British MP rips 'Republican lynch mob' a new bum (video)

Evan Derkacz
May 17, 2005

"British lawmaker George Galloway, implicated in the Iraq oil-for-food program, said today he word reject the charges against him [at] a U.S. Senate hearing and issued some scathing words for the 'Republican lynch mob,'" writes Pam (video / audio). Referring to Galloway's confrontation with Senate committee chairman Norm Coleman (R-MN), James Wolcott titled his post: 'Empty suit politician walks into a propellor." A must see/hear. Update: the full transcript is HERE. (Light up the Darkness)

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