This from the LRB review of the Republican convention:
‘The Muslims just hate us for our love of freedom,’ said a woman from Iowa wearing a cloth elephant on her head. ‘They don’t have any culture and they hate us for having a great one. And they hate the Bible.’
‘Really?’ I said. ‘The Iraqis had a culture for thousands of years before Jesus was born.’
‘What you saying?’
‘I’m saying Muslims were building temples when New York was a swamp.’
‘You support the Iraqis?’
‘No.’
‘You support the killing of innocent people going to work? People who have to jump out of windows?’
‘You aren’t listening to me.’
‘No, buddy. You ain’t listening. These people you support are trying to kill our children in their beds. Where you from anyway, the New York Times?’
Also an entertaining link to campaign ads. Fascinating stuff…
on 03 October 2004 at 05:56
Sigh
on 03 October 2004 at 18:29
Oooh dear…. How did people get that obtuse? Is it some kind of social disease? *sigh* 
on 05 October 2004 at 20:07
Heather, Druid, be nice to poor old Friar Tuck, he’s an American left winger and these are difficult times for him…