Reply #2: Trotsky had deep seated contempt for democracy

[Warpy]

which is probably the part both men adore.

Someone posted another link earlier, seems Blair let his fundie side slip out and the Brits are not amused.

"It is a bizarre and shocking revelation that the prime minister claims to have been guided by the supernatural in this matter, especially given the particular religious sensitivities in the Middle East," said Evan Harris, a Liberal Democrat member of parliament from the Oxford area, who is an honorary associate of the National Secular Society.

"We don't want Bush or Khomeini-type fundamentalism in our politics," he added.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060304/ts_afp/britainusiraqwarreligionblair_060304152831

(it bore reposting)