Infantile resentment

The Spectator (U.K.) ^ | 11/22/03 | Leader

[FeliciaCat]

Very Good.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Its always amazed me that all these Lefties berating Bush for carrying out death sentences miraculously skip over it when Dem Governors do it.

[sam_paine]

This sounds like it has excerpts lifted verbatim from another article I read. Also, I get confused about the Sun, Spectator, Times, etc. Which is which kind of bent over there?

[Coop]

Its always amazed me that all these Lefties berating Bush for carrying out death sentences miraculously skip over it when Dem Governors do it.

You mean like NOW criticizing rapes and sexual assaults... unless they involve William J. Clinton??

[Pokey78]

Telegraph: right
Times: middle
Guardian: hard left
Mirror: kooky left
Independent: Fisk left
Sun: right + half nekkid chicks
Spectator: Mag that prints both left & right leaning writers

[zygoat]

" Bush cannot help his buzzard like appearance"?

[KateUTWS]

"He cannot help his buzzard-like appearance"
Huh!
Those lefty protesters better check their profile
in a mirror. Ugh...leeeee.

[tbpiper]

He cannot help his buzzard-like appearance.

I suppose it would be bad form to mention Prince Dumbo.

[Publius6961]

There is something scary about the concept of several hundred protestors, on the brink of violence, who, if you asked a hundred of them the simplest questions about good, evil, government, geography, politics, or any other relevant subject...

Would have no clue.

[Constitutional Patriot]

"What has brought so many folk on to the streets, however, is a much broader case: that the President is a cross-eyed Texan warmonger, unelected, inarticulate, who epitomises the arrogance of American foreign policy, and who by his violent and ill-thought-out actions in Afghanistan and Iraq has made the world a more dangerous place. "

It is amusing to see these communists burn-out in their own hatred of everything American. President Bush is the genuine article, which is why these dirt-bags hate him so much. They loved Clinton because he is an America hating leftist, just like them.

[Publius6961]

" Bush cannot help his buzzard like appearance"?

In all fairness, I suppose in the midst of an alcohol or drug-induced fog, an eagle could be mistaken for a buzzard.

[PLK]

He cannot help his buzzard-like appearance

I can't believe this; IMO, Dubya is the best-looking, sexiest president in the history of the U.S. I think the snotty, prissy Euros just can't abide the masculinity he projects because it emphasizes their own inadequacies. President Bush buzzard-like? I think not.

The logical conclusion is that they felt the Clintoon was some kind of Greek god in appearance - yuk! the man was a lump! Not an athletic, masculine bone in his body.

It is certainly sad that Mr Bush has failed to persuade the world of his cause, and that America is not blessed, at this critical point, with eloquence.

President Bush HAS been eloquent. The world doesn't hear it because they have been so influenced by the Dims in this country who incessantly beat the "Bush is stupid" drum during the election. He is far from stupid and far from inarticulate. Their lack of listening is their own folly - he is besting them all at their own silly game.

(I liked all the other points of the article. Thanks for posting.)

[Nick Danger]

Kyoto Protocol.... was only signed by Al Gore in the full and cynical knowledge that it would have no hope of clearing Congress.

Somebody tell me this is a mistake. Otherwise, I slept through something really big.

[Arthur McGowan]

They loved Clinton precisely BECAUSE OF, not in spite of, Monica. Clinton was even lauded, in his presence, as a "sexual minority" by some gay speaker--precisely because of his oral/anal sodomy with Monica in the Oval Office. They hate Bush because he is a married man who doesn't practice sodomy, and is opposed to the killing of babies. All the foreign policy stuff is secondary or tertiary.

[MEG33]

A country with Prince Charles as heir apparent thinks Bush has a buzzard like appearance?Strange,very strange.What piffle.

[netmilsmom]

Oooo baby, You got that right.
I asked for the GWB doll for Christmas and my hubby said NO! Wonder why?

[Helms]

Must have had this in mind when filming:

[kaylar]

Every article I've seen on Kyoto at FR states that algore signed it, and every member of the US senate-99-0-passed a resolution that they would not even bring Kyoto upfor a vote until it impacted all countries equally-IOW, no letting China and India off the hook. What IS a mistake is this line:

Bush is attacked for refusing to submit America to the jurisdiction of the International Court. Bill Clinton was no less reluctant

One of the scumbag's last acts was to put his signature on the ICC Treaty. Now, according to American law, only congress could pass that treaty-WJC's signature is as meaningless for bringing the USA into the ICC as would be yours or mine. But the ICC people were on record as stating that they regard a leader's signature on the treaty as legally binding on that country, regardless of the country's laws-and WJC surely knew that.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

The gratuitous shots at President Bush notwithstanding (who do these people think they are?), I LOVED this paragraph:

As for the war in Iraq, the marchers might reflect on this. English men and women, and many others, this week avail themselves of the ancient freedom of assembly. At huge expense to the taxpayer, and attended by every courtesy from the Metropolitan Police, they are allowed to insult and humiliate the leader of a country which has guaranteed peace in Europe for 50 years and which is Britain’s most important ally. As they bawl and wave, they might bear in mind that this was precisely the kind of behaviour forbidden in Iraq these last 25 years. It is no thanks to the marchers, or their supporters, that the Iraqis now have the freedom to demonstrate without being shot or tortured. It is thanks to the man whose visit they deplore. If their protest has any semantic value, if it amounts to anything more than a spastic yelp, the marchers must mean that the liberty they enjoy is a liberty they would have denied the Iraqis.