Well, whadda ya know?
The shoe-throwing Iraqi “journalist” that the far left, MSM, and “many Arabs in Europe and the Middle East” are hailing as a hero is a supporter of none other than anti-American cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr.
Losers of the week: Mainstream media and the far left
… but I repeat myself.
“Journalist” who supports Sunni Arab insurgency against the US and al-Maliki gov’t throws shoes at Bush
… and of course the left absolutely goes wild with glee. Here’s the video:
President Bush’s last visit to Iraq
The Reuters reports on the last visit the President has made to Iraq before his second term ends (via Memeorandum):
Obama’s first big day as president-elect
Today Obama held a presser (transcript here) on the economic crisis and discussed some of the plans he’ll try to implement to bring the economy out of the funk it’s in right now. Frankly, he looked like a deer in headlights. In the process, he made a ‘joke’ of sorts about seances and Nancy Reagan (and he said it after a remark he made about consulting with presidents who were “still living“) that didn’t go over well, for which he has apologized to her personally. I’ll cut him a break on it because he looked like a bundle of nerves. I would too if I had that thin of a resume and I’d just been elected president. Time for responsibility. No more “present” votes. No more skipping out on important votes due to “campaign responsibilities.”
Reality in Iraq: Yes, America, we are WINNING
While the candidates for president here in the US have been battling it out in an effort to win your vote, while their primary campaigns went on earlier this year, the progress in Iraq carried over from the previous year. Two great articles today – one, shockingly from the NYT – slam that point home: