Yo, Blair: the real meaning of the Tony 'n' George rap

[spindrifter]

The Times July 22, 2006

(Here's the Yo transcript, in case you missed it or need to refresh your memory:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2280528,00.html


Then dip into this section where various Brits comment on the *-Blair repartee:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2280533,00.html

--including this treasure:

MICHAEL GOVE
Conservative MP

THE SWEARING, SWAGGERING PRESIDENT

THE incident in St Petersburg illustrated once more that . . . the President has enshrined his immaturity and insularity, turning every environment he inhabits — no matter how serious — into a frat house.

No matter what the trappings required of the leader of the free world, he brings . . . the same smart-alecky attitude — swearing, swaggering, talking to Mr Blair with his mouth full of buttered roll.

He treated Tony “As It Were” Blair like the servant in The Remains of the Day, blowing off his offer to help with the Israel-Lebanon crisis, and changing the subject from substance to fluff at one point, noting about his 60th-birthday Burberry gift: “Thanks for the sweater. Awfully thoughtful of you.” Then he razzed the British Prime Minister, who was hovering and wheedling like an abused wife: “I know you picked it out yourself.”

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[goforit]

1. Yep, ain't this the truth!

[C_U_L8R]

2. There seem to be more Bush apologists

over there than over here...
it must be battered coalition partner syndrome
or something
Perhap the Brits just like playing Man Servant to our Faux Cowboy

Whatever ... it's pretty pathetic

[JohnnyLib]

3. BCPS

Love the new syndrome! If it just weren't so damn true...

[spindrifter]

4. I'm not sure whether

they prefer Poodle To Man Servant to Faux Cowboy. I actually think it is the former.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Yes He IS Poodle to Our Monkey

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