Egyptians Get Obama's Cold Shoulder

Just as the Iranians experienced, Barack Hussein Obama will not take the side of liberty over tyranny. He won't even do it in this hemisphere. After all, he put his weight behind Honduras's wannabe dictator when push came to shove.

In the streets of Cairo, many protesters are now openly denouncing the United States for supporting President Hosni Mubarak, saying the price has been their freedom. They say the Obama administration has offered only tepid criticism of a regime that has received billions of dollars in U.S. aid. 

The United States walks a fine line between a weakened leader and the pro-democracy protesters who could overthrow him. But the prospect of Mubarak being ousted by a movement that feels ignored by the United States raises questions about future relations between Washington and a strategic ally in a volatile region of the world. 

"Tell America that we get to choose our president," Manshawi said. "We choose him, not them."
Many protesters said they were stirred by the death of Khaled Said, an activist who was beaten to death by security forces last year. He became a symbol of abuse at the hands of the security forces under Mubarak. 

"We want a government elected by the people, not a government dictated to the people," said Mohammed Ramadan, 40, an accountant who was demonstrating along the Nile on Saturday, as he has for the past five days.

Sounds like these people want "democracy, whiskey, sexy" too. Sorry, only Republicans care about that.