Sunday is for politics

I have three observations after watching George Snuffleupagus and Meet the Press this morning.

The first is that Colorado Repub. Tom Tancredo has managed to make himself a celebrity just by yelling "immigration" over and over at the top of his lungs.

The second is that His Majesty Abdullah II of Jordan has an amazingly attractive wife named Rania. It makes perfect sense for Jordan to put her on American TV. She's sophisticated, speaks perfect English, and did I mention that she's attractive? (To prove my point, here is a photo of Queen Rania that could easily be mistaken for a J. Crew ad.) In short, she is someone to whom Americans can relate. Contrast that with the White House's ambassador to the Arab world, Karen Hughes. Ms. Hughes does not speak any language that's spoken in the Middle East. And she is definitely not someone to whom most citizens of, say, Syria can relate. I can barely relate to Karen Hughes, and I live here. Hughes' only qualification for her post is that she once wrote a fawning biography of our President. With all the help King Abdullah has given the White House, perhaps he ought to include public relation lessons.

My final observation is that RNC Chair Ken Mehlman is a huge liar. Just about every national blog already has a huge story on this, so I'll just let it go.

(The photo that goes with this story was taken from a website with a public domain notice. Therefore, I assume the photo is public domain. If you own this photo, please post on this thread and I will remove it.)