Post by jgaffney on Dec 15, 2008 20:18:20 GMT -5
Everyone has seen the Iraqi reporter tossing his shoes at President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad. If so, you have also seen the dexterity of our President in dodging the throws, and his magnanimity in waving off his Secret Service, who came rushing in to protect him.
The left, true to form, sees this as another opportunity to trash America and her president. However, according to The American Thinker, the joke's on them:
The liberals who are taking such pleasure in seeing the president embarrassed are not realizing that this is an insult to the United States and her people. In other words, the jokes on you, dummies. When abroad, whether you like him or not, agree with him or not - even if you are still deranged enough not to accept him as "your" president - George Bush represents the government and hence, the people of the United States. Liberal views of him as a leader matter not in the slightest. The shoe toss was as much an insult directed at the left as it was Bush. The fact that they don't realize this only makes their cluelessness all the more entertaining.
The rest of the Arab world sees the shoe toss as an insult to the US government with George Bush being its most visible manifestation. The government of the United States - last I looked - was a government of, by, and for the people. In other words, the government is us. And any insults directed at the government are insults hurled at each and every American regardless of party affiliation, ideology, or, in the case of liberals, intelligence or the lack thereof.
As for the Iraqi journalist, would he have been so brave if, instead of Prime Minister Maliki standing up there, horrified at the insult to his guest, it was Saddam Hussein? Somehow, I think the prospect of being taken out and shot would have stayed the journalist's hand - or shoes as it were. The point being, Saddam has gone missing courtesy of the US Army and President George Bush. The journalist may face charges (try throwing a shoe at someone in America and you can be charged with assault) but will probably be released in the end so that he can practice his America hating craft safely and without fear of being arrested in the middle of the night and shot.
All of this has gone straight over the heads of our liberal friends who are chuckling over the insult they believe is Bush's alone.
But hey! Don't ever call them unpatriotic.
Try to imagine the reaction on the Left if it had been The Obama at the podium, instead of President Bush. Your day will come, dude.
The left, true to form, sees this as another opportunity to trash America and her president. However, according to The American Thinker, the joke's on them:
The liberals who are taking such pleasure in seeing the president embarrassed are not realizing that this is an insult to the United States and her people. In other words, the jokes on you, dummies. When abroad, whether you like him or not, agree with him or not - even if you are still deranged enough not to accept him as "your" president - George Bush represents the government and hence, the people of the United States. Liberal views of him as a leader matter not in the slightest. The shoe toss was as much an insult directed at the left as it was Bush. The fact that they don't realize this only makes their cluelessness all the more entertaining.
The rest of the Arab world sees the shoe toss as an insult to the US government with George Bush being its most visible manifestation. The government of the United States - last I looked - was a government of, by, and for the people. In other words, the government is us. And any insults directed at the government are insults hurled at each and every American regardless of party affiliation, ideology, or, in the case of liberals, intelligence or the lack thereof.
As for the Iraqi journalist, would he have been so brave if, instead of Prime Minister Maliki standing up there, horrified at the insult to his guest, it was Saddam Hussein? Somehow, I think the prospect of being taken out and shot would have stayed the journalist's hand - or shoes as it were. The point being, Saddam has gone missing courtesy of the US Army and President George Bush. The journalist may face charges (try throwing a shoe at someone in America and you can be charged with assault) but will probably be released in the end so that he can practice his America hating craft safely and without fear of being arrested in the middle of the night and shot.
All of this has gone straight over the heads of our liberal friends who are chuckling over the insult they believe is Bush's alone.
But hey! Don't ever call them unpatriotic.
Try to imagine the reaction on the Left if it had been The Obama at the podium, instead of President Bush. Your day will come, dude.
