Bloggystyle -- The Greatest

One of the weirdest stories this past week was Richard Gere doing a commercial urging the Palestinians to vote in their elections following Yasser Arafat's death.

Then there is this perplexing caption from Reuters.


He's been a prostitute's rich beau, an officer, a gentleman and a gigolo, but Palestinians can't fathom Richard Gere's latest incarnation as a cheerleader for their elections this weekend.

Reuters and the Brits have some fun at his expense and our expense.Maybe Dick didn't understand that small little detail that the Palestinians freakin hate our guts.

Well known for his vocal support of Tibet's Dalai Lama and celebrated for his captivating good looks, Gere urged Palestinians in a television commercial broadcast ahead of Sunday's poll in the West Bank and Gaza to get out to vote for a new president to succeed Yasser Arafat, who died in November.

Seriously, who celebrates a man's good looks, unless they are his own. Maybe I'll extend a no homo to the Reuters journalist for him.

Unquestionably those liberal Brits and the following Palestinian were chomping at the bit to take a dig at the Americans:

"I don't even know who the candidates are other than Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), let alone this Gere," Gaza soap factory worker Manar an-Najar told Reuters on Wednesday.

"We don't need the Americans' intervention. We know who to elect. Not like them -- they elected a moron."

Damn. Touche.

Of course, the Palestinians are only days removed from electing a Holocaust denier.

Besides, nobody should take shit from a soap factory worker, let alone those absolutely insane Brits.