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Juxtapositions: Right-Wing Crook = President?

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
by Troy Torstrick

Dick Cheney, and no doubt the rest of the Bush Administration, believed that Jean-Bertrand Aristide should have stepped down because his authority had been undermined [from WashingtonTimes.com...]:

"The fact of the matter was, that Mr. Aristide had worn out his welcome. He was democratically elected but he didn't govern in a democratic manner and had reached the point where clearly the opposition groups, rebels, were increasingly successful at undermining his authority."

Interesting that you can substitute the name of Afghanistan President Harmid Karzi for "Mr. Aristide" above. There is a key difference; in one case, we're trying to help the leader. In the other, we at least enabled an undemocratic coup or at worst, as has been accused by the leader himself, perpetrated it.

Shouldn't America's foreign policy at least be consistent? Isn't that why its called "policy" to begin with?

And how about this:

Stewart faces the slammer

Juxtaposed with this:

The Bush Harken Insider Trading Collection

Martha Stewart and George Bush have a lot in common. Both of them were accused of insider trading. Both sold a big chunk of stock right before some bad news, to which both had prior, or "insider" knowledge, surfaced that threatened to affect the stock's price. The difference? Martha Stewart is a liberal. George Bush is not.

George Bush had well-connected friends in high places, that is to say his father had well-connected friends in high places, and the investigation into George Bush's allegations was "handled" by a family friend. George Bush escaped prison time much in the same way that he escaped service in Vietnam. Martha Stewart apparently didn't have important enough friends.

To recap:

liberal crook = prison

right-wing crook = president

Everybody got that?

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION