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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:09 PM
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Right Wing Enraged: Laura Bush Is A ‘Butt-Kisser’ For Wearing Headscarf In Mideast
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/26/laura-bush-scarf-ii/

Right Wing Enraged: Laura Bush Is A ‘Butt-Kisser’ For Wearing Headscarf In Mideast



When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wore a headscarf while visiting the Umayyad mosque in Damascus in April, the right wing pounced on her, attacking her as “subservient” and calling the act “disgust.” Ironically, the right wing failed to note that First Lady Laura Bush had also worn a headscarf while previously visiting the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

During a tour of the Middle East this week, Laura Bush again donned a traditional hijab given to her as a gift by a Saudi Arabian doctor. Subsequently, several progressive bloggers questioned whether similar “opprobium” would follow from the right wing this time. Now we have our answer.

The conservative blogosphere has released its seething intolerance, collectively rising up to denounce Laura Bush as “Ms. Pander Clause” for wearing the head cover:

“I find the image from Saudi Arabia so disturbing. … That she would oblige her hosts by wearing a shmata on her head is a tacit endorsement of Islam’s subjugation of women.” — Weekly Standard

“Bad craziness in Saudi Arabia … (W)e get this, from one of the most misogynistic societies on the planet: a photo of Laura Bush wearing an abaya and a veil. — Little Green Footballs

“This is Sheikha Laura, yesterday, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … Laura Bush butt-kissing Saudi King Abdullah.” — Debbie Schlussel

Showing tolerance and respect for other cultures is interpreted as “butt-kissing” by far right conservatives.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:13 PM
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1. let me guess
jews who wear "beanies" are bad,
men who wear beards for religious reasons are terrorists
what other race, nationality, religion, creed, culture or belief can they insult?
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:13 PM
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2. rw does not understand other cultures.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:14 PM
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3. sure they do.
one culture gives you that sour cream stuff, and another gives you that sisssy food yogurt.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:31 PM
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39. Nah..they don't Even know from
culture.
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:17 PM
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5. They want everyone to kow-tow to them
& god help the person who says "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." :grr:

dg
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Tripper11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:44 PM
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13. rw does not WANT to understand other cultures n/t
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:24 PM
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22. The same people who can't stand "ferriners" in their traditional dress here...
also don't think that Murikans visiting foreign countries should conform to THEIR standards.

"All dem dare Mexican should learn them some English! No Amnety! But Laura Bush shouldn't wear no dagburn head scarf in THEIR country. GWOT!!"
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WolverineDG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:16 PM
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I'm surprised they didn't call her un-American
for simply travelling internationally. My asshat right wing fundie relatives long ago placed me on the commie pinko list because I have a passport & dare to use it.

:hi: sis!

dg
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:27 PM
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8. Hi, Wolvie!
:hi: This confirms their ignorance beyond a shadow of a doubt, not that there was much doubt!
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Dervill Crow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:16 PM
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4. Yet I'm sure those same right-wingers approve of her subservience to her husband.
There are more than a couple of Christian denominations which subjugate women as much as Islam does; the women can usually be identified by their long poufy hair pulled back in a bun, their long denim jumpers, and a bunch of kids in tow. Not that there's anything wrong with that, if that's their choice.
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:18 PM
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6. Her husband is a butt-kisser to Big Oil n/t
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:19 PM
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7. that's because they are intolerant assholes eom
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:05 PM
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19. Why should anyone be tolerant of misogynistic nonsense? (nt)
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:30 PM
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9. Until a few decades ago, Catholic women had to wear a hat to church
What would they call that?
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:37 PM
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10. Most of the fundies are Baptists and they never cared much for Catholics, either.
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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:41 PM
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11. Proper. This is different.
for some reason.
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:59 PM
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16. Proof that they are part of a foreign plot hatched in the Vatican
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 03:00 PM by DBoon
to destroy the soul of protestant, northern european america
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:20 PM
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36. Laura Bush also wore the Catholic veil scarf
When she's been to the Vatican.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:43 PM
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12. Jeez...I guess they never saw the poor Mormon women on mission
Skirts down to their knees in 95 degree heat.

Oy vey.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:50 PM
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14. This is news?
Good grief. BushCo has been butt kissing the Saudis for decades. What's the big deal with the head scarf? The RW has its priorities misplaced as usual. Doubt they got their knickers in a twist over the pictures of Bunnypants holding hands with Prince Bandar.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:58 PM
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27. Buttkissing the Saudi's?
I'd say full-out oral sex is more like it...
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:35 PM
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32. LOL
Oh yeah, teabag this Bandar! (apologies to the D List woman whose name eludes me.)

Mz Pip
:dem:
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 02:51 PM
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15. Never failing to add insult to injury ...
Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 02:52 PM by NanceGreggs
"That she would oblige her hosts by wearing a shmata on her head ...” — Weekly Standard

"Shmata" is a Yiddish word meaning "a rag; hence, anything that is worthless."

In other words, the traditional headgarb of another culture is automatically to be considered a worthless rag.

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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:01 PM
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17. I'm surprized that the average Freepy McCrankscrew wears pants when leaving the house.
It's a courtesy, for cry-eye.
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:04 PM
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18. They're correct... wearing a headscarf is misogynistic
it's fucking disgusting. Pelosi was wrong to do it, too. There's no need to "respect" a deviant, stupid, violent and oppressive custom founded on superstition and idiocy.
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Felinity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:23 PM
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30. There are only two of us
Here's my comment on another thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2143485&mesg_id=2143909
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:30 PM
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31. There are legitimate concerns about diversity, respect and plurality, but
this isn't one of them. The way that some countries treat women is appalling, and there are no legitimate reasons to respect the beliefs or traditions of those countries.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:22 PM
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20. To be fair, the less of that hideous face exposed to the public, the better.
Dear gawd...

What HAPPENED to that woman??
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:18 PM
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35. Dunno, but sure does look familiar.
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:22 PM
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21. When Laura Bush is doing the correct and appropriate
thing as First Lady--to have these people sound so ignorant ,
making such crazy comments is baffling.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:25 PM
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23. We should encourage Laura Bush's good behavior in this particular instance. Unless...
Unless you feel like calling a right-wing radio station and identifying yourself as a Republicker (for example, Dick Pinch of Clear Lake, Iowa) and calling her un-murikan.
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:30 PM
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24. "I wear a headscraf, so what does that make me?"
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:48 PM
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25. If a woman from a culture where bosoms were traditionally not
covered were to visit our country, would they feel that this woman would be "butt-kissing" if she wore western style clothing while she was here in our country? They would certainly have a howling fit if she dressed in her native costume and exposed her breasts in public. I see this in the same way. If you are a guest in a foreign country, you follow local customs for modesty and you do not dress in a way that is considered offensive.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 03:55 PM
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26. Interesting...cultural sensitivity=buttkissing...
...are the Republicans always drunk?... :shrug:
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:05 PM
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28. Too bad that she doesn't wear a full Burka so I don't have to
see her stupid, fake smile.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:14 PM
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29. Oh, that smile is very real...
...courtesy of Pfizer...

:D
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:34 PM
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40. Hey, lay off the
..joker.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:36 PM
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33. Oh, the Humanity, the Faux Outrage!!!! nt
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 04:40 PM
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34. Poor little freeps.. Did they know she joined a harem too?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2131910&mesg_id=2131910
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:21 PM
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37. She's married to a total ass. How can she help but be a butt-kisser?
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johnfunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:26 PM
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38. She's... she's... she's an Islamo-Fascist-ess!
:rofl:
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Bonobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-26-07 07:38 PM
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41. Yvonne DeCarlo from the Munsters!
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