The Nutjob Show

Today's news cycle from New York City will be all about the visit of Iranian President Nutjob. He's doing his best to hit all the wacky left's erogenous zones, but this one even surprised me:

Meetings with the survivors and bereaved families of the 9-11 incident, journalists and critics of the Bush administration are also included in Ahmadinejad's itinerary.

9-11 families? What possible benefit is there to 9-11 families to meet with the leader of a state sponsor of terrorism? I'm sure it's only a small minority of 9-11 families that will participate, but have these people become so anti-Bush that they've become anti-American as well? Don't they realize that Nutjob would just as soon see them dead as well?

The word last night was that a visit to Ground Zero was still on his schedule, but I doubt that it will happen given the opposition of the NYPD and quite possibly a great many other New Yorkers.

There will be protests in New York, especially at Columbia University which has opened its arms to welcome the tyrant and where a dean stated over the weekend that Hitler would have have been invited as well. Higher education, my read end.

The most spurious argument I've heard for allowing this guy to speak is the First Amendment free speech argument. There's one major problem with that. The Constitution applies to the citizens and resident of the United States. It's not intended to protect foreign dictators who could undermine our government. Nice try, but Nutjob doesn't qualify for constitutional rights.

My suggestion is that we have a reciprocal agreement with foreign leaders regarding free speech rights. If they truly have free speech in their countries, they can exercise that right here. Given this story, I don't think Nutjob will qualify:

TEHERAN - Iran’s judiciary has sealed off the offices of a popular news Web site critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies after journalists continued to update it despite official filtering, the Web site said.

Rights groups and diplomats say there is a broad crackdown on dissenting voices in the Islamic state, which is under growing Western pressure over its disputed nuclear programme. The authorities deny such moves, saying they allow free speech.

Remember, they're Muslims and they can't lie.

I'll have more on his visit later today.