Major Garrett, at the joint press conference on Sunday with President Obama and PM Najib Razak, asked, "Human rights, racial tolerance, political accountability and free speech.
"As you well know, Mr. President, those issues are up for grabs in Malaysia right now, and they’re probably best symbolized by the precarious legal position of Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition political leader in this country. Former Vice President Al Gore has taken up his cause, as has Human Rights Watch and other international lawyers interested in human rights. Can you explain, [Mr. Obama], why you have said nothing about these issues here in Malaysia...?"
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I think the prime minister is the first to acknowledge that, uh, Malaysia's still got some work to do -- uh, just like the United States, by the way, has some work to do -- on these issues. Uh, Human Rights Watch probably has a list of things they think we should be doing as a government.
RUSH: So, "I haven't commented on the human rights violations here in Malaysia 'cause we got nothing to brag about at home, either. We're just as bad! The United States is just as bad." This is typical of what this guy does. "The United States just as bad on human rights as Malaysia, so I'm not gonna embarrass Najib Razak by bringing it up here, when Human Rights Watch says it's just as bad in the United States.
"We got our own work to do."
