Blair admits – yes, I’ve met Kerry

AFTER months of embarrassed silence over links with US Democrats, Downing Street finally admitted yesterday that Tony Blair had twice met John Kerry, who is challenging the Prime Minister’s war ally President Bush for the Oval Office.

The disclosure suggests that Mr Blair may be hedging his bets on the outcome of the US elections.

Previously the Government has raised no objection to claims, repeated on both sides of the Atlantic, that Mr Blair had “never met” the Democratic presidential candidate.

Attempts to arrange formal talks during the Prime Minister’s visit to Washington at Easter foundered on “scheduling difficulties”.

This was widely regarded as convenient for both Mr Blair, who did not wish to damage his alliance with Mr Bush, and the Kerry campaign, that was anxious to highlight domestic issues ahead of foreign policy. But on Monday, the Prime Minister told a press conference: “It’s not correct actually that I haven’t met him (Kerry). But I think it’s best that I stay out of that, particularly at the moment.”

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Bush demands Blair support him, Blair scared Kerry is going to win, and nobody respects a pretense of impartiality. Fuck you, Tony.

...the Democrat-natural-leaning-Labour Party screwed by this BushLicking Blair.
Tony - you screwed your party, you screwed your country...and for what, for whom? Bush??? Why?

I think Tony was getting his marching orders from BP. He could have taken the high road and supported the UN and a sane policy in Iraq and the ME. Instead, he threw his lot in with Bush.

his "Congressional Medal Of Honor"..from bushies' congress.

Congressional Medal of Honor should not be a political award.

Not "Honor".

Blair has no honor.

I think it means that Blair's inner circle considers there is a strong chance that Kerry will win next Tuesday and is now tacitly moving to forge links with the new Administration

Blair opens secret talks to build bridges with Kerry
By Francis Elliott, Deputy Political Editor

06 June 2004

Tony Blair has secretly opened negotiations with John Kerry in an attempt to repair his damaged relations with the US Democratic presidential candidate.

that Kerry had met with foreign leaders, challenging him to say when and where.

One aide said: “If Kerry wants to rebuild America’s international alliances, his first call will be to Tony Blair who has spent the last two years trying to keep the multilateral route open. Our experience shows that he won’t find it easy, but he certainly won’t be able to do it without us.”

Of course, that aide is WRONG. The FIRST call should be to CANADA. That is our TRADITION. They are our BEST AND CLOSEST FRIENDS. Hey, neighbor, howdafuckareya!! Chimpy broke this long-standing American tradition because he was pissed at Chretien, and called Vicente Fox instead, strictly to pee on the tree and make HIS point. Childish asshole.

Quite frankly, I knew then that we were gonna have trouble. There are some things you just do NOT do.

When he palled around with the Big Dog, I always thought he was a pretty neat guy...but he and the other rationalizing Brits like madman Christopher Hitchens have destoyed their own credibility...too bad Howard got re-elected, or else we could have a sweep...kicking out every weak-kneed leader who propped up Shrub.

France. Then one to Mexcio. Then Germany. Then Spain. Now, what was the name of that little country that thought it would be first? :shrug:

They threw their lot in with a loser, out of loyalty to us as a nation, and the history of good relations in the last century. Look at the special relationship--FDR, Ike, Kennedy, Reagan (Thatcher's true love) and of course, BIG DOG were high points for them in the love affair. They DID pony up troops. But now, like everyone else that weecowboy deals with, they are feeling date raped, duped, denied, disrespected, disregarded and dumped.

Of course, I feel happy for France. Especially since Kerry already has a warm personal relationship with the head honcho over there. Ooooh la la! We Americans will be able to TRAVEL AGAIN without SHAME!!!

It better be! When Kerry wins ..let's let it be known if he isn't already going to ..that we think he should call CANADA FIRST!~

Neo-Cons have crappy memories apparently.

..But I think it's best that I stay out of that,...

Rt.Hon.Blair, please, you've already put your goddam foot right in
it, so at least come out and say something like, "Naturally, the
labour party has been long standing supporters of the democratic
challenger."

He has subverted his own party, and is too much of an egotist to
admit it in public, for fear of his own fallout... Blair, dude,
i thought you were a public servant FIRST? What happened, when
did you succumb to cowardly greasy backroom subversion of your
own party and similar politics across the atlantic.

At this point, he should make a deniably subtle endorsement, just
to clarify his intent based on his heinous support for criminal
fascism.

designs on the world. Instead, he became Bush's puppy. Too bad, Tony. You enabled the boy king and undercut the opposition to this unethical and immoral attack on Iraq. You've lost my support and admiration by caving to the boy-king.

He could have been the voice of reason that kept the kook in check. Instead, he went along while weecowboy told the press that they both used the same kind of toothpaste (Colgate, as I recall). Heh, heh, heh...heheheheh...I can't WAIT for the day when we do not have to hear that disgusting, vapid laugh.

I always wondered why weewee was going through Tony's shaving kit at Camp David. It seemed a bit....ambiguous, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Tony could have at least done a vague eye roll, but instead, he rolled over for a belly scratch.

The BFEE obviously has some kind of sinister hold over Tony Blair.
He never used to be like this.

On edit: Has anyone checked for suspicious lumps on Tony's back?

The blackmail was to turn off the guidance for the british nuclear
deterrent making billions of money invested worthless, and making
britain instantly a nuclear power without any delivery capability.

I'm sure when the EU completes its galaleo GPS competitor, and
britain has its own nuclear missiles, then the threat would be
nullified.

So i understand his position, at the time of the war, he would have
faced serious uprisings from within the arms-industry and the
military when the pukes pushed with such insistance that the arms
were over there.

Then again, it was tony who ignored the wise and overwhelming advise
of smarter people than his own cabinet, to abstain from war. He
even saw the bullying going on from the bush people, but chose to
ignore all evidence... no he's no innocent, a fully complicit liar.

That would be the Bushrove way.

In bush's position at the time, clearly tony had a price he was
willing to accept, and bush just wrote him a cheque. Plutocracy
has outweighed democratic interest. Tony has proved, that its just
about business.

people in poodledom!

His people hate *, so better for him to start cozying up to the next POTUS.

who bails next? Laura?

parties, I'm pretty sure the chimp and his minions had the poodle just where they wanted him.

That seems to be their M.O.: Make sure you have pictures of every powerful government leader/official in a compromising position with a young boy (or girl) slave. George I, George II, Jeb and Neil have indeed "left no child behind". That's how they control one another... blackmail.

:kick::kick::kick:

Blair: Yes I ' ve met John Kerry. I 've worked with John Kerry. W, you're no John Kerry.

...have come out for Kerry. I don't know what significance there is in getting the crypto-Tory vote locked up, but I choose to view it as a good omen.

it's trying to cover his arse a bit now that the polls are swinging Kerry's way.

And Hitchens has tepidly endorsed Bush: Why I'm (Slightly) for Bush

wouldn't you give just about anything to be a fly on the wall in the White House? Maybe years from now we'll find out that they have tapes like Nixon. :evilgrin:
Actually, I'd rather have it all on film. Wanna see Rove blowing his top.

I mean, Kerry has been a Senator for many years, including th e8 years of Clinton's presidency. Before Blair became a Bush lap dog, he was a Clinton ally. Blair made many visits here. Of course they met.

...on Monday, the Prime Minister told a press conference: “It’s not correct, actually, that I haven’t met...(Kerry). But I think it’s best that I stay out of that, particularly at the moment.”
I've heard of non-denial denials. This is the exact opposite--a denying non-denial!

Sources close to Mr. Blair still believe that Mr. Bush will win a second term next week, not least because of their admiration for the ruthlessness of the Republican election machine.
Admiration? Well, that's what we get for throwing their tea into a harbor that happens to be in Kerry's home state!

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