The bombings, which killed the highest ranking British official in Istanbul, cast a pall over the staunch efforts by Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair to use the state visit to undercut opposition to the war.
There are various reasons for this antipathy, but in the end, most of it boils down to resentment over his staunch opposition to the Vietnam War a generation ago.
In fact, pollsters say most of Mr. Nader's backers are not the swing voters that Mr. Gore needs to win over, but staunch Democrats who should already be on his side.
I once challenged Zac in the street when he was in campaigning mode, over his staunch support for austerity and restructuring the NHS and he actually struck me as quite dim, such was his poor grasp of the impact of these core Tory policies on ordinary people.
Actress Susan Sarandon doesn't seem to have any regrets over her staunch opposition to Hillary Clinton during last year's election.
"We do worry about the message it will send if SEIU backs the establishment candidate over a staunch labor ally in this primary," the letter read.
The lucrative partnership, which generated revenue for Trek in excess of $100,000,000 USD, would be renewed several times over the course of 13 years, but it ultimately ended in acrimony after LeMond's relationship with Trek deteriorated over his staunch anti-doping advocacy.
Scores of people are understood to have left Leeds after Cellino took over, as he sought to staunch losses of around £1m per month.
Governor Perry, a staunch conservative, took over from Mr. Bush in 2000 and has won twice since then, becoming the longest-serving governor in the state's history.
In the '80s, comics book legend George Perez, a self-proclaimed "staunch feminist," took over writing Wonder Woman comics, crafting storylines with the help of Steinem herself.
