November 15, 2004

It Wasn't What He Meant to Say

George Galloway's libel case against the Telegraph has begun.

Favorite bit so far, from QC Richard Rampton:

"he himself freely admits, he put his foot in his mouth by making some remarks which were open to interpretation - and needless to say were interpreted - as some kind of fawning praise for Saddam Hussein's personal courage and strength.

"It wasn't what he meant to say, it was not in his mind to say, because he had no respect or admiration for Saddam Hussein whatsoever."


Mr. Galloway's words were: "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability." Oops!

Posted by Dr. Frank at November 15, 2004 04:25 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Maybe there's some sal/ref speech impediment.

Posted by: dave bug at November 15, 2004 08:20 PM

I'm surprised you fell for this, Frank.
What actually happened was that Yassir Arafat entered the room, some 10 meters behind Hussein, moved across the room from right to left, then quickly exited through a side door. At the time Galloway spoke, Arafat was DIRECTLY behind Saddam, a fact which the mainstream media studiously avoided reporting for fear of upsetting their corporate masters. They all knew that misrepresenting the subject of Galloway's praise gave the warmongers an invaluable propaganda piece. (As an aside, I suspect that Galloway somehow knew it would be somewhere near the final time he could ever address Arafat - that in the next few years, the zionists would finally manage to assasinate the great man.)
The fact that the organs of fascism did not report this is, in fact, a kind of proof. I can only hope the honorable barrister, Mr. Rampton, uses this fact during the trial.

Posted by: marc w. at November 15, 2004 10:05 PM