public thanks from america to george galloway [was: OT: the british can
be weird]
Paperw8 21 May 2005 19:25:39
great britain does seem rather quirky but america owes a big public "thank you" to british mp george galloway for coming to this country and saying some things that have needed to be said for a long time... things that few "mainstream" politicians in the united states dared to say, but knew to be true.
when i first heard that galloway was going to appear before the senate committee on "homeland security" my first thought was "do they (republicans) realize what a HUGE mistake this is?" "didn't they know that he was going to use the senate testimony as a platform to speak to a wider audience than he usually does in great britain?"
given that the rest of the republicans went into hiding when galloway appeared, save for sen. norm colemen who had no choice as chairman of the committee, it was clear that they did know what was going to hit them. the irony of it is all is that here you have all of these senators, so quick to send *other* people into war, to get killed or injured, yet they go into hiding themselves when faced with the prospect of having to face someone who would challenge the lies that they have told the american public, without mincing words.
i don't know where the galloway testimony leaves the senate committee on "homeland security" but it seems like it is going to be difficult for that committee to be viewed credibly, as anything more than a "schoolboy howler", after galloway tore apart the accusations that were made against him.
unfortunately, my expectation is that the republicans (with the help of the major media outlets) will just bury this whole episode and hope that the american public just forgets it.
great britain does seem rather quirky but america owes a big public> "thank you" to british mp george galloway for coming to this country> and saying some things that have needed to be said for a long time...> things that few "mainstream" politicians in the united states dared to> say, but knew to be true.>
when i first heard that galloway was going to appear before the senate> committee on "homeland security" my first thought was "do they> (republicans) realize what a HUGE mistake this is?" "didn't they know> that he was going to use the senate testimony as a platform to speak to> a wider audience than he usually does in great britain?"
In defence of the Senate guys, they didn't invite Galloway to speak, and they sure didn't expect him to show up with the world press in tow. It's much easier to accuse someone of something when they're not around to defend themselves, so letting him speak wasn't so much a bad decision as it was a miscalculation. Their accusations were, of course, a complete farce, and I have never been a fan of Galloway, but there is just something special about watching someone go all out in a self-righteous tirade when they have that look in their eye that tells you they are really going to let rip, because there is absolutely nothing the other side can do to touch them. It was a beautiful moment.
In defence of the Senate guys, they didn't invite Galloway to speak, and>
they didn't invite galloway to speak but the "homeland security" committee made accusations against galloway. that would seem to make the fact that he *wasn't* invited to speak indefensible.
they sure didn't expect him to show up with the world press in tow. It's>
i think that people in the u.s. congress do have some awareness of the political situation in great britian. i think that they *did* know that galloway was a vocal critic of tony bliar. what surprised them was that galloway would call their bluff and insist on appearing. i think that they expected him to merely criticize the senate in the media.
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