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| Galloway to join Fonda's Magical Mystery Tour |
| 2005-08-27 |
| George Galloway, the anti-war MP for Bethnal Green and Bow who rocked the US Senate earlier this year, is to be accompanied on a speaking tour of America by the actress and activist Jane Fonda. Few things are more likely to antagonise US conservatives than the combination of Mr Galloway and Ms Fonda - still hated by the right because of her outspoken opposition to the war in Vietnam - joining to condemn the American presence in Iraq. But Mr Galloway can expect a thunderous reception from those he impressed with his performance before a Senate committee last May. In a statement, Mr Galloway, the Respect MP, said: "I'm really pleased and excited to be going back to America to campaign against this illegal war and occupation. And to have Jane Fonda join me is fantastic. I'll be able to get that autograph at last." He added: "I'm sure that when the full implications of the constitutional settlement lashed-up by the puppet Iraqi government are understood that opposition will grow massively." Mr Galloway, whose speaking tour, Stand Up and Be Counted, starts in Boston on 13 September and will end at a rally scheduled for 24 September in Washington, said he had received more than 20,000 messages from US residents asking him to return. He will also be promoting a new book, Mr Galloway Goes To Washington. A tour organiser, Chris Dols, said: "People want to hear Jane Fonda and what she has to say about the war. That's worth hearing, and George Galloway has a lot to say about it, too." |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #5 Looks like they will have no shortage of gas for the trip, now that Gasandaway has joined the circle. Otherwise, these two deserve one another. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-27 21:46 |
| #4 Tour Organizer: Chris Dols First job this guy on graduating gets is organizing a tour likely under the auspices of the International Socialist Organiztion. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-08-27 17:20 |
| #3 still hated by the right because of her outspoken opposition to the war in Vietnam Fonda merely voicing her opposition would be one thing, irritating, but tolerable. Ms. Fonda mounted an armed enemy of the United State's S-60 anti aircraft emplacement for a photo op. Please understand that this goes well beyind "voicing opposition." The woman gave aid and comfort to an armed enemy in time of war by allowing herself to be used for propoganda purposes by said hostile and armed enemy of the United States. As soon as Fonda re-enetered the US, she sould have been arrested and tried for treason. I do not know how her perfidy can be more clearly explained than that. Fortunately, treason has no statute of limitation and this traitor will go to her grave known only as a traitor to the United States. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-08-27 17:06 |
| #2 the whole Galloway, or what's left after Hitchens is done with him? Will he be speaking for his vagina, like Jane is? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-27 16:35 |
| #1 Greatest irony of all time: Fonda-Galloway Bus Tour Hit by IED ... then my alarm-clock went off. |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-08-27 16:25 |