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British minister says Palin is 'horrendous'
Breitbart ^ | 9/20/08

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 ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: eurotwitsforkerry; mccainpalin; nonamericancaucus
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"Horrendous"? I think as a Minister of the British Government it's OUTRAGEOUS that you should be openly running your yap on matters of our election. Please Brit Officials, STFU!
1 posted on 09/21/2008 7:13:55 AM PDT by DogBarkTree
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To: DogBarkTree

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?


2 posted on 09/21/2008 7:14:55 AM PDT by mgc1122
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To: DogBarkTree

This from a country that is introducing Sharia law to its citizens.


3 posted on 09/21/2008 7:15:40 AM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: DogBarkTree

The reasons to vote McCain/Palin just keep piling up.


4 posted on 09/21/2008 7:15:55 AM PDT by truthluva ("Character is doing the right thing even when no one is looking" - JC Watts)
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To: DogBarkTree
Hazel Blears
5 posted on 09/21/2008 7:16:31 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: DogBarkTree

No electoral votes on that side of the pond. I don’t vote based on what the Euros think.


6 posted on 09/21/2008 7:17:30 AM PDT by carumba (The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. Groucho)
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To: DogBarkTree

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.


7 posted on 09/21/2008 7:18:29 AM PDT by Steamburg (Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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To: mgc1122

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.


8 posted on 09/21/2008 7:19:06 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
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To: DogBarkTree

HEY BRITAIN... HOW IS THAT CALIPHATE THINGY GOING. Your Nation is a laughing stock joke these days.

LLS


9 posted on 09/21/2008 7:20:44 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (GOD, Country, Family... except when it comes to dims!)
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To: DogBarkTree

One Ball-Less brit speaks his euroweenie mind. So what.


10 posted on 09/21/2008 7:21:47 AM PDT by gitmogrunt (The stupidity of the American Sheeple never ceases to amaze me)
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

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.


11 posted on 09/21/2008 7:21:52 AM PDT by mrsmel
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To: DogBarkTree

Dear Secretary Blears...
This isn’t your election. Piss off.
The Yanks


12 posted on 09/21/2008 7:22:19 AM PDT by The Great RJ ("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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Well, to the liberal limeys in the Labor Party, her politics are horrendous. Her politics would unhinge and undo everything they stand for...which is EXACTLY what should happen to their ilk.

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.


MCCAIN-PALIN TRUMPS OBAMA-BIDEN

...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:


I'M VOTING FOR SARAH!



13 posted on 09/21/2008 7:22:21 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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“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.


14 posted on 09/21/2008 7:22:33 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/)
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To: DogBarkTree

This clueless witch looks like a young Maggie Thatcher, that is where the comparisons end.


15 posted on 09/21/2008 7:22:36 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Anti-Bubba182
LOL!

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'"

16 posted on 09/21/2008 7:24:28 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: DogBarkTree

There’s a reason the Tories are going to trounce them at the polls.


17 posted on 09/21/2008 7:25:35 AM PDT by Harry Wurzbach
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To: mgc1122
From an old Kingston Trio song, spoken, with Spanish accent:

"Tell your parents not to muddy the water around us"

"Por que?"

"They may have to drink it, soon .."

18 posted on 09/21/2008 7:25:50 AM PDT by MrNatural ("...You want the truth!?...")
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To: DogBarkTree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VQA5NDNkUM

19 posted on 09/21/2008 7:26:06 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: DogBarkTree
It's to laugh. British lefties are a joke.
20 posted on 09/21/2008 7:26:35 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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