An Ill Omen
By Hazem Kira
CA
Like
a bad omen of things to come, Bay area residents
woke up the Sunday before last, feeling a little
under the weather. A dramatic shift of summer
heat to a then chilly 37-degree morning, personally
gave me a splintering headache.
Nevertheless, that morning I reached for the remote,
and a familiar face greeted me. It was GEORGE
STEPHONOPLIS on my favorite morning show, ABC’s
“This Week”. In a distinguished dark
suit, George stood facing nine statuesque looking
presidential Republican candidates, each of whom
were trimmed, slimmed, and prepped for yet another
battle. I had a feeling that watching this was
going to aggravate my headache, but like a brave
civil soldier I treaded on.
The bell chimed, and like a pool of hungry sharks
with blood freshly on their palettes, the attacks
commenced; they were un-relentless and merciless,
but not against each other, rather against their
new found punching bag, Islam and Muslims.
Before long, it was clear that “The Mayor,”
Rudolph the red nose Giuliani, had won the bashing
contest hands down, a fact not lost on the other
candidates. Knowing his superior position, Giuliani,
now turned his ire towards the Democratic candidates:
“In four Democratic debates, not a single
Democratic candidate said the word ‘Islamic
terrorism.’ Now, that is taking political
correctness to extremes,” he chastised.
Of course, truth be told, this same whippersnapper
has never used the term “Christian terrorism”
or “Jewish fascism”, rather he reserves
his unfriendly acrimony, soley, for the religion
of Islam.
My blood, by this point, was at parboil. I thought,
do my neigbors and friends in the Bay Area want
to hear this? Do they agree with the terms bantered
about: “Islamic Facism,” “Radical
Islam,” and the other electioneering rhetoric.
By then, the debate began to verge on outright
lunacy. The good representative from Colorado,
Tom “Nuke Em All” Tancredo laid out
his grand presidential plan.
In case you missed it, here’s the subtext
of the exchange:
George: The State Department called your idiotic
threat to bomb Mecca and Medina “reprehensible”
and “absolutely crazy.
Tancredo: Yeah, well when I’m “Da
Prez”, the big cheese, the first thing I’m
going to do is get rid of the State Department;
ooh, ooh, yeah and the United Nations, definitely
the United Nations...then watch out Islam.
(LAUGHTER)
Anybody who doesn’t have my daring, in truth,
isn’t fit to be “Da Prez”.
(APPLAUSE)
Tommy Thompson: Will you shut-up already, you
annoying birdbrain. If you keep talking we won’t
be able to claim plausible deniability in our
"holy war" on Islam; that and it will
unify the one billion fragmented Muslims against
us.
Mitt Romney (his thoughts): Damnit, Tancredo's
trying to steal the spotlight. I better say something
more outrageous. Hmm…How about "we
need to (get) rid of Islam"
Duncan Hunter (his thoughts): Wow, they actually
let me on the stage. I don’t even know who
I am.
(Saint) Ron Paul (his thoughts):Tancredo really
needs a Libertarian intervention, that or a lifetime
tenure in a Colorado straight jacket.
Rudolph Giuliani (his thoughts) - What’s
so wrong with what "Tan" said? As far
as I’m concerned they’re all a bunch
of politically correct ninnies..."Tan Tan
he's our man, if he can't say it no one can".
Truth be told, after listening to these geniuses,
I’m feeling a little like a Jew in pre-Nazi
Germany, how about you?
