Posted on 05/19/2005 11:44:53 AM PDT by Feiny
Emmett says "That is why I, as a professional observer of Washington politics, want to thank the Hon. George Galloway, the offbeat member of Parliament, for traveling all the way to Washington from London to provide us with a comic interlude."
BUMP
BTT. Galloway blew into town, bloviated a little, declared victory, and flew home to a rapturous greeting by his True Believers. It is difficult to express just how unimpressive this sort of thing really is, except to point out that he managed to make our own pompadoured pontificators look dignified, and that's a hard thing to accomplish.
God save the Queen!
SOunds like Canada and their current situation.
Exactly. I usually detest those hearing as they bore me to tears, but this one was riveting. Colemans calm demeanor was brilliant. Galloway succeeded in making Americans pay attention to the UN Oil for Food Scandal. His testimony sparked interest & those who are interested will find out he is a liar.
Did I type the wrong name....damn! That is what I get for posting while working!!!
Hmmm, I wonder which one is correct?
Townhall lists him as R. Emmett Tyrell. Maybe R stands for Robert....and thus he goes by Bob as well. The photos on both sites are the same.
Follow the money. That's how it will come down. Either Galloway will be shown to have accepted the OFF proceeds directly or to have covered them up illegally. Or both.
Yeah, maybe his impending divorce will reveal where the money went.
In post 12, "seen" should read "since."
Could account for some of it. Could also account for why his ex has only gone so far in her public statements about him. The British authorities have the authority to obtain all related financial statements, transaction records, etc. If he's broken tax laws, disclosure laws, trading laws or any other statutes, they can put him in the hoosecow (did I spell that right?).
-"No Blood for Oil"- Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories--
-ADSCAM -- Canada's Corruption Scandal Breaks Wide Open--
-MP George Galloway- voice cries "peace," hand in Saddam's till...--
Political views
He has a reputation as a fiery left-winger. He is an advocate of redistribution of wealth, greater spending on welfare benefits, and extensive nationalisation of large industries. He opposes independence for Scotland. He supports the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. As a practising Roman Catholic he is personally opposed to abortion, although he supports RESPECT's policy of promoting a woman's right to choose. He supported the equalisation of the age of consent for homosexuality. As a Labour MP he was a member of the Socialist Campaign Group. In the 2001 Parliament he voted against the whip 27 times, placing him as the 9th most rebellious MP.
Galloway has attracted most attention for his comments on foreign policy, taking a special interest in Libya, Pakistan, Iraq and Palestine. His support for the Palestinian cause began in 1974 when he met a Palestinian activist in Dundee; he converted the rest of the Dundee Labour Party which flew the Palestinian flag over the Town Hall and twinned the city with Nablus. His involvement with Iraq began after the war in 1991 when he visited the country to observe the effects of United Nations sanctions.
In an interview with the Guardian, Galloway outlined his political views in relation to the Soviet Union:
"I am on the anti-imperialist left." The Stalinist left? "I wouldn't define it that way because of the pejoratives loaded around it; that would be making a rod for your own back. If you are asking did I support the Soviet Union, yes I did. Yes, I did support the Soviet Union, and I think the disappearance of the Soviet Union is the biggest catastrophe of my life. If there was a Soviet Union today, we would not be having this conversation about plunging into a new war in the Middle East, and the US would not be rampaging around the globe."
Wow, that is a ton of info. I don't have time to check it all out now, but will try later.
Is he Irish or Scottish? He sounded Irish.
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