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| Cherie Blair said Bush âstoleâ power and tackled him on executions |
| 2004-01-24 |
| Hat tip to Drudge TONY BLAIR has been embarrassed by his wifeâs displays of open animosity towards President Bush, according to a forthcoming biography of the Prime Minister. Cherie Blair is said to have made no secret of her conviction that Mr Bush âstoleâ the presidential election, and picked an argument with him over the death penalty during a private dinner. Loony lefty in bed with the PM Although the Prime Minister was pragmatic about Mr Bushâs victory, Mrs Blair was far less sanguine about the Supreme Court decision that gave him the keys to the White House. She believed Al Gore had been ârobbedâ of the presidency and was hostile to the idea of her husband âcosyingâ up to the new President. Clinton mustâve nailed her with the charm, eh? Even as they flew to Washington for their first meeting with the presidential couple, Mrs Blair was in no mood to curry favour, the book Tony Blair: The Making of a World Leader by Philip Stephens, states. âCherie Blair still believed that Bush had stolen the White House from Gore,â he wrote. She asked more than once during the journey why they had to be so nice to âthese peopleâ. "Because, Cherie, you twit, theyâre going to join us in saving western civilaztion against the Arab death cults you love so much" Mrs Blair scarcely concealed her impatience as the Blair team debated on the plane whether the gift he had brought for the President, a bust of Winston Churchill, was of sufficient quality for the Oval Office. They decided to find a better one and that Mr Blair would tell the President it was on its way. Mrs Blair was annoyed at the fuss but was overruled. Another bust was delivered months later. she gets overruled a lot, apparently....dumbass The bookâs disclosures of Mrs Blairâs forthright views will cause embarrassment in Downing Street, because of Mr Blairâs good working relations with Mr Bush, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, although they will not surprise officials or ministers who know her well. She is known for expressing her views forcefully in private. loud mouth, small brain Stephens writes that Mrs Blair behaved impeccably at her first meeting with the President âfor all her outspoken resentment on the flightâ and âto the great relief of her husband and aidesâ she had been at pains to make friends with Laura Bush. But when the Bushes came to Britain in the summer of 2001, Mrs Blair, âmore tribal in her politics than Tonyâ, according to a close family friend, embarrassed her husband. As the two couples sat down to dinner, with the officials no longer there, Mrs Blair could not resist an argument. She is a human rights lawyer and turned to the death penalty, a subject on which she has blunt views. She probably found that the President has strong views as well, and the decorum not to antagonize guests Judicial executions were an immoral violation of human rights, an affront under the US Constitution as much as under European laws to the fundamental principles of justice, she said. This opinion was delivered to a man who as Governor of Texas signed warrants for more than 150 executions. "Hmmmm, could you pass the salt?" Mr Blair was reported to have âsquirmedâ, even though he shares her opposition to the death penalty. The author says that when he asked Mr Blair about the incident during research for the book he looked uncomfortable â all he would say was that Cherie had raised the issue but as far as he was concerned the United States and Britain simply had different systems. Nice and safe at 10 Downing while the rest of the good citizens of Britain are defenseless against armed thugs and killers... human rights lawyer? How about hypocritical leftist harridan A Downing Street spokesman said: âShe has always had a good relationship with President Bush and has of course discussed many issues with him, including capital punishment. The discussions have always been good-natured.â He didnât reciprocate the impropriety of arguing Stephens also states that later in the evening Mr Bush had been embarrassed by his wife. Laura Bush had made it clear that her views on abortion were a great deal more liberal than his. Mrs Blair, who is writing a book about prime ministersâ spouses, has made her forthright views known several times in situations that have caused alarm at No 10. She issued an apology after saying during a visit to Britain by Queen Rania of Jordan in June 2002 that young Palestinians âfeel they have got no hope but to blow themselves upâ. Last month she said that âSaudi Arabiaâs image in the world is appallingâ over its treatment of women, in a speech in front of the Saudi Ambassador. oh well, one-for-two, batting .500 |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #11 Too bad England isn't Muslim. Then Tony need only say 3 times "I divorce you, you silly biatch." and be done with it. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-1-24 11:03:16 PM |
| #10 ooooops.......communist |
| Posted by: gawdamman 2004-1-24 8:20:23 PM |
| #9 Fuck the comminist bitch! |
| Posted by: gawdamman 2004-1-24 8:19:08 PM |
| #8 "This book is just another attempt to smear President Bush" No offense, Charles, but why would you think that a biography of Tony Blair would have the purpose of smearing Bush? Strange it may seem to you, but not *every* thing revolves around America and/or Bush. This book in particular probably revolves around Blair, if I may judge from its title. |
| Posted by: Aris Katsaris 2004-1-24 6:16:07 PM |
| #7 Ptah: That's exactly why the the reason wasn't given. Stephens only asked two of the four people who knew what happened. He didn't ask President Bush what his response was and Mrs. Blair sure as hell didn't tell him. This book is just another attempt to smear President Bush. It's a shame that Tony Blair has been dragged into this by his wife. |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-1-24 5:11:27 PM |
| #6 Thus, by her comments and her behavior, Cherie Blair shows that her politeness and high class culture is only as deep as her makeup... Note that Bush's response to Cherie's nailing him on the death penalty issue is not given. Was Tony Blair embarrassed by Cherie's discourtesy in raising the issue, or in sympathy to Cherie's shocked reaction when Bush's reponse not only nailed HER between the eyes, but doubtless showed that he wasn't a moron? Why else would the presidential response not be given, save to preserve the illusion that he's a moron? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-1-24 2:44:40 PM |
| #5 Clinton mustâve nailed her... Don't go there man. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-1-24 2:02:48 PM |
| #4 I respect Tony Blair more and more. I would have cracked under that type of pressure - if you know what I mean. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-1-24 1:30:02 PM |
| #3 Cherie Blair's and Laura Bush's political leanings are no more important to me than Hanoi Jane's or Michael Moore's . I feel sorry for Tony, though: apparently Cherie thinks that her rudeness will further her agenda. Must be some French genes, Cherie! |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-1-24 1:20:33 PM |
| #2 Sounds like ole Labour. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-24 1:03:30 PM |
| #1 Someone should remind her that the spouse of a PM has the right to shut up and wave to the cameras. The right to open it is acquired through elections not through sleeping with the PM. Same thing for Mrs Clinton. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-1-24 10:22:40 AM |