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2005-09-09 Britain

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-09 00:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Tories are starting to sound as embittered and irrelevant as the Democrats. The current leadership makes John Major look like a giant by comparison.

Posted by RWV 2005-09-09 01:09|| 2005-09-09 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Ken Clarke is not a mainstream Tory. He is far too far to the left to be elected leader. The MSM in the UK have been trying to talk up his prospects, but he doesn't stand a chance. WRT British machinations on the WoT it pays to remember two things:
a) It was only necessary for the UK to give token support to the military action in Iraq - the US does not need military assistance.
b) The centre-left was in power in the UK during 9/11 - imagine what some Republican senators would be saying if this was Gore's war.

Posted by Jake-the-Peg 2005-09-09 08:08|| 2005-09-09 08:08|| Front Page Top

#3 The centre-left was in power in the UK during 9/11 - imagine what some Republican senators would be saying if this was Gore's war.

*snort*

1) Republicans actually give a rat's ass about the country, and would support it regardless of the party in the White House.

2) Al Gore is not "center left". He's hard left. Had he been in power, we'd still be seeking a UN resolution to consider the possibility of debating the consideration of the use of sanctions against the Taliban.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-09 08:45|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-09 08:45|| Front Page Top

#4 ...or at least coming to terms with the wording of a letter to Mullah Omar.

Posted by eLarson 2005-09-09 08:47|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-09-09 08:47|| Front Page Top

#5 ... or sending Jimmy Carter on a mission to see if we can find common ground.

Posted by Curt Simon 2005-09-09 09:14|| 2005-09-09 09:14|| Front Page Top

#6 We only need to look at Clinton's adventures in the Balkans. Republicans opposed it at the time as a strategic error, but once the shooting started, publicly supported the policy. None of this "I support the troops but..." crap.

But then again, while there are tens of millions of patriotic Americans who routinely vote Democratic, most patriotic elected officials are Republicans.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-09 09:30|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-09 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Change the setting, and why does this sound like some MSM intonation about "John McCain *leading* the republican party"?

John McCain is a party of one. The only reason he is re-elected in Arizona is because his wife pays his way and the State party is too cheap to pay for a challenger. They would run Hillary as a republican if she ran here and paid for herself.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-09 11:08|| 2005-09-09 11:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Democracy is difficult to spread and impossible to impose

Dickhead doesn't read history does he? It was imposed on Germany and Japan with good results. Statements like that make me wonder at the mental capacity of some politicians.

Posted by mmurray821 2005-09-09 11:44|| 2005-09-09 11:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Good point on John McCain. When my lefty friends tell me he's 'tolerable', I start to wonder.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-09 11:48|| 2005-09-09 11:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Ken is being talked up by the UKs left wing media.

No Conservatives support him.

Don't be fooled by the MSM.

Posted by Ulereger Clavigum6227 2005-09-09 12:21|| 2005-09-09 12:21|| Front Page Top

#11 Look at the source; IHT. Enough said.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2005-09-09 12:43|| 2005-09-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

#12 Look at the source; IHT. Enough said.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2005-09-09 12:43|| 2005-09-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

#13 I'd categorize this strange article as media 'displacement activity', because they can not bring themselves to discuss the elephant in the room, namely politicians who supported the iraq war are being reelected with large majorities - Koizumi being the next and those who opposed it are going down to historic defeats - Shroeder being next. The only exception being Aznar, due to the special circumstances of Madrid.

Posted by phil_b 2005-09-09 16:28|| 2005-09-09 16:28|| Front Page Top

#14

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-09 17:11|| 2005-09-09 17:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Rats, pls remove, I fouled the code.

Posted by Shipman 2005-09-09 17:12|| 2005-09-09 17:12|| Front Page Top

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