Do you believe for a second that CNN and MSNBC, much less Fox, Rush, Sean, O’Reilly and all the other monkeys out there wouldn’t be wetting their panties over the headline John Kerry is being endorsemed by the government of Iran? Drudge would have used two sirens for Christsake. But no, in this case, as reported by AP, “Axis-of-Evil” member Iran endorsed Bush, so it’s barely a blip on the media landscape. Hmmm…I wonder why they’d endorse Bush?
For an endorsement that means even more, I’d point all you Fake Conservatives out there to this endorsement from the Conservative/Libertarian publisher of The Columbia Tribune in Missouri. He endorsed Bush in 2000, and again about a month ago, until he finally came to his senses:
To do justice to this subject, one must spend time on both sides of the equation. I can go on indefinitely about the shortcomings of President Bush. He is an immoderate man who is quite willing to expand state power over the freedom of individuals. He will use this power, including a packing of the U.S. Supreme Court, to enforce his own view of a sectarian national morality. Despite our most fundamental national tradition, he does not believe in separation of religion from government. He is trying, with some success, to sell the American public on this dangerous idea.
I’d suggest reading the whole column, particularly if you truly consider yourself a Conservative.
Brad,
Anyone familiar with the politics of the region understands exactly why the Iranian regime supports Bush. They are claiming that, in spite of his rhetoric, they are better off than they were four years ago because Bush has failed to pursue actual issues of human rights and so forth. And let’s not forget that in this Administrations two wars the relieved pressure from both the eastern and western borders of Iran. The civil war in Afghanistan and the Taliban regime were both strains on the Islamic Republic’s budget as well as a potential military threat. Bush somewhat relieved these problems for them.
Also you have to look at what the Democrats have done when it comes to sanctions and so forth. the Clinton Administration had more restrictions on trade with Iran than Bush and Reagan years. In spite of these last, Mr. Cheney found a way to trade with Iran. One other thing to remember is that although the Reagan Administration supported the Ba’athist regime during the war, it also made sure that the Iranians were well armed. the Iranians recieved no such quarter during the Clinton years.
i would really like to see some of this discussed on the evenbing shows. Doubt it will happen.