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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Picture of the Day














(First Lady Laura Bush (2nd R) sits next to breast cancer survivors during the Pink Majlis and Conversation with survivors at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical Centre in Abu Dhabi. (AFP/Karim Sahib))

(Thanks for indentifying her (2nd R))

posted by mikevotes at 8:23 AM

5 Comments:

  • Talk about your jarring photo ops... This could almost have been an Onion Photoshop job..

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:37 AM  

  • Yeah.

    I was wondering how this looks through their cultural lens.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:18 AM  

  • Exactly. I'm asking myself whether they envy her, or whether she makes them angry, or whether they feel as though she's underdressed and on display.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:07 PM  

  • Yeah. How much good does this sort of thing do if she causes discomfort?

    I wouldn't argue that she should go with a full burqa, but she could wear a tasteful headscarf ala Bhutto. When American male politicians go to Jewish holy sites, they wear a yarmulke.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:59 PM  

  • What a floozy!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:47 AM  

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