how to be president: a 10-step actors guide

people think it's hard to be president, and it is. look at bush, for example, as he conducts diplomacy during a g8 summit yesterday.

FFT doesn't envy this guy; he's got the weight of the world, and europe, on his shoulders. sometimes being president is like being on a film set, and you have to calculate and approximate each and every gesture, motion and word. bush always keeps it real. here's his strategy:

1. blame the un or kofi annan
2. never ceasefire
3. eat buttered roll
4. blow off tony blair
5. send in cavalry (e.g., condi rice)
6. blow off blair again
7. reaffirm the delicacy of the "process"
8. blame syria
9. drop an "sh" bomb
10. grope german chancellor

and if you get confused or forget your lines, just butter your bread and blame syria.