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1 posted on 07/15/2005 10:25:17 PM PDT by Williams
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To: Williams

Lots of countries have "Presidents" -- why would you assume it's Bush?


193 posted on 07/16/2005 8:09:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (Phil Donahue "has made the world safe for emotion masquerading as thought."-BOZELL III)
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Currently the British PM would tend to find the French or German President to be more of a wretched man' than the American Pres.


197 posted on 07/16/2005 8:11:17 AM PDT by Leto
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Blair is big on helping africa.

They have many presidents who are wretched men there...

You what you want. What about the rest of the book?

Is harry potter now quoting Marx and Lennin?


202 posted on 07/16/2005 8:15:58 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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Stop, lets use our brains for more than cooling our blood. JK Rowling probably completed this book some months ago. So you assume she had advanced knowledge of a terrorist attack? I never read the books but I hear they are enjoyable This is the first time I've heard of politics being injected in them.

Take a look under the bed, shall we? No liberals there, and I doubt any are in this book.


214 posted on 07/16/2005 8:27:36 AM PDT by samm1148
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awaiting a phone call from the "President" of an unnamed distant country, and wondering when the "wretched man" would call.

Boycott time.

224 posted on 07/16/2005 8:57:35 AM PDT by Tax Government (Put down the judicial insurrection. Contribute to FR.)
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oh, man.


231 posted on 07/16/2005 9:32:08 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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Unseen University > Hogwartz


233 posted on 07/16/2005 9:38:41 AM PDT by Sofa King (MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
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Given Chirac's comments insulting the British, how do you know she didn't mean the President of France?


238 posted on 07/16/2005 9:51:19 AM PDT by montag813
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Which do you see: Howard Dean or Karl Rove?

245 posted on 07/16/2005 10:18:02 AM PDT by RobFromGa (Send Bolton to the UN!)
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The PM might be waiting for a call from the president of France - he is a wretched man.


246 posted on 07/16/2005 10:18:07 AM PDT by pbear8 (Prime Choice is back!!!!!!!)
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Half blood isn't that some kind of racial perjoritive?
Oh, this is for liberals, never mind.


247 posted on 07/16/2005 10:19:45 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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There are a lot of reasons to criticize the Harry Potter books, but I'm not sure this is one of them.

Bush and Blair are very close, so I don't see how you can reach this conclusion.

Maybe it's referring to wretched men such as Chirac or Putin.

251 posted on 07/16/2005 10:27:57 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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Why do you waste your time reading such ignorant occultic/gnostic propaganda?


266 posted on 07/16/2005 11:52:03 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
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The book begins with the British Prime Minister awaiting a phone call from the "President" of an unnamed distant country

Sounds like Putin.

273 posted on 07/16/2005 12:20:25 PM PDT by jgorris
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This is not enough information to go on to suggest that J.K. Rowling is trying to brainwash kids into disliking President Bush. If the President had been more fully described, then there would be case. As he wasn't, I'd say, let it go - Rowling hasn't made it clear what, if anything, she was thinking in this instance.

Regards, Ivan


303 posted on 07/16/2005 2:18:10 PM PDT by MadIvan (You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
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The President of France is Jacques Chirac.


312 posted on 07/16/2005 2:55:53 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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Maybe she's talking about Clinton...


313 posted on 07/16/2005 2:57:22 PM PDT by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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Maybe it was President Putin of Russia the author is alluding to. Or President Chirac of France.

But then again - and most likely - it was about nobody in the real world at all. It's a freakin' book people. It's make believe! In all the previous 5 books in the series (and I've read them), not a single person in the "real" world was ever mentioned in them. The entire series of books exists out of any specific timespace - they are about an alternative universe in which Wizards and Witches exist outside the "Muggle" (non-magic) world. Are we now supposed to look for slams on Dwight Eisenhower in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings?.

Lighten up!

322 posted on 07/16/2005 3:27:50 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Old enough to know better, still too young to care)
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I caught that too. I'm choosing to ignore it for now, and see how the rest of the book goes.


347 posted on 07/16/2005 4:29:00 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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Maybe she was referring to France. You know, I think we're all getting a bit touchy.


379 posted on 07/16/2005 5:31:41 PM PDT by Hildy ("You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky)
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