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To: California Patriot
Does anyone know if any senators talked back to this puke? Or did they just sit there like stupid Republicans and take it?

Yes, I (and others) know as we have been following the Oil for Food scandal for years, and that includes George Galloway.

The context:

Coleman's committee released a report last week naming Galloway and two other European politicans as recipients of illegal oil allocations from Saddam (also U.S. companies, including the indicted Bayoil).

Galloway then demanded an appearance. He was granted it.

The first panel to appear before Galloway was sworn in (and he was sworn in) were three men on the committee, one for the minority, laying out the evidence for the labyrinth-like allocation scheme.

It was in that context that Galloway appeared before two Senators. Norm Coleman, whose statement introducing Galloway took about 5 minutes giving a thumbnail summation of the evidence against him in particular and he also read into the record a letter Galloway had written to Saddam praising him (Coleman acknowledged Galloway's later modifying comments about this damning letter).

It was then Galloway took the stage. He came off as a rude, anti-semitic bully who was clearly lying.

Carl Levin's opening comments before the hearing harped on American interests not having clean hands, but his questioning of Galloway was very pointed and when Galloway time and again tried to ramble away from answering, Levin demanded an answer.

It was quite effective. Having granted him the appearance he had demanded and having made a record of the facts to date, he was dismissed.

It was in no way a victory for Galloway.

44 posted on 05/19/2005 6:55:05 AM PDT by cyncooper
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