# George Galloway vs. the US Senate **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 17, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265 "2005-05-17T17:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/1 "2005-05-17T17:02:32Z")
I’ve only been able to see little snippets on BBC News 24, but I have to say…asshole or not (and I think he is something of a boor), Galloway has some balls to take it to the Senate Comittee in the way he did. Guilty or not it was bloody entertaining. If anyone finds a transcript or better yet, video of his testimony. Please post it here. [Here’s](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4556113.stm) the main article from the BBC. I believe CNN and other major US networks are also covering the story. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/2 "2005-05-17T17:11:28Z")
Gee, if you want a boor, look no further than the other side of the table. Norm Colman (R-MN). _sigh_ Again the Brits are involved in the boor wars. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/3 "2005-05-17T17:13:18Z")
Yeah he’s a prick but they didn’t touch him IMO. He kept throwing it back at them and refused to let them gloss over things. They gave him a very large soapbox and he used it. It brightened up a otherwise boring afternoon. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/4 "2005-05-17T17:19:59Z")
I’m not seeing much of a Pitting here. Call me a starry-eyed optimist, but I think this thread has the potential to stay civil. (If not, well, I guess we’ll see if back here again.) Off to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/5 "2005-05-17T17:26:42Z")
So somebody with stong feelings about Galloway or what he said now has to either break the rules of MPSIMS or start another pit thread 😕 Nice way to kill this thread though. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/6 "2005-05-17T17:42:27Z")
There was Fox News guy (Eric something or other) on Irish radio talking about this. He made all the same points that the committee made but again was stumped when asked about any proof of money changing hands. Statements from people that are now part of the US supported Iraqi government mean less that nothing IMO without proof that Galloway actually received money. They said the money went through his charity but as Galloway said the charity was totally checked by a government committee in Britain and nothing was found in the accounts. The timeline of the documents mentioned was interesting as Galloway said that they made very big mistakes with them. There’s a video available on the BBC link in the OP now BTW. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/7 "2005-05-17T17:58:05Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > _sigh_ Again the Brits are involved in the boor wars. That pun was deviant, diseased & an offense against the Western World, **NurseCarmen**. I’m _so_ proud of you! It was well worth the money I spent on having you cloned! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/8 "2005-05-17T18:09:47Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > It was well worth the money I spent I just wanted to [cheer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316946) you up is all. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/9 "2005-05-17T18:22:58Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > I just wanted to [cheer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=316946) you up is all. I was joking, **Nurse**! I am cheered up! ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/10 "2005-05-17T18:36:32Z")
I liked the bit when he said he had met Saddam Hussain the same number of times that Donald Rumsfeld had ! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/11 "2005-05-17T19:04:41Z")
Link to exact text. > **[The Times & The Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/)** > > News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/12 "2005-05-17T19:53:23Z")
As an American citizen-I find myself cheering mr. Galloway on. stiff left, then a right cross, and the uppercut for last! Bloody well played, sir! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/13 "2005-05-17T20:04:37Z")
[Video.](http://movies.crooksandliars.com/msnbc_uk_galloway_blisters_us_on_iraq_050517-01.rm.ram) Wow. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/14 "2005-05-17T20:28:24Z")
That’s only the last third of his statement in the video. He really made Norm Coleman look like an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/15 "2005-05-17T20:59:10Z")
Da-_yamn._ ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/16 "2005-05-17T21:07:16Z")
> [@NurseCarmen](#): > > [Video.](http://movies.crooksandliars.com/msnbc_uk_galloway_blisters_us_on_iraq_050517-01.rm.ram) > > Wow. Wow indeed. ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/17 "2005-05-17T21:12:42Z")
If anybody has a link to the full statement please post it, this looks like great theatre! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/18 "2005-05-17T21:24:01Z")
> [@InvidiousCourgette](#): > > If anybody has a link to the full statement please post it, this looks like great theatre! See post #11 for the link. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/19 "2005-05-17T21:25:52Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > He made all the same points that the committee made but again was stumped when asked about any proof of money changing hands. > [@Mr. Galloway](#): > > "Now you have nothing on me, Senator, except my name on lists of names from Iraq, many of which have been drawn up after the installation of your puppet government in Baghdad. If you had any of the letters against me that you had against Zhirinovsky, and even Pasqua, they would have been up there in your slideshow for the members of your committee today. > > “You have my name on lists provided to you by the Duelfer inquiry, provided to him by the convicted bank robber, and fraudster and conman Ahmed Chalabi who many people to their credit in your country now realise played a decisive role in leading your country into the disaster in Iraq.” Holy crap. What do you think the odds are that U.S. officials won’t ask this guy to testify in public about anything ever again? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265/20 "2005-05-17T21:41:01Z")
How the hell did I get here? What is this place! Oh, I see, it is a discussion of the (very nice) clip that **NurseCarmen** provided on another thread, albeit without explanation of context. :mad: 🙂 That being said, does anyone want to give me a description of how the senators reacted at the time? Wild claims, interruptions, expressions like they just smelled rotten milk, or what? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-galloway-vs-the-us-senate/304265.md?page=2)