Comments on: Right Wing Enraged: Laura Bush Is A ‘Butt-Kisser’ For Wearing Headscarf In Mideast http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:28:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: shadow7 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4138151 shadow7 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:55:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4138151 What a jerk! Doesn't he have a research staff? In his ridiculous criticism of Laura Bush for wearing a headscarf while visiting Saudi Arabia.... he tried so hard to sound smart. It wasn't enough that he criticized her for showing respect for another nation's culture, but he had to be a total idiot, once again.... Trying to sound intelligent never works for him, and it surely didn't work this time, either. He said that Laura wore a 'schmata,' which he claimed is Yiddish for head scarf. IDIOT. The word 'schmata' is Yiddish for RAG. Yeah, what you'd use to dust the furniture or wipe up spills. But, there's no one on his show to correct him. They're all such fools. More on Bill: <a href="http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/bill_o_reilly.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/bill_o_reilly.html</a> What a jerk! Doesn’t he have a research staff? In his ridiculous criticism of Laura Bush for wearing a headscarf while visiting Saudi Arabia…. he tried so hard to sound smart. It wasn’t enough that he criticized her for showing respect for another nation’s culture, but he had to be a total idiot, once again…. Trying to sound intelligent never works for him, and it surely didn’t work this time, either.

He said that Laura wore a ’schmata,’ which he claimed is Yiddish for head scarf. IDIOT. The word ’schmata’ is Yiddish for RAG. Yeah, what you’d use to dust the furniture or wipe up spills. But, there’s no one on his show to correct him. They’re all such fools.

More on Bill:
http://www.tvnewslies.org/html/bill_o_reilly.html

]]> By: Number Cruncher http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4137880 Number Cruncher Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:29:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4137880 In 1966, a year after my wife and I were married, we wandered around Italy for one wonderful month. Most cathedrals had signs at the entrance instructing women to wear shawls. My wife followed the rule, of course. We were grateful for the privilege of entering those marvelous structures. The idea of calling our hosts cathalofascists would have been offensive and absurd. If we were visiting a mosque in the middle east, (we never had the opportunity) my wife cerainly would have covered her head. Is there a difference? In 1966, a year after my wife and I were married, we wandered around Italy for one wonderful month. Most cathedrals had signs at the entrance instructing women to wear shawls. My wife followed the rule, of course. We were grateful for the privilege of entering those marvelous structures. The idea of calling our hosts cathalofascists would have been offensive and absurd.

If we were visiting a mosque in the middle east, (we never had the opportunity) my wife cerainly would have covered her head. Is there a difference?

]]> By: Lynn Lightfoot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135933 Lynn Lightfoot Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:28:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135933 Stories like this one make me wonder who are the patients in mental hospitals. There seem to be a great many obviously crazy people running around loose. Most of them are rude, too, but then one cannot expect normal behavior, much less common courtesy, from the deranged. Stories like this one make me wonder who are the patients in mental hospitals. There seem to be a great many obviously crazy people running around loose. Most of them are rude, too, but then one cannot expect normal behavior, much less common courtesy, from the deranged.

]]> By: wildcleotis http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135928 wildcleotis Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:20:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135928 This is getting goofy. What do you expect her husband holds hands with the prince. What do you think is going on? In this case she may have just been trying to be respectful. Personally, I see no harm in that. It's very unusual for a Bush This is getting goofy. What do you expect her husband holds hands with the prince. What do you think is going on?

In this case she may have just been trying to be respectful. Personally, I see no harm in that. It’s very unusual for a Bush

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135836 bilbobaggins Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:23:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135836 <em>Comment by appleann1 — October 26, 2007 @ 5:15 pm Hasn’t this been debunked enough yet? Comment by dbadass </em> It is impossible to debunk anything that a neoCON sets their mind to. If the RNC say's it's true, then it must be true. Facts are irrelevant. If the RNC had to give up every talking point that had been proven to be a lie, they would only have 3 or 4 talking points left. Comment by appleann1 — October 26, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
Hasn’t this been debunked enough yet?
Comment by dbadass

It is impossible to debunk anything that a neoCON sets their mind to. If the RNC say’s it’s true, then it must be true. Facts are irrelevant.

If the RNC had to give up every talking point that had been proven to be a lie, they would only have 3 or 4 talking points left.

]]> By: bilbobaggins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135828 bilbobaggins Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:15:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135828 <em>I can’t wait for the Democrat President to show Pres. Bush the door on Jan 20th, 2009! Comment by Democrat Soldier </em> D E M O C R A T I C President, not Democrat President. Please don't perpetuate the insult that the Republicans have been flinging against us for the last couple of years. I can’t wait for the Democrat President to show Pres. Bush the door on Jan 20th, 2009!
Comment by Democrat Soldier

D E M O C R A T I C President, not Democrat President. Please don’t perpetuate the insult that the Republicans have been flinging against us for the last couple of years.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135797 Lefty Patriot Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:56:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135797 Good job Laura. Comment by DallasNE — October 26, 2007 @ 10:53 pm But now she needs a refill real bad. Good job Laura.

Comment by DallasNE — October 26, 2007 @ 10:53 pm

But now she needs a refill real bad.

]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135792 DallasNE Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:53:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135792 Actually, this is a rare display of somebody in the Bush administration doing the right thing. Respecting common practices and customs in a foreign land should always be the rule. Good job Laura. Actually, this is a rare display of somebody in the Bush administration doing the right thing. Respecting common practices and customs in a foreign land should always be the rule. Good job Laura.

]]> By: TomR http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135721 TomR Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:06:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135721 ---- “This is Sheikha Laura, yesterday, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … Laura Bush [is] butt-kissing Saudi King Abdullah.” ---- Funny. No one complained when Jesus' Little Brother George W. held hands with the Saudi King. Oh I forgot, he serves a higher power (the voices in his head) and therefore can do no wrong. - Tom ps. Those voices George hears come through an earpiece. —-
“This is Sheikha Laura, yesterday, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … Laura Bush [is] butt-kissing Saudi King Abdullah.”
—-

Funny. No one complained when Jesus’ Little Brother George W. held hands with the Saudi King. Oh I forgot, he serves a higher power (the voices in his head) and therefore can do no wrong.

- Tom

ps. Those voices George hears come through an earpiece.

]]> By: Elspeth R http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135699 Elspeth R Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:42:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135699 Quite honestly, I thought it (the pic) was just an ad for the latest Halloween model of the "Scream" movie's nemesis mask...featuring a heinous shade of lipstick to be 'au courant' w/fall fashions. THEN I realized it was the 'bot and I shrieked aloud! At least in an abaya we don't HAVE to see her Sally O'Malley camel toe (even if she IS in the Middle East). LOL! elspeth Quite honestly, I thought it (the pic) was just an ad for the latest Halloween model of the “Scream” movie’s nemesis mask…featuring a heinous shade of lipstick to be ‘au courant’ w/fall fashions.

THEN I realized it was the ‘bot and I shrieked aloud! At least in an abaya we don’t HAVE to see her Sally O’Malley camel toe (even if she IS in the Middle East).

LOL!
elspeth

]]> By: gus smith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135620 gus smith Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:29:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135620 So much unnecessary chatter. All we need is Mrs. Bush further inciting the Middle East beyond what Bush has caused. Let her follow tradition - we would not expect a female to remove her Burka in the U.S. Lighten up. So much unnecessary chatter. All we need is Mrs. Bush further inciting the Middle East beyond what Bush has caused. Let her follow tradition – we would not expect a female to remove her Burka in the U.S. Lighten up.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135597 The Republic of Stupidity Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:08:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135597 I assume if I was invited to Cheney’s for a barbecue I’d eat a puppy and shoot the neighbor in the face. Comment by Dave C — October 26, 2007 @ 4:21 pm Which is EXACTLY why I never visit anyone in Wyoming! I assume if I was invited to Cheney’s for a barbecue I’d eat a puppy and shoot the neighbor in the face.

Comment by Dave C — October 26, 2007 @ 4:21 pm

Which is EXACTLY why I never visit anyone in Wyoming!

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135593 The Republic of Stupidity Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:07:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135593 The difference is class. Comment by appleann1 — October 26, 2007 @ 5:15 pm Hasn’t this been debunked enough yet? Comment by dbadass — October 26, 2007 @ 5:28 pm Apparently not. When yer side has screwed up every last, single, solitary, stinkin' thing they've touched the way this bunch has over the last 7 yrs, lies, illusions, and delusions are all you got left to go w/. Talk about running on fumes!! I expected the GOOPers to be belligerant, bullying, and corrupt. I have to say, I'm rather astonished at the mind-bending level of sheer, raging incompetency they've inflicted on us all. The difference is class.

Comment by appleann1 — October 26, 2007 @ 5:15 pm

Hasn’t this been debunked enough yet?

Comment by dbadass — October 26, 2007 @ 5:28 pm

Apparently not.

When yer side has screwed up every last, single, solitary, stinkin’ thing they’ve touched the way this bunch has over the last 7 yrs, lies, illusions, and delusions are all you got left to go w/. Talk about running on fumes!!

I expected the GOOPers to be belligerant, bullying, and corrupt. I have to say, I’m rather astonished at the mind-bending level of sheer, raging incompetency they’ve inflicted on us all.

]]> By: Aanya http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135590 Aanya Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:02:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135590 Laura, clueless, stepford wife, has no inkling at what's going on. She only knows what George tells her, and that means "nada"! Laura seems to look perfectly at home in the head scarf, but Barbara "Mom" Babs Bush needs to be inserted into a "Burka"! If it had been anyone but Laura, I would have been insulted and would have rejected her actions, but poor Laura doesn't know any better! Laura, clueless, stepford wife, has no inkling at what’s going on. She only knows what George tells her, and that means “nada”! Laura seems to look perfectly at home in the head scarf, but Barbara “Mom” Babs Bush needs to be inserted into a “Burka”! If it had been anyone but Laura, I would have been insulted and would have rejected her actions, but poor Laura doesn’t know any better!

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135579 Zooey Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:44:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135579 <em>56 - yeah, Joe - you know, the one she’s having at her lesbian coven…? Comment by Leftside Annie — October 26, 2007 @ 4:26 pm</em> Yeah, that one. :-D 56 – yeah, Joe – you know, the one she’s having at her lesbian coven…?
Comment by Leftside Annie — October 26, 2007 @ 4:26 pm

Yeah, that one. :-D

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-3/#comment-4135554 Zooey Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:25:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135554 Have a great time, Uncle Ho. I'm staying home to study this weekend, since I went to the coast last weekend. Some pics are on the Zoo. :) Have a great time, Uncle Ho. I’m staying home to study this weekend, since I went to the coast last weekend. Some pics are on the Zoo. :)

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-2/#comment-4135541 Uncle Ho Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:21:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135541 Zooey; A-OK. But I have to split. Catching the early am train to Chicago for regional antiwar protest there Saturday. Keep up the troll-whacking. Zooey; A-OK. But I have to split. Catching the early am train to Chicago for regional antiwar protest there Saturday.

Keep up the troll-whacking.

]]> By: Stupid Git http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-2/#comment-4135530 Stupid Git Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:17:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135530 I actually agree with the Right on this one although they're irrationally ballistic about it as usual. I think it'd be a great sign of feminist pride if she were to have avoided wearing it. A woman of her stature could get away with it and it would be a sign to women that they need not be made to cover themselves and submit to men in other regions of the world. Few things upset me as much as the systemic oppression of women through religion. I actually agree with the Right on this one although they’re irrationally ballistic about it as usual. I think it’d be a great sign of feminist pride if she were to have avoided wearing it. A woman of her stature could get away with it and it would be a sign to women that they need not be made to cover themselves and submit to men in other regions of the world. Few things upset me as much as the systemic oppression of women through religion.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-2/#comment-4135524 Zooey Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:15:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135524 <em>Zooey; phew!!! Thank God. do not scare me.(even though tis the Halloweenie season). Comment by Uncle Ho — October 26, 2007 @ 6:55 pm</em> I was just poking the idiot troll in the eye. ;) Zooey; phew!!! Thank God. do not scare me.(even though tis the Halloweenie season).
Comment by Uncle Ho — October 26, 2007 @ 6:55 pm

I was just poking the idiot troll in the eye. ;)

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/comment-page-2/#comment-4135481 MapleStreet Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:57:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/#comment-4135481 #82 by Enough ENOUGH ALREADY ! That costume is outlandish to the hilt by Catholic standards. I get the impression of someone going to outrageous extremes to show that they are more holy than the next person. Kind of the opposite of "If one tinfoil hat marks one as a person who questions the govt, how much better are 5 tinfoil hats worn simultaneously??" #82 by Enough

ENOUGH ALREADY ! That costume is outlandish to the hilt by Catholic standards.

I get the impression of someone going to outrageous extremes to show that they are more holy than the next person. Kind of the opposite of “If one tinfoil hat marks one as a person who questions the govt, how much better are 5 tinfoil hats worn simultaneously??”

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