Friday, March 28, 2003

The Poodle and the Whore

Bill Schneider last night:

SCHNEIDER: I think there is a little magic in it. Blair did something, which President Bush really hasn't done. He went to public forums and he confronted his critics. He was even insulted in public by a peculiar British practice known as...

HARRIS: I think we saw that in the House of Commons.

SCHNEIDER: ... slow clap - well they don't do that in the House, but in public forums. They would slow clap to show that - it was their way of booing a speaker. He confronted his critics. He listened to their arguments. He gave an eloquent defense of this policy. And the British admire that. They may not agree with him, but they admire his fortitude. It's almost, almost "Churchillian." No one in Britain calls him what they used to call him just a few weeks ago. He was known as Bush's poodle. You don't hear that anymore in Britain

First line, Mirror, today:

AS George Bush's poodle, Tony Blair is perfectly capable of having his own pups. But yesterday he went to Camp David to buy another one.

I hate Bill Schneider.

(thanks mw)