WaPo is blathering …
Ruth Marcus wants Romney to apologize for acting Presidential when the current President didn’t
“There are anti-American fires burning all across the globe; President Obama’s words are like kindling to them,” Romney wrote in “No Apology: The Case for American Greatness.”
Romney repeated this falsehood in his acceptance speech in Tampa, claiming that Obama launched his presidency “with an apology tour.” […]
So when the U.S. Embassy in Cairo released a statement condemning “the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims,” Romney was predisposed to see it through the distorted, if politically convenient, lens of apology.
So the embassy statement wasn’t a real apology, but the White House disavowed it later in the day (while Holder’s FBI decided to pursue the filmmaker). Even later, Hillary issued a statement that actually returned to the same themes iterated by the embassy. Gobsmacked, Charles Krauthammer said
The worst line in the clip you showed was this where she said there are different views around the world about the outer limits of free speech. Why is she engaging in a disquisition on free speech with the mob? The implication here that, perhaps the mob is right, that we ought to be suppressing anything that offends Islam, this is a nation where somebody puts a crucifix in bottle of urine and it ends up in a museum. We allow all kind of expression. But perhaps we ought to make an exception in the case of Islam. This is absurd.
But Hillary has a fan in Melinda Henneberger
Hillary Clinton said some things that needed to be said Thursday, and reiterated the essence of the unfairly bashed statement out of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo — the one retracted after Mitt Romney mischaracterized it as an apology. […]
But the secretary of state also stood up for American values in describing as “disgusting and reprehensible” the inflammatory YouTube video that set off at least some of the rioting across the Muslim world. That even speaking up for free speech and religious tolerance might be made to seem controversial is quite a tribute to the power of political theater.
But when political officials publicly equivocate on Free Speech by condemning the speech and couching our First Amendment rights as “tradition”? That’s supposed to “clear the air?”
Anyone recall any Democrat official condemn, in official remarks, Piss Christ or Last Temptation of Christ?
And what kind of irony gene is missing from the Obama administration who is “all that” on religious tolerance while forcing Catholic institutions to violate their religious tenets?
During the Mohammed cartoons uproar there was a picture — possibly a photoshop, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it were real — of a Muslim demonstrator holding a sign reading “Behead those who call Islam violent.”
Well, I can see Melinda holding a sign reading, “Silence those who say liberals oppose free speech.”
This whole thing has me convinced that liberals believe Romney and Republicans are more the enemy than radical islamists.
Or Book of Mormon? Religulous? God Is Not Great? The God Delusion? Bitter clingers? Athiest attacks on Christianity/Christian symbols?
Why are Democrats endorsing a religion?
Of course they do, Matt. Also Israel.
My liberal friends assure me that there’s Free Speech and then there’s “official speech” in quarters too nuanced for us unuanced bitter clingers to comprehend and by Allah, the two shall be twain.
Because, nuance, and if all of you bitter clingers did nuance you’d see it. Oh, and because 2nd Amendment.
QED!
Yes, JH we know about that ‘official speech’
it’s much easier to scream racism than to engage in wonkish policy debates.
Also, some bitter clinging SoCal Israeli Xtianist thumper film-overdubber* and some entirely predictable but unfortunate acts by youts abroad and STOP BLAMING OBARRY! Oh, and THAT BASTARD ROMNEY! And, THE GOP IS TEH SUXOR!
* you figure it out, or rather, YOU FIGURE IT OUT, BITTER CLINGING SOCAL ISRAELI XTIANIST THUMPER FILM-OVERDUBBER LOVER!
Glad to see I’m not the only one who thinks we’re living in a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.
Well, she has a point. The Office of the President Elect doesn’t start until November.
So, our embassy in Tunisia is on fire. Forward.
I’d say, “Can we impeach the jug-eared SCOAMF now??!?“, but comparatively this doesn’t rank. It’s not like other czars haven’t violated federal law.
Today is one of those days when I wish the Clintons had more desire to bring Jugears low. When I imagine Hillary giving an address to the world press, where she says:
See, Hillary? Is that really so hard?
Oh, it’s al-Qaeda’s embassy now, as their flag flies over it. So, I guess I’m cool with the fire.
I remember a sign that read “Death to all Juice.”
Speaking of, I’m thinking maybe it’s time for another Everybody Draw Mohammad day. Here’s my ASCII-art entry.
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Hey, I’m not an artist. But is it fatwa-worthy?
@>:-(~
“Death to all Juice.”
“Concentrate, Ahmad, CONCENTRATE!”