Apologies to all you 'Gorgeous' George Galloway supporters, but I think he is a self important, self righteous, smug, self satisfied arse.
Some seem to have short memories of his meeting with Saddam Hussein where he said "I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability." ... This was in 1994 mind you, when evidence existed of atrocities being committed on various Iraqi people by the erstwhile dictator....one example being the 5,000 killed immediately and the 12,000 dieing later in the Iraqi regime's chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja in 1988. When 'Gorgeous' George was tackled about this in the high Court his response was "How dare you"
You seem to find amusing and admirable his attacks on the Senate questions at his hearing, but you fail to see the seriousness of his position. Despite a performance full of bluster and rhetorical flourishes, he was pinned down by persistent questioning over his business relationship with Fawaz Zureikat, the chairman of the Mariam Appeal - set up to assist a four-year-old Iraqi girl suffering from leukaemia. He NEVER answered those questions fully!!!
Time and again, Mr Levin questioned him, requesting wearily that he deliver a straight answer to a straight question. But Mr Galloway could, or would not.
Under repeated questioning, Mr Galloway conceded that Mr Zureikat did have extensive business dealings with the Saddam regime but, challenged over whether his friend’s generous contributions to the Mariam Appeal - £900,000 by his own previous assessments - could have come from the sale of oil, he stonewalled.
Urged to say if he would repay the cash if it could be proved to have come from such a source, he again ducked the question. Mr Galloway first met Mr Zureikat, a Jordanian businessman, through his now-estranged wife Amineh Abu-Zayyad, who had attended the same university in Jordan. The men became friends and set up the Mariam Appeal in 1998.
All of the above is in the public arena.
One assumes you would find distastful the idea that a credible and worthy cause was hijacked for personal reasons and benefit...judging by some responses here one has to wonder.
Now he may be amusing, and he may well be one of the best players to the crowd there is. I, for one, prefer to look at solid record, and, in my opinion, this man is not one I would trust under any circumstances.
However, for a laugh you may want to view the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZflE1y2m8