Bush defends Blair, says he is not a yes man

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N23326474.htm

Bush defends Blair, says he is not a yes man


MANHATTAN, Kan., Jan 23 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush defended British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday against criticism that he is Bush's yes man.

Asked by a British citizen whether he thought Blair was a yes man for the Bush administration, Bush said he and Blair sometimes disagreed on tactics but shared core beliefs and thought the criticism demeaning to Blair's character.

"I'm sorry that his relationship with me causes him political problems at home. You know, sometimes I can be little allergic for people overseas, if you know what I mean," he said during a question-and-answer session at Kansas State University.

[LynnTheDem]

1. All I can say to this is...

ROTFLMAO!

[saigon68]

5. Not a YES man ---Hmmm ---- A Poodle Perhaps

[0007]

18. Da picture sez it all baby......Blair ain't a yes man, he's a dog.

Two woofs mean yes.

[antonialee839]

2. Tony says yes George, I'm not a yes man.

:rofl:

[Casandra]

3. 'Tony'

Notice it's always "Tony"..not showing much respect for a head of state. He did this with Putin too; once while they were standing there together. I can't believe this is appreciated, regardless! Classless moron!!!

[marmar]

4. "He's not a yes man...

He's my bitch."

:evilgrin:

[Tight_rope]

16. ROTFLMBAO!

[pinniped]

6. Blair the idiot even reversed his stance on global warming did he not?

Yes, he's a yes man.

[MasonJar]

7. Obviously cost him nothing. He never stood up for Poodle be-

fore. Blair sold his soul to the devil on this one.

[lumpy]

8. Yeah, but Tony

didn't agree with Bush wanting to bomb Aljareeza's home office in Quatar.

[NYC]

9. Bush speaks for Blair?

Bush speaks for his wife,too. I guess "Tony" isn't independent enough to speak for himself.

[daleo]

10. He's not a yes man

He's a poodle. Nice poodle. Arf, arf.

[Thor_MN]

11. If Blair has a brain, his reply "Get off my side, Asshat"

"I don't need any more 'Help' from you, dumbass, you've gotten both of us into enough trouble already."

[Orsino]

12. Blair angrily rebuts, "Yes, I'm not." n/t

[IDemo]

13. Blair barks, lays down, rolls over, pees on self n/t

[area51]

14. Tony bLIAR: Yankee Poodle Dandy. (n/t)

[Tight_rope]

15. This coming from a "YES MAN" himself...

Like they say, it takes one "YES MAN" to know one!

[Imagevision]

17. And we know Tony says Bush is a stand-up guy Blair to join Caryle

after his term ends in England

[emad]

25. SOMEONE should ask Dumbass about Poodle's ARBUSTO

involvement via Bill Gammel's CAIRN OIL, and how their disastrous 1981 scam to go into partnership with Saddam to go oil prospecting in Syria went seriously belly-up.

Guess they all think this pesky subject has gone away and is buried along with Ronnie Raygun's dodgy KGB past.

Well, it ain't....
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"A man of great conviction" or "A man with past convictions"???

[rustydog]

19. That is because blair says: No, george, please, no

[JohnyCanuck]

20. He's no yes man,

but he does have a strange habit, whenever he comes for a visit to the White House he likes to lie on the floor of the Oval Office and have me scratch his tummy for him. I thought it was strange at first, but Karl tells me it 's not unusual for those British folks to be quite eccentric at times.

[phrenzy]

21. When Reached For Comment, Tony Blair Added...

Yes. Right. What President Bush said.

[thebigidea]

22. what kind of dumbass question is that? Obviously a plant.

What did he expect? "Yes, Tony is a great yes man."

[salin]

23. er George, at 36% ... it would seem that you can be "a little

allergic" for people in this country, as well.

[emad]

24. The PM has "great courage"...

SNIP:

"I'm sure that his relationship with me causes him problems at home," Mr Bush added.
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"Sometimes I can be a little allergic for people overseas."

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Mr Bush said such views were "demeaning" to Mr Blair's character and his "strength of conviction".

"I'm very aware of the political difficulties he faces," he said.

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"When we make hard decisions like we've made it creates angst."
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The president told his audience he admires Mr Blair because "he is a person of great courage".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4642132.stm

[Rambis]

26. His nickname across the pond is bush puppet

duh!