Bush praise poem sneaked into textbooks

[The Guardian reports](http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1657962,00.html) today that someone managed to sneak a praise-poem for George W Bush into an English textbook which was being used on 16-year-olds in Pakistani schools:

**The leader**

>Patient and steady with all he must bear,
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>Ready to accept every challenge with care,
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>Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,
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>Strong in his faith, refreshingly real,
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>Isn’t afraid to propose what is bold,
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>Doesn’t conform to the usual mold,
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>Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight wont do
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>Never back down when he sees what is true
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>Tells it all straight, and means it all too
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>Bracing for war, but praying for peace
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>Using his power so evil will cease:
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>So much a leader and worthy of trust,
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>Here stands a man who will do what he must

So, let’s see who can come up with some poems celebrating, or otherwise, some of our age’s other “great leaders”. Who better to start with than the [Insensitive Jerk](http://www.presidentofpakistan.gov.pk/) himself?

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