Cherie Blair lambasts Bush over human rights

[Roland99]

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

The Prime Minister’s wife was condemned by supporters of the US President, after a speech to Harvard law students which contained a stinging rebuke to Bush, while on a lecture tour of the United States.

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 Blair also called the US legal code an "outdated grandfather clock".



Ouch!

[sandnsea]

1. Hmmm, a little like Christie Vilsack

I wonder if this is intended to make our media or not, and shake up the idea that England loves Bush. We shall see.

[KharmaTrain]

2. At Least She's Still A Liberal...

And CYA for her pet poodle.

Sorry, no passes to Tony Blair, he slept with the dogs and now lives with the fleas.

[Melodybe]

3. Nice to see someone in his marriage has some balls.

If this is not an endorsement for Kerry, I don't know what is.

[oldhat]

4. Cherie Blair is my favorite Brit.

She has a winning smile.

[Dogmudgeon]

5. I'm fond of Cherie, too, but ...

... her face is the very rictus of an agonized death.

--bkl

[mr blur]

6. I read a long article a while ago...

(probably in the Guardian, not sure) about how the Blairs feel about the Bushes as people. According to reporters who accompanied the Blairs on the plane for their first visit to the White House, the Poodle and his wife can't stand Bush and Pickles and thinki they're ignorant, stupid people. All the more bizarre that Blair should back the illegal war - makes Poodle look stupid, which he isn't.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. "The Prime Ministers wife was condemned by supporters of the US President"

...Who promptly knuckle-dragged their way over to the local stagnant water pond, to fling poo at each other and pound their chests.

[Roland99]

9. LOL! My first thought when reading "condemned" was...

they wanted to string her up on charges!

[fujiyama]

8. Hmmm

Sounds like she's getting bolder...because Bush may be gone in just a few weeks.

Either way, I've heard she never liked Bush and kind of warned Blair about getting too close to the administration.