Profiles in courage.
A U.S. Senator talks to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius:
“This is the most incompetent White House I’ve seen since I came to Washington,” said one GOP senator. “The White House legislative liaison team is incompetent, pitiful, embarrassing. My colleagues can’t even tell you who the White House Senate liaison is. There is rank incompetence throughout the government. It’s the weakest Cabinet I’ve seen.” And remember, this is a Republican talking.
What’s truly pitiful and embarrassing is that this Senator understands these truths but hides behind a veil of anonymity, protecting his/her own political fortunes while the nation suffers.
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This just in from Captain Obvious:
Yeah, what he said….
April 25th, 2007 at 1:39 amCoward, put your name to it.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:43 amHe is just telling it like it is, eat it you neocon sickos, your time is ending it is the time of civilized man, the orc empire is finished….oh wait….mmm…..still applies though.
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 25th, 2007 at 1:46 amAssuming this an actual quote, I have my money on Chuck Hagel.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:46 amemail harry reid. his phones are ringing nonstop from jerks whining about him telling the truth to Bush about the war being lost, over copput, the end, fat lady singing.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:49 am#4 Hagel has already gone out on a limb. Why would he hide his ID now?
April 25th, 2007 at 1:50 amWhich GOP senator made those comments? Why is he remaining anonymous? Why should one feel shame over the truth?
April 25th, 2007 at 1:54 amDang it! Speak up for the good of the country! Why do you hate America?
April 25th, 2007 at 1:54 amso whoooo is it??
April 25th, 2007 at 1:54 amTwo possible reasons JPark….1) This is PARTICULARLY harsh; 2) Maybe Hagel is hiding in anonymity in order to get people engaging in a guessing game (as we are) as to who it might be and thus leading to speculation that the discontent among Senate GOPers is greater than it really is….Pretty Machiavellian, eh?
Just a possibility…
April 25th, 2007 at 1:54 amTypical Republican. Won’t risk his job even to help save this country. And in the mean time, a few farm boys and girls pull multiple extended tours and risk their lives just because Bush is too proud to accept the fact that he f#cked up but good.
Jesus F. Christ.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:56 am‘Night all. I’m gonna pass out now. goodnight my sweet,sweet Princess…
wowza….
:)
April 25th, 2007 at 1:56 am#7 Fear of the Boehner? Republicans cannot win an election without the full backing of the base and the base is in love with authoritarian style government. Whoever said this was, in effect, a traitor to the Republicans.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:57 amWow, excellent point there Abby, exactly!!!
Hating the Repuke Mafia daily
April 25th, 2007 at 1:58 am#10 Hagel has said equally harsh things about the administration. I definitely believe it was someone else…someone with smaller balls than Hagel.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:59 amDoes John Wilkes Booth have no relatives in the modern age?
April 25th, 2007 at 2:10 amThink Watergate and Iran/Contra. It took R’s to give up R’s.
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/walsh/part_xi.htm
the 2nd one is devastating. knocks the wind out
April 25th, 2007 at 2:20 amPlease email Senator Reid with positive encouragement for speaking truth to power.
April 25th, 2007 at 2:46 am
Reid’s contact below
http://reid.senate.gov/contact/email_form.cfm
April 25th, 2007 at 2:47 amJust saw that Enron segment on Independent Lens (PBS) and realized that the Chenney-Bush Administration has Enroned America.
April 25th, 2007 at 2:56 amThat GOP Senator is probably more used to working with the K Street liaison team than the White House liaison team. He’s just going through a transition phase, like learning to tell the truth again. He’s not quite there, but he’s working on it.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:32 amOnce upon a time, the son of a Bush happenchanced upon one called turdblossom. Turdblossom was blessed with a shiny head, and the son of a Bush did take it upon himself to rub said head, whereupon a magical genie issued forthwith, and granted the son of a Bush three wishes.
“I want wealth,” said the son of a Bush.
“You got it,” said the genie, and suddenly bad business deals reaped millions for the son of a Bush.
“I want power,” said the son of a Bush.
“You got it,” said the genie. And suddenly the vote counts changed, and the son of a Bush became the ruler of the most powerful country on earth.
“I want everything I touch to be just like this guy,” said the son of a Bush, refering to his shiney headed friend.
“You got it,” said the genie.
And from that day forward, everything the son of a Bush touched turned to sh!t.
April 25th, 2007 at 3:32 am#19. I used that email form and let Harry Reid know that I am behind him. I hope many others do too.
April 25th, 2007 at 4:45 am#19 I also used the form to contact Mr. Reid. Have you seen APRIL 28 NATIONWIDE IMPEACHMENT ACTIONS
April 25th, 2007 at 5:25 amMy guess? This is someone who has been in DC a while, has at times been critical of the Bush White House, and is a key GOP legislator. He is probably not a Minority leader or Whip, because he would not be quite as likely to leak to Ignatius, or give up the opinion that no-one knows who the Senate liaison is…
So I would suggest Arlen Specter is this anonymous voice. Otherwise, Lugar, Grassley or Warner. But Specter is my odds-on favorite.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:40 amThe tragedy of the report is that once again we are faced with the simple fact that we have to take the word of a “reporter”!
April 25th, 2007 at 7:01 amNow we know how honest they have been.
“What’s truly pitiful and embarrassing is that this Senator understands these truths but hides behind a veil of anonymity, protecting his/her own political fortunes while the nation suffers.”
Wait, didn’t the article say this Senator is a Republican? THAT’S what is truly pitiful and embarrassing. {:-)
April 25th, 2007 at 7:21 amGOPer Senators are basically all cowards, but so are a lot of the Democrat Senators too. Many in the Senate have sold their souls to the Military-Industrial-Complex, Big Oil, and corporate elite.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:53 amparty before country. It is the rethug mantra.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:59 amIgnatius should be tortured to reveal his secrets. Why, it’s a matter of national security!
April 25th, 2007 at 8:05 amThe Senator source’s anonymity is understandable. Recall when things were at their worst during the Lewinsky mess? Many Dems were livid at Clinton but it’s difficult to recall any who expressed their anger and frustration publicly.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:37 am#31 - I remember Lieberman.
But anyway, the difference between a President who lies about bjs and a President who can’t run an administration doesn’t really bear comparison.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:43 amA Republican Senator who makes a lot of noise and complaints but rolls over and plays the stooge like a good lap dog when push comes to shove? Sounds like Arlen Spector to me.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:51 amJust left very positive encouragement @ Reids congressional address provided above..it was very easy!! If you havent done so ..GET TYPING NOW!! Please.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:52 amSecrets abound in our Capitol. Nothing has changed since Cheney held his secret meeting with the corporate barons to steal Iraq”s oil wealth. The gig is up.
April 25th, 2007 at 8:57 amThis is treasonous! Who are you? SHow your face!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:03 amSent Reid a little note of encouragement. Just wish the dems did more….
April 25th, 2007 at 9:05 amAs always, a little impatient to get the crooks, liars and incompetents away from my America.
This is treasonous! Who are you? SHow your face!
Comment by Redneck, Redstate
Ah, I knew it. Treason means speaking poorly about a republicscum….. I ge it.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:08 amI won’t worry about who said it. It was said.
Hey Rubberstamp Redneck, quit throwing the “treason” word around. It’s not treasonous and it shows your ignorance.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:09 amUndeniably the Bush White House IS the worst administration EVER in the history of this country and Bush is, by far, THE worst president this country has ever had. (I can’t say elected because we know differently now - that he hacked his way into office in 2000 with brother Jebbie’s assistance and then again in Ohio with Ken Blackwell & Diebold’s assistance.).
April 25th, 2007 at 9:16 amWas it Tom DeLay?
April 25th, 2007 at 9:17 amHe seems to be on the Treason Train.
And, the single largest mistake this administration has made to date was rigging the election for a second term because they hadn’t accomplished their agenda to coup this democracy.
If they’d left after 4 years, they probably would be long gone and, with this country on the road to recovery, would be in hiding in some obscure location. Unfortunately for them, their lust for power and their greed for money (war profiteering) was a temptation they just couldn’t resist.
Four more years is bringing this white house down and will result in criminal charges and prison time, not to mention probable impeachment and personal disgrace, to ALL of the major players. Isn’t it amazing how the “finger” is pointing to Dubya in all of these scandals. And well it should since he’s the CIC. He can’t have it both ways, as he so often attempts: to pretend he didn’t know what was happening under him (culpable negligence) or to lie about his direct involvement (perjury and overt negligence)….either way, Bush is cooked!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:20 amOur village idiot Redneck isn’t educated enough to comprehend the concept and definition of treason as opposed to “constitutional rights”. Sounds like another “jake-off” to me!
April 25th, 2007 at 9:20 amYa know what? keep Torture Boy around, if you must- you’ll just assure that the only ones who’ll EVER vote republi-SCUM again are the most ignorant and childish of voters, about 20- something percent of “adults”.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:22 amRepublicans put party before country, that’s for sure. But their undoing will be putting themselves before each other when the indictments start to flow.
April 25th, 2007 at 9:38 amYeah, apparently:
Treason = “that thing I don’t like.”
April 25th, 2007 at 10:04 amAlso,
Treason = “doing things I’m too big a wimp to even contemplate.”
April 25th, 2007 at 10:05 am#39
If David Ignatius won’t reveal the name of the Senator you don’t know.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:08 amReal courage occurred on the Daily Show last night, when, through his characteristic intellectual honesty Jon Stewart eviscerated John McCain’s ham-handed talking points about Iraq and the war on Tara. Check it out. It’s worth your time.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:51 amStewart v. McCain was indeed an ass-handing, something the press should already have treated McCain to.
I take heart in knowing it will be a very, very long time indeed before the American public associates the GOP with anything other than graft, hysteria, waste, and shame. We were excited about ‘06, but ‘08 is going to be the real watershed moment, the real turning point in the battle between wisdom and light and the forces of dark, fearful delusion.
April 25th, 2007 at 1:08 pm