Egyptian opposition rejects Laura Bush comments

[Warren Stupidity]

CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday rejected U.S. first lady Laura Bush's interpretation of Egyptian politics, saying they could not even see the progress she was praising.

"There are no reform steps at all. The regime is still following the dictatorial and repressive method toward the Egyptian people and opposition," said Mohamed Habib, deputy leader of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050524/ts_nm/egypt_bush_laura_dc

Gee pebbles is a moron too. Doesn't bode well for their kids.

[Frederik]

1. No, no, freedom is on the march because of Shrub

[Tesla]

2. Why didn't they just take her to a museum or something

Why is she being a diplomat over there?
Is she running in 08?

Tell her to just smile and play nice!!!

Take your meds PICKLES!!

[Frederik]

3. For God's sake

Let's HOPE she's running in 08!

On second thought, the right-wingers would be stupid enough to elect her.

[southernleftylady]

4. Egyptian opposition rejects Laura Bush comments

CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak objected on Tuesday to U.S. First Lady Laura Bush's support for Mubarak's approach to political reform, and several said she did not know what she was talking about.

What she said is really frustrating for most opposition forces in Egypt," said Gameela Ismail, wife of opposition leader Ayman Nour and a spokeswoman for his Ghad (Tomorrow) Party.

"She seems not to know enough about Egypt. I'm really amazed," Ismail told Reuters outside a downtown cinema where police and men in plain clothes dispersed a small protest against Wednesday's referendum on the Egyptian constitution.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/egypt_bush_laura_dc

[donsu]

5. a funny thing about this article

I read this article early this a.m. and at the end of the article it talked about Laura going to the library at Alexandria but when I read the article later that part had been cut???

[asjr]

6. The WH must be in dire straits to send the first lady

out in a world that is dangerous to try and gloss over how we are perceived in the rest of the world.

[BuelahWitch]

7. George is getting back at her

for her "milking the horse" joke....

[cliss]

19. How about rephrasing that,

"she knows nothing about Egypt". That would sum it up.

I've been thinking about the photos from Laura's trip. There was one photo where she was wearing a Hajib, dark sunglasses. She was on her way to a mosque, which caused quite a bit of controversy.

She was completely surrounded by bodyguards who were pushing through the crowd to let her pass.

I saw from the photo that she was crouched down. Her dark sunglasses made her look like a fugitive. The ring of paid people surrounding her madee the whole scene look surreal.

I couldn't help thinking, "is this a person who's welcome in the Middle East? Someone who has a good reputation, can help heal the wounds.

It was a terrible, deplorable scene, right out of a movie.

[dArKeR]

8. When it speaks like a lying pig then it's really a sweat hog!

[dArKeR]

9. Warning graphical pictures taken from FOX, CNN, CBS, Yahoo..

I cannot even begin to describe my horrific disgust of what the Bush Crime Family actually is! Pickles is just a murderer like her husband!

(If these pictures make you feel bad imagine how the people in these photos feel!

A CASE FOR PREMEDITATION
http://www.childbutcher.com/laura_bush.htm

Laura Bush: 1963, ran stop sign & killed boyfriend
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3910b26e685a.htm

[Moderator]

10. kick

[hadrons]

11. First Lady's Comments Irk Egypt's Opposition

CAIRO (May 24) - Opponents of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak objected on Tuesday to U.S. first lady Laura Bush's support for his approach to political reform, and several said she did not know what she was talking about.

"What she said is really frustrating for most opposition forces in Egypt," said Gameela Ismail, wife of opposition leader Ayman Nour and a spokeswoman for his Ghad (Tomorrow) Party.

"She seems not to know enough about Egypt," Ismail said outside a Cairo cinema where police and men in plain clothes dispersed a small protest against Wednesday's referendum on the Egyptian constitution.

....

Mohamed Habib, deputy leader of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, said Mubarak, who works closely with the United States, had earned no praise.

"There are no reform steps at all. The regime is still following the dictatorial and repressive method toward the Egyptian people and opposition," he said.

....

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050524153609990005

Looks like Georgie 'secret weapon' is another dud

[efhmc]

12. A bushie not knowing what he/she is talking about in regards to

another country. That is totally shocking.

[SpiralHawk]

13. Hey she was just parroting WH talking points

If you Egyptians have a beef about Laura making even more enemies for the USA, pick your fight with the man who stands behind her: Karl Rove. George Bush is busy out riding his bike just now and cannot be bothered, and anyway "who cares what you think."

Laura is just being a good soldier in the BFEE's International SuperLame Diplomatique Squad, after all.

[pinniped]

14. Ya, that place with the pyramids...

is all she knows.

--"She seems not to know enough about Egypt--

--"She seems not to know much about Egypt--

[Gloria]

15. I knew they'd be pissed off....what the hell is she spouting for??

eom

[noamnety]

16. Shouldn't she be at home

ridding the country of gangs?

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. Mubarak has been in charge since SADAT was assassinated

In what? 1979? Twenty-six years? And this pretends to be a democratic arrangement? I mean, please.

Now, needless to say some of these opposition groups are scarier than all git out, but still. Anyone who claims that Mubarak stays in power through the free choice of the Egyptian people is an imbecile. The guy is a classic strongman in an Armani suit.

[Warren Stupidity]

20. They have elections and he wins every time

They have a press and it seems that the press has no end of praise for the programs and policies of mubarak.

Sounds a bit like the kind of democracy we have here.

[MisterP]

18. the opposition got angry when George "promoted democracy" in the Middle

East.
"No, no! Don't promote democracy!" yelled the democracy activist.
Guess they won't be as pliant for a Puce or Taupe or Fuchsia Revolution or whatever.