Maybe, just as we thought that Senator Paul Simon was a straight arrow because of the bow tie, the wearing of a veil could be something that wins over us westerners.
Or could it be Benazir Bhutto's upper-crust western education cred?
Then again, it could be a broadening of our sympathy towards the assassinated.
I'm inclined to think it's all these things combined with general laziness that's lead to the simplified portrait being painted in Iowa and Washington this week of Bhutto and rushing toward a secular sainthood for her.
Thankfully, Matthew Yglesias over at The Atlantic is trying to put the brakes on this train and asking that folks look back at the woman's real record in office. He stops short of saying that the woman's life was without merit, but it's dishonest to put her up on this pedestal so soon.
How long until we get word from the Hollywood press that Angelina Jolie will play her?
>>Addendum>> In re-reading the notes on her education on Wiki, I found that Benazir and I share in common a membership in Phi Beta Kappa. Huh, I guess that means I can begin referring to her on a first-name basis, as has become the fashion this week in Washington.
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