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Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.” |
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4 comments March 1st, 2008
Remember that “Deep Thoughts” schtick they did on “Saturday Night Live” all through the ’90s? It involved brief syrupy recitations of absurd one-liners written by a guy named Jack Handey.
Well, I ran across THIS by Handey in the latest issue of the New Yorker. It has nothing to do with politics, but I thought I’d share it with you anyway. It’s funny.
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The latest news from the front in America’s religious wars includes THIS.
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Let’s introduce this photo gallery with the words of Mike Allen at Politico:
President Bush attacked a key foreign policy stance of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), contending heatedly at a news conference Thursday morning that talking to dictators without preconditions can be dangerous and counterproductive.
Obama’s argument that the president “should never fear to negotiate” with America’s enemies — including Cuba’s new leader, Raul Castro — is one of his clearest differences with his rival for the presidential nomination, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.).
At a news conference where Bush showed unusual passion for a president in his waning months, he said “now is not the time” to talk with Castro.
“What’s lost … by embracing a tyrant who puts his people in prison because of their political beliefs?” he said. “What’s lost is, it’ll send the wrong message. It’ll send a discouraging message to those who wonder whether America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners. It’ll give great status to those … who have suppressed human rights and human dignity.
“The idea of embracing a leader who’s done this, without any attempt on his part to … release prisoners and free their society, would be counterproductive and send the wrong signal.”
Warming to the subject, Bush continued: “Sitting down at the table, having your picture taken with a tyrant such as Raul Castro, for example, lends the status of the office and the status of our country to him. He gains a lot from it by saying, ‘Look at me. I’m now recognized by the president of the United States.’”
Now, with a tip of the Applesauce hat to Cogitamusblog.com for the photos, let’s check out how President Bush invariably shuns dictators, tyrants and tramplers of human rights:
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