Grinning amiably on the podium next to Bush as millions languish in Chinese political jails awaiting organ harvest or execution, or clandestinely meet for Christian services in somebody's secret basement for fear of being shot, Hu Jintao must be smugly aware of his advantage. Jintao represents his Communist Party, and rules without question, while Bush barely ekes out a 40% approval rating among his own countrymen and must endure unceasing criticism and recrimination from an opposing political party.
To make matters worse, when a righteous protestor challenges the Chinese despot, President Bush apologizes. For what, one might ask. For the free exercise of a God-given right?
Of course, the ass-kissers in the White House protocol office were beside themselves. Heaven forbid that Jintao might be subjected to American free speech. Certainly the woman who was graciously escorted from the press conference by uniformed officers will not be facing the certain penalty of such dissent in China, namely getting her head blown off in a soccer stadium, with the bullet's cost picked up by the family of the victim.
As the President and Jintao glad-hand each other and plan the next round of trade talks, China continues to force women to have abortions, executes dissenters, actively persecutes Christians and other believers, violently stifles alternative political views, aids and abets the enemies of America, builds an offensive army in preparation for expansion, and plots and plans for eventual world domination.
And our President grovels for Dollar Tree.
Gung hai fat choi!