How Many Republicans Would Say the Same Thing?

About Bush, that is. From a Dow Jones report on the evolving “crisis” in Kuwait over succession as the country’s emir and crown prince are both elderly and sick: Just bringing up the leadership issue makes many in Kuwait’s ruling class uneasy, though. At a seminar Monday, Mohammed al-Saqer, a parliament member who broached the subject in the House, lashed out at a Cabinet minister who told him he should not be debating Al Sabah issues in public. “We love them and we want them to rule us,” al-Saqer shouted [Italics mine.] Ahh, freedom. Wonderful thing, ain’t it?