repugnant pundits spin spanish victory

you've just got to adore the way these conservative scumfucks are spinning the story in spain.

yes, after staging countless protests against the war in iraq over the past three years, in which millions of spaniards protested the prime minister's joining of forces with ol' dubya (with 100,000 protesting in madrid just last month, several million throughout the country on 02/15/03, several million again staging a walkout on 03/14/03, and other numerous actions having taken place since the pm's commitment to war), the spanish people legally and democratically ousted an elected ruler who by no means represented the people's will nor interest, despite several years of extraordinary outcry to do otherwise. and thus democracy has finally prevailed (without bloodshed, without a conspiracy, a rebel army, or a coup), and spain is pulling its troops out of iraq.

the horror! yes, ladies and gentleman—democracy prevailed! but don't you see! the terrorists have won!

huh? what?

yes, you heard me. according to these self-important jingoisitc scumdit fuckwads, the terrorists have won.

that the spanish people have sense enough to realize that instigating further troubles in the middle east with a war for profit does nothing to secure the world from terrorism (but rather only further validates the idiocy perpetuated by islamic extremists) appears to be an anathema to these jackwads. rather, they are concerned with the 'disturbing' revelation, that "If al Qaeda was responsible for [the recent] attacks [in Madrid], it appears to have a significant influence in changing the government of a leading Western democracy." heaven forbid a democratic socialist movement should come into power to rival the prevailing order of capito-fascism. that'd be, well...progress (tho of course, it's being labelled "regressive"). no, no—the majority of spanish people (you know, the millions that turned out to protest the bombings last week), they're actually just terrorist sympathizers—senseless animals who let osama bin laden pull the lever for them.

you know, the confines of these people's reality tunnels is staggering, really.


you believe this shit?
inset image is from the anti-war protest in madrid on 02/15/03.