When leadership counts

Reading this little tidbit from Atrios reminds me of a typical tinhorn dictator pulling out all the stops to make it look like he has the approval of the populace. Here's what happened when Bush was at the Cards/Brewers game yesterday:

A somewhat hostile crowd complained mightily about the problems the presidential motorcade caused with regular fans trying to get into the park. A Cards employee tipped moi that the team was so concerned about Bush being booed that they piped in fake applause when he strode out to the mound. Lamping flatly denied it.

Yup. Fake applause for der monkey. What's next, a brown uniform sporting a couple gold stars on a red background?