[Pokey78]

[jocon307]

"Bush-hatred is just a form of cultural self-hatred."

Says it all PING!

[stands2reason]

bttt

[William McKinley]

Mr. Steyn,

Sometimes, letting your foe show his ass is precisely what is needed.

For a case in point, see the Paul Wellstone Memorial pep rally.

[Guillermo]

I think Richards' "foot in the mouth" line came at the 1988 Dem. Nat'l Convention, in regards to H. W. Bush.

[risk]

http://shafr.history.ohio-state.edu/Newsletter/2000/SEP/spit.htm - an account of the Nixon experience of being attacked by a communist mob in Venezuela in 1958.

[Savage Beast]

This is the choice: confrontation or capitulation.

Appeasement is capitulation.

[MeekOneGOP]

"Poor George. Born with a silver foot in his mouth," sneered the then Texas
Governor Ann Richards, mocking her opponent as an idiot son of privilege.

I still remember that bi*ch sayin' that too ! ...

Bush got my vote that year ... and in 2000 ...

... and will get my vote in 2004 too !!

[Allan]

Rumour already has it that certain elements in the rogue State Department set Bush up for this debacle
to remind him in the starkest way just what happens when you listen to hard men like Rummy
instead of the emollient types at Foggy Bottom.

[McGavin999]

I can't figure out why he's going over there. Perhaps the Queen invited him.

[WOSG]

The defeatist enemies of freedom are having a riot during Bush's visit.

How sad. Steyn hits it right on:

"That's why this week will be a good test of US resolve. The Islamists can't win militarily. They can only win by demoralising America into jacking it in. That's a high price to pay for a Palace photo-op."

[Qwinn]

"the many European admirers of the right of the Palestinian people to self-detonation"

ROFL.

Qwinn

[omniscient]

If Steyn is worried, then I'm worried.

[FRgal4u]

Mark has a point here; this trip was unnecessary, god forbid if something bad happens to London or crap falling in Iraq - not a good idea - all these for a phto-op with the Queen - indeed, the price is too high for that.

But then again, I recalled the millions of protestors in Europe against Ronald "Raygun" in 1983 over the Pershing Missiles stuff, it doesn't seem to hurt him in anyway in 1984 at all. Should be interesting how history will judge "W" vs "Raygun" on theirs unpopular decisions - at least to the Eurolefties..

[lainde]

bttt

[Cicero]

So far, Bush has done a remarkable job of using the press's worst instincts against them. They will never give him any free or favorable publicity, so he has to somehow use their corrupt dishonesty to make them work against themselves.

For instance, the press spent a whole year linking Bush to the economy. Now that the economy is improving, that enormously expensive media campaign can only help him. Coneheads everywhere will think, "Duh, Bush, economy!" and pull the Bush lever, because that's what the press told them to do.

I don't have the foggiest notion what he's planning here, but I wouldn't rush to be against him.

[Snake65]

Maybe President Bush wants a chance to speak to the people of the United Kingdom without the usual BBC soundbites and duckspeak.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[Allan]

ping

[Slings and Arrows]

Meanwhile, elderly Saddamite concubines like Tony Benn and George Galloway, their young followers in the "Support The Brave Iraqi Resistance" movement, and the many European admirers of the right of the Palestinian people to self-detonation have everything to gain.

How does he DO it?!