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From Josh Marshall, euphemisms and straw men:samsung word jong
Am I the only one embarrassed by the dingbat brouhaha over Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s attempt to visit Ground Zero to lay a wreath?samsung word jong
So what’s the problem exactly? Presumably we can be frank enough to acknowledge that the real issue here is that while Ahmadinejad is not Arab to most of us he looks pretty Arab. And he is Muslim certainly — and pretty up in arms about it at that. And we officially don’t like him. And we classify the country he runs as a state sponsor of terrorism. samsung word jong
So even though [Ahmadinejad] has absolutely nothing to do with 9/11, when you put all these key facts together, he might as well have done it himself. And what business does anyone with the blood of the victims of 9/11 on his hands have going to Ground Zero?samsung word jong
That’s basically it and don’t tell me it’s not.samsung word jong
Alternatively I guess it’s that he’s a very mean guy, said bad things about Israel or questioned the Holocaust?samsung word jong
Ahmadinejad didn’t merely say “bad things” about Israel. He said “Israel must be wiped off the map.” And he didn’t merely “question” the Holocaust. He called it “a myth.” Had Ahmadinejad called black slavery a myth, Marshall wouldn’t take a blithe tone. But here we’re talking only about the suffering and death of millions of Jhooos.samsung word jong
That’s basically it and don’t tell me it’s not.samsung word jong
Ahmadinejad’s Iran is supplying IEDs to kill American soldiers in Iraq. I don’t know whether that disturbs Mr. Marshall. But it disturbs me and others, and it gives rise to our view that Ahmadinejad should not visit Ground Zero.samsung word jong
Sorry, ladies: Our next president is not interested in your junk.samsung word jong
Public approval of Congress is up slightly. In his analysis of the bump, Matthew Yglesias overlooks a key point: Republicans like the obstruction. That’s what they’re approving of.samsung word jong
I thought the congressional wing of my party would have caved by now. I am happy to say that I was wrong:samsung word jong
The Senate will adjourn for the weekend after a long week of tense debate over Iraq in which Democrats failed to move the ball and Republicans decided to stick with the White House in backing an unpopular war.samsung word jong
Meanwhile, it now occurs to passengers on the short bus that Republican politicians aren’t the only ones who are full of it. samsung word jong