Cherie Blair lambasts Bush over human rights

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http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1259162004

She attacked the manner in which the White House has dealt with the human rights of UK citizens detained at the US-run Camp X-Ray prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Blair said the decision by the US Supreme Court, fiercely opposed by Bush’s government, to give legal protection to two of the Britons detained at the camp was "profoundly important" and a "significant victory for human rights and the international rule of law".

She took a sideswipe at Bush’s record on gay rights, condemning the arrest of a homosexual couple in the President’s home state of Texas, for defying a ban on gay sex. The US Supreme Court’s decision to throw out the law, which had been backed by Bush, was a "model of judicial reasoning". Blair also called the US legal code an "outdated grandfather clock".

[maddezmom]

1. LOL...where the hell was she before today???

But thanks, Cherie.

[saigon68]

23. The POODLE

Tony Blair yesterday offered a crowded House of Commons his most direct apology yet for deficiencies in the intelligence dossiers he presented to MPs to help justify the invasion of Iraq in March 2003.

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25. Cherie has been knocking junior and fighting with Tony baby

from day one. You haven't been paying close attention.

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[gatorboy]

2. I bet Tony's sleeping on the couch ALOT these days...

n/t

[AlCzervik]

3. i bet she's saying what he wishes he could say

although he could if he had the backbone to.

[gatorboy]

6. Too true. More people should've come out against this guy earlier.

Suddenly more people are voicing their disgust for Bush but they shouldn't have waited so long!

[natrat]

5. the poodle playing both

sides of the fence with wifeys help

[oldhat]

4. Atta girl! Go git 'em, puttyface!

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[clydefrand]

11. Oh, so you want to replace Candy with Cherie, I guess????

Well! ;-)

[MaineDem]

22. Ouch!

:eyes:

[liberalpragmatist]

7. She reportedly HATES Bush and was furious with Tony

Apparently, after Bush was *elected*, on their first trip to the US, Cherie kept complaining about why they had to befriend "those people" and saying how she didn't trust Bush. She was heavily rooting for Gore.

She also reportedly confronted Bush over the death penalty over dinner.

This is all from a Salon article on the Blairs from a few months back.

There's an interesting story about Cherie and Tony. They were both aspiring politicians, but they made a deal: they were both gonna run for parliament, but whoever got their first would get to be the politician in the family, the other would remain in law. In the '82 or '84 elections (I don't know the exact date), they both ran. She lost. He won. Hence, he got the political career, while Cherie went on to become one of the most successful lawyers in the country.

[madrchsod]

15. vanity fair also had an article

about her and her lady friend

[Jane Austin]

18. what are you alluding to?

n/t

[oldhat]

21. The crazy woman...

...who used to pose nude and now thinks she's psychic and also takes showers with Cherie Blair?

Yeah, she's a little weird.

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28. Do a google and you'll find that Cherie is on our side and

has been after this administration for a long time.

Your getting bad info oldhat.

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[liberalpragmatist]

16. Um, why do you have to call her a whore?

Do you know her? Do you have a specific reason for disliking her? Is it just because you don't like her husband?

As for that kiss - that was just diplomatic protocol.

[Jane Austin]

19. Huh?

n/t

[MaineDem]

24. That's twice in this thread you've been very insulting

Why?

[Daisey Mae]

10. Cheri where have you been ?

she is saying the right things about Bush's old time type of in-justice.... he is out of date and as of Tuesday he will be out of time......

[maddezmom]

12. OT: CSPAN 8:30pm CST : Will Hutton (former editor of The Observer-UK)

"Should President Bush Be Re-elected?" and Oxford Debate.

He's a Kerry supporter. :)

[shadu]

13. Plus: She stands up for Palestine! Gotta love her

[madrchsod]

14. Cherie ripped bush

a new asshole during a private dinner over the death penalty. she has also stated publicly that bush fraudulently took the whitehouse. tony has a big problem sometimes with her outspoken beliefs cause she embarrasses the shit out of him...google for her adventures...

[Tatiana]

17. Oh boy. Another one of those "opinionated" women!

Cherie has speaking out against the Bush administration for some time now, though I suspect the media has not given her comments the merit they deserved. I also think, like Teresa Heinz-Kerry, it is a constant struggle for the spouse of a politician to maintain their role of support, when they feel strongly about issues upon which their husbands must be cautious about.

[MsMagnificent]

20. Uppity! ;)

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