 헤럴드 그의 연설은 온난 수신되었음을보고, 거칠게 200 protesters gathered outside, charging Bush with war crimes. Many of the protesters 던져진 ì‹ ë°œ at a poster of the former president. 정확히 the lovey-dovey welcome that greeted President Obama when he visited Ottawa last month…

According to the Calgary newspaper, “Bush, who left office with one of the lowest approval ratings of any president in history, 캘거리의 안전한 피난처를 선택, perhaps second only to Houston or Dallas in terms of friendly territory, to test-drive his new speaking career.” Or as columnist Jeffrey Simpson put it in the 글로브와 메일, “그는이 있었다, in perhaps the only city in Canada that would have him.”

As Americans who were living in Canada during the Bush era undoubtedly know, the former president was hugely unpopular across most of the country.

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