Hutchison Admits Perjury Is A “Terrible Crime”
Hutchison Admits Perjury Is A “Terrible Crime”
Here’s what Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) had to say this morning on Fox & Friends:
I was sort of misconstrued the other day, and I certainly think that if someone has lied to an investigator, of course that is a crime. It is a terrible crime.
With that statement, Hutchison has completed the flip-flop-flip.
First, during the Clinton impeachment, she said perjury was important to prosecute because “our system of criminal justice depends on people telling the truth.â€
Over the weekend, she dismissed perjury as a “technicality where they couldn’t indict on the crime.†(That was when she was “misconstrued.”)
And today, she says it’s “a terrible crime.â€
So what will she say if and when an indictment is actually handed down? We report, you decide.
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The good news is, the blogosphere helped catch this one and forced her to recant!
October 25th, 2005 at 1:26 pmCongrags to all, 1 down, many to go. Back peddling bastards.
October 25th, 2005 at 1:34 pmWhiplash can be painful, Kay.
October 25th, 2005 at 1:35 pmMisconstrued? Is that the new republican word for I got caught LYING AGAIN?
October 25th, 2005 at 1:38 pmTry to misconstrue this when it finally comes down: "We, the jury, find the defendants guilty on all counts."
October 25th, 2005 at 1:38 pmTP can take a big share of credit for exposing her hypocrisy before it could take hold. I suspect the Republican Talking Points machine will need to retool and find another line of attack. They sure are practicing a lot of legalistic relativism these days...
October 25th, 2005 at 1:40 pmWhat will she say if an indictment is handed down? Like all the rest of the neocons and Bush cronies, she'll say whatever is in the script that's handed to her.
October 25th, 2005 at 1:43 pmFlip-Flop-Flip
I need to get off this ride, I think I gonna puke.
I am glad the blogsphere is making a difference. The blogs are making a difference. That is why we must keep bringing the truth to light. The days of politicains (left and right) just saying whatever they want and people just accepting it are over. We will not stand around doing nothing. I preach the truth everday. There is never a moment when I let these guys just talk. Whoever is with me at the time will get the entire story. I don't know anybody that supports Bush anymore, excluding the trolls here.
October 25th, 2005 at 1:43 pm"Ich bin ein luftklappe."-Frau Hutchison
October 25th, 2005 at 1:45 pmRawstory.org at 1:45 Eastern time reports two indictments are in the process of being submitted to the Grand Jury.
rich
October 25th, 2005 at 1:45 pmWell, Rich in Carroll County md, I thought Bush seemed alittle agitated. You know what THAT means, dontcha? It means the indictees have known for some time...
October 25th, 2005 at 1:49 pmI love the use of "misconstrued" here... though it was she who made the error, she tries to play if off as a misunderstanding by others... true to neocon form!
October 25th, 2005 at 1:56 pmHow as she misconstrued? The only way she could have been "misconstrued" is if she said, Wouldn't I be an ass if I dismissed perjury as a “technicality where they couldn’t indict on the crime?â€
Paraphrasing the Great Jon Stewart...
October 25th, 2005 at 1:58 pmZookeeper,
I agree with the frustration you feel... I can't stand how all of the pundits, politicians, etc.. say one thing and then act as if it never happened or someone else put the words in their mouth. And what kind of retarded media accepts this from these kinds of people over and over again.
Bring back the Fairness Doctrine!!!
October 25th, 2005 at 2:05 pmWow, A triple somersault FLIP-FLOP!
I think the judges are going to have to give her a '10' for that!
October 25th, 2005 at 2:10 pmi would prefer she didnt say anything at all
October 25th, 2005 at 2:16 pmMisconstrued? I watched her say it, and between her, Mr. Allen and Russert's generally inane questioning, I felt tempted to pull an "Elvis" on my television. She is yet another example of what is wrong with America and American politics.
October 25th, 2005 at 2:19 pmLap dogs like Russert aren't going to get you anything either (unless it involves sex with a sitting president).
October 25th, 2005 at 2:34 pmAll this flip-flop-flipping is making me dizzy and I think I'm going to get sick...
October 25th, 2005 at 2:35 pmPretty nimmble for a gal her age...
October 25th, 2005 at 2:46 pmThe sky is green! Up is down! War is peace! Mushroom clouds are coming if we don't invade Iraq!
No, wait. I was misconstrued.
October 25th, 2005 at 2:54 pmlike a dead fish, flip, flop flip flop. i don't know if the email campaign made a diff, but she sure changed her "tuna" right away! one million points for the blogosphere!
October 25th, 2005 at 3:18 pmIf you doubt that the gov uses "technicalities" like perjury to convict when espionage is hard to prove, go ask Ask Alger Hiss or William Remington
October 25th, 2005 at 3:26 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wil...lliam_Remington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss
"Miscontrued?"
She was MISCONTRUED?
Abso-frigging-lutely incredible. What part of "perjury technicality" did we "misconstrue," Sen. Hutchinson?
HMMM?
She flip-flopped, alright. But, more importantly, she LIED about her own words.
What a piece of work she is.
"Misconstrued?" Give this country a BREAK, you lying sack of crap.
October 25th, 2005 at 3:34 pmRepugs must be pissed at KBH's flip-flop. They now have to revise the RNC talking points.
October 25th, 2005 at 3:37 pmwhiplash is painfull.
Jair Santos
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I believe its called the Texas Two Step. Thanks TP for holding everyone's feet to the fire.
October 25th, 2005 at 3:40 pmYou have to laugh!!! Hutchinson is a flip flop flip flop flip flop bag. You can make a tune out of that.
October 25th, 2005 at 3:51 pmWhat is she going to say next. Foot in mouth!!!!
She changed her statement this time, undoubtedly because she was barraged with e-mail criticizing her and/or pointing out her hypocrisy, when it came to her statements on Clinton's perjury. I know I fired one off to her office.
October 25th, 2005 at 7:44 pmThey can't hide behind their hypocracy when we have the internet. They truly have no where to hide anymore.
October 25th, 2005 at 10:10 pmIt was nice of Fox News to kiss her ass...i mean, give her an opportunity to do some damage control with respect to her uber-hypocritical statements over the weekend.
I called her Senate office on Monday and they seemed pretty tired of getting calls from people pointing out her hypocrisy- I was told they had recieved many calls since her statements.
My suggestion- whenever you hear the GOP cabal mimizing whatever indictments come down, call their offices and demand why they are flip-flopping now that its a Republican in office.
October 25th, 2005 at 10:38 pmWell, I guess that that "talking point" test was a failure!
October 27th, 2005 at 1:33 am[...] A technique particularly favored by Republicans is to say that they were misconstrued when, in fact, their remarks were perfectly clear and not even capable of being misconstrued. Kay Bailey Hutchison recently used this technique when she claimed that her remarks that perjury is only a “technicality” had been “misconstrued. ” [...]
October 27th, 2005 at 8:49 amEverything is about oil !!!!!
JAir
December 6th, 2005 at 10:15 pm