"How could the U.S. not be there when representatives from such beacons of freedom and lack of censorship as journalist-punishing Russia was there?"
"Journalist-jailing Turkey was there!"
"Egypt, 'nuff said! Palestinian cartoonist-jailing Israel was there!"
And Saudi Araba - "A little out of breath, having just days ago flogged a blogger." (A liberal journalist was publibly lashed by that country's ultra-conservative religious government.)
How could Obama have missed this opportunity to stand in solidarity with these beacons of journalistic oppression?
http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/iczhm8/march-of-the-parisiens
| Perhaps Obama thought it would be hypocritical to march along with Saudi Arabia ''FOR'' freedom of speech. Perhaps Obama KNEW that if he marched with Russia, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, rightwingers would scream ''Obama joins other opponents of free speech in historic march!'' |
