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"Harry Hope" |
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16 Nov 2003 10:06:49 PM |
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What's Rove up to with Bush's trip from hell. |
From The Guardian 11/17/03:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1086734,00.html
US and UK officials dread presidential trip
· Washington fears any re-election benefit will be marred by trade row
and anti-war protests
· Blair faces revival of 'US poodle' image
Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger in Washington
Monday November 17, 2003
The Guardian
The trip has turned into one that no one wants, despite what Mr Bush
said yesterday.
He claimed he was not upset about the prospect of protesters because
"freedom is a beautiful thing".
Speaking on Breakfast with Frost, he said:
"So Laura and I are really looking forward to coming."
That does not square with what US officials, like their counterparts
in Whitehall, are saying.
One official described it as the trip from hell.
When preparations were being made months ago the expectation in
Washington had been that it would be a victory trip, with Iraq
relatively stable and its elusive weapons of mass destruction
unearthed.
What had not been anticipated was the present chaos and mounting death
toll.
Mr Bush is to fly into London tomorrow evening for the first state
visit since President Woodrow Wilson in 1918, whose path was strewn
with roses by a people grateful for his help during the war.
There will be no such public welcome for Mr Bush, and protesters will
dog his path until he leaves on Friday evening.
Television footage of Mr Bush with the Queen was supposed to provide
useful footage for a president seeking re-election next year.
But US officials know that any royal benefit will be offset by
damaging images of protests.
The visit also undoes the efforts of Mr Blair to switch the agenda to
domestic issues.
Since the Hutton inquiry finished in September, the prime minister has
gone out of his way to reduce his involvement in foreign affairs.
But the image this week will be a revival of Mr Blair as Mr Bush's
poodle.
Such is the sensitivity on the British side over this that officials
advised against an innocent ceremony in which Mr Bush was to have
handed over a Congressional gold medal awarded to Mr Blair in July.
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Here's another photo-op Rove ain't gonna be able to use in 2004.
Harry
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| User: "PagCal" |
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| Title: Re: What's Rove up to with Bush's trip from hell. |
17 Nov 2003 04:59:27 AM |
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Bush doesn't live in, what most of us describe, as the world of reality.
He, in his own mind, is a hero - victorious in battle, and still
fighting some 'war' somewhere in the world.
Rove probably suffers from some of the same delusions, and since Britain
was an ally in the war, he thinks Bush can get out and strut around
among the grateful peasants and receive accolades.
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| User: "Tempest" |
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| Title: Re: What's Rove up to with Bush's trip from hell. |
17 Nov 2003 04:02:13 PM |
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PagCal <pagcal@runbox.com> wrote in message news:<vrhagfjs8qmv0f@corp.supernews.com>...
Bush doesn't live in, what most of us describe, as the world of reality.
He, in his own mind, is a hero - victorious in battle, and still
fighting some 'war' somewhere in the world.
"I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go
to war." Houston Chronicle, January 2002. Bush during one of his
Reagan moments (Reagan claimed to have been in the military when in
fact the only military uniform he ever wore was in the movies).
Rove probably suffers from some of the same delusions, and since Britain
was an ally in the war, he thinks Bush can get out and strut around
among the grateful peasants and receive accolades.
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