George Galloway is my hero. "Pack of Lies" speech is priceless.

[Postman]

One of the greatest oratories I've ever heard in my life.

George Galloway's riveting tongue lashing of the neo-cons and their folly in Iraq ranks with the Army-McCarthy hearings of the "Have you no shame?" fame.

God bless George Galloway.

[Mr_Spock]

1. I'm with you on this - make sure everyone you know sees it

This is the "underground" at it's finest since the corporate MSM didn't seem to notice - those good for nothing ass holes.

[wryter2000]

3. Not to disagree

The CBS Evening News played some of it. Not nearly enough, of course.

[Mr_Spock]

5. So when are the investigations going to start?

I mean - isn't it true that AWOL is guilty of war crimes?

[hellbound-liberal]

15. He'll be on CSPAN at 1:35 am, tonight. Check it out!

It truly was a fantastic speech. I urge all Duers to tape it and share it with their friends. Great stuff!

[wryter2000]

2. Amen!

I listened to the four minute clip in the office. My rather conservative officemate's jaw about hit the floor. But she had to admit that he was right. We don't hear that kind of honesty often.

[Postman]

4. Here is his entire testimony on video from the BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4556113.stm

[wryter2000]

10. Thanks!

:bounce:

[Paul B UK]

6. Galloway

That's very much his style. A lot of people in Britain are quite wary of him (he can come across as being a nasty self-aggrandising character) but his speech was superb.

I think he'll be very big in the States for a while.

[wryter2000]

8. Welcome to DU, Paul B

:hi:

[Quixote1818]

12. He ROCKED! Welcome to DU

Are you Brittish or an American living in the UK?

[Paul B UK]

17. Galloway

British and living in the UK. :)

He definitely did make them look very foolish and incompetent indeed. However like I said he comes across as being obsessive and 'dodgy' owing to a few things that he has done - mainly due to THAT Saddam recording and another story about him telling people he would go to Bangladesh to discuss the appalling human rights problems there and then when he went he didn't say a word.

I admire the man for his balls in taking on the Committee - and winning - but I can't say I particularly like him.

[bpilgrim]

20. better than most politicians here

we'll be glad to take him off your hands ;->

we always hear he is 'dodgy' but haven't seen any proof... looks so far like smears from the establishment because he's a lefty who speaks TRUTH to POWER :bounce:

welcome to DU :hi:

peace

[Paul B UK]

22. Same here, largely too...

I would advise the incompetents that if they want to 'get' Galloway next time they should get something very serious and very concrete. Or he'll just make mincemeat out of them again.

Regardless of our opinions of the man that was some political theatre.

[bpilgrim]

7. Transcript, Video, MP3 and Contact Info ------------------- -------> LINKS

MP3... 4 min
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/George_Galloway.mp3

Real Video... 47 min
http://news.globalfreepress.com/movs/Galloway/Galloway.rm

Transcript...
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0517-35.htm

his political party website ....
http://www.respectcoalition.org

his email
[e-mail]

psst... pass the word :bounce:

peace

BTW: found an error in the gov website link to the whole (3 hr) real media file. here is the correct link to the real file...
http://hsgac.senate.gov/audio_video/051705video.ram start at 1:51:26

contact info...

Office
Phone [phone]
Fax [phone]
Email [e-mail]
Post Respect The Unity Coalition, Room 207/208 Coborn House, 3 Coborn Road, Bow, London E3 2DA
Press
Phone [phone]
Email [e-mail]
Website/Technical
Email [e-mail]

http://www.respectcoalition.org/index.php?sec=1

[wryter2000]

9. Thanks!

:bounce:

[VOX]

13. Thanks, bpilgrim!

Much appreciated. :toast:

[bpilgrim]

18. Thank GORE he 'invented' the INTERNETs ;-)

no worries wryter2000 and KrazyKat :hi:

peace

[Quixote1818]

11. I wrote him and told him he was up their with MLK Jr. and Gandhi

Well, perhaps not quite at that level but I told him that as a 36 year old I finally understood what it was like to be inspired in the way Martin Luther King Jr. inspired people. I have never seen someone blow me away the way he did. It was very inspiring and impressive!

[Just Me]

26. Me, too!!!

I simply extended my gratitude.

He was strong enough to take a stand for himself, a stand against the neoCONs and a stand for all the people he was trying to protect from violence and destruction.

[Just Me]

14. There are SO MANY fabulous lines in his speech!!!

He smacked Norm with,

"Now I know that standards have slipped in the last few years in Washington, but for a lawyer you are remakably cavalier with any idea of justice."

AND

"What counts is not the names on the paper, what counts is where's the money. Senator? Who paid me hundreds of thousand of dollars of money? The answer to that is nobody. And if you had anybody who ever paid me a penny, you would have produced them here today."

AND

"Now, the neocon websites and newspapers in which you're such a hero, senator, were all absolutely cock-a-hoop at the publication of the Christian Science Monitor documents,...they were all absolutely convinced of their authenticity. They were all absolutely convinced that these documents showed me receiving $10 million form the Saddam regime. And they were all LIES."

AND

Senator, in everything I said about Iraq, I turned out to be right and you turned out to be wrong and 100,000 people paid with their lives; 1600 of them American soldiers sent to their deaths on a pack of lies; 15,000 of them wounded, many of them disabled forever on a pack of lies.

(emphasis is added)

Galloway is so yummy!!!! :9 Absolutely delicious!!! :loveya:

[FightingIrish]

16. It was an inspiring speech, but

seeing the full testimony on CSpan made it so much more interesting. The occasional shots of Norm Coleman squirming and apparently wetting himself were priceless.

[RAF]

19. It was great but too bad we have no one in our party

with half the nerve Galloway has. Sad indeed!

[bpilgrim]

21. Gore showed how it's done in a speech on TORTURE ----------> MP3

from the Al Franken Show...

a_few_bad_apples.mp3 957k
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/af/gore/a_few_bad_apples.mp3

we_desperately_need_new_leadership.mp3 569k http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/af/gore/we_desperately_need.mp3

more...
22.2M
http://news.globalfreepress.com/mp3/aar/af/gore/gore_nyu_05-28-04.mp3

if the 'stiff' gore can do it they all can

but Mr. Galloway was very impressive all from memory didn't even look at his notes :wow:

peace

[RAF]

23. Oh Please

It's because of Gore we have this fascist bastard in office today.

Please don't compare Galloway (real strength) to a person like Gore who finds it years after the fact(and in a hand picked setting).

[bpilgrim]

24. listen to the MP3

then get back to us

the point is, even our politicians can tell it like it is, as gore demonstrates adeptly above... but why don't they do it more often :shrug:

peace

[Just Me]

25. Dude!!!! We have a slew of exceptional people in our party!!!!

Where have you been? Every member of the Black Caucus is exceptional, courageous, bold and fighting!!! Add Boxer, Kucinich, Obey, Byrd, Kennedy, Kerry, Obey,....shit, I can't even name all the fighters (shame on me)!!!!

Aren't you listening? Do you have your head stuck in the mud of corporate media or freeperville or extremist territory? If so, pull it out!!!!

[RAF]

28. don't ride me on this

We have a few people who speak out loudly and are great assets to our party, Conyers, Tubbs Jones, Boxer(to name a few) but we have no one who is willing to speak their mind with out the backing and approval of the Washington leadership.

You can take the typical tact I witness around here by questioning my real party affiliation or how informed I am ( and trust me that would be a huge mistake on your part).

We have a Senate leader who actually voted for the new bankruptcy legislation. How the hell do we have a leader like this? Our party is still being run by Washington bubble people and the second the regular folks take it back the more you will see real fighters like Galloway in it.

I guess some people will tell themselves anything to make the hurt less painful.

[leftchick]

27. I changed my sig line in Honor of him The day of his speech

before the Senate committee. God Bless George Galloway for Speaking THE TRUTH that has NEVER been Heard on the Senate Floor! Pack of Lies INDEED!!

[in_cog_ni_to]

29. He was simply AMAZING! Truly amazing!

:wohoo:

I'm going to watch him again tonight! That was the best TV I have seen in YEARS.

[Hatalles]

30. "Pack of Lies" is a phrase that sticks too. We should keep it handy.

Love the way he says it too. :)

"It was nothin' but a 'PAHK UV LYEZ!'"