Reply #9: To George Galloway, the toast of the town tonight

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Tuesday May 17

Explosive showdown in Senate
By Matthew Davis
BBC News, Washington

. . . Outside in a corridor (Galloway) told reporters he thought he had put the committee on the ropes, saying of Mr Coleman: "He's not much of a lyncher."

The senators, however, were playing down the confrontation.

"This was not a wrestling match," Mr Coleman protested. "It wasn't a contest."

Asked his reaction to the "unusual" manner of the witness, he replied: "I was not offended by what he had to say, it was not relevant.

"The theatre, the dramatics - I was not looking at that. I had one goal and it was to make a record."

The pundits disagreed. One observer of Capitol Hill politics declared the result: "Galloway by a knockout - before round five."

Others cast the confrontation as Braveheart on Capitol Hill.

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To George Galloway: :toast: