It's reassuring - if that's the right word - to see the swivel-eyed end of the political spectrum at least being consistent.
When Democratic speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi went to Damascus and wore a head scarf, the right attacked her for sucking up to her hosts and demeaning women and caving in to Islamogynofascism, etc. Now Laura Bush - wife of ... you-know-who - has visited Saudi Arabia, and worn a head scarf. And many of the same bloggers are now attacking her for the same reasons.
Debbie Schlussel illustrated her blog with photos of Mrs Bush's wearing a head scarf:
This is Sheikha Laura, yesterday, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .... One final pic from Mrs. Pander Claus' trip to the Islamist Gulf. Here's Laura Bush butt-kissing Saudi King Abdullah....American collapse
We are the king of the world. We are the best and the brightest. We are America goddammit. WTF are we bowing to Islam for? This ain't PR no matter what Karen Hughes and Condirasha say. This is not not going to make the Islamic world hold hands and sing campfire tunes. Uh uh. This is submission and the worst message to send to Muslims.
True, the right's bloggers aren't giving Laura Bush the personal abuse that Pelosi received, but it still bothers them to see it. Which is at least consistent with their reaction to Pelosi's wearing a scarf. Obviously the left will now spring to her defence in the way it did for Pelosi, arguing that it's only politeness, etc.
