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…then why don’t they just marry him?

At home, Bush’s job approval rating stands at its all-time low. But here, Prime Minister Sali Berisha said Bush was Albania’s “greatest and most distinguished guest we have ever had in all times.”

Throngs of people grasped Bush’s hands, arms and fingers on the streets of Fushe Kruje, a small town near the airport where he stopped to chat in a cafe with business owners. Unused to such adoring crowds in America, Bush reveled in the attention. He kissed women on the cheek, posed for pictures and signed autographs. Someone reached out and rubbed his gray hair.

Seriously. Just marry him. And never let him go. Please?

We’ll get over it somehow, and bravely soldier on. (Especially our brave soldiers, I suspect.)

What brought on the outburst of true love was partly Bush’s comments about Kosovo:

President Bush, enthusiastically welcomed as the first U.S. president in this former communist nation, served notice Sunday he is running out of patience with Russia’s objections to independence for neighboring Kosovo.

“Sooner rather than later you’ve got to say `Enough’s enough — Kosovo is independent,’” Bush said, telling Albanians what they wanted to hear. He said independence was a certainty.

(Ethnic Albanians make up 90% of Kosovo’s population.)

Albania may be rejoicing at Bush’s pronouncement, but we really haven’t heard from Kosovo. They may well have mixed feelings about having independence (and democracy) brought to them by George W. Bush.