> Why do you feel the need to make up totally absurd excuses to protect his image? You Americans really have no sense of humour sometimes. Anyway, how exactly

> Why do you feel the need to make up totally absurd excuses to protect his image? You Americans really have no sense of humour sometimes. Anyway, how exactly is it protecting his image to imply people might want to shoot him? Being widely disliked enough to drive people to that isn't exactly a sign of shining character. It's one of the few things the left and right in American can unite on: hating the zucc.