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GYXU > Tennis > public thanks from america to george galloway [was: OT: the british can be weird] 21 May 2005 20:54:50

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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.
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Erich 21 May 2005 20:32:06 permanent link ]
 
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.


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Paperw8 21 May 2005 20:54:50 permanent link ]
 Erich wrote:>
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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