by chiggerbit » Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:11 pm
I saw this article, and it caught my eye, what with all the scandals about Gannon/Guckert and the Franklin coverup. Normally I don't give any attention to hysterics about people's sexual orientation, feel it's their own business, don't believe that it has any bearing on their professional activites. However, I have to ask. Under the circumstances, why Dreier? (Also have to wonder what kind of "headed" they mean in this: "...he's a close advisor of The Governator, whose transition team he headed")<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://direland.typepad.com/direland/2005/06/tony_blairs_son.html">direland.typepad.com/dire...s_son.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>TONY BLAIR'S SON TO INTERN WITH CONSERVATIVE CLOSET-CASE DAVID DREIER<br>The Daily Telegraph reports today that Tony Blair's 21-year-old son, Euan (below, with his mother), has snared a prestigious internship in Washington working under Republican Congressman David Dreier, the powerful conservative chairman of the House Rules Committee (and a hypocritical gay closet case who supports the Republicans' homophobic political agenda). And Democrats aren't happy about the internship, engineered by Daddy Blair, calling Dreier an "extremely surprising choice" to train Euan in the intricacies of American politics.<br><br>The Telegraph, which says that Euan will be "mentored" by Dreier (at right), notes: "Committee officials say the decision to offer the sought-after position to the Prime Minister's son was taken at a senior level - not by staff ordinarily responsible for sifting internship applications. The offer followed a telephone interview with the committee's staff director. British diplomats in Washington also played a part in the process. A Downing Street spokesman said: 'Given the obvious sensitivities, the Prime Minister asked the British embassy to get involved in the process.'<br><br>"...Despite his father's close relationship with President George W Bush, the news that Euan is to work for the Republican-led committee has stunned Democrats in Washington. Eric Burns, the communications director for Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, the leading Democrat on the committee, said: 'Working on the Rules Committee will be quite a learning process as it has always been one of the most partisan in the House. It is extremely surprising that the son of a Labour prime minister would intern with the Republican majority staff on the committee.'"<br><br>Well, what's so surprising? Tony Blair began his reign by imitating the sell-out triangulations of Bill Clinton and has moved steadily to the right of traditional Labour policies ever since--not just on foreign policuy but on economic issues and civil liberties. By getting the British Embassy to snaggle a job with Dreier for his son, it looks like the prime minister wants to make sure young Euan doesn't stray too far from the family right-wing line. In an editorial just before the Brits' recent elections, The Independent growled that Tony Blair "is essentially a con man." So is the two-faced Dreier, who keeps his male lover on the Congressional payroll at a salary equal to that of Karl Rove and the White House chief of staff Andy Card -- but continues to use his power to step on the rights of gays to full equality before the law. Don't drop the soap around Dreier, Euan. (See my article in the L.A. Weekly, "The Outing: David Dreier and his Straight Hypocrisy.") Dreier is not only one of the most powerful men in Congress, but one of the most influential politicians in California -- he's a close advisor of The Governator, whose transition team he headed.....<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
