Kissing the Hand that Slaps You

Iran’s notorious gay-bashing, Jew-hating President got quite the warm welcome in… Kansas? Montana? Alaska? Nope! But they love him in New York:

Instead, Ahmadinejad felt welcome. He spent a couple of hours schmoozing at New York’s Grand Hyatt with representatives of the American “peace movement.”

Jodie Evans, a founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, actually had a sit-down with Ahmadinejad. “It’s rare,” she explained, “for a head of state to take time during an official U.N. visit to meet with the peace community, especially in a situation where the host government — represented by the Bush administration — is so hostile.”

Sad.