[George W. Bush]

"I'm sure that many Polish people living in Ireland are disappointed and embarrassed by these remarks," said GLEN spokesman Kieran Rose.

Actually, most of them were probably cheering him on and thought he spoke too delicately.

[Levante]

I think you're right. I met quite a few Poles in London (the women were beautiful, BTW) they were very conservative, religious (strong catholic), felt homosexuality was a mental illness, and thought of Ronald Reagan as a virtual Polish national hero.