Bush: "Really Hard To Tell" If China Has Improved Civil Rights

Washington Post:

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Aug. 4 -- Three days before he is set to arrive in Beijing for the Olympics, President Bush offered a mixed assessment of China's role in the world, praising its efforts to curb the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran, expressing disappointment about its recent move to help scuttle global trade talks, and saying that it is "really hard to tell" whether human rights in China have improved over the past eight years.

Bush said that he speaks candidly with Chinese President Hu Jintao about human rights, particularly religious freedom, and that he has shared his religious beliefs with Hu and Hu's predecessor, Jiang Zemin, urging them to lift restrictions on underground churches.

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Comments

[jpshotwheels]

How would Bush know anything about Civil Rights, the last eight years have been an attempt to take ours away. I can't wait till this man is gone, the calender on my desk says 168 days.

[Scytherius]

It's because you are STUPID george.

[maxdenn]

Is there a right winger anywhere willing to discuss the issues? Is the best they have is Sean, Bill'O and Rush, and the idiot Sen. from Arizona prez wannabe? Let's talk corruption, civil liberties, forclosures, joblessness, recession, inflation, and endless wars. Lets talk Larry Craig, Ted Stevens and Scooter. Too.

[Bendersky]

This is coming from the first sitting president to publically condone torture. God help us but he may be serious.

[Manni]

Isn't it funny the far lefties of U S are beating up on other far lefties of A sia!

:)

[WLA]

What's funny is how uneducated you prove yourself to be.

[neuron]

Another child left behind...

[KQuarksSuperKollider]

There is nothing left about the Chinese now they are a totally fascist state with the Chinese government and big business working as one under totalitarian rule.

[Manni]

Isn't it funny the far lefties of US are beating up on other far lefties of Asia!

:)

[LCLiberal]

So why is he going to the opening ceremony? Just to please Big Business...

http://www.political-buzz.com/

[Manni]

If they are reporters of HP.. then they deserve it!

[Kalima]

Manniiiii, here again, with nothing to say.

[WLA]

Hewlitt Packard?

[walk0nwalls]

It's kind of rude for this public display of affection between Bush and the Chinese Prime Minister.

Seriously, if Bush wants to tongue, just get a room already. It's disgusting. Next he'll be giving up Taiwan for kicks.

[BradPittsburgh]

you elitist liberals laughing at mac for being in sturgis, sd keep laughing, it is blue collar people like those at the biker rally who will decide this election, so continue calling these hard working people white trash because they will have the last laugh.

[walk0nwalls]

With the manufacturing base in China there's only about three blue-collar people left so we can laugh at you with reckless abandon

[CocteausTwin]

Well O leads lower wage worker 47 to 37.

[macintoshsauce]

Elitist liberals? Yes, there are no elitist conservatives. :-/

[chronic]

BradPittsburgh, the only whi te tras h around here today is you.

[stepintothelight]

We are not laughing at him. That would be like booing at the Special Olympics. We are laughing at the ignorance of people who have their heads shoved so far up that the MRI would show true $#1+ for brains. Well if it will bring a big tooth grin to ya' Brad Pussburger ... Then ...

Ya' Bunch o' White Trash!!!

[ggmome]

Compared to what? Civil Rights isn't even in Bush's mind, brain or intellect!

[southafrica4obama]

Bush is an outgoing weak President; no effect

[StanTheManic]

It's probably hard for this IDIOT to tell if a quarter is heads or tails.

[lornejl]

Seems like the main thread should have more than a post every 15 minutes.

[SaviourMachine]

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[Kalima]

Seems like we are asking for too much. I know that you, like me, wait around waiting
for "D" day. I have a time zone of 13 hours ahead. What's your excuse? :)

[lornejl]

I need a rightie to explain what human rights are, and who should enforce them.