Ever wonder how it is that conservatives can go to Iraq and not see any violence? Well, now we know — they’ve been in the wrong country.
Will Bunch posted a photograph that Republican congressional candidate Howard Kaloogian (running for Duke Cunningham’s seat) claimed he had taken in Baghdad.
Turns out this photo is actually of a suburb of Istanbul.
Does this explain how, for example, Ralph Peters could travel all over Baghdad without so much as seeing smudged shoes or a hair out of place? Have the Bushies set up a Potemkin Baghdad village somewhere in Turkey to show off to visitors? I mean, we’ve heard for years the moon landings were faked. If you can fake the moon, you can fake Baghdad.
Of course, this might be just an honest mistake. So I created this handy-dandy guide to Middle East geography for Republicans:
I’m just funnin’ with ya, righties. But those of you who think you’ve been to Iraq might want to check what’s stamped on your passport.
Update: Howard Kaloogian says he’s sorry about the photo. He’s sorry he didn’t “just” get back from Baghdad; he got back last year. And he didn’t “take” the “photo.” He doesn’t know who took it. He didn’t write the caption; some staffer wrote the caption. Maybe some staffer’s mother. Maybe elves. But he thinks people are being picky.
What this photo brouhaha explains is that they really take us for fools. That no one would notice that this is not a picture of Iraq.
More importantly, what does this say about the character of Kaloogian and his party, that they think it acceptable to attempt to fool people like this?
In a normal universe this should doom Kaloogian’s chances at running for dogcatcher. It recent precedents hold true, the media will overlook this and continue to treat him as a candidate to be taken seriously.
Someday I’d like to wake up in a country where people are honest. The sheer magnitude of lies coming out of the right is sickening.
“They are in the wrong country.”
Someone needs to get that line to Olberman and save his writers the work.
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Best part: Kaloogian claims to have taken this picture of Bag-tabul on his “Truth Tour”.
ALL THE RIGHTIES HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH THE WORD TRUTH. BUT THEN, SO DOES THE USED CAR SALESMAN. IT’S PROBABLY A GENETIC DEFECT.