Worst Person in the World, 2005 at 1115.org

Worst Person in the World, 2005

by sarabeth at 6:00 am on December 26th, 2005 in Bush Man Date, War on Terror

It’s a privilege and an honor to nominate Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, Key Bedfellow of the Bush administration, Defender of the Faith, Most Valued Ally in the Global War on Terror, and Asshole Incarnate.

He has to have made the single most offensive public statement by a public figure in 2005 when he said:

“You must understand the environment in Pakistan. (Rape) has become a money-making concern (for the victims). A lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped.”

And just so we can appreciate this astounding statement in its full glory, let me stress that it was not an unguarded statement which accidentally came on the public record because a microphone happened to be on when he thought it was off. This was a considered, on-the-record statement made during an interview with the Washington Post on September 13. (A recorded interview. That didn’t stop Musharraf from later trying to deny having said it.)

Like I said, a privilege and an honor.

And this is a guy whose hand George Bush cheerfully shakes in public. This is almost our best friend in the whole wide world right now.

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Comments

Matthew Tobey wrote:

I got here from a link on Wonkette. Where are the buttfucking jokes?

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 2:05 pm ¶
rob wrote:

Bush was asked who was the ruler of Pakistan. And he said, “The general.” And the interviewer asked, “Do we have a name here? General who?” And Bush answered, “We just call him the general.”
now we call him the president.
oy.

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 3:32 pm ¶
Homer S. wrote:

I, too, came her from Wonkette. I just want to say that I love that you have that picture of Socks on the lectern at the top.

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 3:55 pm ¶
Hedley Lamarr wrote:

Came here from Wonker’s site. She claims you got some panda cubs to give away, but I can’t find the deal.

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 5:02 pm ¶
matt wrote:

>She claims you got some panda cubs to give away, but I can’t find the deal.

that’s only for regular readers.

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 5:07 pm ¶
JanesDaddy wrote:

Now we know who the worst person in the world is, who is the guy on the left?

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 5:27 pm ¶
CabbageHead wrote:

Y’all just don’t get it. Whut with that poor man jes killin every freakin’ female in his fambly to prevent ‘em frum doin’ the same as the furst ‘un, it’s all good, an all right.

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 7:52 pm ¶
tabgilbert wrote:

Is it normal for these guys to sit around and hold hands? If so, maybe they should move their chairs closer together.

Posted 28 Dec 2005 at 8:21 pm ¶
John wrote:

Hey, give The Perv a break!

Posted 29 Dec 2005 at 1:14 pm ¶
Historian wrote:

I do wonder if you felt the same when Ms. Clinton was shaking hands and kissing Arafat back in the day.

Posted 31 Dec 2005 at 11:19 am ¶
matt wrote:

>I do wonder if you felt the same when Ms. Clinton was shaking hands and kissing Arafat back in the day.

i know there’s a pretty picture there to distract you from the difficult task of reading a few sentences, but since you managed to work your keyboard, you should be up to the task.

And as long as we’re on the subject of US politicians consorting with foreign leaders, there’s always Rumsfeld with Saddam and Bush looking into Putin’s soul…

Posted 31 Dec 2005 at 11:28 am ¶

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