Posted on 05/28/2010 5:25:13 PM PDT by Red Steel
Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:
Red in the Face
The State Department is pushing back against allegations that it, in essence, apologized to China over potential human rights violations here in the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner told reporters Friday in a discussion about human rights, the U.S. delegation brought up Arizona's new immigration law, calling it a "troubling trend in our society."
Both of Arizona's Republican senators demanded a retraction and apology from Posner, calling his remarks particularly offensive. And Indiana Republican Congressman Dan Burton slammed the comments made to what he called "one of the most repressive societies in the world."
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley insisted Posner was actually standing up for America by describing how debate functions in a civil society.
Under the Bus
Reverend Jeremiah Wright says President Obama threw him under the bus during the 2008 campaign
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China head shoots trespassers who enter their country illegally among a huge pile of other human rights abuses, and what does our Obama Goooberment say?
They offer up an unsolicited answer to the Chinese...yeah, we are baaaaaad tooooooo because AZ wants to enforce existing Federal law.
The Chinese must think our government are full of nitwits and chumps.
and this guy is running for Governor. Unbelievable!
Because China is really our master, and we think we owe them?
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