Still not over it

I have been brooding about the reflexive anti Obama stance of the neo cons and the repugs about Obama's reaction to the situation in Iran. When you hear that we will be treated by liberators if we invade Iran, you know you are about to hear gobbledygook. Listening to the McCain and company talking about the sanctity of the democratic process, they clearly have no idea how our country is perceived by the rest of the world. To the rest of the world, we had a president for eight years who was not freely elected, but selected by cronies of his father, and what a beaut he turned out to be. So when the world hears we are OUTRAGED by the undemocratic actions of Iran in squashing the demonstrators, it has a very hollow ring. I was listening to NPR this afternoon, and I am not sure what program I was listening to, but it was a call in program. They got Abdul from Saudi Arabia on the phone, and he let loose. First he said How can we drone on about democracy when our previous president was not elected. Go Abdul. He went on getting more and more exercised and it was beautiful. I am still haunted by 2000 and wonder what would have happened if people had taken to the streets. Of course I know, we would have been squashed like little bugs.