Maythem al-Zaidi contacted a judge to ask him if what his brother [Muntader] did is a crime under Iraqi law. The judge told him that he might serve two years in prison or pay a fine for insulting a president of foreign country unless Mr. Bush withdrew the case. “If they manage to imprison Muntader, there are millions of him all over Iraq and the Arab world,” Maythem al-Zaidi said.
Anyone who expects clemency from the Commander Guy should recall his remarks about Karla Faye Tucker.
In the week before [Karla Faye Tucker's] execution, Bush says, Bianca Jagger and a number of other protesters came to Austin to demand clemency for Tucker. “Did you meet with any of them?” I ask.
Bush whips around and stares at me. “No, I didn’t meet with any of them,” he snaps, as though I’ve just asked the dumbest, most offensive question ever posed. “I didn’t meet with Larry King either when he came down for it. I watched his interview with [Tucker], though. He asked her real difficult questions, like ‘What would you say to Governor Bush?’ ”
“What was her answer?” I wonder.
“Please,” Bush whimpers, his lips pursed in mock desperation, “don’t kill me.”
I'm betting Shoe Guy spends no time in jail. The minute they try to take him, a shitload of Iraqi Spartacuses will come to bust him out.
Posted by: tafka pb | December 15, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Two years in prison for insulting the president? Boy, they really have brought freedom to Iraq, haven't they?
That thing about Karla Faye Tucker still makes me sick, even today. I know she was on death row and everything, but to me it just really sums up what kind of person Bush is.
Posted by: Magical Shrimp | December 16, 2008 at 06:19 AM
I stand corrected:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7785338.stm
Posted by: tafka pb | December 16, 2008 at 07:33 AM
"but to me it just really sums up what kind of person Bush is." Don't assume Bush is human.
Posted by: mandt | December 16, 2008 at 10:00 AM