Two weights, two measures

Keeping in mind the wingnut rants about Newsweek, let's take a look at the GOP allegations against Britsh MP George Galloway. Galloway was so vocal in his criticism of (new) Labour and their poodle Tony Blair that he was thrown out of the Labour party. (Galloway recently won his seat again in Parliament.) The British MP came to DC today with a backbone that Washington hasn't seen in years, standing up to the bullies who have publicly dragged his name through the mud using quality sources from the puppet government in Iraq. Apparently ideas such as innocent until proven guilty are out of fashion these days in Washington but what the hell, the GOP is throwing away other silly traditions such as minority rights so why not just toss the whole thing into the garbage dump while they're at it.

I have no idea if any of the allegations against Galloway are true or false but in the America that I once knew we used to be innocent until proven guilty. I also know that the Rupert Murdoch rag in the UK, the Daily Telegraph lost a $1.4M libel suit to Galloway last year when they tried making similar allegations. Looking at the lot we propped up in Iraq such as Chalabi (yes, he's baaaaccckkk) I seriously have my doubts. How about we just try it the old fashioned way and deliver proper evidence instead of having just more GOP-run lynch mob smear campaigns?