Hooray for Galloway!
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- Cactus0
Hey, he played the race card to win his seat in Parliment...
what's not 2 love?
- The_Separatist0
Ok - he has defected from Labour (our current governing party of 8 years now) to a small independent party called Respect, mainly because of his anti-war stance and outspoken rhetoric against Labour.
As the recent election approached, he looked to make a point to Labour, and more importantly, the electorate.
So he identified an existing Labour seat which he would aim to win, thereby giving him a platform to show he had the courage of his convictions, and hurt Labour in the process.
He did. He won. He beat Labour by only a few hundred votes majority. Some say he has exploited racial and religious tensions in the area he campaigned for to win the seat. I say the proof is in the pudding, let's see what he does with his constituency over the next four years.
His main point is that Labour is full of nodding dogs, and it's rotting the country from the inside out. He had the balls to step outside of his comfortable ruling government position and put some real effort into showing the electorate how we should be thinking.
As John Pilger said, 'There are 2 superpowers left in the world today. The USA and the People of the world'
I believe Galloway deserves the utmost credit for doing what he absolutely believes in. How many politicians can truly say that today?
If only Clare Short and Robin Cooke had followed through with their similar stance in the way GG did!
- spiralstarez0
"Looks like he's got balls though"
Yeah, it takes balls to set up a charity for an sick Iraqi child then siphon off the proceeds for your own personal use.
Cactus
(May 17 05, 12:05)I will agree with you if you can provide factual evidence of this, rather than ride on the popular media accusations of the US...
Until then as I don't know much about it I'd rather take an objective approach.
- Cactus0
"I'd rather take an objective approach..."
Why dosen't he open the books and make the finances of the Mariam Appeal public?
Could it be that he has something to hide?
- ********0
OMFG!!! Cactus = Paxman!!!
talk about selective word blindness....
"I'd rather take an objective approach..."
Why dosen't he open the books and make the finances of the Mariam Appeal public?
Could it be that he has something to hide?
Cactus
(May 17 05, 12:17)I will agree with you if you can provide factual evidence of this, rather than ride on the popular media accusations of the US...
Until then as I don't know much about it...
spiralstarez
(May 17 05, 12:13)
- Cactus0
No, it's just lame ideological blindness...
- ********0
whichever.
Quotes are best done acurately in earnest debate.
- Cactus0
I misrepresented his/her post? I think not.
- ********0
I don't suggest misrepresentation, merely selective word blindness brought about by holding a contrasting opinion.
This is what you didn't see:
I will agree with you if you can provide factual evidence of this, rather than ride on the popular media accusations of the US...
Until then as I don't know much about it...
So firstly "he/she" is asking if you have any evidence of what you are claiming before taking your stance. Then say "he/she" doesn't know much about it.
A perfect opportunity for you to bring forth the evidence...
no?
- pablito0
cactus, before u start pointing fingers at everbody else, start looking on your own yard.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/S…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world…
"The US turned a blind eye to the former Iraq regime's $8bn trade in smuggled oil, a new US Senate report says."
...
- spk0
coleman is a little bitch who won only because a much better man Paul Wellstone died shortly before the election ... coleman is known scumbag and opportunist here in minnesota.
- Cactus0
MX_OnD,
Yes, in that context you are correct. Innocent until proven quilty. Let's suspend our judgment of the poor fellow. It all could be just a big misunderstanding. All the documentation has just mysteriously vanished into thin air.
I bow to your indefatigable sense of objectivity.
- ********0
- ********0
Without the documentation neither can he prove his innocence.
Precisely for this reason do we "prove beyond all reasonable doubt"
And also for this reason, yes innocent until proven guilty.
- Cactus0
"start looking on your own yard..."
...and what yard is that? I have no dog in this fight.
- ********0
"start looking on your own yard..."
...and what yard is that? I have no dog in this fight.
Cactus
(May 17 05, 12:55)it's not a fight.
- Cactus0
"it's not a fight"
lol... just an expression, dear fellow.
- robotron3k0
regardless of who is the more corrupt politician and who stole what when the US press is now taking their turn at biting back and galloway gave them a reason...
behold, the mother of all new orgs...
even fox mentions it..
- Nairn0
"Innocent until proven quilty"
excellent!