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SPOKANE, Washington -- Call it the burning Bush.
The co-founder of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream is on the road, towing a 3.7-metre-tall effigy of U-S President Bush with fake flames shooting out of the pants.
Ben Cohen calls it an acceptable way to point out what ``the president's lies.''
He says ``in a polite society, you don't go up to a person and look at them in the face and say, `You're a liar.'''
Cohen feels it's a lot more dignified and there's a lot more decorum to say, ``Excuse me sir, your pants are getting a little warm, don't you think?''
So, he launched the Pants on Fire Tour.
An electronic ticker on the front of the statue displays what Cohen says are Bush's lies.
The head is a rotating cylinder with various Bush facial expressions.
The statue also wears a flight suit with the words ``Mission Accomplished'' emblazoned on the back.
That's a reference to Bush's declaration that major hostilities had ended in Iraq.
(AP)