I saw part of the hearing. The room was of course full--lots of staffers.
But the lack of other questioners hardly matters--he was speaking to the
entire senate. As to the soft spot, Levin almost behaved as described. In
fact, he cut Galloway off as he was attempting to clarify.
This is all about perception, not fact. Galloway's main point was that
being discredited publicly by a very powerful body which refused to present
evidence is lynch law, will remain true even if the evidence is
forthcoming. Apparently it's not, in any case. In making that point
Galloway did win, and legitimately.
Mark
At 11:38 AM 5/21/2005, you wrote:
>I hadn't seen it that clearly, David, so thanks for this. As I said,
>Galloway may not be a saint,m but certainly neither are the Bosses in
>the US & UK, & as that Guardian article suggests, standing up to them,
>even in the person of just one fool, is not altogether a bad thing.
>
>Doug
>
>(whose own government has been behaving rather stupidly recently, but
>then aren't they all).
>On 21-May-05, at 7:13 AM, David Latane wrote:
>
>>I think only two Senators were present to question
>>Galloway: Coleman, a booby, and Levin, a smart
>>centrist Democrat. Levin watched while Galloway made a
>>ninny of Coleman, which may, after all, have been why
>>Levin went along with the stunt of questioning him,
>>and then Levin went right for the soft spot--how a
>>charity for Iraqi children that Galloway set up with a
>>Jordanian (known trader with Hussein) got pots of
>>money. Galloway blarneyed, so Levin politely said, OK,
>>you're going to blarney, so let's just move on...
>>Galloway proclaims Victory and leaves -- thereby
>>setting an example for what Bush and his boobies
>>should do in Iraq, but won't.
>>
>>
>>
>>David Latane
>>http://www.standmagazine.org (Stand Magazine, Leeds)
>>
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>Words cling to other words
>As we have seen, although even these are
>Migratory and the forgotten shows through as correction.
>This noun has been defunct for centuries.
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