As shocking as that picture is, it gets even more so when you read the article, and realize that's a dude he's standing next to.

I don't have a problem with a politician doing this. If the voters don't like it they can dump him.

I have the lowest opinion of this man because of his traitorous actions and statements, but this stunt doesn't lower him any further.

When real life becomes it's own best parody...

Incidentally we all know why this is greeted with a "ho hum" by the same people who would be going berserk with international schadenfreude if it was say Frist and DeLay in the unitards, don't we?

I bet Hitchens is, instead, kicking himself for ever giving this looney-toon any level of respectability by attempting to engage him in debate.

As much as I despise this piece of human detritus, I am starting to feel sorry for him. He is obviously in the initial stages of dementia and will quite likely be under the full-time care of a psychiatric professional. He has really gone off the deep-end.

Video here..

http://thepoliticalteen.net/2006/01/23/gallowayintights/

How is this different from Bill Clinton talking about "boxers or briefs?"

I mean, other than the fact that a geezer like Galloway looks better in a leotard than pasty lump o' lard Clinton (Bill or Hillary) would.

Or they'll make him Chairman of the democratic party when Dean's head finally explodes.

well, he is certainly showing that he is more than qualified for that role.

Somewhere, Christopher Hitchens is laughing...

. . . and baby Jesus is crying.

"You spin me right round baby, right round like a record baby, round round round round"

I'd listened to most of that debate between Galloway and Hitchens before tuning into the Victor Davis Hanson v. Arriana Huff n' Puffington.

Now it's clear this guy is totally bonkers.

How is this different from Bill Clinton talking about "boxers or briefs?"

bbeck, I think you have overlooked the significance of this photograph. The leotard is, frankly, the least of the problems. This image was taken while the Respect (ha!) MP was attempting to convey the emotion of shock that an imaginary puppy had failed to come while called. Galloway was expressing this emotion through the magic of the Mr. Roboto dance.

Sadly, I am serious. Read the article. Look carefully at the expression on his face, and his awkwardly stiff fingers. I cannot look at that picture without hearing that synthesizer from Revenge of the Nerds.

Why is he doing this? And why isn't the British press having a field day?

You guys are just dissing him because he has the guts to speak truth to power! That's right Galloway is willing to stand up to the man!

Look that's the difference between you Conservatives and liberals. You shut yourself off in your stuffy bourgeois ticky-tack boxes and criticize anyone who is different! Liberals like Galloway explore the world in new ways and celebrate perversity!

Uhm,,,diversity I mean. They celebrate diversity!

The article should be titled "Pete Burns sinks to new low."

Somewhere, Christopher Hitchens is laughing...

. . . and baby Jesus is crying.

. . .and Andrew Sullivan is salivating.

Dude, who gives a crap about Galloway? Who's the FOX on the right?!

Somewhere, Christopher Hitchens is laughing...

Well...

Statement - Christopher Hitchens, NSA Lawsuit Client

http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/23485res20060116.html

Looks like Hitch is going to fall out of favor with the right again...

He's never exactly been a darling of the right. I only made that comment because Hitchens once debated Galloway.

But please, don't allow me to get in the way of your threadjacking.

Talk about FUPA.

Looks like Hitch is going to fall out of favor with the right again...

*yawn* Whatever.

Anyone remotely familiar with Hitchens would see that, far from coming over to the right, he has simply taken common cause with the right anent the GWOT and fighting Islamofascism. Beyond that he is a confessed liberal on virtually every other matter.

X. why do people on the left assume, wrongly and repeatedly, that people on the right reflexively agree with everything the president says or does? If you were even a casual observer of writings here you would see plenty of times when people disagree with Bush or the Republicans in Congress.

I'm not a Republican but I do consider myself to the right of the spectrum on most issues, national security further right than most. The fact that an ex-troksyite disagrees with some of Bushes policies doesn't surprise or dismay me.

But on the topic at hand, I think its fair to say that Hitchens thinks Galloway is a deceitful, bloviating ego-maniac who eagerly sold out his own country for personal gain. I'm sure he is enjoying Galloway's decent into the gutter. And on this issue, he and I are in complete agreement.

"Why is he doing this?"

Because I have his family chained to a radiator in the basement of a dingy London flat, that's why.

"Who's the FOX on the right?!"

um, Bill, you were kidding right?

um, Bill, you were kidding right?

Kidding? No way! COME TO POPPA, DADDY'S GOT A PRESENT, SWEETHEART!

oh EWWWWWW
I hope daddy's got a body condom

Does anyone think it's all about money? What if Galloway has a drug problem, a gambling problem, a mistress, or something. That's why he had to sell out his country by making under-the-table deals with Saddam Hussein. Now that that spigot's turned off, he's desperate.

Hitchens is extremely intelligent and somewhat bombastic and even offensive in expressing his opinions. Still, there is an intellectual honesty there, so while I don't always agree with him, I almost always respect him.

When he "came over to our side" I certainly didn't expect him to toe the line on every single issue. I expected Hitchens to be Hitchens, and that's not what he does. I'm actually surprised that it took this long before he had a major disagreement like this. I'll certainly hear him out, and maybe he has some good points. Maybe I'll even change my mind. But if I don't, I suspect I'll still come away thinking that he's doing what he's doing for the right reasons.

As for Galloway, I don't see why his foolishness is being celebrated. If anything, this kind of this humanizes him and will endear him to people. Before you disagree, consider how you'd feel if, say, Saddam Hussein became a star of silly show like this. Would that also be amusing? Personally, I don't think anything should be amusing about either of those two, regardless of how sure we think we are that people are laughing at them and not with with them.

Notice in the article that his housemates caught him cheating and have barred him from voting this week.

The guy can't even play by the rules in a stupid TV show...

Humanizes him?

People seeing him tear up at the end of Ole Yeller would be humanizing. Watching him pretend to be a cat or dress in a red body leotard while playing charades with a transvesitite makes people think he's fucking loony.

Then again, if you refer to that as "Saturday night" in your house, maybe it is humanizing for you.

The goggles! They do nothing!

Humanizes him?

People seeing him tear up at the end of Ole Yeller would be humanizing. Watching him pretend to be a cat or dress in a red body leotard while playing charades with a transvesitite makes people think he's fucking loony.

Maybe. Or maybe it makes them think of that crazy guy they knew in college who do all kinds of wacky stuff.

I'd like to think you were right and that people doing stupid and ridiculous things would tend to make the public look down on them. But I think the history of reality shows indicates otherwise. While there is an element of laughing at the people involved, people also seem to find it kind of endearing when someone's willing to put themselves into humiliating situations.

With Galloway, I'd rather people simply look at him with disgust for the shady dealings he had with Iraq rather than think, "ha ha, remember when he wore that silly red costume on that show?"

Then again, if you refer to that as "Saturday night" in your house, maybe it is humanizing for you.

Nice.

I didn't say it humanized him for me. My point is there is a large segment of the public that looks with fondness upon people willing to do wacky things and that I don't think a potential transformation of Galloway from "evil scum"to "silly goofball" is something that we should celebrate.

Incidentally we all know why this is greeted with a "ho hum" by the same people who would be going berserk with international schadenfreude if it was say Frist and DeLay in the unitards, don't we?

Similarly, when Ace Ventura talked out of his ass, we heard nary a peep from the media. If the Queen of England had done it, I suspect their reactions would be quite different.

Gotcha, liberal bias!

scarshapedstar wrote:

Incidentally we all know why this is greeted with a "ho hum" by the same people who would be going berserk with international schadenfreude if it was say Frist and DeLay in the unitards, don't we?

Similarly, when Ace Ventura talked out of his ass, we heard nary a peep from the media. If the Queen of England had done it, I suspect their reactions would be quite different.

Gotcha, liberal bias!

I think we have an early nomination for AoSHQ Commenter of the Year.

Well, nothing I could say could possibly top scarshapedstar's post, so I'm out of here...

Somewhere, Christopher Hitchens is retching. That is some vile shit right there.