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07-18-2003, 12:27 AM
<span style='font-family:ms sans serif'>Liberty, Eloquence and Tony Blair
Jay Bryant
July 18, 2003
Again and again, the U.S. Congress stood and applauded British Prime Minister Tony Blair, knowing that they were in the presence of a true master of an art they all have studied, and practiced for at least as long as they have been in public life – the art of public speaking.
To be sure, the newspapers are correct when they solemnly intone that Blair's trip to Washington comes at a time when both he and President Bush are under fire for statements made before the war. But the whiny media missed the point, as did whiny politicians like Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, who said today that the President's State of the Union speech had been "hyped, or spun, or exaggerated, to try to create this sentiment in favor of war."
That is poppycock – a sentence composed one hundred percent of hype, spin and exaggeration and designed to try to create a sentiment in favor of Democratic politicians.
"You are not going to be alone," the Prime Minister said. "We will be with you in this fight for liberty." (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Bryant20030718.shtml )
Hooray for BeefaTony!!!! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin5.gif *You have to be "OLD" to remember that commercial! *But seriously, how REFRESHING it was to hear him today! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/yelclap.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/clap.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bowlow.gif</span>
Jay Bryant
July 18, 2003
Again and again, the U.S. Congress stood and applauded British Prime Minister Tony Blair, knowing that they were in the presence of a true master of an art they all have studied, and practiced for at least as long as they have been in public life – the art of public speaking.
To be sure, the newspapers are correct when they solemnly intone that Blair's trip to Washington comes at a time when both he and President Bush are under fire for statements made before the war. But the whiny media missed the point, as did whiny politicians like Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, who said today that the President's State of the Union speech had been "hyped, or spun, or exaggerated, to try to create this sentiment in favor of war."
That is poppycock – a sentence composed one hundred percent of hype, spin and exaggeration and designed to try to create a sentiment in favor of Democratic politicians.
"You are not going to be alone," the Prime Minister said. "We will be with you in this fight for liberty." (http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Bryant20030718.shtml )
Hooray for BeefaTony!!!! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin5.gif *You have to be "OLD" to remember that commercial! *But seriously, how REFRESHING it was to hear him today! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/yelclap.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/clap.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/bowlow.gif</span>