Waxman To Rice: Your Days Of Blowing Off My Letters Are Over
Waxman To Rice: Your Days Of Blowing Off My Letters Are Over
At the heart of the CIA leak scandal was a false claim, made by President Bush in the infamous 16 words from his State of the Union address, that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger for a nuclear device.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has been trying for years to investigate how this fraudulent claim became part of the basis for sending our country to war, beginning with a letter to the White House two days before the war began.
The Bush administration has consistently refused his requests for information. Since the war began, Waxman has written 11 letters to Condoleezza Rice alone — she hasn’t responded to a single one.
On March 12, 2007, he wrote his first letter to Rice as committee chairman, asking that she respond by March 23. She didn’t, and Waxman has had enough:
Dear Madam Secretary:
On March 12, 2007, I sent you a letter renewing, as formal requests of the Committee, prior letter requests that I sent to you between 2003 and 2006. These requests sought information on the claim that Iraq sought uranium from Niger, White House treatment of classified information, the appointment of Ambassador Jones as “special coordinator” for Iraq, and other subjects. My March 12 letter is attached.
The March 12 letter requested a response by March 23 to several of the inquiries, but the Committee received no response from you.
I now request your appearance before the Committee at a hearing on Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building. At this hearing, you will be asked to provide testimony and respond to questions on the subjects outlined in the March 12 letter and the original request letters. …
Sincerely,
Henry A. Waxman
Chairman
Since Waxman wrote his March 12 letter, Rice has done more than a dozen press events, including interviews with Sean Hannity and Fox & Friends. Now it’s time she spend a few hours with Congress.
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UNDER OATH!
March 30th, 2007 at 3:47 pmThis one goes out just for you, Condi …..
March 30th, 2007 at 3:48 pm“These boots are made for walkin’, and that’s just what they’ll do…
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you…” (Nancy Sinatra)
So if Condi keeps blowing off Waxi, then what?
March 30th, 2007 at 3:50 pmAnd with a transcript!
March 30th, 2007 at 3:50 pmbwahahaha — another one to mark on your calendars…
March 30th, 2007 at 3:50 pmThat should be good!
“She doesn’t have to appear” from trolls in 3…2…1…
March 30th, 2007 at 3:50 pmCan she decline to attend? if she does, what happens next? Do they issue a subpoena or declare her in contempt of Congress? Can she be forced to speak, or will she have executive privilege/national security as a cover-up?
March 30th, 2007 at 3:51 pmKick ass, Waxman.
Get that b*itch under oath and hold her feet to the fire — with or without the Ferragamos.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:52 pmWaxman’s the type of bulldog that you really don’t want getting attached to your pant leg.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:52 pmCaption Contest:
Shheeeee-it…..
March 30th, 2007 at 3:53 pmSSSHHHHMAAK!!! That’s a dough-poppin’ bitch-slap if there ever wuz one.
March 30th, 2007 at 3:56 pmDAY-UMMMMMM…
March 30th, 2007 at 3:56 pmZooey, you’re on a roll today – keep it up! :-D
March 30th, 2007 at 3:58 pmOf course she has to appear. This has nothing to do with Executive Privilege. The Niger yellowcake story was an easily exposed fraud. Bush used it before Congress. Congress has a right to know if it was lied to and, if not, who deceived the President and why.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:00 pmCaption Contest:
Bite my butt, Waxi – Condi needs some new shoes!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:02 pmTopper:
She is a “Civil Officer” and therefore subject to Impeachment.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:02 pmDress nice, Condi! You’ll be on TV.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:03 pmRun and hide, Condi! Just like the rest of the corrupt administration lackeys.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:05 pmWe need a lot more congresspersons like Waxman.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:06 pmCaption Contest:
“But I swear Mr. Waxman, I never recieved all 12 of your letters. Bush has this wierd mail fetish….”
March 30th, 2007 at 4:06 pmTake that to all teh Bush apologists who claim teh Democrats aren’t doing anything… (I just wish they could do more… But I will give them the accolades they deserve for doing more good work in 2.4 months than the Repugs did in 6 years).
March 30th, 2007 at 4:06 pmCondi Rice should be charged with Contempt of Congress and removed from her position. She is a war criminal and should be sent to the Hague.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:06 pmHow many times do you think she’ll say, “I do not recall”?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:07 pmCaption Contest:
:Mr. Waxman, I swear I’m not making a face at you! My lips are stuck like this from kissing George’s butt for the last 6 years!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:08 pmActually, President Bush never said anything about Niger in his State of the Union. His exact words were,” The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
Moreover, an independent investigation in Britain of the pre-war intelligence on Iraq found that the claim was well-founded.
BBC: Uranium Claim “Well Foundedâ€
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3894093.stm
Pre-war assessments that Iraq sought uranium from Niger were “well-founded on intelligenceâ€, the Butler report has concluded.
The controversial claims were first made in a dossier compiled by the British intelligence services on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, made public in September 2002.
Nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency, had subsequently said some documents supporting the uranium claim were forgeries.
But Lord Butler said the government had intelligence from “several different sourcesâ€.
“The forged documents were not available to the British government at the time its assessment was made and so the fact of the forgery does not undermine it,†the report said.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:08 pmClinton and Carter and Truman and FDR blew off requests to appear before Congress, too.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:09 pmZooey, you’re on a roll today – keep it up! :-D
Comment by JaneESchneider
Thanks, Jane. I’ll be out of here soon, so you’ll have to fill in. :)
Say hi to Wayne, we miss him — and you, since you’re not around as much.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:10 pmLet me guess: “Congressman Waxman, that question was answered long ago,” or “We’ve provided everything that has been asked for. We’ve been more than generous,” or “I really don’t recall. I have no recollection of that.”
March 30th, 2007 at 4:11 pmBring in the memory experts!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:11 pmoooh!-sexly the troll is here!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:12 pmexley – that article absolves the british govt. there have been numerous sources claiming that the us gov. knew the intel to be bad. why was it pulled from a speech months before and not the sotu?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:13 pm#25 Exley
Gee, then I wonder why the CIA got him to take it out of the Cincinatti speech and someone in Cheney’s office snuck it back in for the SOTU when they weren’t looking.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:15 pmJake > Condi Rice is NOT an elected president. She is an appointed official, so do not link her to Truman and other Democrat presidents.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:16 pm#25. So Exley, you would obviously have no problem, then, with Waxman thoroughly investigating this matter, right? And Condi will naturally be quite forthcoming with her answers during her testimony, right? And there is surely a rational reason that she has consistently refused to deal with Waxman’s previous letters, right?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:16 pmI hope Waxman doesn’t burn the rice.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:17 pmUS administration never lied. The UK administration never lied. So I guess Saddam WAS trying to get Uranium after all!!! But what is uranium good for when you don’t have a bomb to go with it? Bunch of idiots!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:17 pmYellowcake Dossier Not the Work of the CIA
“The Italian Parliament investigated and identified the forgers. Ahmad Chalabi , Francis Brookes, Dewey Clarridge, and Michael Ledeen.”
http://nuralcubicle.blogspot.com/2005/10/yellowcake-dossier-not-work-of-cia.html
March 30th, 2007 at 4:20 pmIt’s about damned time we started getting this ball rolling. Every single solitary piece of “intelligence” was an outright lie. Period. Period. Period. There are no more if’s and’s or but’s about it. This administration LIED so they could ILLEGALLY occupy a sovereign nation and now it’s time to fess up to the truth. Let the impeachment begin. I’m so jazzed for this and it’s high time we started asking the right people the right sort of questions in the light of day.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:21 pmBut just for bets. I’m going to say Condi says “I DON’T REMEMBER”
216 times
Anyone else wanna get a line this?
Heck we should get some Vegas odds going on this one.
I really hope the sex Connie gave Bush is still working. She will need his help now. Bush is working hard to save Karl Rove but will he dump his brown sugar as we know he’s already moved on to another woman. The State of the Union speech showed the new lady holding on for dear life. She made it clear she wants the President real bad. Connie’s face looked like a woman who lost her bed partner as she looked at Bush and he never gave her a look at all. As the GOP is moving away from Al Gonzales soon they will be moving away for Connie. Bush might tell Connie to resign and take the fall for the President. This is what happens when a woman uses sex to get her job. Notice Laura has moved on with her Texas Billionaire boyfriend. The Bush family is the new American family values and Christian values that all Americans should follow. Yes sleep your way to the top and let your kids get drunk and use drugs. Lying is the most important value for all to follow. Crimes is what makes America great.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:22 pmPresidents can refuse to appear under oath before the Congress, by claiming executive privilege or national security issues. Condi Rice has NO such claims to prevent her from testifying under oath before the Congress. She can resign as Secretary of State to prevent testifying.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:22 pmSorry, Zoo, I have to leave soon, too. Both Wayne and I will be around more in the evenings soon, once we each get our own computers at home. I’m really looking forward to it! I’ll pass your message on to Wayne.
Hi, Exley!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:23 pmMatt,
“Exley, you would obviously have no problem, then, with Waxman thoroughly investigating this matter, right?”
Nope….Knock yourself out, Henry.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:25 pmFor the record, that was the fake Jake @ 4:09 pm — I do know that President Ford testified before Congress after the Nixon pardon — not sure if any other President has though.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:26 pmI would like to hear her explanation for the high-strength aluminum tubes again. That’s always a good one.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:26 pmJane! Just two more days!
I am going to Opening Day on Monday. Unfortunately, not the Mets. But still, baseball is baseball!
Say “Hi” to Wayne. Look forward to you guys getting your computer and posting here again more frequently…
March 30th, 2007 at 4:27 pmThe British were in on this fabricated story. They ARE NOT independent.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:27 pmActually Exley, the request isn’t about President Bush saying “Niger” . The request is for the intelligence sorrounding it. There is also evidence sorrounding the sources of this claim is bogus. The American People have a right to know the facts. It’s our son’s and daughters being put in harms way and this is a piece of the puzzle that said we had to go.
There was a study done on the use of certain words leading up to the invasion of Iraq. WMD’s was way up there. We now know that there isn’t any WMD’s to speak of. If that was known before going to war then what else was known to be false but we were pushed to fight anyways.
Doesn’t bother you if it was a lie, fine because this isn’t about you.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:29 pmExley:
Don’t you know that simply because Bush said it means he KNEW it was false and LIED!!! I swear if Bush said the earth is round, someone would scream BUSH LIED, PEOPLE DIED!
March 30th, 2007 at 4:31 pmSpudge,
But the Butler investigation was an independent review of the pre-war intelligence. It faulted much of the intelligence, which, as it turned out, was wrong. But the investigation did say that this particular claim was well-founded.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:32 pmClinton and Carter and Truman and FDR blew off requests to appear before Congress, too.
Comment by Jake
Jake if we want accountability in our goverment then we should, I think, stop reverting to past misdeeds as this only becomes an excuse for todays misdeeds. Sure I grant you Clinton lied under oath, but was later acquitted. Gonzo lied under oath therefore the misdeeds have cancelled out one another. Please sir, get your mind out of the past. Thank you.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:33 pmHellinabucket,
I have no problem with Waxman taking yet another look at this. We’ve already had the Senate investigation and the Robb-Silberman investigation. But if Waxman wants to take another look, he has every right to do so. I am just saying that based on the Butler Report, it appears this was a well-founded claim by the Brits.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:35 pmThe Butler Report was hardly a proper investigation. In a very British way of understatement, the Report pretends the government did nothing wrong while noting that it should have paid more attention to the “thinness” of evidence. It’s an “official” report, intended to back up Blair. But it doesn’t completely deny that the evidence was “sexed up” to use the very British phrase. And the evidence was shaped to fit the conclusion. But then you need to know that, if Tony lied, he could actually go to jail. And so Butler’s team gritted their teeth and thought of England.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:35 pmWell all this can be cleared up with Condi in front of Congress. Rather rude of her not to respond to a committee Chair.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:35 pmDon’t you know that simply because Bush said it means he KNEW it was false and LIED!!! I swear if Bush said the earth is round, someone would scream BUSH LIED, PEOPLE DIED!
Comment by Jake
No, Jake, they would do as you just did and say it was Bills fault. We need to stop the idiocy of such arguments and not compare a misdeed of today with that of the past. Let every misdeed stand on, and be judged on its own. Not pundit preach. Thank You and God bless.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:35 pmFor the record, that was the fake Jake @ 4:09 pm about Clinton and Carter and Truman and FDR blowing off requests to appear before Congress.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:38 pmI swear if Bush said the earth is round, someone would scream BUSH LIED, PEOPLE DIED!
Comment by Jake
BTW the Earth is not really round and the Universe is pretty much flat =)
March 30th, 2007 at 4:38 pm[...] in Bush Administration, Congress at 12:43 pm by LeisureGuy Excellent. Apparently she thought she could just ignore Congress: At the heart of the CIA leak scandal was a [...]
March 30th, 2007 at 4:40 pmExley, enjoy Opening Day, no matter where it is!
Have a good weekend, I’m heading home.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:40 pmFor the record, that was the fake Jake @ 4:09 pm about Clinton and Carter and Truman and FDR blowing off requests to appear before Congress.
Comment by Jake
Doesn’t matter my answer wouldn’t have changed no matter what the moniker =)
March 30th, 2007 at 4:41 pmSecretary Rice: “They are just beginning..stooge!”
March 30th, 2007 at 4:41 pmBye Jane….
March 30th, 2007 at 4:41 pmBTW the Earth is not really round and the Universe is pretty much flat =)
Comment by Zep Tepi — March 30, 2007 @ 4:38 pm
If Bush was as close to the truth as oblate spheroid is to round, I’d be ecstatic.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pmI am the real Jake. Please ignore all others.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pmVery well put Zep Tepi.
Exley, what US dept. authorized, sanctioned or approved of the Butler Report?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:42 pmComment by david — March 30, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
Well said David. To understand what a Government inquiry actually concludes requires looking at what is implied and what is not said. They are generally used to whitewash scandals or gross incompetence
March 30th, 2007 at 4:43 pmI am just saying that based on the Butler Report, it appears this was a well-founded claim by the Brits. -Exley
I disagree, all claims should be checked out thoroughly no matter from where it came. It obviously wasn’t.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:44 pmerock:
What do you think is Bush’s most blatant “lie”?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:45 pmCondoleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezza doesn’t think that “blowing off” Waxman is necessarily a bad thing.
After all, she’s been blowing GDumbya off for six years now. For her, it’s just job security.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:46 pmThat was the fake Jake @ 4:42 pm as well.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:46 pmThe Bush gangsters are all worthless lying traitors… It’s been six years and two months of treason with these clowns. It’s time to fold up this tent of treason..
March 30th, 2007 at 4:48 pmWhat do you think is Bush’s most blatant “lie�
Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
“I’m the President of The United States!”
March 30th, 2007 at 4:48 pmExley,
You are satisfied and your proof is a story that is all of 104 words long?
Here is the whole entire story you posted.
Your okay with “several different sources” as the whole story?
1) The Bush administration
2) The Italian forgeries
3) The Australian Government
4) the British Government
That is “several different sources” all of whom were in on it.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pmWINDOW DRESSING
March 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pmerock:
March 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pmWhat do you think is Bush’s most blatant “lie�
Comment by JakeMeOv — March 30, 2007 @ 4:45 pm
Jake, you are in no position to ask questions?
I will gladly ignore all Jakes, thanks.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:49 pmshe’s been blowing GDumbya off for six years now. For her, it’s just job security.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:50 pmComment by Tom — March 30, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
I have a feeling that Rice really doesnt know anything about blowing, nor does she care
Just sayin…
If Bush was as close to the truth as oblate spheroid is to round, I’d be ecstatic. Comment by erock
I would be as well. =) Yet politicians today, both sides, as we have seen, do not speak the truth. It would be refreshing if they did.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:51 pmerock?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:51 pmWhat do you think is Bush’s most blatant “lie�
Comment by Jake
Our troops will not be used for nation building.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:52 pmOr, maybe james k. sayre can answer my question:
What do you think is Bush’s most blatant “lieâ€? Do you really think it is: “The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.â€? How can that even be a “lie” if that’s exactly what the British told us (unless, of course, you really think Bush knew Saddam never sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa — and even then, it is still the TRUTH that the BRITISH government had learned — kinda like if he said “The British government has learned that 2 + 2 = 6.” Would THAT be a “lie” if that’s exactly what they told us?
March 30th, 2007 at 4:55 pmBush’s most blatent lie?
“I’m the decider”.
And the most childish thing ever uttered by a Preznit.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:56 pmChimpy’s worst lie?
“I swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States”
March 30th, 2007 at 4:56 pmFor the record, I do not believe that George Bush personally planted explosives at the WTC so his statement about “nation-building” was not a “lie” if he truthfully believed that up until the morning of 9/11.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:57 pmSpudge,
I don’t base what I said on the BBC article alone, but the Butler Report, as whole, which I have read. There is also this Financial Times article from June 2004 (Unfortunately, the link appears dead):
The FT has now learnt that three European intelligence
services were aware of possible illicit trade in
uranium from Niger between 1999 and 2001. Human
intelligence gathered in Italy and Africa more than
three years before the Iraq war had shown Niger
officials referring to possible illicit uranium deals
with at least five countries, including Iraq.â€
Intelligence officers learned between 1999 and 2001
that uranium smugglers planned to sell illicitly mined
Nigerien uranium ore, or refined ore called yellow
cake, to Iran, Libya, China, North Korea and Iraq.
These claims support the assertion made in the British
government dossier on Iraq’s weapons of mass
destruction programme in September 2002 that Iraq had
sought to buy uranium from an African country,
confirmed later as Niger. George W. Bush, US
president, referred to the issue in his State of the
Union address in January 2003.
The claim that the illicit export of uranium was under
discussion was widely dismissed when letters referring
to the sales – apparently sent by a Nigerien official
to a senior official in Saddam Hussein’s regime – were
proved by the International Atomic Energy Agency to be
forgeries. This embarrassed the US and led the
administration to reverse its earlier claim.
But European intelligence officials have for the first
time confirmed that information provided by human
intelligence sources during an operation mounted in
Europe and Africa produced sufficient evidence for
them to believe that Niger was the centre of a
clandestine international trade in uranium.
FULL STORY:
http://news.ft.com/ servlet/ ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/ StoryFT/ FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087373295039&p=1012571727085
But, like I said, Spudge, I have no problem with Waxman taking a look at this. It is his right to do so. Let’s see what we see.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:59 pmI am the real Jake. Please ignore all others.
Comment by Jake on March 30, 2007 @ 4:42 pm
That’s apt. The real Jake ignores all others. There are 6,117,347,312 people on his ignore list. Oops, one more newborn, now, it’s 6,117,347,313.
March 30th, 2007 at 4:59 pmBut the investigation did say that this particular claim was well-founded.
Comment by Exley —
I’ll see that and raise you (from Wiki):
Nuclear expert Norman Dombey has pointed out that the information relied upon by the Butler Review on the Niger issue was incomplete; as he noted, “The Butler report says the claim was credible because an Iraqi diplomat visited Niger in 1999, and almost three-quarters of Niger’s exports were uranium. But this is irrelevant, since France controls Niger’s uranium mines.”(Independent, 25 July 2004). And when asked by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to discuss the conclusions of British intelligence, Deputy Director of Central Intelligence John McLaughlin stated, “The one thing where I think they stretched a little bit beyond where we would stretch is on the points about Iraq seeking uranium from various African locations. We’ve looked at those reports and we don’t think they are very credible. It doesn’t diminish our conviction that he’s going for nuclear weapons, but I think they reached a little bit on that one point.”[1]
March 30th, 2007 at 5:00 pmJust the facts!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Review
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence John McLaughlin stated, “The one thing where I think they stretched a little bit beyond where we would stretch is on the points about Iraq seeking uranium from various African locations. We’ve looked at those reports and we don’t think they are very credible. It doesn’t diminish our conviction that he’s going for nuclear weapons, but I think they reached a little bit on that one point.”
You see Darth Cheney, the only Vice president in the history of the US to ever visit the CIA on matters of intelligence, forcibly made this “sketchy” intelligence legitimate. And he still believes it, to this day, along with the blatant lie that Saddam and Al Qaeda were buddies.(Why? Because he said so)
March 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pmYou see we here on Earth we call this: Fantasy Land. A wonderful place where no one remembers anything about anything and Iraq is a wonderful place where it rains puppies and kittens twice a day. The shia and suni walk hand in hand to evening prayers and the approval ratings are at an all time high. A magical place where the executive have no one to answer to because they’re the deciders. It’s just like 1954. There is no such thing as homosexuality or abortion or evolution. We all have 2.5 kids a great job with wonderful benefits and when we come home at night our submissive wives have food on the table, slippers in hand and just cant wait to provide us with oral pleasures. Fluffy clouds and rainbows, birds chirping; can’t you see it, the promised land. There is no law but the bible and doncha know God made the earth in 6 days and science is just plain gobbelty gook. Theres no such thing as dinosaurs or global warming, America and the UK are shining beacons of hope and faith and democracy. The only place where we can stop the earth from spinning just to make sure Terry still has a feeding tube, cause she’s still alive doncha know; doctors don’t know what the heck they’re talking about with this whole science thing again. Bring out the royal bleeders and we’ll fix her for good.
Gosh I wish we could all live there in Fantasy Land with Darth and his pet chimp. You can see Turd-Blossom down by the river sodomizing a gay marine white house reporter but it’s okay cause he’s a republican too. Oh and look it’s Bin Laden, no not that one, the other one, the one who pays for dady’s Carlyle company and son’s Harken Energy. Ooops we’re not supposed to talk about that are we now?
No, I’M Jake. And so is my wife.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pmAnd even then, it is still the TRUTH that the BRITISH government had learned
But is what they learned truth?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowcake_forgery
March 30th, 2007 at 5:02 pmThe U.S. Ambassador to Niger, Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick, (2002) was also present at the meeting (With Nigerian President) and sent similar conclusions to the State Department. (it was not plausible)
SUBPOENA TIME!!!
March 30th, 2007 at 5:03 pmNo, I’m Jake! No, wait a minute….
March 30th, 2007 at 5:03 pmDear Jake,
Jake, you’re on my Ignore list.
Love,
March 30th, 2007 at 5:05 pmJake.
Hey, Stormcrow! It’s Hammer Exley Friday; everyone gets to take a swing! Good hit!
March 30th, 2007 at 5:05 pmExley would have us trust all Government white-wash reports.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:06 pmCondi Rice is a war criminal. She should be charged, tried, then imprisoned forever after the inevitable sentence of guilty is reached. Oh, and Jake reminds me that she should be impeached, too. I don’t really care what order all this happens in.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:06 pmI’m having yellow cake for dessert this evening. Mmmmm…
March 30th, 2007 at 5:07 pmNo, I’m telling you, I’m Jake!
Heh. See ya’ll tomorrow. No playing nicely!
March 30th, 2007 at 5:07 pmBush is a master of the fine art of decpeption.
“I’m a uniter, not a divider.”
Here’s a good place to start:
http://www.bushlies.net/homeliesatoz/iraqlies.html
*** smack ***
March 30th, 2007 at 5:08 pmExley:
I have no problem with Waxman investigating either — he can’t trample on Executive Privilege though.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:09 pmThis is comedy, right?
I mean, nobody expects the Sec. of State to respond to some rat-faced, punkass congressman’s demand for an audience about something that has already been put to bed. (it has been confirmed that Iraq DID go to Niger looking for uranium)
Zooey was close on the caption, but the photo actually caught her saying the second word in this phrase: “eat sh*t and die Waxman!”
March 30th, 2007 at 5:10 pmAn aside. TP could you not find a slightly more complementary photo of KindOfSleezey then the one at the top of the post? She looks like ET after a visit to a head shrinker.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:10 pm…”Hussein RECENTLY sought…..” I hope Waxman gets Condi Rice to define “Recently”. If Frank Rich is right…this line of questioning is the tip of the iceberg. Bush decided to attack Iraq, and then presented only those facts which supported that decision. Politically very astute, as the 2002 elections proved…. but this rush to war has been his undoing….and placed the country is great danger.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:11 pmDid you just hear someone say “Clinton did it, too”? This is, among other things, the logical fallacy of distraction–i.e., when it gets uncomfortable talking about Republicans, change the subject to the imagined sins of Democrats.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:20 pmSaddam was not trying to build a nuclear weapon.
Source: Common f*cking sense.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:20 pmWaxman doesn’t have the authority to call here to testify without putting it to a vote before the committee. His personal requests are useless.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:26 pmOh, number 99 — you are so ignorant of the powers of Congress.
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March 30th, 2007 at 5:26 pmJust because the repubs rolled over and played dead does not mean that is what a REAL Congress does.
Well, nail the bitch’s ball to the floor. Give her a knife. Tell her it is her or Bush. You chose.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:30 pmSo Tracy ended up answering my question. How lame is that?
Is that true, the committee needs to vote on it? Sounds like it to me. Lets have a committee vote.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:31 pm[...] in Bush Administration, Congress at 1:40 pm by LeisureGuy Excellent. Apparently she thought she could just ignore Congress: At the heart of the CIA leak scandal was a [...]
March 30th, 2007 at 5:37 pmI hope the next time Condi is performing an oral act on the tiny member of the alleged “president”, something startles her and those magnificent incisors bite down and hard.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:38 pmComment by stormkrow — March 30, 2007 @ 5:01 pm
“Before they seize power and establish a world according to their doctrines, totalitarian movements conjure up a lying world of consistency which is more adequate to the needs of the human mind than reality itself; in which, through sheer imagination, uprooted masses can feel at home and are spared the never-ending shocks which real life and real experiences deal to human beings and their expectations. The force possessed by totalitarian propaganda — before the movements have the power to drop iron curtains to prevent anyone’s disturbing, by the slightest reality, the gruesome quiet of an entirely imaginary world — lies in its ability to shut the masses off from the real world.
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:38 pmGive ‘em hell Henry! Put Rice under oath!
March 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pmPUT
March 30th, 2007 at 5:40 pmTHE
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OATH!!!!!
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#107
Yeah I thought that someone would have picked up on TP falsely insinuating that Waxman actually had the authority personally to call any government offical to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:45 pmBlowing off my letters?????
Now Now, no need for language Congressman.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:51 pmTP,
Waxman does not have the individual authority to call Condomsleeza Rice. I wish he did, but he doesn’t. Thanks for playing.
March 30th, 2007 at 5:55 pmTracy – I don’t think the simple process of asking someone to testify at a hearing needs a committee vote. Issuing a subpeona does. But I don’t think the committee Gore testified at last week need a vote. Hearing held. Gore asked. Gore more than happy to come talk.
This strikes me more as Waxie firing a last shot over the bow, and putting it in terms strong enough to read what’s coming next. “Come voluntarily, please don’t make us take the next step.”
March 30th, 2007 at 5:59 pm#113 Tracy
Yeah I thought that someone would have picked up on TP falsely insinuating that Waxman actually had the authority personally to call any government offical to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Sure he can. He can’t subpoena her all by himself, but he can ask her to testify. It was most likely discussed in a meeting and arrived at by consensus of the committee without need for a recorded vote. Rep. Davis is copied on the letter. It is very likely that he was in agreement.
And, when you ignore a committee’s request for information, it can piss people off on both sides of the aisle.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:05 pmYeah I thought that someone would have picked up on TP falsely insinuating that Waxman actually had the authority personally to call any government offical to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Comment by Tracy — March 30, 2007 @ 5:45 pm
Tracy, there was no “insinuation” by TP that Waxman had any such authority on his own. What you don’t seem to understand is that the majority of progressives that post on TP are quite aware of the way Congress works…including it’s committees. There other thing you don’t seem to understand is that there is absolutely NO DOUBT that the committee will vote in favor of calling Rice before them. The Republicans aren’t “in charge” anymore. So many truths are coming out, and you and your fellow Bush supporters (or paid trolls) or whatever you are..can’t stop it. Light will always overcome Darkness….in the end. Oh…another of my favorite sayings: “The mills of the gods grind slowly…but they grind exceedingly fine.”
March 30th, 2007 at 6:06 pmMr. Bush’s most blatant lie was when he said Donald Rumsfeld was going to remain as SecDef even though Mr. bush had already interviewed and offered the job to Gates. His explanation that Gates had not accepted the position was entirely unbelievable as an excuse for what he did, which we all know, was fire Rumsfeld within a week of his statement.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:08 pmI hope your right and a vote would have to be held. I’d like to see the members that don’t want her to testify about the rationale for invading another country.
She’s been very liberal with her time when it comes to her guys at Fox but can’t find the time to testify for the American people on this subject.
Let’s have it come to vote. Let’s see the approval ratings for this administration dump into the low 20’s.
Oversight.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:09 pmHi Gang, If you want to see the fascist Cunning Rice through the lens of fashion, mixed with a heavy dose of sarcasm, check out:
Princess Sparkle Pony’s Photo Blog : http://www.sparklepony.blogspot.com/
March 30th, 2007 at 6:11 pmCongress has subpeona power.
This white house is unprecedented in its stonewalling, and its time to stop.
Condoleeza needs to get her but down there and answer questions that the American people have a right to know.
We have a RIGHT to know why the President of the United States used information that had already been discredited to present to the American people as cause for war.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:21 pmCondi may have a nice figure, the problem is that she is unable to figure anything out.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:22 pmI normally don’t respond directly to the fake Jake(s) other than issue corrections if someone posts thinking that was the real Jake, but I think I found a list of all testimony to Congress by Presidents (none were FORCED under subpoena of course) and Truman is indeed on it:
SITTING PRESIDENTS and VICE PRESIDENTS:
President Abraham Lincoln
House Judiciary Committee
February 13, 1862
“President Lincoln today voluntarily appeared before the House Judiciary Committee,” reported the New York Tribune, “and gave testimony in the matter of the premature publication in the Herald of a portion of his last annualmessage.” Lincoln’s message to Congress in December 1861 had been published in the New York Herald on the samemorning that it was sent to Capitol Hill. The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by John Hickman, investigated the leak and called Herald correspondent Henry Wikoff to testify. Wikoff refused to divulge his source, citing “an obligationof strictest secrecy.” Given Wikoff’s close friendship with Mary Todd Lincoln, many assumed that the correspondent was protecting the First Lady. The committee ordered the sergeant at arms to hold Wikoff. Then the President went to the Capitol for a private meeting with Judiciary Committee members, to assure them that no member of his family wasinvolved. The next day the committee released Wikoff (that’s a good reason for Rice to not go right there ; )
Vice President Schuyler Colfax
House Select Committee to Investigate the Credit Mobilier
January 7, 1873
Vice President Colfax appeared voluntarily before the House Select Committee concerning his ownership of stock in Credit Mobilier, a company involved in the construction of the federally-subsidized transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad. During the previous presidential campaign, in response to newspaper criticism, Colfax had denied that therailroad’s agent, Congressman Oakes Ames, had given or offered him stock in the Credit Mobilier. Before thecommittee, Colfax testified that he had first agreed to buy five hundred dollars worth of the stock from Ames but later decided against making the purchase; but that Ames never repaid him the five hundred dollars. Oakes Ames, however, produced evidence of Colfax’s check to him for five hundred and thirty-four dollars and his check to Colfax for twelve hundred dollars, the difference being a sixty percent cash dividend.
President Woodrow Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
August 19, 1919
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee took testimony from President Wilson at the White House, concerning the treaty of peace with Germany, and establishment of a League of Nations. The President opened by reading a statement and then answered questions for three and a half hours, after which the President invited them to stay for lunch. Chairman Henry Cabot Lodge explained that the committee was “very desirous of getting information on certain points which seem not clear and on which they thought information would be of value to them.” Despite Wilson’s efforts, the Senate twice rejected the Treaty of Versailles, and the United States never joined the League.
President Gerald R. Ford
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, House Judiciary Committee
October 17, 1974
President Ford voluntarily appeared before the Subcommittee at the Capitol to explain the reasons behind his pardon of former President Richard M. Nixon. Ford insisted that the pardon had not been prearranged, but was the result of hisconcern over reports of Nixon’s deteriorating mental and physical health.
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FORMER PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES
George Washington
Senate en banc
August 22, 1789 (Indian treaties)
Theodore Roosevelt
House Committee on Investigation of the United States Steel Corporation
August 5, 1911 (Steel industry)
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections
October 4, 1912 (campaign expenditures)
Harry S. Truman
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
April 18, 1955 (United Nations Charter)
Gerald R. Ford
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Senate Judiciary Committee
March 1, 1983 (bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution)
List prepared by the Senate Historical Office and the Senate Library
March 30th, 2007 at 6:25 pm#116
“He can’t subpoena her all by himself, but he can ask her to testify.”
I know he can ask, but considering Rice has more important things to do than satisfy Waxman political agenda, i.e. bring down the Bush administration, then he will need that subpoena.
“It was most likely discussed in a meeting and arrived at by consensus of the committee without need for a recorded vote.”
Yeah right! If other committee members wanted her to testify then their names would be in co-sponsor at the bottom of the letters.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:28 pm#82
March 30th, 2007 at 6:29 pmYou idiot, Jake. Of course George Bush did not personally plant explosives at the WTC! Brother Marvin took care of that. Oh, and by the way, and by all means, please, ADD ME TO THE LIST! What a doofus.
#117
“There other thing you don’t seem to understand is that there is absolutely NO DOUBT that the committee will vote in favor of calling Rice before them”
Then why after so many letters has Waxman not called for a vote to force Rice to testify? Could it be that other members of the commmittee don’t think it’s worth their time?
March 30th, 2007 at 6:31 pmExley says, “remember the Butler report!”
But, oh, oh, he also says, “forget the Downing Street Memo.”
March 30th, 2007 at 6:33 pmI’ve seen a few toady little products of the Heritage Foundation take the fall for these bastards, but will big-time corporatist Condi Rice fall on her sword if pressed? We’ll see. She was, after all, on the board at Chevron and has a tanker named after her. I’m not sure she’d lie down to save anyone in the whitehouse.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:37 pmTracy: “Then why after so many letters has Waxman not called for a vote to force Rice to testify? Could it be that other members of the commmittee don’t think it’s worth their time?”
Tracy, Waxman’s only been in charge for a few months now. There was the first 100 hours legislative agenda and now, he gets to move on to what he thinks is important. Before he was in charge, Rice could ignore him with impunity. Now, she really can’t continue to ignore him because, as Senator Boxer said the other day, “elections have consequences.”
March 30th, 2007 at 6:39 pmThen why after so many letters has Waxman not called for a vote to force Rice to testify? Could it be that other members of the commmittee don’t think it’s worth their time?
Comment by Tracy — March 30, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
First of all, if you think this issue of calling Rice to testify hasn’t been throughly discussed among the committee members who can make it happen, you are out of touch with reality. Secondly, let’s not forget that the Dems have been the Majority only since Jan of this year. Waxman sent her his last letter (of many sent during the time Dems were in the minority) on March 12. Today is March 30. She was asked to respond by March 23rd and she didn’t. The reality, of course, if that the committee will be forced to issue supoenas, because few in this administration would ever willingly testify before Congress. This really isn’t about “Executive Privilege.” It’s much more a reflection of the total lack of respect for the balance of powers that the Constitution calls for. Thus, it reflects this administration’s complete and utter disregard for the Constitution..period. Let’s not forget the vow they ALL took when sworn into office…to uphold, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. These people have violated the most solemn oath ANY American can take, and especially those who are elected or appointed into high places in our government. In my book, that’s impeachable. Thus…my posting name.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:45 pmI like your name, but quibble with your order. If Cheney is impeached first, Bush appoints another VP. If both Cheney and Bush are impeached concurrently, Nancy Pelosi finishes the term.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:55 pmCondi may have a nice figure, the problem is that she is unable to figure anything out.
Comment by WaltTheMan — March 30, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
Nice figure?
She looks like the north bound end of a south bound mule.
March 30th, 2007 at 6:58 pmKick ass, Waxman.
Get that b*itch under oath and hold her feet to the fire — with or without the Ferragamos.
Comment by Zooey
Zooey,
March 30th, 2007 at 7:05 pmDo you remember last fall you were a bit cynical about some investigation Waxman was calling for (I think about non-action after Katrina), and I replied that he is a good guy–someone you could like or at least respect? I see that you are more than convinced now. He’s wonderful, isn’t he?
He used to be my Congressman, until some redistricting following the 2000 census. Well, at least I’m still represented by a Dem, but they seldom come as good and tough as Henry Waxman.
Hope school is going well for you.
When Waxman’s in charge, people in power squirm. The last time he ran a committee in congress, Tobacco execs were sweating it out forced to testify under oath on their efforts to trick Americans into being nicotine addicts. Waxman is NAILS! I love the guy.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:13 pmLike Conditwit was caught in an upscale shoe store in DC while Katrina victims died, I do hope she’s out shopping for those new “boots” right now because “her boots were made for walking” and she’s become an irrelevant, absent presence in this country….and a national embarrassment.
NastiCondi needs to go….Laura says so, too! (heh-heh)
March 30th, 2007 at 7:17 pmwill she remember the cookies?
March 30th, 2007 at 7:17 pmWhen Dan Burton (R, Ind) headed the same committee, he went crazy with subpoenas and investigations of everything from Clinton’s Christmas card list to his cat Socks, all of which costs millions of taxpayers’ dollars and usually turned up nothing. The same Dan Burton who fathered a child out of wedlock with a state employee and who is known for accepting several free trips overseas from lobbyists.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:19 pmDon’t worry, Trolls. Henry Waxman isn’t going to get into frivolous investigations about Barney or Laura’s hairdresser–just the meaty stuff to uncover the deceptions of this administration. Or maybe, it would be better to say, “Eat your hearts out.”
Waxman rocks! Condi had better resign before April 19 if she knows what’s good for her…hahah! She’s nailed and will be gone before summer, too.
Then when the SmithsonianGate hits Cheney’s office, he’ll be history as well. But then, perhaps he will have to step down due to medical reasons. Cheney is prima facie evidence of the body-mind connection – and walking proof that what we think and do translates into our body habitus and manifests as either homeostasis or disease.
They don’t call him “hard-hearted Cheney” for nothing….with his evil, hardened heart, it’s no wonder his coronary arteries are hard as rocks and blocking his blood flow. He doesn’t have long on this earth with his horrible medical history so I’d recommend that he repent soon for his evil deeds.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:20 pmWhen I first saw Condi Rice I thought it was a promo for Gremlins 3.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:21 pm#125 Was Marvin Bush’s cousin in charge of security at WTC? Evidently, he was and there’s some testimony supporting the explosives theory regarding Bush’s cousin.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:22 pmIt’s the intentional usurpation of the two other separate but equal powers which is at issue here. Handily, the thug congress prior to this one needs to answer for their congressional abdication of power repeatedly to bush without any questions asked for 6 years – If the Rethugs think this attorney scandal is going away any time soon, they’re sadly mistaken. AttorneyGate HAS, this week, taken on a life of it’s own and no one needs Waxman to “take down the Bush Administration” as TracyTroll would have one believe….They’re doing a “heck of a job” all by themselves of self-destruction.
The longer AttorneyGate is allowed to simmer and grow exponentially, the less chances any Republican will have to be elected to any position in this government for many years to come.
I’m ambivalent: Although Bush needs to be impeached, perhaps that’s allowing him “off the hook” too graciously. Instead, the “slow bleed” he is doing to his party coupled with the personal angst and disgrace which he is receiving now for all of his incompetence and lies is punishment in itself. On one hand, everyone would love for him to go away; on the other hand, it will be lip-smacking jolly to watch this snake implode at his own hands. He’s done it to himself – and just like every business venture he’s ever touched and destroyed, he’s repeating his same dynamics and destroying his own administration and legacy.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:27 pmLora, I believe Dan Burton even claimed to have evidence that Clinton killed his friend Vince Foster. Burton said he had performed ballistics tests on a “head-like thing”. Turned out he had been shooting at a watermellon in his back yard. Just another Republican kook who used to be in charge.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:30 pm#139 Amazing how Condi has aged, isn’t it? I, also, thought: Wow! Condi looks sickly. Again, evidence of how the body/mind works it’s magic or disease. Take a look at Bush’s clips from 6 years ago if you really want to see the decaying process up close and personal!
Bush, Rove (Bloated Blowfish now), Cheney, Rice & Gonzales all look horrendous. Needless to say, they aren’t sleeping which is evident, they are haggard, wrinkled, and their “effective age” is some two decades older than their “actual age”.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:31 pmWaxman rocks! Everyone had better head for the hills because, before Waxman is through with the gang of thugs in this administration, they’ll all be fitted for jumpsuits! Go Waxman! He is a dedicated, undaunted, unintimidated TRUE patriot and we support him ALL THE WAY!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:32 pmp.s. Did you notice that Condi’s sleeping so little now that she needs a blepheroplasty just to be able to see and drive? Check it out on the photo above.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:33 pm#139 Amazing how Condi has aged, isn’t it? I, also, thought: Wow! Condi looks sickly
Comment by veritas — March 30, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
She looks like they crossbred Sally Field with a chipmunk.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:44 pmCondi’s left, or our right side, does look very, very, tired.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:44 pmFrom his website:
Committee Requests Secretary of State Rice to Testify . . . Chairman Waxman Invites Secretary of State . . . The Committee has formally requested Secretary Rice to testify . . .
http://oversight.house.gov
“Formally”? Well, which one is it?! REQUEST or INVITE? Was she subpoenaed?
March 30th, 2007 at 7:45 pm“Formally� Well, which one is it?! REQUEST or INVITE? Was she subpoenaed?
Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
Don’t worry muttonhead.
They’ll all be subpeonaed in time.
Here come da judge… here come da judge
March 30th, 2007 at 7:49 pmYou think President Bush is going to be forced to testify before Congress via a subpoena??! You and what army?
March 30th, 2007 at 7:52 pmIt’s time for these lyrics courtesy of Steve Earle:
Condi, Condi
Oh Condi Condi beggin’ on my knees
Open up your heart and let me in wontcha please
Got no money but everybody knows
I love you Condi and I’ll never let you go
Sweet and dandy pretty as can be
You be the flower and I’ll be the bumble bee
Oh she loves me oops she loves me not
People say you’re cold but I think you’re hot
Oh, Condi, Condi
Oh, Condi, Condi
Oh Condi, Condi I’m talkin’ to you girl
What’s it gonna hurt come on give me a whirl
Shake your body now let me see you go
One time for me Oh Condi I love you so
Skank for me Condi show me what you got
They say you’re too uptight I say you’re not
Dance around me spinnin’ like a top
Oh Condi Condi Condi don’t ever stop
Oh Condi Condi Can’t you hear me call
I’m standin’ in the street outside your garden wall
Pocketful of money belly full of wine
Condi in my heart and romance on my mind
Listen to me Condi don’t be afraid
I come here tonight to chase your blues away
I’ll never hurt you I’ll treat you right
Oh Condaleeza won’t you come out tonight
Pretty little Condi precious as can be
March 30th, 2007 at 7:53 pmBet you never had another lover like me
Muttonhead???!!! Hilarious, Worfeus, and perfect for Jake the Joke.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:57 pm#52, right, the Butler report, coming from a government strongly allied with the bush regime, has very little credibility… the worst they could say about the claim that saddam hussien could deploy his non-existent WMD in 45 minutes was that it was “uncharacteristically poor” and that it “should only have been used in a government dossier with more explanation”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3893641.stm
tell me Exlaxley, how much explanation would be needed to legitimate a claim about timeframes whose underlying premise is totally false?
March 30th, 2007 at 8:04 pmYou think President Bush is going to be forced to testify before Congress via a subpoena??! You and what army?
Comment by Jackass — March 30, 2007 @ 7:52 pm
Squirm little worm, squirm.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:04 pm#
You think President Bush is going to be forced to testify before Congress via a subpoena??! You and what army?
Comment by Jake — March 30, 2007 @ 7:52 pm
I wouldn’t automatically assume that he would continue to have the military’s support…he’s pretty much f***ed them over.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:07 pmComment by Yikes — March 30, 2007 @ 7:53 pm
“YIKES”
Thats pretty scary Yikes. Heres a song that I think is more fitting for Condoleeza.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
In fact, I think Henry Waxman should stand outside her office window and sing that to her until she shows up to testify.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:14 pm#140 Google Marvin Bush. Very telling. Also, a housekeeper or someone working for the Marvin Bush household, who had threatened to go public with what she knew, was mysteriously ran over with her own unoccupied vehicle, resulting in her death. I seem to recall her name was Berta or Bertha but cannot recall her last name. I keep thinking Champagne, but not sure if that is correct.
March 30th, 2007 at 8:16 pm:|
Tough room
March 30th, 2007 at 8:36 pmCONDOM-Lesser Rice BABY, TAKE IT AWAY:
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
HIDING DAYS are GONE
I’se A Goin’ HOME
My Baby HENRY just WROTE ME A LETTER!
Well HE wrote me a letter
Said HE COULDN’T TAKE “NO” FOR AN ANSWER TO MAH white house LIES
Listen Mister Can’t You See I Gots To Get Back To Mah Baby HENRY once more
ANYWAY YEAH
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
LYING DAYS are GONE
I’se A Goin’ HOME
My Baby HENRY just WROTE ME A LETTER!
Well HE wrote me a letter
Said BITCH STOP YA OBFUSCATING, PREVARICATING, STONEWALLING and SUCH
Listen Mister Can’t You See I Gots To Get Back To Mah Baby HENRY once more
ANYWAY YEAH
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane
March 30th, 2007 at 9:07 pmAin’t got time to take a fast train
HIDING DAYS are GONE
I’se A Goin’ HOME
My Baby HENRY just wrote me a LETTER!!!!!” YEAH!
#160 Raymond,
March 30th, 2007 at 9:50 pmThat’s pretty good. I’m glad to see you’re getting a bit into humor–not just anger (though I don’t blame you for being angry). Let’s all have the last laugh on the Busheviks.
Good one Raymond,…….Blessings
March 30th, 2007 at 9:54 pmCondi’s letter to Waxman
Oh Henry – The self-important dramatic flair of yours is tooo cute. I do appreciate your new found importance – but really, it’s difficult to fit a gnat like you in my busy schedule. I will certainly make time (if logistics permit) to get together with you and members of YOUR committee. (That way, I can kill about 14 birds with ONE stone.)
Sincerely,
March 30th, 2007 at 11:20 pmCondi
#126 Tracy
Then why after so many letters has Waxman not called for a vote to force Rice to testify? Could it be that other members of the commmittee don’t think it’s worth their time?
All but one of the letters that Waxman wrote to her were written when he was the ranking member. She ignored him and the chair didn’t back him up on it. Now that he’s the chair, he can do something about it. So, he wrote a letter. She ignored it. Now he’s calling her in to testify. If she refuses, we’ll see where he takes it from there. I wouldn’t bet on him dropping it, though. He’ll either get her in to testify or finally get her to provide the documentation and answers he was asking for in the first place.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:24 pm#163 vv
Condi’s letter to Waxman…
I hope you don’t take it too hard when it plays out much differently than that. I’m thinking we’ll see a much more humble Condi. She’s usually pretty humble anyway. But, she’d better put on some asbestos skivvies for the grilling she’s about to get.
March 30th, 2007 at 11:29 pmOh Henry – The self-important dramatic flair of yours is tooo cute. I do appreciate your new found importance – but really, it’s difficult to fit a gnat like you in my busy schedule. I will certainly make time (if logistics permit) to get together with you and members of YOUR committee. (That way, I can kill about 14 birds with ONE stone.)
Sincerely,
Condi
Comment by valiant venus
Venomous Venus/Mighty Hypocrite
March 30th, 2007 at 11:48 pmFor one who pretends to be an attorney, your ignorance of and contempt for law are not so cute. If anyone is a gnat, it is you, silly, pathetic troll.
Dear Lora – Have you ever thought of going on e-bay and seeing if you might purchase a sense of humour?? You neeeed one – - badly!
March 31st, 2007 at 12:05 amVenomous Venus,
March 31st, 2007 at 12:12 amWill you ever get over trying to take aim at my humor? I’m not here to crack jokes, and your attempts have become trite as your neo-CON talking points. I’m sorry if I don’t crack dead child jokes, which I don’t find funny. In any case, I have no intention of purchasing the sort of slime you call “humour.”
Toodles, Bush poodle (with apologies to actual canines)
MA, how’s your fantasy husband – the Marine Colonel? Make-believe life as a Navy LT Cmdr with a Marine Colonel husband and a dead, but safely republican kid….it’s not healthy – you sick piece of sh**
March 31st, 2007 at 12:36 amVermin Venus/Mighty Hypocrite
March 31st, 2007 at 12:55 amAre you ever going to get over your lame attempts to take aim at my supposed lack of humor? I am not here to crack jokes; and when I do crack a joke, I wouldn’t really expect it to be understood by a piece of garbage who thinks joking about a dead child is funny. I wouldn’t even take what you think is “humour” for free–let alone pay for it.
I heart Henry Waxman. I would never want to be on his bad side.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:11 amDear Lora – Have you ever thought of going on e-bay and seeing if you might purchase a sense of humour?? You neeeed one – - badly! Comment by valiant venus — March 31, 2007 @ 12:05 am
Have you ever thought about going on e-bay and seeing if you can buy a book that explains what a sense of humor is? Because you don’t have one, you aren’t funny, and your hateful st*pid comments aren’t funny. It’s not that others have sense of humor, it’s that YOU have no sense of humor and confuse your b*llsh*t as funny. It isn’t. While you’re on e-bay, you should *replace* your sense of humor, with one that’s isn’t broken – you st*pid little c*nt.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:54 amDo us a favor venus, stick to dead baby jokes. It’s about as *funny* as you get, you sick, disgusting little piece of sh*t c*nt.
March 31st, 2007 at 3:02 amDear Mr. Waxman,
Go F*ck yourself.
Secretary of State
Condi
P.S. Uncle Dick sends his regards…
March 31st, 2007 at 7:56 amI think I have been wrong to support the Bush lies and I am thinking of confessing that I AM paid out of Karl Rove’s chump fund but unless I get a raise I am going to stop posting my stupid wingnut bullshit. But since I have so many enablers on TPwho would be disappointed if I went away, I have to really think about it for a while. I know I am the only entertainment some of you have. Maybe if I get a life they will also?
March 31st, 2007 at 8:48 amif henry waxman were a women i marry him oh yea put that hoe under oath
March 31st, 2007 at 9:00 amLooks like condi will have another of those “I believe the memo’s heading was …” moments.
It’s obvious to anyone with an IQ above fresh cut grass that no one in this administration can afford to tell the truth. That’s why she’s not answered the letters and why if she’s forced to testify (personally I don’t think will happen – I don’t know how, but they’ll stonewall this to death) she’ll deflect and tap dance around and do anything but tell the truth.
The truth may set you free, but in this case, it would have the opposite effect for her and the administration.
March 31st, 2007 at 9:13 amyou gota wonder if rice gives decent head?
March 31st, 2007 at 3:48 pm[...] Days Of Blowing Off My Letters Are Over Filed under: Uncategorized — recar @ 7:53 pm Waxman To Rice: Your Days Of Blowing Off My Letters Are Over “At the heart of the CIA leak scandal was a false claim, made by President Bush in the [...]
March 31st, 2007 at 3:51 pmDo you remember last fall you were a bit cynical about some investigation Waxman was calling for (I think about non-action after Katrina), and I replied that he is a good guy–someone you could like or at least respect? I see that you are more than convinced now. He’s wonderful, isn’t he?
Comment by Lora
Yes Lora, my cynicism has been replaced with hope. Waxman is my new hero. :)
School is going very well, thanks for asking. I hope you are doing well.
March 31st, 2007 at 4:57 pmBush never said that Iraq was trying to get yellow cake from Niger. What he did say was, “according to British Intelligence” Iraq was trying to get yellow cake from Niger. I know this seems like a small detail, but as we all know the devil is in the details. MI6 has never…..NEVER, gone back on this claim. I know so many of you hate the President and more power to you but be careful that in your rage against the administration you do not over look the facts. Thank you for your time.
March 31st, 2007 at 5:58 pmThis site is such a sh*ithole. It’s nothing but a liberal bunch of gasbags preaching their atheistic liberalism. You are a small minority with a big mouth. F*ck off you idiotic buffoons.
Henry Waxman
March 31st, 2007 at 5:59 pmComment by Henry Waxman
Comment by WTH —
The next few months are going to be very painful for you guys – and it couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch. You 29% -ers are going to have to watch as more and more of your conservative icons jump ship, leaving you holding the rhetorical bag. Console yourselves with semantic sillyness (Bush never said that Iraq was trying to get yellow cake from Niger. ) while the filthy water rises round your diseased, flea-ridden ideology, and always remember, you reap what you sow.
March 31st, 2007 at 6:14 pmSadly, I think Condoleezza Rice can ignore the democrats as much as she wants and as long as she wants. It’s pretty sad how ineffectual the democrats have become. They’ve long had more than enough evidence to take lots of action (up to and including impeaching the president & asserting that it’s their job and not the white house to declare wars).
But they don’t. They just sit around doing nothing because half of them swallowed all of the republican’s lies about the war from the beginning, and now can’t risk admitting that they were duped so badly.
Dubya, Condie, and friends will keep on starting wars for their corporate sponsors until at least this current generation of democrats move on and a new younger group comes in.
March 31st, 2007 at 6:16 pmTo VVGrewFromUranus
March 31st, 2007 at 6:21 pmYou’re too harsh on our poor little troll. VerminVenus can be funny but not when he/she thinks he/she is, such as when repeatedly misspelling legal terms while claiming to be an attorney or quoting car thief Darrell Issa as a moral authority. I can chuckle a bit at such times.
To the phony Henry Waxman,
March 31st, 2007 at 6:29 pmDon’t use the wonderful Rep. Waxman’s name in vain.
And, gee, I’m surprised you didn’t call us Islamo-fascists or terrorist-lovers, too.
Now please go back to your own “astute” gasbags like Robert No-facts and William (malfuncitoning)Kristol-ball and enjoy the Kool-Aid while it lasts.
[...] play. And now that Congress is trying to restore constitutional government, the cat wants to ask will be asking all kinds of questions. Like, hey, Miss Rice, what’s up with the Niger Yellowcake claims [...]
March 31st, 2007 at 6:35 pmHOORAY FOR HENRY WAXMAN! WE NEED MORE HONEST, PERSISTENT MEN IN WASHINGTON WORKING FOR US
March 31st, 2007 at 6:36 pmActually, folks, I believe Waxman DOES have subpoena power. Didn’t the Republicans change some rule to give the House Ways and Means committee chairman sole power to issue subpoenas? (I think he’s the only one in Congress who can do that.) Now it bites them in the ass. To bad about those plans for a permanent majority.
March 31st, 2007 at 7:46 pmsnuffle, snuffle.
March 31st, 2007 at 7:47 pmwag, wag.
lick, lick.
My dog says I’m right and gives a quote…
“Under a rules change they put through in the days when they used the panel to make Bill Clinton’s life miserable, the leader of Government Reform is the only chairman who can issue subpoenas without a committee vote.”
March 31st, 2007 at 7:50 pmgrrrrr.
March 31st, 2007 at 7:53 pmBut, as my dog points out, it’s the Govt. Reform Committee not Ways and Means.
Yes, yes. No, no. Down! We’ll go out in a minute. Good dog.
March 31st, 2007 at 7:55 pmCondi is black.
March 31st, 2007 at 8:16 pmHas anyone else noticed that the loony-left liberal agenda pretty much mirrors al-Queda’s, point for point?
March 31st, 2007 at 9:18 pm#192Has anyone else noticed that the loony-left liberal agenda pretty much mirrors al-Queda(SIC)’s, point for point?
Comment by James
No, only a loony kool-aid addict like you would imagine that. Or maybe the liberal agenda is similar to that of “al Queda” but not that of Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda.
March 31st, 2007 at 10:09 pmRice is pathetic. Here is a woman who has a PhD in lying. I will never forget when she lied to us all when she said that there had been no previous plots uncovered to hijack planes and run them into buildings. It bullshit. The CIA new of such plots, notably that which targeted Paris and London. She has lied hundreds of times since then. Stamford grads, I suspect they don’t offer a doctoral program in professional lying. Then where the hell did they find this lying loser of a bitch ? For God’s sake Powell, have a voice on the matter. Has the woman spoke one word of truth in 6 years ?
March 31st, 2007 at 11:10 pmIf she doesn’t show, issue a subpoena and if she blows off that have the House Sergeant at Arms arrest her and drag her ass before Congress.
No more Mr. Niceguy. Play tough. Play for keeps. If she doesn’t play ball start impeachment procedings on her. It’s time members of Bush Administration realize that they work for the American people we are their boss and in November we hired these guys and gals in Congress to make them do their jobs or get the hell out of office. Period.
March 31st, 2007 at 11:49 pmWaxman is a pure prick, Go Condi, and stick it to him.
April 1st, 2007 at 7:29 amMcCain/Condi 2008, Republicans take a stand against the Liberal Commies.
Waxman deserves to be locked up at Guantanamo with the rest of his lackies.
Keep on (wet)dreaming, “no-government-accountability for m’Excaliber.” You already lose any argument by calling all people to the left of you (now around 70% of the USA) “commies.”
April 1st, 2007 at 8:45 amWaxman is a little cheese eating rat that plays to the media and anyone else that will give him the time of day. Give it a rest rat man, you have nothing on Condi, and can’t touch that. Keep it up dem’s, and it will be all red again in 2008 like it should be. The ratman going after Condi, that is to funny.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:18 pmI have a feeling that these latest trolls (James, TomLycos, d’Exacliber) essentially all making the same attacks on Waxman and Dems are probably the same person using different names. Pitiful.
April 1st, 2007 at 5:37 pmIf Condi has done nothing wrong, why should she be afraid to testify? Isn’t that similar to what you neoCONs always say to people who question warrantless wiretapping?
Actually, Fred Fielding and Rice are baiting Waxman because they know he is a vain, mean li’l sumbitch who’s alread managed to insult Senators Kit Bond and Pat Roberts over the SSIC testimony of Val and Hubs.
Trust me, Condi is deliberately ignoring Waxman to bait him into subpoenaeing Rice. Then Condi won’t show up for the Deposition. That will really piss him off. Waxman doesn’t allow minority counsel to interrogate at his deps, so I wouldn’t blame her.
Waxman’s entire Niger letter to Condi was based on bullshit. The Brits have never backed off their Niger claim, which is why Waxman may be hesitant to subpoena Rice. Waxman must be asking himself why Condi is so confident of in her abilities that she is unafraid of him.
Waxman is a bully and a screamer. In a just world, he would be off chasing ambulances and suing McDonalds for spilled hot coffee, but this is not a just world.
Condi, fortunately, is a student of the Soviet Union, which means she studied the Moscow Show Trials backwards and forwards. She knows that Waxman is a partisan who wants to treat her like she’s a tobacco executive. Henry Waxman is in for one hell of a surprise.
Condi Rice takes no prisoners.
April 1st, 2007 at 6:23 pm#200
April 1st, 2007 at 7:32 pmEver hear of the “Downing Street Memo?”
I didn’t think so.
Anyway, I’m going out for a while and will leave the desperate trolls to others.
Oh Henry!!! You are my Ameican HERO!!! taking it back to the beginning, I always thought this fact was going to be lost in the muttle that became the Libby trial. I always know I’m getting my votes worth when I select Henry. Go Get ‘Em!!!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:22 pmPrediciting the inevitable Bush administration defense..
I can’t remember
April 2nd, 2007 at 7:08 pmHow come this admin is above the rule of law. The criminals cannot be calling the shots. yet we let them. no wonder so many dems are such confused wimps. We let ‘em be. Hell, we are just like em. Moderate’s just another word for nothin left to lose…
congress won’t impeach because they don’t think the support is there for it. Wacky liberals just aint wacky enough to call for it i guess. and moderates, well they don’t want to cause no truble…
JEEZ.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:50 amhey by the way you know nothing about the spilled coffee incident. look it up instead of imagining you get it. the woman was in very bad shape, and they learned mickie d had been burning pp literally for years and didnt give a hot dam. now they do, thanks to that law suit. JEEZ! grow up and do some research instead of repeating arrogant ignorant bs.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:54 amLora you make me smile. glad i could help a bit!
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:55 ami am braindead and i cant remember yet i am an excellent leader to the pysoped americans. I cant remember because i was in my alter at the time… sad lololol.
April 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 amthis is one weirdo movie and it aint me starring.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:00 amits the pod pp taken over our government. that explains everything!!!
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:00 amsection9 is def a pod person.
April 3rd, 2007 at 2:02 amcondi is not alive and hasnt been for years now.
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