Time to stop being America's lap-dog

The Observer ^ | Sunday February 17, 2002 | Will Hutton

[Question_Assumptions]

As Professor Shadia Drury describes in Leo Strauss and the American Right (St Martin's Press)

So, essentially the entire premise of this article is second-hand information ffrom an academic lefty. Oh, boy. I think if newspaper writers ahad to go out and do some research and actually do some thinking on their own that they'd all die of shock.

the weakness of its rules on campaign finance which allow rich, usually conservative, candidates to buy elections; the inability of American liberals to fight back;

A free clue. Rich liberals like John Corzine have been much more successful in buying elections than rich conservatives like Steve Forbes.

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the weakness of its rules on campaign finance which allow rich, usually conservative, candidates to buy elections

I guess he’s talking about conservatives like:

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) ($620 million)
Sen. Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) ($400 million)
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) ($300 million)
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) ($200 million)
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) ($75 million)
Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) ($63 million)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) ($50 million)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) ($40 million)
Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) ($25 million)
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) ($25 million)
Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) ($20 million)
Rep. Norm Sisisky (D-Va.) ($20 million)
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) ($20 million)
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ($15 million)

Buncha right wing, gun-nut, militia types on that list.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

We cannot, for example, be part of the US national missile defence system if its purpose is to destroy the fabric of international law or join America's war against Iraq.

This idiot is already out-of-date, today stories have appeared in which the Brits publicly said that they will use nuclear weapons if attacked with weapons of mass destruction. They have already made it clear that they are ready to join in a war against Iraq. If the left-wing laborites bring down the government, it will be replaced by the Tories, who are even more pro-American than Blair.

[Francohio]

Blair jumped on the Bush bandwagon in the nick of time. He enjoyed waving at everyone and took the applause for his armed forces' performance.

But remember, this ferret-faced crook is a left-wing Klinton Klone Klown at heart. He will be jumping off the Bush bandwagon very soon, and rejoining his true friends in Britain's loony left.

Britain is enjoying a huge and particularly brutal crime wave. The health system has collapsed to the point where Germany and Holland have had to send their doctors to Britain to attend to basic patient care. Armed feral immigrants from the remains of the African and Caribbean Empire swarm in the streets. Pakistanis have taken political power in the Midlands. Terrorists flock to London mosques and collect the Dole. Affirmative Action (which at least the Brits call by its right name,"Positive Discrimination,") is ticking off white bread winners. Their education system is an absolute shambles. and to top it off, there's this antipathy to being ruled by the EU.

Margaret Thatcher, where are you when we need you?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

He will be jumping off the Bush bandwagon very soon, and rejoining his true friends in Britain's loony left.

While nothing is impossible, this is as nearly so as makes no difference. Blair might be forced out by the left, but he can't turn on the US at this point and have any credibility. I agree with your analysis of the state of Britain, as well as Blairs responsibility for it, but he does give pretty speeches, doesn't he?

[Francohio]

Hey I liked those speeches when FDR gave them, when Harry Truman gave them, when Jimmy Carter gave them, even when Bubba gave'em. Why the heck shouldn't I like them now?

Key sign as to Blair's intentions: follow Jim "Snakehead" Carville.

[maxwellp]

Sounds to me like he's drinking something stronger than tea.

"Many good Americans are as belwildered by their current leaders as we are. But they are not in control".

I'm not bewildered by my current leaders. I'm rather proud of them. We are in control - we vote for them.