Bush has been mocked so many many times in all kinds of media across the world, he has been called all kinds of names abroad and at home, that it is not likely that all of a sudden there would be a major outcry over remarks that in themselves do not express much that is new or has not been said before.
At the same time, deep down most people whether they like it or not have grown accustomed to the idea that when new accusations come to the fore, it is a matter of days before it becomes clear that they are true. It is like having a drunk or a druggie in the family - you pretend it is not so, and try not to be too embarrassed. In my line of work (freedom of expression/ [Southern] Africa), it is great that I can collect and use these incidents, where here many country have severe defamation, insult, desacato laws. But that's about all that is left to use in terms of roll models, best practices etc. I'd be lost if I had to use the US to illustrate just and fair election, good governance, anti-corruption, transparency ... basically anything that vaguely resembles a democracy! Regards, Rui On 19/02/2008, ravi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [From Crooks and Liars] > > < > http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/14/countdown-special-comment-on-fisa-president-bush-is-a-liar-and-a-fascist/ > > > > OR: > > http://tinyurl.com/2r28so > > Keith Olbermann tears into Bush, calling him a liar, fascist, and so on. > > There doesn't seem to be a lot of outrage in the right wing, asking > for apologies etc... is that because his viewership is small? Or > perhaps my Google search was too cursory to come up with anything... > > --ravi >
