"OBAMACARE IS THE LONGEST POLITICAL SUICIDE NOTE
SINCE MICHAEL FOOT'S 1983 LABOUR PARTY MANIFESTO." -
RELIAPUNDIT
GUARDIAN:Michael Foot, the most improbable literary romantic to lead a major British party since Benjamin Disraeli, has died at the age of 96 after a turbulent political career that left him a much-loved but also deeply controversial figure.
A brilliant orator, steeped in Swift, Byron, Shelley and the great political struggles of the 17th century, Foot was first an incorrigible rebel who helped foster the left-right Bevanite split that damaged Labour throughout the 50s. A champion of British unilateral nuclear disarmament, one of the left's great postwar causes, he gradually moved towards office in the economic crisis of 1974.
Foot led Labour from 1980 to 1983, presiding over the party during the formation of the breakaway SDP. He resigned after Labour fell to a stunning defeat in the 1983 election, the voters having rejected a manifesto later called the "longest suicide note in history".
... n the crisis that followed the defeat of the Callaghan government and the rise of Margaret Thatcher, Foot led the Labour party from 1980 to 1983, presiding over it during the formation of the breakaway Social Democratic Party (SDP), which used his election over Denis Healey as the excuse for their defection.He stepped down in favour of his protege Neil Kinnock after Labour slumped to a stunning 145-seat defeat in the 1983 election in the wake of a manifesto that a Labour colleague called "the longest suicide note in history".
WIKI:"the longest suicide note in history":
"The longest suicide note in history" is an epithet originally used by Gerald Kaufman[1] to describe the United Kingdom Labour Party's left-wing 1983 election manifesto,[2] which called for unilateral nuclear disarmament, withdrawal from the European Economic Community, abolition of the House of Lords and the re-nationalisation of recently de-nationalised industries like British Telecom, British Aerospace and the British Shipbuilding Corporation. Its far-left policies, along with the popularity gained by the current PM Margaret Thatcher over the Falklands War, contributed to an overwhelming victory for the incumbent Conservative party. This led to a turning point in the history of the party, which thereafter adopted more free market principles. The epithet referred not only to the orientation of the policies, but also to its marketing aspect. As a statement on internal democracy, party leader Michael Foot passed the edict that the manifesto would consist of all resolutions arrived at conference, making the manifesto over 700 pages long.
FOOT WAS LIKE OBAMA I MANY WAYS: - (1) BOTH'RE VERY LITERARY AND CONSIDERED GREAT ORATORS;
- (2) BOTH'RE HARDCORE LEFTISTS,
- (3) BOTH'RE DOVES;
- AND (4) BOTH LED THEIR PARTY DOWN TO DISASTROUS DEFEATS.
UNLIKE OBAMA, FOOT WAS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS AND TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHERE HE STOOD: HE STOOD ON THE LEFT
OBAMA LIED ALL DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND CLAIMED TO BE LIKE TONY BLAIR AND NOT MICHAEL FOOT.
FORTUNATELY FOR THE USA, AS POTUS OBAMA HAS HAD TO MAKE DECISIONS AND AS A RESULT HAS EXPOSED HIMSELF FOR WHAT HE TRULY IS.
AS A RESULT, INDEPENDENTS AND CENTRISTS WHO BELIEVED OBAMA WHEN HE REPEATEDLY SAID HE WAS A CENTRIST AND A POST-PARTISAN COALITION-BUILDER (AND AS A RESULT VOTED FOR HIM), HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT; HENCE THE ELECTION OF CHRISTIE, MCDONNELL AND BROWN.
ONE REASON OBAMA LIED WAS BECAUSE OF FOOT'S ELECTORAL FAILURE AND CLINTON'S AND BLAIR'S ELECTORAL SUCCESSES. OBAMA AND HIS HANDLERS KNEW OBAMA COULDN'T WIN IF HE RAN AS HONESTLY FOR THE PRESIDENCY AS FOOT RAN FOR PM.SO THEY LIED.BUT THE TRUTH HAS WON.THAT'S AS INEVITABLE AS DEATH ITSELF.
MICHAEL FOOT: RIP.
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