Mrs Blair tells US about her 'irresistible' husband

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Mrs Blair tells US about her 'irresistible' husband
By Tim Reid in Washington, for Times Online



Cherie Blair last night blamed the controversy over her lucrative American speaking engagement on her husband, saying the Prime Minister's decision to meet President Bush in Washington today was his bad timing, not hers.

Speaking before an audience in Washington, Mrs Blair responded to accusations that she was using her husband's White House visit today to promote her own personal appearance in the United States's capital, an event for which she was reportedly paid up to £30,000.

Mrs Blair, who also repeatedly plugged her recent book on Downing Street spouses, The Goldfish Bowl, said her appearance had been scheduled nine months ago.

"It has crossed my mind, with all the 365 days on which Tony could have come to America, that today was not the best one for him to choose," Mrs Blair told an audience of about 2,000 in Washington's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Each spectator had paid between $65 and $95 for a ticket.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1644233,00.html

[saigon68]

1. Snoop had a song about the good Cherie

It was called "Doggy style"

[GreenArrow]

2. he's about as irresistible as a cockroach

Slimy, slithery, creepy, crawly, and filthy...a nasty piece of work.

[emad]

3. But did Cherie mention THIS story about irresistible Tone:

that's been gagged for nearly two and a half years in the UK?????

COUNTERPUNCH
January 29, 2003
Blackout in Britain
Alleged Pedophiles Helm Blair's War Room
by MIKE JAMES

A child-sex scandal that threatened to destroy Tony Blair's government last week has been mysteriously squashed and wiped off the front pages of British newspapers. Operation Ore, the United Kingdom's most thorough and comprehensive police investigation of crimes against children, seems to have uncovered more than is politically acceptable at the highest reaches of the British elite. In the 19th of January edition of The Sunday Herald, Neil Mackay sensationally reported that senior members of Tony Blair's government were being investigated for paedophilia and the "enjoyment" of child-sex pornography:

"The Sunday Herald has also had confirmed by a very senior source in British intelligence that at least one high-profile former Labour Cabinet minister is among Operation Ore suspects. The Sunday Herald has been given the politician's name but, for legal reasons, can not identify the person.

There are still unconfirmed rumours that another senior Labour politician is among the suspects. The intelligence officer said that a 'rolling' Cabinet committee had been set up to work out how to deal with the potentially ruinous fall-out for both Tony Blair and the government if arrests occur."

The allegations are the most serious yet levelled at an administration that prides itself on the inclusion in its ranks of a high quota of controversial and flamboyant homosexual men, and whose First Lady, Cherie Blair, has come under the spotlight for her indulgence in pagan rituals that resemble Freemasonic rites. Unconfirmed information also suggests that the term "former Labour Cabinet minister" is misleading and that the investigation has identified a surprisingly large number of alleged paedophiles at the highest level of British government, including one very senior cabinet minister.

The Blair government has responded by imposing a comprehensive blackout on the story, effectively removing it from the domain of public discussion. Attempts on the part of this journalist to establish why the British media has not followed up on the revelations have met with a wall of silence. Editors and journalists of The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Mirror, The Sun, the BBC, Independent Television News and even The Sunday Herald have refused to discuss the matter.

MORE:
http://www.gaiaguys.net/OperationOre.htm

[madrchsod]

6. the vanity fair

article about cherie and tony`s involvement with a certain lady leaves a lot of questions unanswered..just what influence does this woman have over the brit first couple? inquiring minds really would like to know.

[whistle]

4. There is something disingenuous about Cherie Blair....

<snip>
Cherie enlists PR tycoon for £102,000 tour
by RICHARD SHEARS and GORDON RAYNER, Daily Mail

10:35am 7th February 2005

Cherie: Marketed under her married name

On the walls of his office in the heart of Sydney, PR guru Max Markson proudly displays mementoes of his most famous clients - signed photos of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush snr.
He also has a toy locomotive signed by Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs. Soon, no doubt, another famous face will be gazing from a picture frame: that of Cherie Blair.

Mr Markson, 48, is the driving force behind Mrs Blair's charity lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand, for which the Prime Minister's wife will receive a reported £102,000.

<more>
<link> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=336921&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=

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7. Disingenuous: if Pickles tried to charge £30,000 to gullible

audiences to talk about life with Shrub in the WH, there'd be rucktions...

EDIT:
Under US law, the First Lady is barred from making any profit from her role as wife of the President, and proceeds from such an engagement would have had to be donated to charity. But there are no equivalent rules in the UK on governing how far a Prime Minister's spouse can use her other half's public position for her own private profit.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?...

[Anarcho-Socialist]

10. The Daily Mail is a right-wing anti-muslim, anti-irish mag

They hate Cherie Blair because she's a successful lawyer rather than their idealised view of a submissive housewife.

[Bridget Burke]

12. Apparently she's not "The Right Sort"!

There are plenty of reasons to dislike warmonger Tony. But gossip about his wife is not that interesting to many of us.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

13. Indeed, my thoughts are the same

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5. Cherie: Nobody ever used to pick on Denis (sob, sob)

Cherie: Nobody ever used to pick on Denis
By Jason Beattie Political Correspondent
7 June 2005

Cherie Blair today complained bitterly that she was being singled out for criticism over her money-making jaunts.

The Prime Minister's wife told an audience in the US that she was a victim of sexism and that Margaret Thatcher's husband had never been treated as poorly.

"Denis Thatcher also had a number of outside interests. Nobody found anything wrong with that," she said in a speech at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

Mrs Blair is rumoured to have been paid as much as £30,000 for the 90-minute talk on the eve of her husband's visit to President George Bush in Washington.

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/19141695

BUT then Dennis wasn't charging £30,000 a pop to talk about how Maggie launders her underwear in the No 10 Downing Street bathroom.....

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8. The lobster is off: Cherie Blair alters menu for royal G8 banquet

The lobster is off: Cherie Blair alters menu for royal G8 banquet
By Colin Brown
06 June 2005


Cherie Blair has been accused of acting like the "first lady" of Downing Street after meddling with the menu for her husband's G8 summit with world leaders and the Queen.

Leaders of the world's eight industrialised countries, including the US President George Bush and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, will attend the summit at Gleneaglesin Perthshire, Scotland.

After discussingAfrican poverty and climate change, the centrepiece of the conference will be a banquet hosted by the Queen. She cancelled her holiday in Scotland in July because of the G8 protests, but she is expected to host the dinner.

Palace officials agreed to a menu with a strong British flavour of lobster, lamb and chocolate pudding, which the Queen likes, and everything was set for a glittering occasion, until Mrs Blair intervened.

She was not pleased to discover that she will not be sitting with the summiteers, but will be left among the spouses at an overspill table. Palace sources said Mrs Blair was also unhappy that the spouses were not allowed to eat the same menu as the world leaders.

"She was behaving like the first lady," said a Palace source. "She was unhappy about the seating arrangements, and then she started unpicking the menu. Apparently, she didn't want to have lobster."

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=644569

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9. Dinner with Pickles tonight: Times

First Ladies' supper adds to confusion
By Greg Hurst and Tim Reid in Washington

THE row over Cherie Blair’s sell-out “private” lecture tour to the United States intensified last night as it emerged that she is to have dinner at the White House.

Mrs Blair will have supper tonight as a guest of Laura Bush, the First Lady, while their husbands dine elsewhere in the White House to discuss government business.

The Conservatives accuse Downing Street of having misled the public over the nature of her visit by insisting it was undertaken independently and the timing was a coincidence.

Despite assertions from Washington and London that the two dinners will be distinct, both will take place at the same time in the Bush private residence in the White House. “I am sure they will see each other,” one official in Washington chuckled. Neither the White House nor Laura Bush’s office would say if the menus would be the same. One British official said: “This is not part of the official programme. Laura Bush simply invited Mrs Blair to dinner. ”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-1643797,00.html

[genieroze]

11. Mrs Blair tells US about her 'irresistible' husband

:puke:

[defiant1]

14. Yeah....that said it for me 2, genieroze.

[faithnotgreed]

16. hi defiant1 - glad youre here with us

[Al-CIAda]

15. Does this mean Gannon will not be 'topping' off poodle this eve? n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

20. If not Gannon

then I sure some other suitable Boy Toy will be available.

[arwalden]

17. She Got MONEY For That???

Everyone should get a refund. She should return the payment... or donate it to a worthy (non-church, non-religious) charity.

[seemslikeadream]

18. I animalated them...

:hi:

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22. Whoa! yet nothing, but nothing tops your "Rhinocerous wearing a

Sloggi" pic.....Maybe animating THAT would be a bit too close for comfort given DU rules on good taste and decency...

[Rex]

19. $65 and $95 for a ticket?

2000 idiots.

[snot]

21. If you appreciate the BBC as we've known it, PLS go to this link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=376080&mesg_id=376080

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23. Cherie 'crossed the line' - Short

Cherie Blair's decision to make a speech on life in Downing Street for a £30,000 fee was "outrageous" says ex-Cabinet minister Clare Short.

Mrs Blair had "crossed the line", she said, adding it was one thing to pursue her career as a lawyer but getting cash for being the premier's wife was wrong.

On Tuesday Mr Blair showed exasperation over the row as he defended his wife over her decision.

Her talk in Washington coincided with his pre-G8 meeting with George Bush.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4073570.stm

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24. Blair defends lecture row Cherie

Tony Blair has defended his wife Cherie after she was accused of "cashing-in" on her position with a lucrative speaking engagement in the US.

The Conservatives urged Mrs Blair to hand her £30,000 fee for the lecture on life inside Downing Street to charity.

Asked about the row, an exasperated Mr Blair said: "I don't think there's ever anything I can say on these things that can make it better."

He said Cherie had also helped back London's Olympics bid while in the US.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4070732.stm