Hypocrisy Alert: Bush Condemns Leaders Who Pose for Photos With "Tyrants"

Posted by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress at 3:06 PM on February 29, 2008.

Perhaps Bush forgot all the times that he sat down and had his picture taken with leaders of questionable human rights credentials.

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In yesterday's news conference, President Bush sharply attacked Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) argument that the president "should never fear to negotiate" with America's enemies. Bush told reporters:

It will send a discouraging message to those who wonder whether America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners. It will give great status to those who have suppressed human rights and human dignity. [...]

Sitting down at the table, having your picture taken with a tyrant such as Raul Castro, for example, lends the status of the office and the status of our country to him. He gains a lot from it by saying, look at me, I'm now recognized by the President of the United States.

Perhaps Bush forgot all the times that he sat down and had his picture taken with leaders of questionable human rights credentials:

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(HT: Ezra Klein, The Body Politik, and Cogitamus)

Tagged as: bush, obama

Amanda Terkel is Deputy Research Director at the Center for American Progress and serves as Deputy Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.

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A Picture Tells More Words Than Bush Has Ever Spoken Correctly [Report this comment] Posted by: QQOblivion on Feb 29, 2008 3:24 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] There is the picture of Bush HOLDING-HANDS with the Saudi head tyrant. ("Raped? Then off with their vaginas!") There is that famous picture of Rumpy shaking hands with Sad-damn. And then there are probably countless pictures of Bush with the darkest of tyrannical dark lords ever, Dick Cheney. Yeah, I do smell hypocrisy coming from the White House. Who would have ever thought THAT!? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] bahh-Bush didn't forget [Report this comment] Posted by: Drclaw on Feb 29, 2008 3:26 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ..these are OUR dictators. They may be heinous, corrupt, violent, repressive and morally bankrupt, but they are doing these dirty deeds in service of America. I mean-Cuba is dangerous. Jeez-don't you guys know the difference? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Bush is [Report this comment] Posted by: FedUp on Feb 29, 2008 9:40 PM Current rating: 4 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] only following in the steps of the presidents who preceded him and made it their business to prop up dictatorships wherever they were needed for American purposes. Bush is only despicable because he lacks the finesse of a Teddy Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and the rest of the rogues who were better suited to a post office wall. The Shah of Iran, the House of Saud, Duvaliers, Somozas, Fulgencio Batista, Rafael Trujillo, Agusto Pinochet, etc., etc., etc. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Bush [Report this comment] Posted by: jvaljon1 on Feb 29, 2008 10:18 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ...is the biggest tyrant that the world has known since Adolf Hitler. And for eight long years, we Americans have become "the 'good' Germans". Hugo Chavez was right when he made the sign of the cross in the UN, following Bush. "I smell brimstone", he said. Chavez may be a dictator--but he knew his superior (in dictatorship), when he saw him. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] There are Tyrants and Then There's Bush [Report this comment] Posted by: magistre on Mar 1, 2008 2:39 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] And with that in mind does this mean no one should have their picture taken with George? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Yeah that Raul Castro's a real tyrant... [Report this comment] Posted by: rancespergl on Mar 2, 2008 7:16 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] z z z z z [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Yeah... they're only tyrants if [Report this comment] Posted by: Quannah on Mar 2, 2008 1:11 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] they don't "play along" with this administration. They're only "dictators" if they don't practice Bush's brand of "freedom." In BushSpeak, Freedom means... do as we say, not as we do. If you can go along with that, then you're a "freedom-loving democratic leader." [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] If cars ran on cigars,........... [Report this comment] Posted by: tap17x on Mar 2, 2008 6:41 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ............Bush would be giving Raul Castro blowjobs. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: If cars ran on cigars,........... Posted by: Quannah

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