Cherie [Blair] said Bush 'stole' power and tackled him on executions

London Times | January 24, 2003 | London Times

[NutCrackerBoy]

Largely, this is why it is good to have Colin Powell around. If you have only Cheney and Rumsfeld as counsel, you can spiral to extremes that are unwise. That *can* happen. Powell has served the president well, of late while very sick.

I love Colin Powell and think him a skilled diplomat. But, as Jeff Jacoby of the Boston Globe commented right from the beginning of W's first term, he is not confrontational enough to be our Secretary of State.

[MississippiMan]

Anybody know if this is true?

I've heard several times that she's pro-abortion, just as Barbara Bush is. It was also reported a number of times that during an interview, someone asked Laura if Dubya was a "born-again Christian," to which she responded, "Oh, I wouldn't go that far." This of course doesn't mean he isn't, but it's reasonable to infer that she isn't.

I've never understood how a marriage could thrive when the two partners disagree on such fundamental issues that define the core of who they are. I just don't think I could lie down every night beside my wife if she thought it was okay to slice and dice babies.

MM

[Al in Texas]

Cherie Blair is disfavored by our British cousins because for the most part they, like us, understand that freedom isn't really free. A price in blood must be paid periodically. The older generations who remember Churchill, Roosevelt, and the blitz understand this. The naive generations of liberals who followed revere passifists like Neville Chamberlain and Clement Atlee. In the U. S. we have one-world nebbishes like Willie Carter and Willie Cliton. Atlee, incidentally, sold 15 Rolls Royce Nene jet engines to Stalin. "Uncle Joe" promptly copied them and put them into the largely Nazi-designed MiG 15's, which shot down so many of our airmen in Korea. (Thank you very much, Clement.)

Poor misguided utopian Cherie studied law rather than history. Most of the Brits are onto her game, and that's why they don't like her. Our British cousins are faced with some major decisions that must be made in the near future. Reestablishment of the death penalty is one of them. Control of immigration is another. Unfortunately, we have our own much larger border control problem that we haven't solved. We in the U. S. love the Brits and care about what happens to them. I sincerely pray that Britain doesn't give up her independence to the EU, the so-called World Court, or the totally failed UN.

It is always fashionable for our U. S. looney leftists to claim "foul" when the opposition wins by following the rules. The totally liberal Florida activist Supreme Court (which has not been a "rule of law" court) opted for Al Bore. Though unethical, this was, nonetheless, legal under U. S. and Florida laws. But the U. S. Supreme Court trumps any state court. This is also legal and in full compliance with our Constitution. So Bush did NOT "steal" the election. He won it fair and square in accordance with our legal system. Liberals can't seem to get this through their heads, and it galls them no end that they can no longer tell everyone else how they should live their lives. If liberals don't like our laws they should propose changing them.

Thank God we are still a republic and elect our Presidents via the Electorial College rather than "one (stupid) man, one vote."
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[Steve Phelps]

My remarks were directed to Mrs. Blair, and her pathetic hypocritical remarks. I am well aware of the spilt blood of the British, and many others as well. As for Britain's allegiance, how great do you suppose that country's support for us would be if Mrs. Blair were Prime Minister?

Please.

[cyncooper]

Kerry's calling Bush a deserter.

I'm no Kerry fan, but it's Clark supporter Moore who calls President Bush a deserter and Clark refuses to repudiate it.

Kerry touts his service ad nauseum so others can draw their own conclusions (fairly or not), and he did decry the terrific carrier landing and has said that he is more qualified to be on a carrier, which is a whole lotta hooey.

[cyncooper]

I know where your remarks were directed. I see you glossed over my pointing out they were made before 9/11.

[Quix]

Yea Cheney and Rumsfeld!

Shrillery's evil twin, for sure.

[arasina]

I don't know if this is the St. Petersburg photo, but it's a pre-kiss moment. I'd have to say Dubya looks as if he has reservations about planting one on her.

Then again, it doesn't really matter what Cherie thinks about President Bush. England's Prime Minister is still our very dear friend, ally and coalition partner.

[Steve Phelps]

Make no mistake, my remarks are as relevent post 9/11 as those made pre 9/11. It is simply that un-mindful wives of powerful leaders have a tendancy to emasculate the effectiveness of their own husbands, and cast shadows of doubt upon future relations between great nations. I am sure that Mrs. Blair has done nothing to insure her husband's future ability to guide a nation of great people. And if so, what will become of our alliance with Britain? Perhaps Mrs. Blair will secure a postion at the UN, where I am sure she will be warmly greeted.

However, you did manage to dodge my question. Gloss?

[Stultis]

cannot understand why folk would allow guys like bush and cheney to ruin their lives via lies and inunedo's

What lies? Cheney was obviously correct, certainly about the second (never achieved) U.N. resolution. Pursuing that (which we did for the benefit of Blair) only ended up hurting Blair politically. Just as in America, support for the war started to decrease in Britain over time as it was pointlessly delayed by fruitless attempts to appease the French and other Saddamite jackboot lickers.

On the other point, how did Bush "steal" the election when there was never a single vote count that gave (or even would have given) Gore a winning total?

It would have been better, admittedly, if there had been time for a proper judicial contest of the election, but unfortunately there wasn't time because the FLORDIA Supreme Court effectively -- AND UNCONSTITUTIONALLY -- rewrote the election law by changing the explicit dates therein in order to extend the period for Gore's selective recounts (conducted by the county election commission in the prejudicial challenge phase).

But then (deep down) you knew this (or maybe you're an idiot). The Dims screwed the whole thing up themselves: first by challenging, often in court, every piddling decision the county election commissions made about the counting (even though they were Dims, and even though the election law clearly mandated them and only them to make such decisions according to a set procedure they all did their very best to follow), and second, as regards the aforementioned Dim dominated SCOFLA, by monkeying with the clear text of the law instead of letting the matter proceed to judicial contest by the appointed date.

It was Gore, and the Dims, and the Florida Supreme Court, and their collective contempt for the rule of law, that eff'ed the whole thing up. In truth all the Supreme Court of the United States really did was to step in and say "look, you guys eff'd this all up."

And here you are, like a true (infantile) Dim, YEARS LATER, still blaming your own mistakes (and guile) on those who did nothing more than confront you with their reality.

(Just incredible you people are still on about this.)

[GasparSantiago]

Wooops! I wrote that wrong..ha ha...I meant if she`s part French (if she has French in her genes or "mutt" which is what I call the French because they are mutts) then I can understand why she hates Bush. And please, I mean Bush as in President Bush.

[Stultis]

Good points all, but even (if not especially) the kinds of things we leave to city and county level government, leave alone the states, seems to be an amazement to the Eurons.

[Matchett-PI]

"..even Drudge has to refer to this site for backup now"

He "has to"??? REALLY???

Here's what he knows: He doesn't have to send more eyeballs from his web site to our FR forum so that they can read gratuitous, derogatory, insulting comments about him like the one you made.

As far as I'm concerned, I appreciate it when Free Republic is mentioned by either Rush Limbaugh or Matt Drudge and/or linked from their web sites. They are doing us an immense favor that they, by no means, have to do.

[pau1f0rd]

Why don't we ever ask them to give Northern Ireland back to the Irish?

That would help diffuse terrorism.

The people of NI are free to choose to rejoin Ireland, as are the people of Hawaii free to leave the US if they wanted. So far the majority don't want to. If we gave NI back to Ireland against the wishes of the people, the terrorism would start afresh against the new government...

[pau1f0rd]

George Bush is married to a heathen ~ same as Tony Blair

Is Cherie pro-choice? I doubt it, as she's a Catholic.

[pau1f0rd]

What ever the Bush administration showed him to cause him to change his opinion and to go to war must have been pretty powerful.

I'm pretty sure Tony wanted the Iraqis liberated long before Bush came to power.

[pau1f0rd]

how great do you suppose that country's support for us would be if Mrs. Blair were Prime Minister?

Very hypothetical remark! She will never run for office.

[faithincowboys]

Tough choices. Don't many Britons think the Israeli government should reel in settlers and take down settlements to mollify the Palestinians.

I should think that any military or financial support by the British of North Ireland should cease. Give North Ireland back to the Irish.

Provide inducements for the people of North Ireland (the Protestants) to relocate to England-- get it over with. Solve the crisis. Catholic and Protestant children shouldn't have to endure the terror any longer.

[faithincowboys]

Oh, yes she is. You really are delusional.

[faithincowboys]

I am prochoice-- in that I don't think a prohibition works.

But I think it is a heinous at and that the NARAL sisters are ghouls in the way they love abortion so.

I am absolutely for the death penalty.


Over the years, my feelings on abortion have hardened. In my late teens and college years, I was verrry prochoice. Thank god I never had an abortion, but several friends did.

I don't think it's for me. Though I would probably abort if I were pregnant and I found out the baby I was carrying had major birth defects.

Late term is especially gross.