Just before the hearing, Galloway ran into the pro-war former Nation writer, Chris Hitchens: "'You’re a drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay,' Mr Galloway informed him. 'Your hands are shaking. You badly need another drink,' he added later, ignoring Mr Hitchens’s questions and staring intently ahead. 'And you’re a drink-soaked...' Eventually Mr Hitchens gave up. 'You’re a real thug, aren’t you?' he hissed, stalking away." Susie comments: "Boy, I wish we had the same kind of political dialogue here." (Suburban Guerrilla)