State Dept. Blows Off Waxman’s Niger Inquiry, Falsely Claims Rice Has ‘Answered In Full’
State Dept. Blows Off Waxman’s Niger Inquiry, Falsely Claims Rice Has ‘Answered In Full’
Today, House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) wrote another letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice requesting her testimony regarding President Bush’s claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Niger. Waxman writes that his previous letters to Rice produced “an insufficient response from the State Department’s Legislative Affairs office.”
In today’s State Department press briefing, spokesman Sean McCormack claimed the letter “answered in full” all of Waxman’s inquiries. He added that he was “very curious” as to why Waxman believed the previous response to be insufficient:
QUESTION: Apparently, in Congress, the House reiterated its request for Secretary Rice to testify on April 18th, on…
MCCORMACK: Is this from Mr. Waxman’s committee?
QUESTION: Yes. Yes.
MCCORMACK: I don’t really see the need. I think the letter that we replied to answered in full all of his inquiries.
QUESTION: No, he said, After receiving an insufficient response from the State Department…
MCCORMACK: I don’t know what makes — it would be interesting for them to detail in what regard it’s insufficient, in that we detailed some correspondence — and through all the correspondence that they alleged was not responded to, and detailed for them exactly how it was responded to, including a letter that they said that they sent that nobody could find any evidence it had been sent.
So, clearly, we were answering our mail, looking at it, and responding to it. I’m not quite sure that they have done the same.QUESTION: So she refuses to testify?
MCCORMACK: I haven’t asked her. I haven’t put the question to her.
But I think the question needs to be, when they talk about an insufficient response, I’m very curious as to in what regard it’s insufficient.
Note to McCormack: Read the letter. Waxman lays out plainly why the State Department’s response has been “insufficient.” Specifically, he states that the State Department has not been forthcoming about Rice’s knowledge about the false Niger uranium claim that made its way into Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address:
In my March I2 letter, l requested information about what you knew about this assertion and how it ended up in the State of the Union address. I asked you to answer specific questions raised in a June 10, 2003, letter and a July 29,2003, letter, both of which I enclosed. These questions included: (1) whether you had any knowledge that would explain why President Bush cited forged evidence about Iraq’s efforts to procure uranium from Niger in the State of the Union address; (2) whether you knew before the State of the Union address of the doubts raised by the CIA and the State Department about the veracity of the Niger claim; (3) whether there was a factual basis for your reference in aJanuary 23,2003, op-ed to “Iraq’s efforts to get uranium from abroad”; and (4) whether you took appropriate steps to investigate how the Niger claim ended up in the State of the Union address after it was revealed to be fraudulent.
Rather than address any of these questions, Mr. Bergner forwarded copies of two old State Department letters that have no bearing whatsoever on your knowledge of, your role in, or your statements about the Niger claim.
Rice’s days of blowing off Waxman’s letters are over. If the State Department can’t find time to read and adequately respond to his inquiries, Waxman said he will request her testimony on April 18. Stay tuned.
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Go Waxman, GO!
April 9th, 2007 at 2:18 pmI have a question for Waxman: when did they let rodents become congressmen?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:20 pmTHANK YOU HENRY WAXMAN ,AMERICAN HERO !
April 9th, 2007 at 2:20 pmhere is an easy-view
jpeg of rep. waxman’s full letter
to the secretary of state. . .
what a tool that mccormack is. . .
April 9th, 2007 at 2:23 pmComment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
I have a question for Waxman: when did they let rodents become Republicans?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:24 pmFunny how the Bush administration still seems to think congress is republican controlled. I suppose they just don’t really care anymore. Bush and his cronies are just hoping to hold off impeachment until the end of his term
April 9th, 2007 at 2:26 pmThe Bush Administration has resurrected the banned and infamous “Four-corner stall offense” that undermanned college basketball teams used to employ when they were overmatched, in the hopes of keeping the score extremely low and eeking out a win when their opponent made one too many mistakes. Don’t make any mistakes, Henry.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:27 pmaw, shane, you went all partisan on me!
My rodent comment was completely non-partisan and you had to take a cheap shot at the Repubs.
Can’t we just all get along?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:29 pmYou know what would clear this all up? Having the Secretary of State go before the committee and testify. Simple. They we can get all those answers.
Cynicon Implant has point. The man could pass for rodent. If Frist can pass for a doctor anything is possible.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:31 pmnow now, Cynicon Implant:
just cause he’s the Rat-man,
doesn’t mean he’s wack-man,
prez is givin flack-man,
time to get on track-man.
Rice is coming back-man,
prez should start to Pack-man,
Dems aren’t holding back-man,
Go and get em Waxman!!!!
wheeee!!!
April 9th, 2007 at 2:31 pmWhen did they let rodents become Governors of Texas and Presidents of the United States?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:32 pmHenry is attempting to bolster his visibility with the American public. His liberal credentials are solidly Progressive - but he recognizes the appeal of the “Take Charge - Strong Personna.” Thus you will see Henry Waxman transform himself into Henry AXman……
April 9th, 2007 at 2:32 pmGet her under oath.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:34 pm“… when did they let rodents become Republicans?…”
April 9th, 2007 at 2:36 pmAbout the same time they let rodents become Democrats, Greens, etc.
I have a question for Waxman: when did they let rodents become congressmen?
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:20 pm
That’s what was in the fine print of the Contract on America.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:36 pmCunti Rice is a liar and a crook and deserves to be in prison.
I hope Henry Waxman puts her there.
There’s a broomhandle waiting for her in prison. All night long.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:38 pmI think whiteyfresh is channeling Bob Dylan….
April 9th, 2007 at 2:39 pmA bipartisan Sentate Intelligence committee came to the conclusion that the only liar of the whole Niger thing was none other than Wilson. Wilson is such a hot potato and considered such a liar that even the Kerry campaign and other Democrats disassociated themselves from him.
Wilson lied and left wingers swalloed his lies.
This is just a fishing expedition to satisfy the wacked out left wingers that reside in places like thinkprogress.org, huffandpuff blog, dailycoocoos, etc, etc.
Everyone, except the extreme wackos of the left, knows that Wilson trip to Niger was a pathetic attempt to discredit this administration and the only person caught lying is Wilson.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:40 pmKaptain Kirk is a lying sack of Repuke shit.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:43 pmI have a question for Waxman: when did they let rodents become congressmen?
That’s what was in the fine print of the Contract on America.
Comment by barfly
That may be true, but it doesn’t explains Waxman’s obsession with setting traps. Hey, maybe he should bait her with some cheese!
April 9th, 2007 at 2:43 pmwhiteyfresh, you have a career waiting for you in Rap. Great lines!
Valiant, when Repubs were in charge, you had Dan Burton shooting at watermellons in his back yard and accusing Clinton of murdering his best friend. Now, we’ve got Henry Waxman demanding answers from the administration about lying us into a war. I’m guessing most Americans would prefer Waxman’s work.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:45 pmA bipartisan Sentate Intelligence committee came to the conclusion that the only liar of the whole Niger thing was none other than Wilson. Wilson is such a hot potato and considered such a liar that even the Kerry campaign and other Democrats disassociated themselves from him.
Baloney. That wasn’t in the report, was it? It was in the comments, made by republicans on the committee. not part of the report.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:45 pmRep. Waxman kind of reminds me of Mr. Ratburn from the kids cartoon “Arthur”.
Yes he’s a rat but he’s a smart, powerful rat you don’t want to mess with.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:45 pmHey, maybe he should bait her with some cheese!
Comment by Cynicon Implant
A Roach Motel would be more effective.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:46 pmNail that bitch.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:47 pmKirk: “A bipartisan Sentate Intelligence committee came to the conclusion that the only liar of the whole Niger thing was none other than Wilson.”
That’s an outright lie that you heard on Fox news. The bipartisan commitee came to no such conclusion. Three republicans on the committee issued their own addendum questioning Wilsons veracity.
They lie in your face, Captian, and you say “thank you sir, may I have another!”
April 9th, 2007 at 2:47 pmRepukes have been trying to deny the entire Plamegate scandal…in detail. They denied Plame was undercover. They denied Wilson disproved Chimpy’s lies about WMDs. They denied Rove and Scooter and the rest did anything wrong.
They LIED. Repukes are LIARS trying to support a criminal regime of traitors and torturers.
Now Cunti Rice is trying to lie her way out of her mess. She was in the WHIGs so she was also involved in Plamegate. They all were.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:48 pm“Thus you will see Henry Waxman transform himself into Henry AXman……”
That’s right Mighty Aphrodite, and heads will roll.
GO HENRY! RESCUE THE COUNTRY!
April 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pmCaptain Kirk,
Please produce some sourced facts that show Wilson’s alleged lies. I would like to see them.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pmA Roach Motel would be more effective.
Comment by barfly
That’s pretty low, barfly. But at least you didn’t say fried chicken and collard greens.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pmA bipartisan Sentate Intelligence committee came to the conclusion that the only liar of the whole Niger thing was none other than Wilson. Wilson is such a hot potato and considered such a liar that even the Kerry campaign and other Democrats disassociated themselves from him.
Comment by Captain Kirk,Jake,firehead, whomever — April 9, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Care to back up the bold type highlights of your post?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:49 pmYeah, I didn’t think so!
*bows to the crowd*
April 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pmthank you all for your kind words!
I’m actually a published songwriter.
Kirk: “A bipartisan Sentate Intelligence committee came to the conclusion that the only liar of the whole Niger thing was none other than Wilson.â€
I think the Captain’s girdle is cinched a little too tightly. It’s cutting off the oxygen to his brain.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pmStrikes me as very strange that the Party of “Responsibility and National Security” does not even want to know who outed a covert CIA operative in war time or who forged the documents that were used to mislead us into a disastrous war.
I would have thought every American, regardless of party affiliation, would want to know what we gave up everything for.
Isn’t it treason to place loyalty to political Party above loyalty to the Country?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pmNappy headed ho.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pmThat’s pretty low, barfly. But at least you didn’t say fried chicken and collard greens.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
How so? Are you now going to create another strawman?
April 9th, 2007 at 2:53 pmCome on, Waxman, give the State Dept. a break. They’ve been lying for so long, they can hardly tell which end is up. You can’t expect any more from the National Security Advisor during the worst national security failure in US history. They’re all so incompetent that you can’t expect to get straight, timely answers from any of them.
This is all par for the course, of course.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:54 pmCynicon; that tactic might work on Fox News, but we’re a little smarter than that. Grow up.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:55 pmThat’s pretty low, barfly. But at least you didn’t say fried chicken and collard greens.
Comment by Cynicon Implant
No one’s saying it, except you. Racist pig.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:56 pmBluedog, kirk is using #3. Lie, presenting “facts†that take time to debunk, therefore creating doubt for the moment._ He has no facts.
Liked the verse whiteyfish.
Implant, there are no traps. She’s being asked to answer questions. Congress has that oversight responsibility. Just because you haven’t seen it for awhile doesn’t mean they lost that power.
Condi’s no prize either in the looks dept. I mean really just what is she looking at.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:57 pmHAHAHAHAHA, you’re a funny man, Capt. Kirk. That’s just one big FauxNews lie. I suspect if the Dems have the time between all the investigations that are going on, that they’ll put together a bipartisan commission and I bet their report would be quite a bit different. Maybe it would be best for all if you just beamed yourselves out of here.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:58 pmRepublicans are the fear and smear party,
Apparently for at least the last twelve loooooooong years that I’ve suffered at the hands of Dubya the Governor and Dubya the President. I gotts tell ya I’m tired and depressed beyond belief.
April 9th, 2007 at 2:58 pmThat’s pretty low, barfly. But at least you didn’t say fried chicken and collard greens. Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
But you did - racist bigot!
April 9th, 2007 at 3:00 pmThe Republicans seem to be resorting to their old tactic of “a rain of little lies“.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pmhi Zooey!
April 9th, 2007 at 3:03 pmgood day today?
any classes to go to?
Cost Of Iraq War Filters Down To States And Cities
AP) DENVER The cost of the Iraq war is filtering down to state and local budgets, forcing cuts in transportation funding, Medicaid, education and other federally subsidized programs, according to analysts and lawmakers.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:05 pm“These are funds that we aren’t going to receive. Low Energy Assistance Program, $9.8 million, gone. Head Start, $3.7 million, gone. Child Care and Development Block Grant, $1.1 million. Community Development Block Grant, $13.5 million. Special Ed, $8.8 million,” House Majority Leader Alice Madden, D-Boulder, said during a debate Thursday over a state resolution opposing the escalation of the war in Iraq.
I have a question for Waxman: when did they let rodents become congressmen?
My rodent comment was completely non-partisan and you had to take a cheap shot at the Repubs.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
Nice try but clearly you were refering to Waxman, a Democrat. Why do you deny the things you said earlier. Please have the courage of your convictions or else just shut up before you say anything else stupid.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:07 pmIts so beautiful watching the smug Repugnican war machine starting to dangle in the wind. I’m now getting more excited about the war crimes trials that can begin after the Chimp leaves office on January 20, 2009, than all the rest of the crooked dealings by the Bush Abomination.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:08 pmKaptain Kirk is a lying sack of Repuke shit.
Comment by Tom3 — April 9, 2007 @ 2:43 pm
So true and yet concise.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:08 pmComment by valiant venus — April 9, 2007 @ 2:32 pm
And you will become Valiant ASSface?
April 9th, 2007 at 3:10 pmCynicon Implant, how long have you been a Zionist/PNAC shill? Can’t have that “yellowcake” story examined too closely, now can we?
Say, want to chat about those five dancing Mossad/IDF agents arrested on 9/11/01 after being witnessed videotaping the WTC collapse and high-fiving one another in celebration? WTF was up with *that*!?
You have an agenda. But the Intertron makes it far more difficult to make war by way of deception, does it not? Oh, did you know that today is the anniversary of one of Israel’s early massacres of innocent natives during their early land grabs? You little rodent, you.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pmCost Of Iraq War Filters Down To States And Cities
The cost of the Iraq war is filtering down to state and local budgets, forcing cuts in transportation funding, Medicaid, education and other federally subsidized programs, according to analysts and lawmakers.
“These are funds that we aren’t going to receive. Low Energy Assistance Program, $9.8 million, gone. Head Start, $3.7 million, gone. Child Care and Development Block Grant, $1.1 million. Community Development Block Grant, $13.5 million. Special Ed, $8.8 million,” House Majority Leader Alice Madden, D-Boulder, said during a debate Thursday over a state resolution opposing the escalation of the war in Iraq.
“Also, we’re not going to get the Criminal Alien Assistance Program to house criminal aliens, $5 million that was promised and now isn’t coming,” Madden said. “This is why it’s important to take a stand. The more money that’s spent over there means our citizens in this state aren’t going to get services they need.”
April 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pmComment by Captain Kirk — April 9, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Do you get all this bullshit from others or do you just make it up in your head as you go along?
Clearly you are in no position to call another living soul a LIAR since hte truth seems to excape your every sentence.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:14 pmComment by barfly — April 9, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
Captain Quirk doesn’t let the facts get in the way of his statements.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:18 pmWow, I hadn’t thought about it like #41 pointed out. Must be rough for those few reality-based texans. These last six+ years have been hell, but I pity the sane texans who have endured this sort of incompetence for so long.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:20 pmComment by Bluedog49 — April 9, 2007 @ 2:47 pm
Another afternoon with Captain Quirk rewriting history. Glad you’re here to confront his lies.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:20 pmI think the Captain’s girdle is cinched a little too tightly. It’s cutting off the oxygen to his brain.
Comment by barfly
LOL!
That was during the green shirt stage.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:22 pmDear Condi,
April 9th, 2007 at 3:22 pmI’m afraid your friends at foks newz won’t be able to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside while you’re being questioned under oath.
My advice ? Resign now and save your own butt by spilling the beans on your good partners in crime . . . dick and junior.
Signed:
Your Fair and Balanced Advisor
You libs just hate Bush and nappy-headed hos.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:23 pmComment by Captain Kirk — April 9, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
More proof that trolls have been outsourced to Pakistan. They cannot argue nor debate. All they can do is take the truth, invert it, post it, then leave or show up under a different moniker.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:27 pmCaptain Kirk is not worth the tribble it takes to debunk him.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:29 pmComment by D.Imus ———
Not that I want to defend Imus, But I think Bernard had a bigger role than we know in this.
He’s always slanted racist, and frequently eggs the old fool on. He also types comments that Imus can read instantly at his desk monitor.
That being said, I think it’s time for the has-been to realize that and retire to his ranch.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:30 pmSorry, my two cents.
If the rumors are correct, Waxman isn’t the only politician Condi has been blowing off.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:31 pmCaptain Kirk is not worth the tribble it takes to debunk him.
Comment by Briseadh_na_faire
That is the funniest thing I’ve read today.
You are on a roll.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:35 pm(When did you stop capitalizing faire? It was always BnF? Just wondering.)
trolls have been outsourced to Pakistan…
LOL!!
April 9th, 2007 at 3:35 pmDoes Ms. Rice have any credibility, stature or value at this point in the administration? Is she actually doing anything besides servicing the pleasure of the President? No. She’s small fry, already outmoded by a number of congress-critters that are dabbling into foreign policy — which would usually be a bad idea except that the executive branch has been continuously sucking at foreign policy for so long that random representatives doing shuttle diplomacy really can’t make it any worse.
So what’s up, Waxman? Why go after Condi? Surely there’s a big-picture view here that’ll justify wasting time on her if she says the sorts of things we expect her to say, right?
April 9th, 2007 at 3:37 pmThat’s pretty low, barfly. But at least you didn’t say fried chicken and collard greens.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
No but you did you racist pig.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:39 pmYou libs just hate Bush and empty-headed trolls.
Comment by Jake — April 9, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
This is what you mant isn’t it Jake, I fixed your typos.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:44 pmJMIller, it’s not the person but the actions of the office and the administration. If her testimony reveals that there was insufficient evidence linking Niger and Iraq it would open up many other questions regarding the “intelligence” that led us to the 700 billion dollar Iraqi adventure.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:45 pmWaxman may not win a beauty contest, but he is not in Congress to look pretty. If all his detractors can accuse him of is not being good looking enough, then they have a real problem in their hands. Waxman is a public servant in the best sense of the word, something republican trash would know nothing about, since they are in government service to enrich themselves and their corporate sponsors.
This country is in a mess thanks to the republican thiefs and liars. It will take an honest man like Henry Waxman to do the oversight work which hopefully get some answers and some jail time for these repugnant criminals.
So lay off his looks. Who gives a damn?
April 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pmtrueblue
The more I heard Imus talk today the more he got himself in trouble. Time for a loooonnng vacation.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pmCaptain Kirk,
Sorry, Cap’n you can’t pull off your trollish crap any more. People like you are the laughing stock of the blogosphere. Maybe you could, to some degree three or four years ago, but this is a new day in America. How does it feel to shill (how much do they pay you, anyway) for an emperor who has no clothes walking in a parade surrounded by a batch of naked neo-cons who think they are dressed in the latest fashion? Or have you been out in space too long fighting the aliens in your head?
Merlin :-)
April 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pmhey Kirk, I need some extra cash. Can you hook me up to the cashflow, yo?
April 9th, 2007 at 3:51 pmI can shill fer munny….
Obviously, this guy, McCormick, needs to be subpoenaed for complicity in the flagrant disregard for the requests of Congress.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:52 pmWhy is the Bush administration so afraid of the truth? Maybe because they’ve never seen it before?
It still seems hard to believe that the American people actually voted for these people (note that I wrote voted for, not elected).
April 9th, 2007 at 3:54 pmWaxman IS a hero; he’s one of the few with the stones to stand up for what is right. He definitely will not be ignored and, if Rice refuses to testify, then they need to subpoena her; if she refuses to show, then she needs to be held in “contempt of Congress” and punished appropriately. Rice’s days are numbered as our Darth’s and Chimpy’s. The only question yet unresolved for each of them is how much prison time they are going to have to serve.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:54 pmCaptian Kirk is a sycophantic, Bushie-whore with nothing better to do than to dribble his drivel all over these threads. His buffoonery (along with his other monikers: Jake-off, etc.) is legion on this site and isn’t it curious how we never see the famous “manage a trois” posting at the same time??? Why is that??
April 9th, 2007 at 3:56 pmhi Zooey!
good day today?
any classes to go to?
Comment by whiteyfresh
Hey whitey, how’s it going?
Only Geology today, which is good because I could put rocks in my pockets to keep from blowing away — high winds in Moscow today!
April 9th, 2007 at 3:57 pmshane,
Guess he should start selling his salsa full time.
April 9th, 2007 at 3:57 pmCareful whiteyfresh he might introduce you to the Head Looney and you’ll get paid in Monopoly money.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:00 pmMerlin :-)
So how long of a reprieve does the WH think they are going to get from this?
Can’t claim executive privilege. They can try national security, but that won’t get them far.
Subpoena and all of these WH lies will be exposed.
That’s got to be worth at least a point for Bush’s popularity.
Of course Cheney will be on Rush the next day saying it’s all lies and that there really was uranium from Niger.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:02 pmMr. McCormack hasn’t “put the question to her” yet; wonder what he’s putting to her then? BTW, the shoestore where she was caught buying shoes during Katrina assessed her foot condition: It’s called “round heels”.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:03 pmThat’s pretty low, barfly. But at least you didn’t say fried chicken and collard greens.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
No but you did you racist pig.
Comment by shane
Just for the record, my friends will tell you I don’t have a racist bone in my body.
Those same friends will not deny my “pig” status, however…
April 9th, 2007 at 4:10 pmJust for the record, my friends will tell you I don’t have a racist bone in my body.
Those same friends will not deny my “pig†status, however…
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Produce these “friends.”
D’oh! Now we see the problem….
April 9th, 2007 at 4:18 pm#83,
One question: When you are at a gathering of your friends, how can you tell them apart? Do they embroider their sheets before putting them on?
April 9th, 2007 at 4:19 pmCynicon,
You’re kidding, right?
You said that stupid racist remark about chicken & collard greens, no one else here.
No comments surrounding your offensive post even hinted at racism.
Just yours.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:21 pmcrappy kneaded doughs……
April 9th, 2007 at 4:24 pmProduce these “friends.â€
D’oh! Now we see the problem….
Comment by Zooey
One question: When you are at a gathering of your friends, how can you tell them apart? Do they embroider their sheets before putting them on?
Comment by J.McCain
Funny!
But I’m still sticking with my “I’m just a pig” story…
April 9th, 2007 at 4:25 pmCynicon,
You’re kidding, right?
You said that stupid racist remark about chicken & collard greens, no one else here.
No comments surrounding your offensive post even hinted at racism.
Just yours.
Comment by trueblue
What was racist about it? It might have been stupidly stereotypical but it wasn’t racist.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:27 pmAnd besides, why aren’t you guys getting on barfly for calling Condi a cockroach?
Or is that OK because it doesn’t contain any racist overtones…
April 9th, 2007 at 4:31 pm#88,
Please stop claiming to be a “pig”. You are doing harm to our public image by your association.
Plus, we took a poll and decided that, if anything, you are a jacka$$.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:33 pmreally, CI?
So I guess you could refer to Italians as “garlic eaters” and Irish as “drunks” and it would simply be stereotypical?
NO!
It’s racist, pure and simple.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:33 pm(except to the racist who is now trying to defend itself)
And besides, why aren’t you guys getting on barfly for calling Condi a cockroach?
Or is that OK because it doesn’t contain any racist overtones…
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Can I nominate this as the stupidest post of the day?
Umm, CY, barfly can feel however he feels about Condi.
This thread started out with rodent comments.
Barfly was expounding on that.
YOU interjected racist remarks - that’s why we are taking you to task.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:40 pmOkay, maybe I’m just a naive caucasion who doesn’t understand the modern day terms for derogatory, bigoted remarks, but I fail to see why this is considered racist:
A Roach Motel would be more effective.
Comment by barfly — April 9, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
The posts went from rodents to insects.
Am I missing something here???
April 9th, 2007 at 4:41 pmSo I guess you could refer to Italians as “garlic eaters†and Irish as “drunks†and it would simply be stereotypical?
Comment by trueblue
Well, those are bad examples because there is no Italian or Irish race.
But to get back to the point, I don’t understand how pointing out that some favorite foods of African-Americans are fried chicked and collard greens is racist. It’s like saying that white people like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:46 pmBut I’m still sticking with my “I’m just a pig†story…
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Stick to it all you want, we know the difference. You might want to discover the difference for yourself.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:47 pmI don’t understand how pointing out that some favorite foods of African-Americans are fried chicked and collard greens is racist
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
You may want to ask Fuzzy Zoeller that same question.
But I’m still sticking with my “I’m just a pig†story…
I have this strange feeling that you only wish to be a womanizer, as you wouldn’t be blogging on politcal sites if you were
April 9th, 2007 at 4:51 pmI’m just saying….
#95,
No Italian race?!?
One word of advice - When you find that you’ve gotten yourself into a hole, stop digging. Unless I tell you to keep digging, and then it’s time to say your prayers.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:52 pmI’m white and I hate PB&J!!!!!!!!!
You are a RACIST!
Get a mirror.
Look in it.
Really look.
Search your soul (if you have one) and admit you are a stinkin’ racist.
BTW: Italian American, African American, Irish American……….
You are going after their ethnicity.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:55 pmAnd besides, why aren’t you guys getting on barfly for calling Condi a cockroach?
Or is that OK because it doesn’t contain any racist overtones…
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Or undertones. Your comment, on the other hand, was a stunt, to try and paint my comment as rascist. And it was such a weak attempt. Did you draw short straw again?
April 9th, 2007 at 4:58 pmGuess he should start selling his salsa full time.
Comment by trueblue — April 9, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
Imus sell Salsa? I betting the kitchen isn’t too clean.
April 9th, 2007 at 4:59 pmJust for the record, my friends will tell you I don’t have a racist bone in my body.
Those same friends will not deny my “pig†status, however…
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
“Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” is a song from the musical “Qvenue Q” if you’d listen to it you would see that you are wrong. Your comment proved the opposite. My guess is your friends wouldn’t understand your racism any better than you do.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:04 pmIt might have been stupidly stereotypical but it wasn’t racist.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 4:27 pm
Stereotyping is racist. duh
April 9th, 2007 at 5:07 pmOr is that OK because it doesn’t contain any racist overtones…
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
YES
April 9th, 2007 at 5:08 pmWell, those are bad examples because there is no Italian or Irish race.
But to get back to the point, I don’t understand how pointing out that some favorite foods of African-Americans are fried chicked and collard greens is racist. It’s like saying that white people like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
WE ARE ALL ONE RACE. African Americans, Irish, Italian ald of us are different shades of the same race. So why don’t you just STFU.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:10 pm#70 Waxman may not win a beauty contest, but he is not in Congress to look pretty.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:11 pmI absolutely agree with your point. Waxman is Smart and Tenacious. He has been doing his Homework and Biding his time. Those that have much to Fear from a spotlight on the Truth should rightfully be worried. Name calling and personal attacks are not gonna get them off the hook!
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April 9th, 2007 at 5:18 pmImus sell Salsa? I betting the kitchen isn’t too clean.
Comment by shane
A sign posted in the Imus kitchen:
Old as the hills, and twice as dusty.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:19 pmApparently for at least the last twelve loooooooong years that I’ve suffered at the hands of Dubya the Governor and Dubya the President. I gotts tell ya I’m tired and depressed beyond belief.
Comment by Rocks911 — April 9, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
Amen from another lib Texan who had to put up with 6 yrs of W as Gov, and apparently 8 years as Pres
Those of us anti-Bushies here in texas were stunned when W actually got the GOP nomination, we knew what a truly wretched bastard W is at heart
NEVER underestimate stupidity when it comes to Texas politicians
And while I’m not a Dem-voted for Nader in ‘96 & ‘00-it’s highly entertaining to see just how the GOP’s anti-Clinton hysteria is coming back to bite its ass now, namely in that the GOP changed all sorts of rules to make it easier to attack the Clinton Administration
And as it relates to the House committee at issue in this thread, Dan Burton was given the power to issue subpoenas all on his own, without even needing to at least inform the Dems that he was doing so-in fact, unlike most committees, Burton could issue subpoenas without ANY committee vote whatsoever
And worst of all for the GOP and Administration, those rules were never changed back to their Pre-Clinton era status before last November’s political Little Big Horn called the Elections
Which means that in spite of how much the GOP committee members will undoubtedly howl, whine and whimper about how Waxman is going on a personal crusade, they can’t do a thing about it otherwise
As I stated, I’m no Dem, but I have never seen a more corrupt, ideological, arrogant and incompetent political party and Administration than that inflicted by the GOP and President Bush Jr
Both the GOP and Administration are infested with bullies, they bluster, brag and act tough, but then squeal and shriek the first time their victims stand up and give the bullies a good, swift crack across their mealy mouths
Expect the rightwing whining and neocon bellowing to become even more delusional, unhinged and divorced from unpleasant realities as the public turns against their policies even more than they already have
The righties and the neocons are in agony that their agenda is crashing and burning in the most public, humiliating fashion possible, these elitist, ivory tower moral relativists just cannot accept being judged by their own standards for all others
They can’t stand that they do NOT represent the political, social and religious mainstream in our society, and it burns the righties and the neocons when issues like respecting Terri Schiavo’s final wishes blow up in their faces so spectacularly-On the Schiavo affair, the religious wingnut base of the GOP got a public smackdown it couldn’t afford to ignore
The troglodytes still backing this President are the extremists, they know it and can’t stand that it’s a reality they cannot change, no matter how desperately they try
April 9th, 2007 at 5:20 pmWow, implant has side tracked this thread to debate varying degrees of racism. Congrats to you implant.
Now, Waxman has the State Dept over a barrel and the time has come for some answers. He’s been waiting to hear what her knowledge is of known flawed intelligence. What did she know and when did she know it.
With her continuing to blow this request off is showing the entire administration is thumbing it’s nose at Congress and the American people. Bush and Company will further isolate themselves until only firehead and buddies are on their side. And then they’ll devour each other.
What ever happened to that more transparent government Cynicon? What happened to the core values of the Republican party? These times will be remembered as the last days of the Republican party.
It’s sad to see so many still blind and not realizing how bad it has become for the Republican Party. Goldwater is embarrassed by your actions.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:22 pmCI…
The real answer to your question is to the 1st Congress. Indeed, there have always been rats, interested in working to their own gain over the expressed will of We the People, elected to high office. In the 109th Congress, I can think of several who, by hook or crook, were invited to leave office. Indeed…I can name a few former Congressional rodents who have been indicted, prosecuted, plead out, and/or facing prison time for caring more about their own pockets than they do your, mine, our interests.
So frankly, your implication that Waxman is a rodent because of his looks (I think you’re wrong…more of an earth terrier) is inane. The fact that he’s out there trying to get the Sec. of State to answer questions with regards to the root justification that has sent so many of my friends into Iraq and harm’s way tells me that he is doing the People’s work. Everytime she says “No,” she is thwarting the Will of the People. And Waxman is well within his rights as a representative to Congress and the Chair of his committee to demand that the Secretary comply with Congress.
But here you are…playing games, snickering to yourself, and namecalling.
Good on you…I’m very impressed with your disrespect for the very foundations that my family fought so hard to put into place to ensure that you could sit in front of your keyboard/monitor and play stupid highschool games.
Can we get back to the topic at hand? The one that CI’s so interested in distracting from…
April 9th, 2007 at 5:22 pmCaptain Kirk is not worth the tribble it takes to debunk him.
Comment by Briseadh_na_faire
I tip my rapier to you, sir.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:24 pmComment by Cynicon Implant — April 9, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
This brings up two interesting alternative possibilities:
1. an exoskeleton (see cockroach)
or
2. no bones in the body (see squid)
April 9th, 2007 at 5:28 pmHey, BnF,
You didn’t answer my question to you earlier.
I hope I wasn’t being mean or anything.
Just wondering about the “faire” as opposed to “Faire”.
(plus those underline thingy’s that I didn’t want to mention last time because it would show how stupid I am about computers…)
I hope you are well.
April 9th, 2007 at 5:35 pmOne thing I have never been able to understand.
How can people like McCormack, Tony Snow and Ari Fleisher stand up there day after day spouting talking points they know to be lies when they are nothing more than enablers. Now Rice, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz et al, are the players at the table so you can see why they lie and deceive. But these guys? Nothing more than trumpets spouting bad sounds and carrying bed pans full of stink.
Is it the money?
I can’t imagine how much moola it would take for someone to stand in a cesspool, up to his neck in someone elses shit. All the while trying to hold a megalomanic and his entourage up out of the shit they have made, and that he is drowning in. It just boggles the mind.
Merlin :-)
April 9th, 2007 at 5:35 pmImpeach her and remove her from office. End of story!
April 9th, 2007 at 5:47 pmStick to it all you want, we know the difference. You might want to discover the difference for yourself.
Comment by Zooey
Oh gosh, I feel so guilty now. Thanks for enlightening me Zooey.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:03 pmCI
You give a flip answer to Zooey, but not all the others who have basically ripped your pathetic attempt at an arguement to shreds.
Coward.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:10 pmWow, implant has side tracked this thread to debate varying degrees of racism. Congrats to you implant.
Comment by hellinabucket
Thank you very much. I’m quite proud of my racist self!
Now I’m going to go look in a mirror as trueblue has suggested. What was I supposed to be looking for again trueblue? Oh yeah that’s right — my racist inner soul. Shouldn’t take me long — apparently it’s right there for all the world to see.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:12 pmWe see it, Implant.
It’s obvious to everyone but yourself.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:14 pmMy last comment on the racism thread is this: by painting everyone who observes something about a certain race as racist, you actually demean the weight carried by the word.
So I suggest you all think twice before painting with such a broad brush and remember the story of the boy/girl/transgendered person who cried wolf.
Especially when you don’t really know the person you are so quick to judge.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:18 pmI feel pity for you, CI.
I hope you see, someday.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:19 pmI feel pity for you, CI.
I hope you see, someday.
Comment by trueblue
I appreciate the concern, trueblue — seriously, I do. I like to think I’m pretty honest with myself but maybe I’m wrong about this. I’ll think about it…
This is a serious post, folks, so no need to read anything else into it.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:26 pmCynicon: “I don’t understand how pointing out that some favorite foods of African-Americans are fried chicked and collard greens is racist.”
Of course you don’t…. and that’s not surprising. But, there’s not a racist bone in your body, right. Just like Imus.
April 9th, 2007 at 6:27 pmBack to Waxman. The smart but evil folks that engineered this war in Iraq Had to know that the intelligence was on shaky ground. Lots of qualifications and disclaimers. Plus..they had to know the risks of Attacking Baghdad and toppling Saddam. Their own arguments against this proposal in 1991, in defending Bush I, we very persuasive, and prescient. So WHAT Changed???
April 9th, 2007 at 6:30 pmThat’s what Waxman wants to find out. I hope his name becomes a household word.
later — all of the waxman-condi
excitement put me in mind, once
again, of a classic youtube comedy
video-mash-up of condi, in front of
congress. . . sen. barbara boxer, if memory serves. . .
check the middle
of this post for it. . .
now — enjoy the ride, ms. rice,
April 9th, 2007 at 7:05 pmcome april 18, 2007. . . your karma’s
come-a-callin’. . .
Oh gosh, I feel so guilty now. Thanks for enlightening me Zooey.
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Right, so you should. You’re welcome.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:12 pmThe header says it all.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:26 pmWaxman blown by Condi, film at 11…
April 9th, 2007 at 7:27 pmCONDOM-Lesser Rice, YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUIRED BY EITHER YOUR COMING OVER OR DRAGGED BY YOUR NECK BY SUBPOENA—TAKE YER PICK, BITCH!!!!! BY THE WAY, trolls, SEWER-RAT HYENA-SHIT repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderms ARE MORE PLENTIFUL IN THE G.O.P. THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE POLITICAL SCENE, SO PUT THAT IN YOUR CRACK PIPE AND SMOKE IT, BOMBASTIC IMBECILES!!!!! SCURRYING AROUND AND HIDING FROM HAVING TO GIVE TESTIMONY HAS A DEFINITE RODENT-STENCH ABOUT IT, NICHT WAHR, trolls?????
April 9th, 2007 at 7:34 pmI think the Captain’s girdle is cinched a little too tightly. It’s cutting off the oxygen to his brain.
Comment by barfly
April 9th, 2007 at 7:40 pmI see…you are assuming there is a brain.
#114 - Great question! Makes me wonder how Clionton Press Secretaries DeeDee Meyers and Mike McCurry could”stand up there day after day spouting talking points they know to be lies when they are nothing more than enablers.” (Well we know DeeDee drank, but that’s been under cntrol for some time. Who could blame her?)
April 9th, 2007 at 7:42 pmEver since the Viet Nam War, Iv’e been aware of the fact that the Goverment will look you right in the Eye, and Lie to You….because they think it’s for your own good.
April 9th, 2007 at 7:59 pmCheney’s office knew the Niger documents were very bad forgeries eleven months before they went into the State of the Union Address. (Ditto the aluminum tubes).
Condi testified that maybe someone down in the bowels of government knew, but noone at the top. She lied.
It is also part of the story that she was on the board of Chevron and had an oil tanker named after her.
We need an investigation into who forged the documents and who knew about them and when.
April 9th, 2007 at 8:57 pm#131 Oooo, I know the answer tranny!!! Clinton and anyone connected with him suck!!!! Right? Otherwise, I don’t get it.
April 9th, 2007 at 8:59 pmYea MA.
Lying about a blow job.
Lying to go to war.
Not much difference there huh?
April 9th, 2007 at 9:22 pm#114 - Great question! Makes me wonder how Clionton Press Secretaries DeeDee Meyers and Mike McCurry couldâ€stand up there day after day spouting talking points they know to be lies when they are nothing more than enablers.†(Well we know DeeDee drank, but that’s been under cntrol for some time. Who could blame her?) Comment by valiant venus — April 9, 2007 @ 7:42 pm
BAHAHAHA, WOW, now that takes a complete detachment from reality for you to post something so patently stupid and false!!!!
Drank? Is that how he snorted?
You do realize that a DRY-DRUNK is still an alcoholic - right?
You do realize that an UNTREATED DRUNK is often psychologically unbalanced - right?
Oh wait, I’m talking to an UNTREATED ANOREXIC - how amusing!!!
You’re a little piece of sh*t - you st*pid, st*pid c*nt.
April 9th, 2007 at 9:45 pm#2 I have a question for Waxman: when did they let rodents become congressmen?
Even you must realize what an ass you are.
April 9th, 2007 at 10:40 pmLying about a blowjob…
April 10th, 2007 at 12:28 amlying about going to war…
lying about having a dead kid…
which of these is most reprehensible?
I think we all know the answer…
This is a Catch-22 for Rice. If she answers truthfully she will be forced to resign, If she answers falsely she will be charged with perjury. But she has a third option, don’t answer at all. It doesn’t take a high-powered attorney to see that the response to Waxman was “insufficient”, actually non-existent.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:20 amBut to get back to the point, I don’t understand how pointing out that some favorite foods of African-Americans are fried chicked and collard greens is racist. It’s like saying that white people like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Comment by Cynicon Implant —
But we all know that not what you did; you alluded my remark to what has become hot-button racial rhetoric. You were being flip, and though it sounded Coulter-esque, so you tossed out some highly-charged rhetoric. This is your offense.
If you did not think racist thoughts, you would not spew racist rhetoric.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:42 amI can’t speak for the rest of the commenters, but here’s my thinking
Cynicon, we don’t really give a shit whether you are a racist or just a bigmouth idiot.
Either way, why don’t you just fuck off now?
April 10th, 2007 at 3:57 amThrow all of these A$$h*le Republicans in JAIL!
April 10th, 2007 at 8:27 amJust like all the other zionist neocons in power.
All the sound a fury designed to signify nothing.
Waxman suks.
April 10th, 2007 at 8:56 amWaxman is THE MAN. God I hope he nails Kindasleazy Rice. She is a serial liar. She and Hadley were informed about the CIA’s problems with the Niger claims before the SOTU. She’s been lying about it ever since.
Waxman is a hellhound on your trail, Kindasleazy. Look out.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:01 amKeep kicking over the Niger rocks Henry.
I am convinced that not only did this administration “cherry-pick” intelligence (or lack thereof) but forged it to create a case for war.
If we follow the trail of the forged Niger documents I’m convinced it will lead straight to cheney’s door.
Condi hasn’t got the sand to stand-up to proper questioning. I believe you push her and she’ll crack. Not in the “I’ll give you what you want” crack, but more in a defiance way. Like storming out or simply refusing to answer. This is going to be a fun week, what with Goonzo on the 17th and Gap-tooth on the 18th.
April 10th, 2007 at 10:19 amRice, Yellow Cake a little BS and a whole lot of explaining to do….
Today, House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) wrote another letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice requesting her testimony regarding President Bush’s claims that Iraq attempted to procure uranium from Nig…
April 10th, 2007 at 11:12 amBREAKING — O/T
rep. conyers has just subpoenaed
alberto gonzales, citing responses
that fall far short of what is needed!
easy-view jpegs here — more to
April 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pmcome — developing!
No. 141 Cynicon Implant
You said:
“But to get back to the point, I don’t understand how pointing out that some favorite foods of African-Americans are fried chicked and collard greens is racist.”
Two things going on here.
1. You are playing an Eric Berne psychological Game called “Stupid.” Anybody paying attention to this gambit sees it for what it is, and laughs in your face. “Stupid” players are a massive joke! There is great joy in laughing at people like you. Maybe you should do stand-up comedy.
And you said
“But to get back to the point…”
2. Yes, well, what is your real point here? It wouldn’t be trying to push racism as psychological projection, now, would it. Nah, I forgot, your too “Stupid” for that. You’re just a poor innocent guy trying to make yourself understood. Bwaaa Haaa Haaa.
April 10th, 2007 at 1:36 pmMcCormick said:
April 10th, 2007 at 2:02 pm“I’m very curious as to in what regard it’s insufficient.”
Oh look!!! McCormick is playing a Game of “Stupid” here, just like Cynicon Implant! Gee I wonder if this is some sort of conspiracy, this playing “Stupid”. A republic technique, ya think??? Boy, now that would really be funny. Bwaaa Haaa Haaa. Move over Olbermann you’ve got some serious republic competition!
Off with her head!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:13 pmAfter Waxman interrogates this lying bucktoothed wannabe about this particular set of lies he needs to question her about the claims made to the 911 commision that al-queda was determined to strike within the US,which they dutifully ignored.Hmmm,wonder why she would do that?This entire administration is nothing but a cesspool of lies and corruption and we have cheerleaders like “Captain Kirk”cheering them on and all the while they continue to strip him of everything that makes us who we are.Wake up you dolts,even though you may claim to be a repug you don’t qualify for entry into there club unless you make $250,000.00 or more a year.And i’m quite sure that “captain kirk”doesn’t even come close to that based on his childlike rants.What a bunch of blind bats.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:16 pmConcerning the partisanship of rats, or perhaps rodents in general, it is my understanding that because they have no organized leadership, they therefore fall into two camps, there are the Anarchists (presently pooping on everything in protest to the restaurant trans-fat bans) and there are the Libertarians who particularly enjoy gnawing on the works of Ayn Rand.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:28 pmActually, they let rodents become Congressmen when Tom Delay was elected. Thankfully, he has been self exterminated.
April 10th, 2007 at 6:25 pmWe need more individuals like him OUT of Congress
It’s time to officially start calling anyone that believes the Bush Administration’s lies the moonbats, because only those with a tenuous hold on reality could be apologists for their antics.
You don’t have to be a liberal to realize how deeply corrupt Bush and Co. have become; but you do need an IQ higher than that of a turnip.
April 10th, 2007 at 6:32 pmOne other comment…those spouting this crybaby, childish rhetoric or talking tough like they are cool are starting to be revealed for the clowns that they are.
Sorry, Bush ruined that last line of defense for you. Now it just seems banal. Try a new tactic, like getting the job you are claiming everyone else should get. Opportunities for growth are often missed because they wear overalls and look suspiciously like work; banal ranting looks like you are a desperate viral marketer trying to appeal to the idiots you assume makes up the American populace.
Sorry, a lot of us aren’t that stupid anymore. You can thank Bush and Co. for ruining that, too.
April 10th, 2007 at 6:59 pmPound it Henry! I have a supertanker named after me! I cannot testify before Mr Waxman’s committee. It is a perjury trap as there is no way in hell I can speak the truth. I am loyal only to GW Bush. Party before perjury! I would testify, but how many ways are there to say “I don’t recall”?
April 10th, 2007 at 7:19 pmAnd Henry, I would appreciate it if you would stop using the “N” word
April 10th, 2007 at 7:20 pmIt’s definitely good that some brakes are being hit on this run-away
April 10th, 2007 at 7:29 pmadministration. Unfortunately, they have dug a hole (let’s say a black hole) that will eventually gobble up this nation. If one has enough money, one can surf the globe for better digs. Those of us with more meager means are developing off-the-grid alternatives. In Idaho and Montana, we have established two working Prototopias. The Macropolitical thing to do is clean up the government; the Micropolitical thing to do is prepare for and expect the worst. In the future crisis, verbage will be a poor substitute for sound preparation. Like the Amish said about making social security payments, “We’re not against paying in; we just don’t have any intentions of taking the payments.” Now that is prototopic thinking.
Send her, BushCo and their shills to a place where they have to do something new…like learn to tell the truth. America is tired of lies, shilling, spinning and Bush.
April 10th, 2007 at 7:48 pmWow, if you add bush + shill it makes bushill.. really close to sounding like… BS
April 10th, 2007 at 7:53 pmWaxman is being baited by Rice. You can tell by the press conference and the way that clueless liberal bloggers are going to start pressuring Waxman to subpoeana Rice. That is exactly the last thing he wants to do.
Waxman is a bully and a glory hound. Ask yourself, my liberal friends, why is
Sean McCormack so damn snarky in a public, on the record press conference discussing a letter from Big, Bad Henry Waxman.
He is signalling to Waxman, from Condi Rice, that not only isn’t Secretary Rice afraid of him, but she when she does consider Congressman Waxman, the only emotions that arise in her are “contempt, slight regard”.
Waxman is running a Show Trial. Condi cut her intellectual teeth on extensive study of the Soviet Union and the Moscow Show Trials of the Yezhov Period in the late 1930’s. She knows exactly what Waxman is doing and she knows exactly how defeat an argument built on lies.
But the first thing that has to be done is to wound Henry Waxman’s pride. Waxman has built his reputation on being able to bully and intimidate people. Democrats are going to try to use his committee to try to illegally investigate the inner workings of the Republican Party, imho. Waxman’s committee will also be used to shake down businesses for contributions to the DNC. Waxman will, of course, overreach. But before he gets that far, he’ll be taken down by Condi.
He’s being baited for a reason: so he can be destroyed. He thinks that Condi is just another tobacco executive. He thinks that Rice is what Keith Olbermann says she is. He is in for the shock of his life.
Condi and Rove have probably already gamed this out. Watch and learn, liberals. Watch, and learn.
April 12th, 2007 at 12:30 amI am amazed. Since when is testifying before Congressional committees an “option”? Does not the Bush Administration understand the Constitutional role assigned to Congress? Thank God (and I am athetist) for Henry Waxman.
April 13th, 2007 at 1:55 amThe repeating of lies does not make them true.
April 13th, 2007 at 9:52 amThe Bush administration has committed treason.
Repeating lies will not save them.
A bipartisan Sentate Intelligence committee came to the conclusion that the only liar of the whole Niger thing was none other than Wilson. Wilson is such a hot potato and considered such a liar that even the Kerry campaign and other Democrats disassociated themselves from him.
Wilson lied and left wingers swalloed his lies.
This is just a fishing expedition to satisfy the wacked out left wingers that reside in places like thinkprogress.org, huffandpuff blog, dailycoocoos, etc, etc.
Everyone, except the extreme wackos of the left, knows that Wilson trip to Niger was a pathetic attempt to discredit this administration and the only person caught lying is Wilson.
Comment by Captain Kirk — April 9, 2007 @ 2:40 pm
Now you don’t really believe that bullsh@#$!t you are puking do you? cause if that is truely the case, maybe you should seek medical assistance for that very bad condition you have known as ADULT INTENTIONAL IGNORANCE.
April 13th, 2007 at 6:48 pmMan wouldn’t you just love to punch that little bitch right in the mouth. She needs her teeth fixed anyway.
April 13th, 2007 at 11:51 pmI ki