BY GEORGE

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=463147

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It is not only Bush the Chicken-hawk warmonger and promoter-in-chief of the great illusion about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction who they will be denouncing. It is also Bush the ignorant, self-righteous Christian warrior, Bush the smirking executioner and Bush the believer in one law for America and another for everyone else. And, of course, Bush the "Toxic Texan", an image made flesh by the "ghost ships" bearing down on Hartlepool, whose US-produced contaminants will find a last resting place on Britain's unpolluted isle.

No man is ever quite as extreme as his caricature. But Bush comes closer than most, and not only Britons cannot abide him. In his own country, too, he is perhaps an even more polarising Presi- dent than Bill Clinton. Conservatives abhorred Clinton; but for the liberal half of an equally divided country Bush embodies everything to hate about the right. And the President's great betrayal only makes them angrier.

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This is an amazing article, further magnifying the divide between not only Americans, but the distaste Brits feel for this misadministration and their efforts to stiffle protest during his upcomming visit. Absolutely worth a read.

I've read in a long time. Thanks for posting it!

of the Chimp who would be king.

Oh, to have a free press once again....

This is a great article. Love the laundry list at the end. Too bad it's missing the AWOL

At least the Brits aren't afraid to tell the truth. I fear that we are turning into a fascist state.

Too bad we don't see this much openly honest analysis in our own press. One thing the author didn't mention is that not only "W" loathed on this land, but pretty much the world over. Quite an accomplishment if you ask me.

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this good.


"It is not only Bush the Chicken-hawk warmonger and promoter-in-chief of the great illusion about Saddam's weapons of mass destruction who they will be denouncing. It is also Bush the ignorant, self-righteous Christian warrior, Bush the smirking executioner and Bush the believer in one law for America and another for everyone else. And, of course, Bush the "Toxic Texan", an image made flesh by the "ghost ships" bearing down on Hartlepool, whose US-produced contaminants will find a last resting place on Britain's unpolluted isle."

"deeply stupid little oil-spiv"

From an August, 2002 Guardian article: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,9174,770408,00.html

Full quote: "Richard Dawkins, an Oxford science don, suggested Mr Bush was just as much of a danger to world peace as Saddam Hussein, adding: "It would be a tragedy if Tony Blair were to be brought down through playing poodle to this unelected and deeply stupid little oil-spiv."

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The filter must have plum clear n'out broken in England:
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Bush telegraph: selected presidential facts

In May 2001, Bush's government gave $43m to the Taliban.

Bush has never attended a funeral or memorial service for a soldier killed in Iraq.

In August this year, Bush took the second-longest holiday ever by a US president: 28 days.

Bush's 16-member cabinet is the wealthiest in US history, with an average fortune of $10.9m each.

As governor of Texas, Bush executed 152 prisoners.

Sixty-one people who raised $100,000 for Bush's 2000 election campaign have since been given government posts.

Nine members of Bush's Defense Policy Board sit on the board of defence contractors or are advisers.

Bush owns more than 250 autographed baseballs.

Bush has been arrested three times: for stealing a Christmas wreath from a hotel; for ripping down the Princeton goal posts after a Princeton-Yale game; and for drunk driving.

Bush infuriated the Russian media by spitting a wad of chewing gum into his hand before signing 2002's historic Treaty of Moscow with Vladimir Putin.

While appearing on the David Letterman show in 2000, Bush was caught surreptitiously cleaning his glasses on the jacket of the programme's executive producer, Maria Pope.

Something I didn't know, and also didn't know I should be outraged about. Perhaps an item that one needs to think about--consider the master plan. Is he cornering the market on particular good autographs? Of course, they'd be gifts. Is there some sort of baseball quid pro quo we've been missing? Who is sending these baseballs and does it correlate to defense spending or in some other pigism? How many baseballs did Ken Lay send him?

Even in the seemingly minor, bet you ass there's corruption and evil intent.

The Brits are subtle. This is a red flag. It has nothing to do with cricket.

(Edit: gin and tonic correction)

Who loved it

"Finally, there is Bush the buffoon." BWAHAHAHA! Well that just about sums it up, now doesn't it? Evil little simpleton*

I would have this authors baby if I wasn't an old man, LOLOL.

Anyone seen Phil A. Buster this morning? :)