Keith Hudson wrote: > In the whole of my life I have never heard such brutal > language spoken of a sitting Prime Minister in this > country, no matter how detested.... > Surely, Americans are not less > perspicacious and I can only think that the realisation of > having been deceived cannot be long delayed). > > (Incidentally, when David Dimbleby held a straw poll of > the studio audience [generally older middle-class people] > as to whether WMD really meant Words of Mass Deception it > was 'overwhelmingly' agreed.)
I can't imagine that happening in any studio in the USA. People over here certainly seem cowed to me. There is much deference toward and very little *public* criticism of Bush that I'm aware of. When I opined on another list that what happens to Blair will necessarily have some effect on Bush's standing, I was told: > But Paul Krugman reminded us in his op-ed piece in the NYT on Waggy Dog > Stories: ... Waging a war on false > premises worked. He's largely silenced dissent, and with anyone who's dared to > question or criticize him, he questions their patriotism. He's a vicious competitor. > And Democrats have been afraid of him. > > ... As long as Bush stays as popular as he has -- with > 75% of the people thinking he's shown strong leadership and 41% of the > people thinking we've found WMD -- he'll get whatever he wants. GOP members from > both chambers don't have the stomach to stand up against him. Dems are in the > minority and don't count -- even if they become more forceful. I guess we shall know pretty soon. Stephen Straker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vancouver, B.C. [Outgoing mail scanned by Norton AntiVirus] _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
