Slog - Comments on London Town http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town Boris, the mayor of London, is for Obama. Two days after receiving the backing of former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has received the backing of another politician who might have been expected to support his Republican opponent John McCain - London's Conservative mayor Boris Johnson. Defying the unwritten rule that politicians don't interfere in other countries' elections, Mr Johnson told readers of the right-wing newspaper The Daily Telegraph that Barack Obama seems "highly intelligent" and that "unlike the current occupant of the White House, he has no difficulty in orally extemporising a... Copyright 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:49:26 -0800 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:25:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Boris is a profoundly unserious human being. Having him on our side is a minus, not a plus.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179618 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179618 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:22:17 -0800 Comment by AW I know this isn't true (especially since he contextualized his statement against our current speak-and-spell president) but did anyone find themselves tenuously wondering whether his remark was reminiscent of the "he's so...articulate" refrain that pervaded the early months of Obama's campaign?

]]> AW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179625 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179625 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:29:07 -0800 Comment by superyeadon This message was not available because Charles Mudede is on your Ignore List.

]]> superyeadon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179630 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:33:36 -0800 Comment by PC 1. @2: um, no.

2. The conservative party leader can endorse McCain -- but if another conservative endorses Obama that violates the unwritten rules?

Typical of conservative doublespeak.
("We hate socialism/let's nationalize the banks").

3. Do tell: whom do bunnies endorse, mate?

cheerio--

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179631 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:36:04 -0800 Comment by Judith What sane person outside the USA doesn't want Obama to win, conservative or not?

]]> Judith http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179633 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:37:18 -0800 Comment by kebabs Looks like Boris, the mayor of London would love Gavin, the mayor of San Francisco.

]]> kebabs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179634 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:38:29 -0800 Comment by Barky Boris is a joke. He is a loveable fool as a sometime Television personality, but his endorsement of Obama isn't even close to Powell's. Ken (now working for Chavez) Livingstone probably wouldn't endorse either of them though.

]]> Barky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179641 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:45:02 -0800 Comment by max solomon barky, the endorsement of a war criminal, even a still-respected war criminal like powell, is one obama can do without.

"orally extemporizing a series of grammatical english sentences" is a pretty hilarious observation.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179654 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179654 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:56:01 -0800 Comment by daniel I get confused. London has had a communist mayor and a mayor named Boris & they're not the same guy! Ok, maybe I'm just stupid.

You know what? Obama IS articulate. I find myself stepping around that word because it really is the perfect word for him.

Let's not forget that Biden actually said that Obama was "clean".

]]> daniel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179656 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:00:37 -0800 Comment by Fnarf The only reason Boris isn't a war criminal is because no one with any sense would let him anywhere near the reins of real power. He would love to bomb something, preferably Liverpool, between sips of champagne, if he had half a fucking chance. He went to better schools than Palin (fucking Eton, Balliol) but he is, if anything, LESS of a serious person.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179657 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:01:03 -0800 Comment by blank12357 Fnarf, are you English?

]]> blank12357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179665 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:09:14 -0800 Comment by Barky Fnarf does seem to know his London politics pretty well. Is there another British ex-pat lurker on Slog?

Here's some classic Boris, being stitched up by Ian Hislop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcgrZs4GXv4

I am a fan of Powell, even though he did sit in front of the UN and urge the case for war. I'm assuming that's the War Criminal reference. His speech about how hard Obama rocks persuaded our 87 year old office volunteer to ditch McCain for Obama for her first vote EVER.

]]> Barky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179678 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:18:01 -0800 Comment by Fnarf No, I'm not English, just pathetically obsessed. And I have a lot of friends among the bloody Sassenachs, who keep me up to date.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179700 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179700 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:34:41 -0800 Comment by Dougsf London still has a Playboy Club?

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179821 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:45:40 -0800 Comment by Matt in Southampton Hey, just voted from overseas today and I gotta tell you, here in England, voting for Obama: total babe magnet!

]]> Matt in Southampton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1179977 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:20:06 -0800 Comment by Evie DO NOT be sad at losing Livingston...Boris was ALWAYS the better man.

]]> Evie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1180209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/london_town#c1180209 2008 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:25:58 -0800