Posted on 09/21/2008 7:13:55 AM PDT by DogBarkTree
A British government minister attacked Republican US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "horrendous" at the Labour Party conference on Saturday.
The outburst from Communities Secretary Hazel Blears threatens to undermine Prime Minister Gordon Brown's determination for the British government to maintain a neutral position in the US presidential election.
Speaking at a fringe meeting of the centre-left party during its annual party conference in Manchester, Blears said Palin was capitalising on people's disillusionment with regular politics.
"I just think there is so much anti-politics -- not just in this country but around the world," Blears said.
"One of the reasons why Sarah Palin has been such a phenomenon is because she's anti-politics, anti-Washington.
"Her politics are horrendous, but actually she's struck a chord with people -- 'I'm a maverick, I'm not part of those powerful people' -- and people identified with that."
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
This from a government minister whose nation is sliding beneath the waves of Islamic takeover? Honestly, who gives a rats ass what the Brits or Euros think?
This from a country that is introducing Sharia law to its citizens.
The reasons to vote McCain/Palin just keep piling up.
No electoral votes on that side of the pond. I don’t vote based on what the Euros think.
One more reason we need McCain/Palin in 08. This idiot is a ringing endorsement of what is wrong in GB and what is right in America.
I dont care so much what private citizens think and say but as a high government official there is suppose to be a degree of decorum and courtesy of officials on both sides staying out of each others elections. Considering our long history you would think the Brits should be a little more sensitive.
HEY BRITAIN... HOW IS THAT CALIPHATE THINGY GOING. Your Nation is a laughing stock joke these days.
LLS
One Ball-Less brit speaks his euroweenie mind. So what.
If I understood what I tread in The Telegraph right, sharia courts have been enacted for about a year, it’s just the citizens at large are just now being made aware of it. It was done by stealth, because the government knew there would be an uproar. No wonder the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chief Justice, amongst others, said the things they said. It’s as if they knew, and were trying to prepare the country to accept it.
Dear Secretary Blears...
This isn’t your election. Piss off.
The Yanks
She represents the same thing here to the liberal/leftist/elite in this country and they are scared to death of her and the politics she represents.
...and most, normal, everyday, down to earh Americans, who are watching and far more comprehending than the media and liberal elite give them credit for, are responding with the following sentiment:
“Horrendous”? Try spending 8 months living in North of London in Newbury and Reading. The most horrendous time of my life. I wouldn’t wish even my worst enemies such a fate as having to live under British socialism.
This clueless witch looks like a young Maggie Thatcher, that is where the comparisons end.
From your link:
"Nevertheless this inspired Private Eye magazine to 'rebrand' Blears as 'That stupid woman who Charles Clarke left in charge while he was sunning himself on holiday'"
There’s a reason the Tories are going to trounce them at the polls.
"Tell your parents not to muddy the water around us"
"Por que?"
"They may have to drink it, soon .."
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