{"id":1837,"date":"2007-05-21T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2007-05-22T00:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2017-05-21T01:03:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T07:03:07","slug":"uk-to-shed-blair-us-stuck-with-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/uk-to-shed-blair-us-stuck-with-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"UK to shed Blair. US stuck with Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/50004_b.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/usa.thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"usa.gif\" align= \"right\"\/><\/a>GuardianUnlimited<br \/>\nby Bruce Ackerman<br \/>\nDealing with the worst<\/p>\n<p>Britain is losing Blair, but America is stuck with Bush &#8211; and that&#8217;s because the British system is much better at getting rid of a discredited chief executive.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Blair and George Bush are both discredited, but only the British system has managed to arrange a not-so-graceful exit. While Blair makes way reluctantly for Gordon Brown, Bush will be contemptuous of public opinion for 18 more months.<\/p>\n<p>This contrast challenges conventional wisdom. British prime ministers are supposed to be powerhouses while American presidents are weakened by the constant pressure of checks and balances. This bit of Anglo-American lore contains a grain of truth during normal times, but it is completely false during the worst of times, when a leader suffers a collapse of popular support.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the British rely on the ultimate check: each party&#8217;s instinct for self-preservation. When faced with the grim prospect of electoral defeat, the ruling party ruthlessly turns on its leader and forces him out &#8211; with the mighty Blair following the mighty Thatcher to the exit, while the mighty Bush thrashes about defending his repudiated policies and henchmen to the bitter end.<\/p>\n<p>If America had a parliamentary system, Bush would have been shown the door by congressional Republicans, probably before the 2006 election. But nothing similar can happen in today&#8217;s Washington. Bush has bought himself impeachment insurance in choosing Dick Cheney as his vice president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commentisfree.guardian.co.uk\/bruce_ackerman\/2007\/05\/worst_cases.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GuardianUnlimited by Bruce Ackerman Dealing with the worst Britain is losing Blair, but America is stuck with Bush &#8211; and that&#8217;s because the British system is much better at getting rid of a discredited chief executive. 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