Papa Don’t Preach

Former President George H.W. Bush defended his idiot seed at a leadership conference in the United Arab Emirates, but they were having none of it:

"My son is an honest man," Bush told members of the audience harshly criticized the current U.S. leader's foreign policy.

…"We do not respect your son. We do not respect what he's doing all over the world," a woman in the audience bluntly told Bush after his speech.

Bush, 82, appeared stunned as others in the audience whooped and whistled in approval.

…"This son is not going to back away," Bush said, his voice quivering. "He's not going to change his view because some poll says this or some poll says that, or some heartfelt comments from the lady who feels deeply in her heart about something. You can't be president of the United States and conduct yourself if you're going to cut and run. This is going to work out in Iraq. I understand the anxiety. It's not easy."

Yeah, ya dumb Arabs. Don’t you understand how democracy works? The president ignores the opinions of the people and rules however he damn well pleases. Duh on a stick!

He also responded to a college student’s assertion that "U.S. wars were aimed at opening markets for American companies and said globalization was contrived for America's benefit at the expense of the rest of the world" by calling the idea "weird" and "nuts."

"I think that's weird and it's nuts," Bush said. "To suggest that everything we do is because we're hungry for money, I think that's crazy. I think you need to go back to school."

What Bush failed to consider is that the kid probably didn’t go to an American school, so sending him back to school might actually make him smarter.

As to where someone might get such weird and nutty ideas, perhaps it’s from, oh I don’t know, things like this? And this? And this? And this? And this? Huh, maybe.

Or maybe they just get such weird and nutty ideas because they hate us for our freedom.

(Hat tip Fixer.)