September 29, 2007

Whammo LTTE: “Ahmadinejad is the poster child for conservatives”

From the Springfield, Missouri, News-Leader:

Iranian president a true conservative

Cal Thomas complains that our “Liberal Universities” deny conservatives a voice while bemoaning Columbia University’s invitation to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Mr. Thomas’ positions are contradictory. Ahmadinejad is the poster child for conservatives. He does not allow gay marriage, enforces abstinence before marriage and heads a religious state that bases its laws on ancient superstition, bans abortion, restricts immigration and maintains heavily patrolled borders. He holds state security above individual liberty and supports a military/industrial complex at the expense of human rights.

While he does give us more freedom to record and disseminate his speeches than (John) Ashcroft, he is almost as right wing as the Republican Party. If he were a U.S. citizen he would be a shoe-in for the Republican nomination.

Jim Evans, Republic