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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Geldof says Bush is a radical (in a good way); I'm gob smacked |
| 2004-11-09 |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #9 "Clinton was a good guy, but he did fuck all". Monica told me he preferred to blow it all. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-11-09 5:32:15 PM |
| #8 Excerpt: "You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical - in a positive sense - in its approach to Africa since Kennedy," Geldof told the Guardian. The neo-conservatives and religious rightwingers who surrounded President George Bush were proving unexpectedly receptive to appeals for help, he said. "You can get the weirdest politicians on your side." Former president Bill Clinton had not helped Africa much, despite his high-profile visits and apparent empathy with the downtrodden, the organiser of Live Aid, claimed. "Clinton was a good guy, but he did fuck all." as many as he could, anyway |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-09 4:14:06 PM |
| #7 here's a choice article on Geldof praising Bush's AIDS policy re Africa, in the Guardian from a couple years back: http://www.guardian.co.uk/famine/story/0,12128,965311,00.html |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-09 4:12:46 PM |
| #6 Sorry. When I originally accessed thru Google news, I didn't get a reg screen. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-11-09 1:39:08 PM |
| #5 Geldof and Bono both. You have to dig to find their words because MSM largely ignores them. One of them said essentially "Clinton talked the talk, but Bush walks the walk." |
| Posted by: Dishman 2004-11-09 12:17:28 PM |
| #4 registration reqd here, pls phill save us from the paperwork and post the good bits! |
| Posted by: Anon1 2004-11-09 11:34:03 AM |
| #3 Hey Phil, could you cut & paste that please? Think I'll have to pull out "The Fine Art of Surfacing" |
| Posted by: RJB in JC MO 2004-11-09 9:17:56 AM |
| #2 He's also been laying into Europe for being all talk, no action. Geldof's one of those precious few celebs who has a clue. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-11-09 8:44:09 AM |
| #1 Geldof has been saying that for 2 years w.r.t. Africa. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-11-09 8:34:40 AM |