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May 22, 2005 2:59 AM   Subscribe

Laura Triumphs Womens Rights. What a joke.
posted by rougy (17 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: what a joke of a post



 
Tell it to your Saudi friends, baby.
posted by rougy at 3:00 AM on May 22, 2005


Thanks for posting this; there's no other way I would have found out about the remarks of the first lady of the United States.
posted by kjh at 3:34 AM on May 22, 2005


year 2035: Fathers4Justice open new branches in the middle east.
posted by FieldingGoodney at 3:38 AM on May 22, 2005


How can the first lady talk about women's rights when she and her husband don't support a woman's right to choose what happens inside her body?

It's hypocritical, that's what it is.
posted by Tlahtolli at 3:42 AM on May 22, 2005


Bush was making her maiden trip to the Middle East as first lady; the visit included meetings with Jordan's King Abdullah, Queen Rania and Arab youths.

of course the irony of talking about democratic progress to a hereditary monarch was probably completely lost on this simpleton.
posted by three blind mice at 4:04 AM on May 22, 2005


I fail to see anywhere in the ME that the cause of women's rights has advanced since the Chimperor assumed his throne. Can anyone show substantive evidence?
posted by nofundy at 4:45 AM on May 22, 2005


Am I just getting even more paranoid or might this foretell a 2008 presidential contest between Laura and HIllary?
posted by donfactor at 4:50 AM on May 22, 2005


Donfactor: you're p-noid.

and I may have no love for the lady of the crazy eyes, but I can't jump on her for this speech any more than I could rougy for Newsfilter violation.

In a word, meh.
posted by Busithoth at 5:31 AM on May 22, 2005


Islamic countries oppress women. You obviously find the topic boring, but women in Jordan may find it a bit more interesting.

Harry Morgan

How can the first lady talk about women's rights when she and her husband don't support a woman's right to choose what happens inside her body?

It's hypocritical, that's what it is.


If the choice involves killing their child -- whether the child was conceived 2 hours earlier or the child was conceived 35 years earlier -- that choice is immoral and should not be permitted in a civil society.
posted by bevets at 6:02 AM on May 22, 2005


How can the first lady talk about women's rights when she and her husband don't support a woman's right to choose what happens inside her body?

Because there are more rights than just abortion rights?

I'm not pro-Bush at all but Laura Bush talking up women's rights is a good thing even if she only means 9 out of 10 of the rights. That is still 9 more than I expected..
posted by srboisvert at 6:15 AM on May 22, 2005




As long as we're in the mists of a newfilter

the heavy midst in the air makes me all damp and clammy.
posted by quonsar at 6:32 AM on May 22, 2005


oops, I should have triple checked..
posted by ruelle at 6:34 AM on May 22, 2005


Three things, bub:

1) "triumph" is an intransitive verb. In other words, you can't triumph something. You can champion it, which is what I assume you meant.
2) What does the word "womens" mean? Think it through.
3) This post, and some of the "yeah, man" responses, represents some of the laziest thinking around. Engaging the world at this very low level of thoughtfulness can't really be that engaging, can it?
posted by argybarg at 6:45 AM on May 22, 2005


The speech drew polite, although unenthusiastic, response.
Yeah. Something tells me the audience weren't exactly receptive to Mrs Bush's message.
posted by kaemaril at 6:52 AM on May 22, 2005


what argybarg said.
posted by Busithoth at 6:55 AM on May 22, 2005


Am I just getting even more paranoid or might this foretell a 2008 presidential contest between Laura and HIllary?

Not as paranoid as I am. My fear is Hillary and Condi.
posted by leftcoastbob at 7:16 AM on May 22, 2005


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