A fascinating account of the personal hatred for Tony Blair that fueled the BBC’s campaign against the war to depose Saddam. This was a persopnal vendetta that deeply corrupted a news organization. Raines-level hysteria. Must-read.
WHO IS MARILYN MUSGRAVE? It’s a question worth asking, and I’ve been doing some research into her work as a legislator on Colorado. Her record is almost entirely devoted to an obsession with homosexuality. In 1998, the Denver Post reported the following: “Musgrave’s four years in the House have produced few dividends for her district. A region with intense school-finance and highway needs and a distressed agricultural base has bigger worries than gay marriage, the issue to which Musgrave has devoted much of her energy. Further, her abrasive tactics appear to have blocked her efforts in other, more constructive, areas.” Musgrave didn’t only promote several bills denying gay couples any recognition under the law under any name, she also voted against including them in anti-discrimination policies in employment. Her other obsession is the reintroduction of the military draft, and virulent opposition to any legal abortions, including those caused by rape or incest. Musgrave was the only member of the Colorado legislature to vote against a bill to create a registry of people convicted of domestic violence; and she voted against a bill allowing a woman to take three days of unpaid leave from work to seek protection from an abusive husband. She voted against a bill requiring schools to come up with a safety plan to combat bullying. She was one of only three state senators to vote against a bill barring female genital mutilation. This is the woman gently referred to by president Bush as “Marilyn” when endorsing her federal constitutional amendment to ban gay citizens from having the right to marry. That’s who she is. And she is what the Republican party, under George W. Bush, is slowly becoming. Unless others stop it.
The Dish 