According to Reuters, London 'performance artist' Mark McGowan, dressed in a suit and wearing a George Bush mask with a sign on his posterior reading, "Kick My Ass," will offer New Yorkers a chance to kick him during a 72-hour crawl across Manhattan, hoping "his performance proves therapeutic to the city's denizens."

McGowan told Reuters that he "insisted his work was no publicity stunt but art: 'It's definitely an art form. A lot of the things I do are a bit silly but they always have a political edge to them.'"

Reports Reuters:

McGowan [who] said he does not have any particular political stance on the Republican president ... made his name in Britain with a series of controversial acts including a performance called "Dead Soldier" where he dressed up in army fatigues and lay in the streets for a week. He also crawled 60 miles from London to the town of Canterbury.

Too bad Chaucer isn't alive to write a 'tale' about this guy... of course, he may have anticipated McGowan with the Tale of Melibeus.