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2003-11-19 Britain

Bush Defends Iraq War on Visit to Britain

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Posted by Steve White 2003-11-19 12:16:46 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What's all this protest about? Speak up!

Posted by Lucky 2003-11-19 12:39:10 AM|| 2003-11-19 12:39:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 This could be fun, looks like rain in Merry Ole' England.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-11-19 1:03:16 AM|| 2003-11-19 1:03:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 the planned toppling of a mock statue of Bush

Careful it doesn't fall on you and crush you to death, heaven forbid. Hope it's made of something heavy.

Posted by Rafael 2003-11-19 3:55:39 AM|| 2003-11-19 3:55:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 How about the Turtle People will they be in attendance?

Posted by Shipman 2003-11-19 8:00:00 AM|| 2003-11-19 8:00:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Galloway was there - surely he qualifies as a large puppet

Posted by Frank G 2003-11-19 8:37:34 AM|| 2003-11-19 8:37:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 This is the story of a wooden puppet, who only wished to be relevant. Disney's "Gallowaynio".

Posted by Charles 2003-11-19 11:10:19 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:10:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ann "Old Bat" Butler, 63, shouted that Bush thinks heâs Marshall Dillon Wyatt Earp. ``This countryâs lost enough men in war,ââ said Butler, one of about 100 loonies protesters.

Hmmm...only 100? I'm beginning to suspect that this massive march tomorrow is going to be a spectacular dud. Furthering my suspicions, the Instapundit links an article from the Guardian, (that's right, the Guardian ) noting most Britians support America and think it's a force for good.

here is the [broken] link: Highly recommended reading.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story
/0,12956,1087545,00.html

Now whyyyyy would the ever anti-American Guardian suddenly be willing to publish such a positive piece??? Hmmm...could it be that they are trying to put some distance between themselves and the embarassment, in the hopes of retaining a shred of credibility in their reporting? "Hey, just like we said, the majority of people support Bush." Heh, heh, I guess we shall see.

Also interesting is the age of the protestors being quoted, especially since the Guradian reports, "A majority of "twentysomethings" welcome Mr Bush. Hostility is strongest amongst the over-65s." ooooh ouch, that's gotta hurt the desperate-to-be-cool crowd!

Posted by B 2003-11-19 11:11:33 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:11:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Bush's speach was really good, he should have given it before the Parliament. Any heckling would have seriously soiled the heckler, not Bush.

Saw some footage of protests this morning, there was more than a hundred and they had a float made up like a pink tank. Very clever. How were gays treated by the Taliban again?

Posted by Yank 2003-11-19 11:37:24 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:37:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 darn..I missed the post above that already confirmed my suspicions. Oh well, nice to have my suspicions vindicated.

Posted by B 2003-11-19 11:37:40 AM|| 2003-11-19 11:37:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 pink tank

Are those the left's answer to the good ol' right-wing think tank?

Posted by Bulldog 2003-11-19 12:29:44 PM|| 2003-11-19 12:29:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I thought the Left had "Feel Tanks" rather than Think Tanks...

Posted by eLarson 2003-11-19 3:01:19 PM|| 2003-11-19 3:01:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Galloway was there - surely he qualifies as a large puppet.
More like a Turtle - he's always got his head pulled waaaayyyy inside - only from the wrong end.

"Hostility is strongest amongst the over-65s." ooooh ouch, that's gotta hurt the desperate-to-be-cool crowd!
It must really, really hurt to be an aging hippie, and still nobody pays any attention to you.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-19 3:10:38 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-19 3:10:38 PM|| Front Page Top

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