European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 13 opinion Mccain has mastered situational democracy its an Odd thing to be running for presi Dent while simultaneously denigrating the very idea of but the Republican party relationship to democracy has to put it very right there barely on speak ing and if they could just have the whole relationship an u if i they probably Arianna Humn ton just Uke Rudy did with his first marriage you the one to his Cousin that lasted 14 but want democracy in the Middle East what the entire Iraq adventure was All about i should want it the reason of last re sort when the other 217 reasons turned out to be lies apparent the idea of bringing the iraqis democracy was about As real As Saddam just listen to John Mccain the biggest supporter of the War outside of Dick Cheney on meet the Tim Russert asked him about the fact that 144 members of the 275person iraqi parliament recently signed a legislative petition calling on the to set a timetable to withdraw Russert the duly elected Peoples Bod the Congress and the iraqi Parlia say they want a troop that More than a int that the voice of the people Mccain there is a certain amount of Domestic political calculations involved there in what the parliament you could almost see the contempt drip Ping off Mccain lips the so Pray is the difference be tween a parliament and a parliament to its apparently whether the Parlia ment agrees with and by the Sena there is another word for Domestic Polit ical but Uke president is too arrogant to be Lieve that real democracy could Ever include disagreement with his the syllogism goes something like this a in b democracy is c whatever i agree with is therefore democracy and whatever i dont agree at least Mccain didst attack the iraqi legislators As being Bush Lack of respect for democracy runs even deeper than Mccain and is topped Only by his cynical use and abandonment of the throughout the Iraq Bush has insisted that Iraq is a Sovereign country Freedom and that if the iraqis Alex meet the during this appearance on meet the Republican presidential hopeful John told Tim Russert there is a certain amount of Domestic political calculations involved there in what the parliament he was referring to a petition that Calls on the to set a timetable to withdraw from didst want us there we would in january on the eve of the iraqi elec the president was asked if America would pull out of Iraq if the new government asked him to do he this is a Sovereign there on their but now that a majority of that govern ment is calling for a withdrawal what has been the presidents response which is Standard operating procedure for those in this any time they fail on their stated they just make up new any time a fact comes out that be lies their increasingly skewed View of Reali they just deny and As the Circle of War supporters gets smaller and the last dead Enders includes every serious gop candidate for pres ident grow More whats worse for the president is that the War int even a left right Issue anymore and Hast been for a Long time John Mccain May discount what the iraqi Parlia ment but George will we May be watching the wrong he told George Steph Nopoulos on this were watching Congress on Capitol there Are 275 seats in the iraqi parliament 138 of them Are occupied by people that one More than a majority who signed a but to Cheney and their dwindling that Doest and if it Means turning up their noses at democracy in so be it the danger for of is that its a lot easier to discount democracy in Iraq than democracy Back Here at Ameri cans made a Domestic political calculation in november there going to make another in and making a mockery of democracy int Likely to be a winning Campaign slogan for Mccain or the Falwell was but he reached higher no Man in the last Century better in reals remember they hate Falwell lust rated Jesus warning that even More than they hate All men will hate you because of i note that in Falwell list of americans me than the Jerry he blamed for ejecting god from Public who left this world on Only the Gays got a Falwell re no Man better illustrates my warning that feared to Gays and lesbians who Are Active it Doest pay to be Nice to Falwell was a perfected Chris he exuded Christian love for All hating sin while Loving this is As opposed to Liber who just love like Christ ministering to Falwell regularly left the Safe con fines of his Church to show up in such benighted venues As he was such a Good Christian that Back when we used to be on to together during Clinton in i sometimes wanted to say to step rever end let the mean girl handle this that Guy probably prayed for Clinton for putting Christ above everything even the Opportunity to make a humiliating joke about Clinton Falwell is known As nothing is Ever As controversial As yammering about scripture As you its the word of god or some from the news coverage of Falwell i began to suspect his first name was Ann Coulter by trying to make that an alternative life no Christian minister is going to preach that homosexuality is godly but Falwell didst add any limiting qualifications to his condemnation of the Acle or people for the american there have always been Gay people even in the or Elasarian 50s that Jerry Falwell and i would like to return when god protected America from every thing but what Falwell was referring to Are the Gay activists the ones who spit the eucharist on the floor at Patricks blamed Reagan for and keep trying to teach Small schoolchildren about also the ones who promote the Gay life style in a childrens beginning in Early the news was bristling with stories about a childrens car Toon pcs was importing from Britain that featured a Gay cartoon Tinky whether you agree with him or the purple Tele Tubby with a male even Falwell such As evangelist voice and a red Billy Graham and former president people 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to secular ize i Point the Finger in their face and you helped this first of i disagreed with that state Post list putting opposite Ellen Degeneres and Anne essentially Outing the kids show Michael Musto of the Village voice boasted that Tinky Winky was out and ment because Falwell neglected to noting that it was a great message Cally include Teddy Kennedy and the Recto kids not Only that its of to be but trend Barry Falwell later stressed that he blamed the terrorists most of but i think that clarification was the necessary clarification was to note that god was at least protecting America enough not to allow the terrorists to strike when a Democrat was in the White if you still think it int Christ whom lib prickly City by Scott Stantis the importance of being Well acres All this appeared before Falwell made his first mention of Tinky after one year of the mainstream Media laughing at having put one Over on stupid Bourgeois americans by promoting a Gay cartoon character in a to show for Chil when Falwell criticized the cartoon in february that same mainstream Media howled with derision that Falwell thought a cartoon character could be Tele cubbies producers immediately denounced the suggestion that Tinky Winky was Gay though they admitted that he was once briefly engaged to Liza that what you for believing what you read in the Washington the new York time Magazine and of Falwell also thought the show queer As Folk was so obviously the Man had no despite venomous attacks and Over whelming pressure to adopt the fashion Able beliefs of cafe Falwell never wavered an Inch in acknowledging Jesus before Jesus full quoted at the beginning of this column is All men will hate you because of but he who stands firm to the end will be