-- Senator Bill Frist, on the Democrats' "closed session" stunt in the Senate
Sean Hannity was off today and I don't remember the name of the guest host, but he posed this interesting trivia question:
Who (outside of the major news media) has profited the most from the war in Iraq?
Halliburton? Guess again.
Here's a hint:
Yep.What a shocker.
Katy, a 15 year old girl from my hometown of Wichita, Kansas, called in to the show with this interesting fact: The Guiness Book of World Records lists Saddam Hussein as the world record holder in deaths caused from chemical weapons.
But we were wrong to invade and attack him.
Joe Wilson has been ubitquitous this week, appearing on every television news program he can.
It seems to me he is attempting to retry Karl Rove in the media, since Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald's Grand Jury found no evidence of wrongdoing on Rove's part. It must be difficult for someone with his ego to face the fact that his plans to destroy the Bush administration have gone awry.Senator Harry Reid, Senate Minority leader, invoked rule 21, calling for a closed door session to discuss the pre-war intelligence investigation, the second phase results of which, Senator Pat Roberts had already announced the previous day, would be presented next week.
So why call the session? Could be the Senate democrats are trying to steal the thunder from Bush's stellar SCOTUS Justice appointment. Or maybe he's trying to cover up the news that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald pretty much exonerated Karl Rove and consequently, President Bush, of that non-crime of outing a non-covert CIA employee.Last week, the Mainstream Media outlets were rejoicing about what they referred to as Bush's worst week. I wonder how they are going to spin this week, undoubtedly one of Bush's best, in comparison. Seems Clinton isn't the only Teflon President.
Lie Of The Day
"Time and time again, this Republican controlled Congress has consistently chosen to put its political interests ahead of our national security," claimed Harry Reid, on the Senate floor.
THE TRUTH:
If ANYONE is putting their interests in front of national security, it's the Dems! What do you call the "closed Senate session" anyway???
9 comments:
Woo hoo. This here's a good 'un. I'm bookmarking it, so I can remind you of this rambling when the rickety frame it rests on comes tumblin' down. What a hoot.
--ER
Go for it, ER, the post was meant to stimulate discussion.
Sheila, Valerie Plame was not covert at the time of the "outing". It is a matter of public record. Hence, no crime, and that's why there was no indictment against Rove.
Besides that, Joe Wilson himself is the one who outed his wife first, in his book. His many lies are also well documented.
OK, I wasn't going to say anything and just let my "amen corner" (By the way, where ARE they?) respond but you know me, I can't shut up.
Hey Mark! Amen.
So, in the interest of transparency, and getting everything out in the open, Democrats kick out the public, lock the doors, and hold a secret session.
Bruiser, you say,
"Tow the line my man the GOP needs all the help they can get. Its pretty bad when your party, the mainstream Republican Media, and bloggers such as yourself suggest that perjury and obstruction of Justice indictments are little more than a technicality. Pretty sad."
First of all, I am not a Republican. I consider myself an Independent, but thanks to you and other whacko Dems like you I am seriously considering registering as a Republican.
Second, If a sitting President can perjure himself before a grand jury and get away with it surely perjury and obstruction of justice regarding a non-crime by a mere staffer can be considered a technicality.
Oh and by the way, an indictment is not a conviction or a guilty verdict. It is simply an acknowledgement that there MAY be enough evidence to try a case. That's all.
And the phrase is "Toe the line". Not "Tow".
Re, "I am not a Republican. I consider myself an Independent."
This is even funnier than your original post! I'm jabbin' at ya, 'cause I just don't have the energy to engage it, it's just so .... wrong. (Opinion alert).
But I really did bookmark it. And I have no dounbt whatsoever that I will get to remind you of ot, and it will be so obvioulsy wrong it'll be even funnier.
Ha! Ha, I say!
--ER
I'm guessing that either "tow" or "toe" would work. One suggests pulling the rope for one's team in, say a tug o' war, and the other suggests meeting the mark that has been delineated for one.
Oh, and closed door meetings amongst legislators happen all the time. This isn't a new thing.
I think the mainstream media have done an absolutely horrible job of covering the Plame story. They have put out an unbelievable amount of misinformation.
They have shilled for documented liar Joe Wilson.
They are still perpetuating the myth that Plame was covert.
The fact that the Dems consider someone like Joe Wilson to be their savior is pretty pathetic.
Oh, God! Al Franken is going to be on with Leno. I better change the channel. See ya.
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report
Friday 24 February 2006
The White House turned over last week 250 pages of
emails from Vice President Dick Cheney’s office.
Senior aides had sent the emails in the spring of 2003
related to the leak of covert CIA operative Valerie
Plame Wilson, Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald
revealed during a federal court hearing Friday.
The emails are said to be explosive, and may prove
that Cheney played an active role in the effort to
discredit Plame Wilson’s husband, former Ambassador
Joseph Wilson, a vocal critic of the Bush
administration’s prewar Iraq intelligence, sources
close to the investigation said.
Sources close to the probe said the White House
“discovered” the emails two weeks ago and turned them
over to Fitzgerald last week. The sources added that
the emails could prove that Cheney lied to FBI
investigators when he was interviewed about the leak
in early 2004. Cheney said that he was unaware of any
effort to discredit Wilson or unmask his wife’s
undercover status to reporters.
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