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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."

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: eurotwitsforkerry; mccainpalin; nonamericancaucus
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Man, that is one weird bio. Married to a biker, attends Catholic church, child actor, voted for the Iraq war...


21 posted on 09/21/2008 7:27:05 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: DogBarkTree

Hey Hazel....shut yer gob and sit down and eat one of these moose steaks.


22 posted on 09/21/2008 7:29:38 AM PDT by Vaquero (" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
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To: DogBarkTree
"British minister says Palin is 'horrendous'"

"News Flash,"... "Browny" II...we've got a saying in these parts...you know, those pesky little "colonies" you USED to rule...

You see most in others, what you most need to see in yourself! <---To be read/said in a Palin accent.

23 posted on 09/21/2008 7:31:55 AM PDT by NordP (PALIN POWER: She's Reagan in heels, Teddy Roosevelt in a dress & like Rummy at a press conference!)
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To: Joe 6-pack

SWEEEEET PIC! Thanks for posting!!!


24 posted on 09/21/2008 7:33:03 AM PDT by NordP (PALIN POWER: She's Reagan in heels, Teddy Roosevelt in a dress & like Rummy at a press conference!)
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To: DogBarkTree

To all my American friends....

Don’t worry, a new Conservative government is a slam-dunk over here at the next election. Labour are about as popular as bubonic plague. BUT WE EXPECT YOU GUYS TO HOLD UP YOUR END - ELECT MCCAIN/PALIN!


25 posted on 09/21/2008 7:34:04 AM PDT by alnitak ("That kid's about as sharp as a pound of wet liver" - Foghorn Leghorn)
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To: DogBarkTree

The brits need to address the muzzie takeover of their own country and we will take care of the attempt of a muzzie takeover of ours.Fair enough?


26 posted on 09/21/2008 7:34:06 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Defeat liberalism, its the right thing to do for America.)
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To: DogBarkTree
It's Blears. She's a known nut.
27 posted on 09/21/2008 7:34:39 AM PDT by CE2949BB (McCain/Palin 08)
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald
This from a country that is introducing Sharia law to its citizens. Bizarre isn't it. They don't like Palin's politics but they are OK with the punishments allowed in Sharia law such as "honor killings," stoning adulterers , amputation for stealing, etc., etc. To a sane person I think the latter is what is truly "horrendous."
28 posted on 09/21/2008 7:34:59 AM PDT by The Hound Passer
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To: alnitak

Thank you for your encouraging reply. For all our differences the Brits and the Yanks need each other to be there and be strong for each other. Especially in this effed up, scary @$$ world.


29 posted on 09/21/2008 7:39:36 AM PDT by DogBarkTree (That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
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To: DogBarkTree

“Palin was capitalising on people’s disillusionment with regular politics.”

And we have a winner!

Yes, people are disillusioned with regular politics. Like politicians who worry more about illegal immigrants than they do about American citizens. Like spending hundreds of billions of dollars to deal with a crisis created by the government.


30 posted on 09/21/2008 7:45:25 AM PDT by popdonnelly (I'll tell you a little secret: we're smarter and more competent than the Left.)
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To: DogBarkTree

“Women, shutup and submit to the nearest Islamic Court for a beating...”


31 posted on 09/21/2008 7:45:50 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Joe 6-pack

that video brought back childhood memories. thanks!


32 posted on 09/21/2008 7:48:23 AM PDT by robomatik ((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
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To: alnitak; snugs
Wow...that's great. Thanks for posting!

McPalin has my vote! (See tagline)

33 posted on 09/21/2008 7:49:23 AM PDT by NordP (PALIN POWER: She's Reagan in heels, Teddy Roosevelt in a dress & like Rummy at a press conference!)
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To: DogBarkTree
"I just think there is so much anti-politics -- not just in this country but around the world," Blears said.Vote for a professional politician! (and Labour has done so well in the U.K.)
34 posted on 09/21/2008 7:52:43 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Amazing how Obama, Rangel, Biden and Dodd all got killer mortgage rates and below cost property.)
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To: DogBarkTree
"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.

To me it's as entertaining as anything else that has roiled the waters since Sarah Palin became a household name. As one of the unwashed, I find blustering and sputtering of the self-proclaimed social maestros to be, well, myrthful.

35 posted on 09/21/2008 7:58:10 AM PDT by stevem
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To: DogBarkTree

Palin is worth more than all the awful Labour women put together.


36 posted on 09/21/2008 8:22:37 AM PDT by 1066AD
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AWESOME
37 posted on 09/21/2008 8:23:28 AM PDT by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
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To: DogBarkTree
To Communities Secretary Hazel Blears:

Keep it up you idiot! Keep attacking Gov. Sarah Palin. After McCain and Palin win, there may be tighter restrictions on Brits flying to the US.

38 posted on 09/21/2008 8:24:01 AM PDT by BobS
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WHOO-HOO
39 posted on 09/21/2008 8:25:18 AM PDT by razbinn (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,and to the republic for which it ...)
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To: DogBarkTree
Calls herself a plain old Yorkshire lass. Revels in her hard working class parents who had to face the world at 14 years of age. Father was a "Fitter" (Mechanic). Lived in a little house and all.

She is a lawyer though. As a saying goes, never did a hard days work in her life. Working class hard work that is. As I mentioned in a previous thread, she would certainly display high dudgeon if a American criticized her. Throw in the bloomin' mess the old so called Labour Party has made of England. An old Yorkshire saying for Hazel.

Where there's no sense, there's no feeling.

40 posted on 09/21/2008 8:25:21 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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