Turning a deaf ear - Hughes seems clueless on a listening tour of Middle East

Not only is it a small world, after all - most of it sounds like a bunch of Democrats.
That's what Karen Hughes may have discovered last week on her "listening tour" of the Middle East. (Apparently, no self-respecting female politician can go on a "lecture tour" anymore. Post-Hillary they're always "listening.")

Dispatched by President Bush to spread the good news about his policies, Hughes, the newly minted undersecretary of state for public diplomacy (i.e., flack) met with groups in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. All of these audiences listened politely to her message which was, basically, that the President knows what he's doing, had to do what he has done and is, in fact, making the world a better, safer place.

To which most of the attendees interviewed afterward replied (in their respective languages): Puh-lease!