Political hatchet hijab

Posted on April 4, 2007 by Josh Richman

Apparently, much is being made of this photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francsico, wearing a hijab in order to honor Muslim tradition while visiting the Ommayad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on Tuesday:

I don’t recall complaints when First Lady Laura Bush donned a hijab when visiting the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City in May 2005:

Ditto for when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wore one at a mosque in Dushanbe, Tajikistan in October 2005:

(Sorry for the low resolution on that last one; it’s from the Web site of the U.S. Embassy to Tajikistan.)

Josh Richman

Josh Richman covers state and national politics for the Bay Area News Group. A New York City native, he earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and reported for the Express-Times of Easton, Pa. for five years before coming to the Oakland Tribune and ANG Newspapers in 1997. He is a frequent guest on KQED Channel 9’s “This Week in Northern California;” a proud father; an Eagle Scout; a somewhat skilled player of low-stakes poker; a rather good cook; a firm believer in the use of semicolons; and an unabashed political junkie who will never, EVER seek elected office.

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The difference is that the others that visited the Middle East did not represent themselves as setting U.S. policy. Pelosi did which is a felony. She should be removed from office and convicted. She is an air-headed delusional mistake.