Menendez: Bush should boycott Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies

by: Juan Melli

Wed Apr 09, 2008 at 01:14:16 PM EDT

Senators Menendez, Byrd and Clinton wrote a letter to Bush urging him to boycott the opening olympic ceremonies in Beijing to protest their human rights abuses:

We are writing to express our concerns about the Chinese government?s continued human rights violations and urge you not to attend the opening ceremonies at the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer.

Menendez obviously regrets his vote for the Military Commissions Act and is trying to reverse some of the damage, but I don't know... I'm not sure a boycott from Mr Torture-in-Chief really caries much weight. He'll just draw added attention to how hypocritical we are as a country about human rights abuses. We've lost the moral high ground and our president is in no position to be lecturing other countries. I think a boycott of the ceremonies from some of the athletes would be much more meaningful and symbolic.

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Thanks for joining the chorus... (0.00 / 0)

Sen Menendez, which in all fairness was started by GOP Reps. Smith and LoBiondo (http://politickernj.com/matt-friedman/18133/smith-calls-olympics-boycott) Where are the rest of the Dems in our state on the atrocities and human injustices being carried out by the Chinese Government??!!

by: Reality Jax @ Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 04:12:31 AM UTC

pro-torture LoBiondo? (0.00 / 0)

Smith voted against torture, but we can't say the same for LoBiondo. Frank LoBiondo lost the moral high ground when he cast his pro-torture vote. He also shouldn't be lecturing anyone on human rights.

by: Juan Melli @ Thu Apr 10, 2008 at 04:29:28 AM UTC

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