calling a spade a shovel

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Jym Dyer at meme_machine_go suggests that we call Pat Robertson's actions by their proper name: he has issued a fatwah.

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[cheesetruck.livejournal.com]

Another thing that is going on here:

By making that statement, Hugo's support locally among people who don't like the states to begin with is raised.

By denouncing it quickly, the administration is trying to quell that. And also anything from European nations or other nations who notice that, well, we do kinda slam other countries who have that sort of thing happen.

It's all political spin, but right now, the administration is busily doing damage control. This is an administration which likes to say it's Christian, and that's a bigtime visible Christian leader. They know better than to let grass roots hate start building up.

And if you think for one minute Hugo wouldn't try to stir up that grass roots hate?

Hello, politician!

[cheesetruck.livejournal.com]

oh, and yes: while it can be squelched in the US papers -

It was rather prominent on the BBC news.