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Raised fist welcomes Spain’s new anti-war PM
Sunday Herald ^
| April 17, 2004
| Elizabeth Nash
Posted on 04/17/2004 4:49:40 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Amid the heady joy in parliament on Friday, after MPs had overwhelmingly approved his candidacy as prime minister (only the defeated Popular Party voted against) an action of one man in the visitors gallery was revealing: as applause rippled round the chamber, Juan Rodriguez, Zapateros snowy-haired father, could not resist raising his fist in the old socialist salute, a sight not seen in parliament for many years.
Pressed to clarify his position by Mariano Rajoy, the opposition Popular Party leader, Zapatero responded: You ask what we will do on Iraq? We will remove Spain from an illegal and unjust war.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: fist; nonallyspain; socialists; spain; zapatero
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To: livius
rewriting the Spanish Constitution (something which will probably result in Spain being divided into three states or having a civil war break out). I pray it won't come to that. Although I wonder, sometimes, how close we are to another civil war.
Becki
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posted on
04/17/2004 7:56:34 PM PDT
by
Becki
(Pray continually for our leaders and our troops.)
To: HitmanNY
You want to see your future? Look at what happened to Israel when they left Lebanon (like you, when you left Somalia) a few years ago, the suicide bombings started and hasnt ended, and know they are trying to do what they should have done a few years ago (that is, eliminate the heads of the snakes, only now there are many snakes). The left/socialists (Hollywood drug addicted, sex addicted, divorce here, divorce there
) would rather see 3000 of their own Americans die and think that appeasement will work. Well it didnt work for the Israelis, it won work for the Spaniards and if you vote for 'Hanoi John' Kerry, it wont work for America. Long live a strong America.
To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush
The problem is that here in the U.S. there are many politicians and Americans who think that free healthcare is a wonderful thing. They don't understand that if our healthcare system goes universal as yours is there will be an extreme shortage of doctors. We are already seeing the results of too much government involvement in our healthcare and as a result we have many doctors leaving their practices. Our government puts caps on what Medicare and Medicaid programs can pay but they don't allow caps on what the blood sucking trial attornies can be paid.
To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush
Thanks, and pray for all of us here in NA.
To: LoudRepublicangirl
KY alert!!!!!!
To: Former Fetus
Dumb! Tell them to play catch up; we will see what mettle they are made of! BTW, don't call if the feces hits the occillator
To: LoudRepublicangirl
No Mr Zapatero, you have become the bitch of Al Qaeda. Be prepared to put out for the terrorists whenever they call on you.
Pick up that bar of soap?
If you need help later don't call us........
We sure as hell aren't picking up that bar of soap!
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posted on
04/17/2004 11:35:08 PM PDT
by
Just Lori
(I used to be a Democrat. Now, I'm an American!)
To: Spanaway Lori
You saw my analogy. You are wise.
To: livius
agree with you..im hearing the same thing
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04/18/2004 5:26:48 AM PDT
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rrrod
To: forYourChildrenVote4Bush
God bless you Dear Canadian FRiend!
Just pray some of the single issue voters will come on and vote for the only decent man running in our Country!
That man is George W. Bush!!!
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