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http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1686303,00.html

I always thought Galloway was a complete ass, and now there's stark proof. Either that, or the man is certifiably insane.

He purred and mewed, his greying whiskers giving his face the appearance of a Cheshire cat. Next, George Galloway, the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, and scourge of Capitol Hill, got on all fours and pretended to lick milk from the cupped hands of the once-famous television actor Rula Lenska. She rubbed the "cream" from his "whiskers" and stroked his head and behind his ears.

When he steps out into the real world, Mr Galloway may regret his decision to accept the producer's challenge to mimic a pet on live television last night. He may feel his flirtation with a reality TV youth audience was not worth the loss of credibility that many of his critics claimed yesterday was an inevitable consequence.

O.o

Don't no one care about George Galloway..

Am I the only person here that is probably not going to have a problem, seems like normal behaviour for an Adult to me...

*Purrs

and then there's the fact that he missed a parliamentary vote affecting his constituency directly because he was too busy making a prat out of himself on TV... hmm.

i never liked him. he just says what people want to hear and doesn't back anything up with conviction, yet alone substence. he's a sneaky, ratty opportunist and a good speaker, and thats it.

The only proof we needed was the fact he agreed to go on that unspeakably hideous programme. I know he was attention-whoring, but it was still fucking stupid.

That's a complete news non-event.

It's celebrity Big Brother. Completely pointless and irrelevent. A complete waste of time. The proper news is that he's actually on it, and not in Parliament.

Galloway is intelligent. He's very intelligent. And a great speaker.

Doesn't mean he has an ounce of common sense though.

*Plus how come I can't find a nice Lass to scritch me behind the ears, Looks like it will have to be rubbing my head against my scratching post again,
*sigh no-one to play bat the ball with.

*Bat bat ball goes left bat bat ball goes Right bat bat bat wahhh ball under the sofa
*Mrrrrrroooooowwwwwwwl

And a great speaker.I concede this point as I saw him speak live a few months back and he was very good. However, any credibility I felt the man had was lost as soon as he went on that pile of shit.

I really didn't understand the way the papers jumped on something like this - so what if he was just having a bit of fun? Sure, he's an attention whore, and devious, but it's pretty pathetic how the right wing tabloids act as if he's a monster for pretending to be a cat for a joke. I bet if someone like Cameron did the same, they'd be praising him for his sense of humour and for being a fun-loving character.

I really didn't understand the way the papers jumped on something like this - so what if he was just having a bit of fun? Sure, he's an attention whore, and devious, but it's pretty pathetic how the right wing tabloids act as if he's a monster for pretending to be a cat for a joke. I bet if someone like Cameron did the same, they'd be praising him for his sense of humour and for being a fun-loving character.

No, I seriously doubt that. Imagine, for an instant, if President Bush did that on TV.

Everyone would be posting here, claiming that Bush was certifiably insane.

and then there's the fact that he missed a parliamentary vote affecting his constituency directly because he was too busy making a prat out of himself on TV... hmm.

i never liked him. he just says what people want to hear and doesn't back anything up with conviction, yet alone substence. he's a sneaky, ratty opportunist and a good speaker, and thats it.

I agree, I was watching him on Real Time and I doubt the audience would've have clapped if he didn't have an accent and they were to busy going " Do you hear that? " to see the spinelessness of his arguements.

No, I seriously doubt that. Imagine, for an instant, if President Bush did that on TV.

Everyone would be posting here, claiming that Bush was certifiably insane.


You mean as opposed to GW doing his self-deprecating "Nope, no WMD under the desk HERE" routine?

You mean as opposed to GW doing his self-deprecating "Nope, no WMD under the desk HERE" routine?
Admit it, you would be more frightened at this point if Bush was acting like a cat, and Cheney was petting his head.

*Plus how come I can't find a nice Lass to scritch me behind the ears, Looks like it will have to be rubbing my head against my scratching post again,
*sigh no-one to play bat the ball with.

*Bat bat ball goes left bat bat ball goes Right bat bat bat wahhh ball under the sofa
*Mrrrrrroooooowwwwwwwl
*takes ball out from under sofa, and gives it back to Puddytat*

George Galloway is an idiot. Not for the whole cat thing, but for going on 'Celebrity' BB in the first place. Did he seriously think it would raise his profile? Or make him more popular with people interested in politics? Imbecile.

I find the fact that a topic talking abouy Celebrety Big Brother has been started an insult to the intelligence of the internet. And we all know the IQ of the average computer user...

I find the fact that a topic talking abouy Celebrety Big Brother has been started an insult to the intelligence of the internet. And we all know the IQ of the average computer user...
Agreed .I can't believe anybody watches that shit.Please make the bad man at Endomol stop.Dont like smilies but this needs it..:headbang:

Agreed .I can't believe anybody watches that shit.Please make the bad man at Endomol stop.Dont like smilies but this needs it..:headbang:Maybe we could tell the CIA that al zarqawi is droping into the house for lunch and .....

Agreed .I can't believe anybody watches that shit.Please make the bad man at Endomol stop.Dont like smilies but this needs it..

WTH did you quote yourself?

I find the fact that a topic talking abouy Celebrety Big Brother has been started an insult to the intelligence of the internet.

I find it astonishing that someone can last 100 + posts on a forum that generally offends people left & right when there so sensitive.

Admit it, you would be more frightened at this point if Bush was acting like a cat, and Cheney was petting his head.


Actually, the image of them doing this - probably also with an abundance of latex-wear - seems to many of us the most believable scenario on how those two conduct policy meetings.....

:D

I find it astonishing that someone can last 100 + posts on a forum that generally offends people left & right when there so sensitive.Who here is sensitive?

Who here is sensitive?

Someone who finds discussion on a politicians actions "an insult to the intelligence of the internet.".

Actually, the image of them doing this - probably also with an abundance of latex-wear - seems to many of us the most believable scenario on how those two conduct policy meetings.....

:D
Yeah, I mean it would explain so much about the way he runs the country. He treats the country like his personal litterbox, after all.

*takes ball out from under sofa, and gives it back to Puddytat*

George Galloway is an idiot. Not for the whole cat thing, but for going on 'Celebrity' BB in the first place. Did he seriously think it would raise his profile? Or make him more popular with people interested in politics? Imbecile.


The whole thing is evidence of seriously poor judgment.

*Dangles string in front of Puddytat*

No, I seriously doubt that. Imagine, for an instant, if President Bush did that on TV.

Everyone would be posting here, claiming that Bush was certifiably insane.

Probably so, but personally I wouldn't mind if he did - I might even warm to him a bit for having the balls to just mess about like that when he usually seems so dull and wooden.

The British tabloids are all predominanly right wing and have a habit of criticising every single little thing a left wing person does. For example, the whole hypocritical nonsense about branding Ken Livingstone as Anti Semetic for getting pissed off with an annoying journalist and comparing him to a Nazi prison guard, then finding out he was Jewish. The very same papers who went ape are constantly whining about "PC going too far" and how people shouldn't be offended so easily.

t is may opinion that only the right gives a shit about Galloway whilst the left quietly wishes he'd go away..

Actually, the image of them doing this - probably also with an abundance of latex-wear - seems to many of us the most believable scenario on how those two conduct policy meetings.....

:D

As I recall, it was Chretien and Martin who taught Bush and Cheney that they could have man-boobs and still have great sex.

It was Gary Condit who did the red latex suit thing...

The whole thing is evidence of seriously poor judgment.

*Dangles string in front of Puddytat*

*Balances on hind legs, and paws at string with both mitts*

the only reason I watch it is because I don't have control of the remote, and there is bugger all else to do at that time, unless I am at the pub,
*or preening my whiskers of course*

No, I seriously doubt that. Imagine, for an instant, if President Bush did that on TV.

Everyone would be posting here, claiming that Bush was certifiably insane.
But that's not really a good comparison, is it? It wasn't Prime Minister Tony Blair on a reality show acting like a cat, it was an MP. The comparison would have to be to a republican senator. And to be honest, the members of house and senate from all parties do so much nutty stuff that it's really hard to keep up. If we got in tizzy over every time our congress people did something as tame as act like a cat (see what I did there?) we wouldn't get anything done.

t is may opinion that only the right gives a shit about Galloway whilst the left quietly wishes he'd go away..

Hey somebody gets it!

Well, quietly go away, explode, what's the difference?

Someone who finds discussion on a politicians actions "an insult to the intelligence of the internet.".It's not the antics of politicians I find insulting, its Big Brother... Watch a single episode, and you'll understand...

I watched the live version for ten minutes yesterday. For the entire of the ten minutes, they showed a kettle boiling.

As for Galloway, It'll really piss him off when he finds out that every time he speaks about politics or Iraq Channel 4 change camera. I can't wait for the outburst when he gets out.