bliar / mccarthy - same bloke

earlier today i compared britain now to the u.s. during the mccarthy era. here's bernard wiener saying the u.s. is just the same : 'good night, and good luck' — joe mccarthy rides again.



mccarthy was encouraged by republicans in the 1950s to rampage around looking for supposed communists -- and bullying everyone in his path -- because it would reap the party political advantage in the post-world war ii cold war hysteria. republicans today encourage, or at least acquiesce to, the bush administration's incompetent rampaging in search of "terrorist" suspects, shredding badly the protections of the constitution, because it serves their electoral advantage in a society frightened by the prospect of future terrorist attacks.



how does it sound if you replace 'bush' with 'bliar'?



mccarthy was encouraged by republicans in the 1950s to rampage around looking for supposed communists -- and bullying everyone in his path -- because it would reap the party political advantage in the post-world war ii cold war hysteria. "new" labour politicians today encourage, or at least acquiesce to, the bliar administration's incompetent rampaging in search of "terrorist" suspects, shredding badly the protections of the constitution, because it serves their electoral advantage in a society frightened by the prospect of future terrorist attacks.