Reply #37: I think there's a lot of partisan politics

[Yupster]

in this thread.

If Karen Hughes were anti-Bush and represented a Democratic president and said the exact same thing, I believe the prevailing opinion on this thread would be entirely different.

I would expect a lot of posts such as

It's about damn time that someone went over there and spoke the truth to Bush's oil buddies and told them to stop abusing half their population like it was the #@$%ing Middle Ages.

I believe the audience sticking to the government line would be seen as women too scared to speak out their true opinions for fear of having their heads chopped off or being stoned, or women so brainwashed and cowed by their Bush-loving government that they don't know how abused they are.