Laura Bush defends slavery
by jay l
Tue May 24, 2005 at 04:42:41 AM PDT
Now, I actually kind of like Laura Bush. And, I thought she was a very effective campaigner last fall. But, yesterday she made one of the dumbest and most offensive statements I've heard in a long time. Here's a link to the story.
The relevent comment was part of a defense of Hosni Mubarak:
"Bush said that sometimes 'you have to be slow' when implementing political freedoms. She noted that the United States allowed slavery long after the Constitution was adopted."
I could not track down the full quote, but it certainly sounds like she is defending the fact that slavery was legal in the United States for nearly one hundred years. No one should get a free pass on a comment like that. And, it really hammers home the cynicism of Bush's freedom for all* policy.
*Does not apply to residents of the following countries: Saudia Arabia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Egypt. Other countries may also be declared exempt without notice.
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