I’ve signed on this RedState contributors’ post, which encourages President Bush to boycott the Summer Olympics in China. Here’s a taste:

We find ourselves in the nearly unique position of agreeing with Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi. Like stopped clocks, we think they can be right twice in a day and their minute has come. President Bush should not go to Peking for the Olympics.

Unfortunately, there will be a visceral reaction by some on the right because Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton are calling for the same thing. There should not be. In fact, the right, which has spent the better part of the last hundred years fighting for freedom around the world, should own this issue. The Chinese autocrats are ruthless dictators seeking international legitimacy despite the terror they pour into Tibet and the human rights abuses they encourage in their own country.

We know some on the right who tend to view the world mostly in economic terms will disagree with us. Yes, we recognize that China is a large trading partner. We recognize how much of our debt they hold. We also recognize the arguments of some that if the President were to go, the media would be inclined to shed the spotlight on China’s abuses.

None of these arguments contradict the fact that our President, who has spent eight years liberating parts of the world from tyranny, should not give the seal of approval on China’s behavior — approval his presence at the Olympics would most certainly give to the Chinese people.

Kudos to the good folks in San Francisco for protesting the Olympic-torch relay this month. China’s human-rights record is beyond disgraceful, and it sickens me to no end that its government is being allowed to host this summer’s games. And if that weren’t bad enough, China has the ability/influence to help end the genocide taking place in Darfur, but refuses to do anything because of the oil revenue it generates in Sudan. Here’s hoping that President Bush will reconsider his decision to attend the games.

I, for one, am getting sick and tired of the excuses offered for “engaging” China, a murderous and evil regime if there ever was one. I will have nothing to do with these Olympic games; and with all due respect to the hard-working athletes, I hope this summer’s Olympic games are an abject failure.