In a response to Obama's news conference last night, the new prophet of the Republican party Mister Rogers, umm sorry, Governor Jindal defended the worryingly obese Rush Limbaugh in his insistence that it is alright to wish that Obama fails. Xeroxing his speech from the most recent right wing talking points memo, Mister Rogers claimed that the media criticism of this wish represents "political correctness run amok." Really? Remember when a few brave Democrats dared to question Bush's "war on terror" back in the early 2000s, they were accused of supporting terrorists? Remember how Senator John Kerry's criticism of the Vietnam War was used to question his service in Vietnam? Worst of all, do you not remember dear Governor, how the Republican warmongering machine compared the amputee war veteran Georgia Senator Max Cleland to Osama Bin Laden, ousting him from the Senate?
But the most offensive remark came when Jindal joked about his disastrous initial response to Obama's first press conference, comparing it to torture. "They are not allowed to show my speech at Gitmo anymore," he laughed. "They've banned that."
Now, I might be a wild-eyed liberal whose political correctness has run amok, but this statement betrays the depth of Republican immorality. Their casual use of torture and Gitmo, the most disgraceful chapters of the US history, as punchlines in a joke are an insult to our common humanity and our love for this country.
If Obama's remark about the Special Olympics warranted a deep apology to the Special Olympics folks (which I think it did), then Governor Jindal's joke about torture warrants his stepping down from the role as the new Republican voice. It also constitutes a candid, albeit denigrating, admission that his party, led by George Bush, engaged in torture. The Republicans need to be reminded of this every minute of every hour of every day!
Shame on Governor Jindal!
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There's nothing humorous about torture, and the word "Guantanamo" sends chills through my spine. I also don't understand how people can be so flippant about it.
I was shocked to see the headline in Reuters yesterday that talks about Miss Universe having "fun" in Guantanamo. Link.
I don't find anything about torture or Guantanamo funny or fun. My mood would be sad and solemn if I went there. I also find it strange that the trip was part of the "entertainment program." Huh???? sheila
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