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When George Galloway Channeled Rocky Marciano

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"Have a look at the real scandal breaking in the newspapers today, revealed in the earlier testimony in this committee. That the biggest sanctions-busters were not me or Russian politicians or French politicians. The real sanctions busters were your own companies, with the connivance of your own government."

Galloway then describes that moment when Coleman and Levin realized they had nothing more to gain by continuing questions, other than a more thorough public humiliation. "As noon neared," he writes, "the two Senators ran out of questions. In the boxing ring, there comes a point when you see the light die in the eyes of your adversary. It is a moment when one knows that one's opponent no longer wishes to be there, knows that he cannot prevail.

"Thus, it was with Senator Coleman. In the absence of a bell to save him, Coleman threw in the towel. Not since Marciano flattened the horizontal chump Don Cockell had there been a massacre like it. But this time, the British guy won."

The last third of the book is the actual transcript of Galloway's testimony. Unlike just about every congressional transcript since 1789, this actually makes for compelling reading, as you can almost feel Coleman's flop sweat dampen the pages.

Altogether, Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington is a brilliant dose of earned political arrogance. Every page holds the simple message: we are right, they are wrong. We stand with George Galloway, Cindy Sheehan and the people of Iraq. They stand with George W.
Bush, Norm Coleman, and the people of Halliburton.
Buy 10 copies of this book and give them to friends and family, knowing that they will relish fighting the good fight by the time they turn the last page.

For more information on the tour or the book, please visit http://www.mrgallowaygoestowashington.com. To email this author reply at dave@edgeofsports.com

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Dave Zirin, Press Action 's 2005 and 2006 Sportswriter of the Year, has been called "an icon in the world of progressive sports ". Robert Lipsyte says he is "the best young sportswriter in the United States. " 

Dave writes about the politics of sports for the Nation Magazine, and is author of Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games We Love

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