A real dicktator

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http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=8763

Former U.S. Ambassador Joe Wilson was in Howell last week stumping for 8th Congressional District Democratic candidate Jim Marcinkowski, a Detroit native and former CIA operative. Marcinkowski, now of Lake Orion, is trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton.

Wilson — husband of outed CIA agent Valerie Plame — discussed meeting Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and how he nearly got some jewels he didn't want.

The way Wilson explained it to a reporter friend of ours, Hussein, when meeting someone, would move in close, make direct contact, and then extend a low hand that was, you know, like down there. The intent was to force the other person to look down to see exactly where that hand was, making it seem as if they were bowing their head in deference to the now-deposed despot. Don't look down, and you run the risk of finding out just how much dick the dictator has. Naturally, when the person's gaze, and their head, dipped, Saddam's court photog would snap a pic, chronicling the apparently deferential pose. That Saddy, he's a sly one. But Wilson didn't fall for the ploy, holding his gaze steady while thrusting his hand out, hoping (we're just guessing here) to hit another hand...

Or, as he said, "It would be extremely difficult for me to vote for a Republican for dog catcher."