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January 11, 2006

Do As I Say, Not As I Do

In a speech on Tuesday regarding the war in Iraq, President Bush said the following:

"It's important that Sunnis who abandoned violence to join the political process now see the benefits of peaceful participation," the president said, in a message clearly directed at the Shiite majority.

He added: "Sunnis need to learn how to use their influence constructively in a democratic system to benefit their community and the country at large." And the Shiites and Kurds, he said, "need to understand that successful free societies protect the rights of minorities against the tyranny of the majority."

You know, unless it's something icky like gay marriage or evil like recreational drug use. In that case, tyranny is kind of nifty-keeno with Dubya and his followers.