George Galloway Quotes
I’ve looked at your website and see all the contributors to your campaigns. I don’t suppose that you ask every one of them how they made the money that they donated.
The senator had accused Galloway of taking campaign money from criminals
George Galloway, British Member of Parliament, Statement to Senator Norm Coleman, Testimony Senate Committee, May 17, 2005
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Galloway, a witness before the committee who had always criticized the American and British Policy of Iraq invasion to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, had also predicted the insurrection and resistance to the American and British occupation had been attacked by Coleman for taking campaign contributions from British Islamic terrorists—see {616260}. Coleman expected the typical American hearing behavior where Senators can berate witnesses who generally behave docilely in defending themselves. He was not used to the English style of political debate which is much more aggressive and Colemen was nonplussed when Galloway came up with this put down.
conservative justices in the majority McCain held this view despite the fact that most other politicians applauded the decision since the large, wealthy corporations tended to support Republicans.
The George W. Bush administration was trying to get its prescription drug plan through the House, but when the voting time ran out they did not have enough votes. The Republican leadership, for the first time in American Congressional history would not let the vote end and kept it open for another 3 hours while they persuaded some members to switch their vote. Smith was one of those. He had announced his retirement and his son was running for his seat. Tom Delay promised to support and campaign for his son, if Smith would switch his vote. Cunningham who was being given funds from companies, threatened to finance an opponent and hurt his son’s chances. In addition Cunningham was taking large bribes to steer contracts to incompetent contractors.
The “old man” was their father, Joseph P. Kennedy who was a very wealthy businessman, but an unsavory figure. He had made much of his money in bootlegging and smuggling, and although married, carried on notorious affairs with movie stars. When he had the opportunity to serve the country in a critical post, he supported Hitler and the Fascists and fought to keep America from assisting England in WWII. President Roosevelt fired him, and President Harry Truman literally came to blows with Kennedy. JFK wanted his father’s money, but didn’t want him anywhere near the campaign. Most people who voted for Kennedy, had no idea that his father was on the Fascist side in WWII. Ironically, JFK was a hero who fought against the fascists and his older brother was killed in Europe on a secret mission against Germany. The elder Kennedy accused President Roosevelt of ‘murdering” his son in a useless war.
In Lincoln’s age there was a serious ethical debate as to whether it was right for a candidate to use any money at all in a campaign regardless of source.
His father ran for Congress, and he wrote and produced a political film—The Ides of March—about which he was being interviewed.
“Assessing” did not mean evaluating. It described a process where each civil servant was “assessed” an amount of money—based on his salary—that was to be paid to the Political Party that appointed him. This historical quotation gives us a feel for the common political practice of 19th century. In the 21st century, this practice looked unethical and corrupt. Consider that Americans of the 22nd century will likely view private campaign contributions as corrupt. Standards have improved over time in America.
- Born: August 16, 1954
- Nationality: British
- Profession: Politician
George Galloway is a British politician, broadcaster and writer. He currently presents The Mother of All Talk Shows on Radio Sputnik and Sputnik on RT UK. Between 1987 and 2015, except for a period between 2010 and 2012, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) for four constituencies, first for the Labour Party and later the Respect Party, the latter of which he founded in 2004 and led until its dissolution in 2016. He is currently the leader of the Workers Party of Britain, which he founded in 2019 in response to the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn in the 2019 General Election, and the Lead Spokesman for All for Unity, a Scottish-based party he founded to support British unionism in the face of rising support for Scottish independence and the Scottish National Party (SNP).
