A fellow by the name of Al, whose politics are very different from mine, likes to stop by several times a week and discuss them with me. He's the same one with whom I wagered on the election. For him there's nothing President Bush has done, or ever will do that's right, with the exception of having married Laura. That's the only thing my friend will give Dubya credit for. He believes Iraq is entirely a fiasco because the people are incapable of appreciating democracy.
Today he walked up to me and while he was looking down, stapling some papers, said, "You heard they hit the embassy in the Green Zone." As he said this, a smile played across his lips. I sat there looking at his little smile.
"You're happy some of our people got killed," I said, flatly.
He stalked off, saying, "No, I care if people get killed, unlike some people."
But I saw that smile. If it hurts George W. Bush, it can only be good news.
UPDATE:
Liberal Larry is stealing my friend Liberal Al's material!
>He believes Iraq is entirely a fiasco because
>the people are incapable of appreciating
>democracy.
Does he refer to them as "wogs," too? He may as well go for the whole thing.
The Japanese had been one form of dictatorship or another from xx,000 BC to August 1945. And somehow they've managed to make democracy work. Go figure.
Posted by: James at January 29, 2005 08:53 PMActually, he calls them "animals."
Posted by: Donnah at January 29, 2005 09:02 PM*schadenfreude*, bet it made him all warm and tingly inside too.
The best thing to do is after the elections, again, look at him and say: "Lost another one, didn't ya Skippy."
Posted by: Gmac at January 30, 2005 12:01 AM