Comments on: Kennedy: Tape destruction is ‘a mockery of the rule of law.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:44:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Darlene http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-4/#comment-4183452 Darlene Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:34:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183452 Fair enough. Good points about Laura Bush... (which I am sure you had at the ready in case somebody criticized your sainted Ted Kennedy)...but she's not the one crying "coverup." I'm not saying that the CIA didn't do anything wrong or that it shouldn't be investigated. I'm just saying that hugely hypocritical Ted Kennedy, given what he did, doesn't add credibilty to the "outrage." He should keep his fat mouth shut on this one. Fair enough. Good points about Laura Bush… (which I am sure you had at the ready in case somebody criticized your sainted Ted Kennedy)…but she’s not the one crying “coverup.” I’m not saying that the CIA didn’t do anything wrong or that it shouldn’t be investigated. I’m just saying that hugely hypocritical Ted Kennedy, given what he did, doesn’t add credibilty to the “outrage.” He should keep his fat mouth shut on this one.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-4/#comment-4183343 rockyroad Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:09:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183343 Laura later had a three month romance, Tom Cruise style, in which time she resumed and consumated her relationship with dub'ya. Recently, when asked what was the toughest decision he ever had to make in his life, Bush responded, "Asking Laura to marry me." Ahhh. . . ain't love great? Bomb Iraq . . . easy . . . marry Laura, the mother of my now grown children . . . a friggin' nightmare. Laura later had a three month romance, Tom Cruise style, in which time she resumed and consumated her relationship with dub’ya.

Recently, when asked what was the toughest decision he ever had to make in his life, Bush responded, “Asking Laura to marry me.”

Ahhh. . . ain’t love great?

Bomb Iraq . . . easy . . . marry Laura, the mother of my now grown children . . . a friggin’ nightmare.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-4/#comment-4183342 rockyroad Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:04:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183342 To clarify, he wasn't jilted, she was. To clarify, he wasn’t jilted, she was.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-4/#comment-4183341 rockyroad Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:00:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183341 Investigation of the incident, not of Laura Bush, does reveal that she was driving at a high rate of speed, more than sixty in a thirty mile per hour zone, and ran a stop sign before she hit and killed her lover. No need to investigate, DUI test. Just let the poor jilted lover go . . . years later . . . record erased. She's such a sweetie. You or me . . . yeah, we'd be serving ten to twenty. . . . wonder where his loved ones are celebrating this holiday season. However glamorous . . . how sad. God be with you. No amount of money can soothe the pain of such loss. Investigation of the incident, not of Laura Bush, does reveal that she was driving at a high rate of speed, more than sixty in a thirty mile per hour zone, and ran a stop sign before she hit and killed her lover.

No need to investigate, DUI test. Just let the poor jilted lover go . . . years later . . . record erased.

She’s such a sweetie. You or me . . . yeah, we’d be serving ten to twenty. . . . wonder where his loved ones are celebrating this holiday season. However glamorous . . . how sad. God be with you. No amount of money can soothe the pain of such loss.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-4/#comment-4183330 rockyroad Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:12:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183330 All I want for Christmas is a new president . . . one who reads, recalls and comprhends . . . who didn't isn't a member of Scull & Bones, who's loyalty lies with the well-being of the American people, our land, wildlife, heritage and freedom. . . . Who has read the Constitution, understands it and its critical value to our nation, and who has respect for all nations, not just the interests of venture capitalists, mercenaries and hedge funds. . . One who doesn't see polar bears as throw rugs, but as canaries in the mine . . . and the mine not as a rout to riches, but as a scar on the landscape . . . one who sees the vein of truth as a virtue rather than a mine field to be eviscerated at all cost. Merry Christmas and happy holidays. All I want for Christmas is a new president . . . one who reads, recalls and comprhends . . . who didn’t isn’t a member of Scull & Bones, who’s loyalty lies with the well-being of the American people, our land, wildlife, heritage and freedom. . . . Who has read the Constitution, understands it and its critical value to our nation, and who has respect for all nations, not just the interests of venture capitalists, mercenaries and hedge funds. . . One who doesn’t see polar bears as throw rugs, but as canaries in the mine . . . and the mine not as a rout to riches, but as a scar on the landscape . . . one who sees the vein of truth as a virtue rather than a mine field to be eviscerated at all cost.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

]]> By: rockyroad http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4183328 rockyroad Sun, 09 Dec 2007 07:52:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183328 Darlene, Nice point, but since Laura Bush T-boned her ex-boyfriend's car and he died, and she was not tested for DUI, ticketed or investigated, and her record in the case was erased . . . as was Bush's driving record prior to his run Governor . . . that "Ted Kennedy murdered and got away with it" flag don't fly. Darlene,

Nice point, but since Laura Bush T-boned her ex-boyfriend’s car and he died, and she was not tested for DUI, ticketed or investigated, and her record in the case was erased . . . as was Bush’s driving record prior to his run Governor . . . that “Ted Kennedy murdered and got away with it” flag don’t fly.

]]> By: Darlene http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4183041 Darlene Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:44:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4183041 Whether you are outraged about this or not, Ted Kennedy is the last person on the planet who should be leading the charge. He orchestrated the biggest coverup ever, and a young woman died. And irony of ironies: He’s worried about whether terrorists were waterboarded, but he left a young American in a watery grave. Find another standard-bearer, folks. This one rings hollow. Whether you are outraged about this or not, Ted Kennedy is the last person on the planet who should be leading the charge. He orchestrated the biggest coverup ever, and a young woman died. And irony of ironies: He’s worried about whether terrorists were waterboarded, but he left a young American in a watery grave. Find another standard-bearer, folks. This one rings hollow.

]]> By: DieNowForPeace http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182768 DieNowForPeace Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:29:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182768 In the spirit of the season: "It's beginning to smell a LOT like Watergate, Everywhere you go..." In the spirit of the season:

“It’s beginning to smell a LOT like Watergate,

Everywhere you go…”

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182728 tombaker Sat, 08 Dec 2007 21:06:32 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182728 not as funny as your contributions, Biggie. not as funny as your contributions, Biggie.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182676 tombaker Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:24:38 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182676 hooo-weee - jk's got a handle on those rabid-righty slurs, don't he... hey jk - i think, if any significant # of people gave a genuine pinch of shit for the chappaquiddick thing, there'd have been consequences 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 years ago - time to stop hoping and honking. your boys are going down. trying (lamely, i might add) to slime ted kennedy is sure as hell not going to have an effect on that. the more you guys grasp for straws, and resort to chickenshit tactics, the longer it's going to be before americans will vote in your direction - so, for my part, i invite you to keep it up, be more aggressive, and never stop reminding the world of all those people Clinton killed, and how sandy berger somehow matters, and how ted kennedy is a liberal who had a car wreck. keep it all comin', righties, cause every paragraph is another strand in the rope that's hangin' ya. yeeeeee-----haaaaaaaaa hooo-weee – jk’s got a handle on those rabid-righty slurs, don’t he…

hey jk – i think, if any significant # of people gave a genuine pinch of shit for the chappaquiddick thing, there’d have been consequences 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 years ago – time to stop hoping and honking.

your boys are going down. trying (lamely, i might add) to slime ted kennedy is sure as hell not going to have an effect on that.

the more you guys grasp for straws, and resort to chickenshit tactics, the longer it’s going to be before americans will vote in your direction – so, for my part, i invite you to keep it up, be more aggressive, and never stop reminding the world of all those people Clinton killed, and how sandy berger somehow matters, and how ted kennedy is a liberal who had a car wreck.

keep it all comin’, righties, cause every paragraph is another strand in the rope that’s hangin’ ya. yeeeeee—–haaaaaaaaa

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182645 Lefty Patriot Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:41:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182645 Coherent, intelligent Americans ignore ANYTHING this murderer says!! Comment by John Kerry — December 8, 2007 @ Bush or Cheney? Coherent, intelligent Americans ignore ANYTHING this murderer says!!

Comment by John Kerry — December 8, 2007 @

Bush or Cheney?

]]> By: scytherius http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182570 scytherius Sat, 08 Dec 2007 18:13:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182570 Uh . . . Earth to Ted . . . there IS no rule of law anymore. Didn't you get the RNC memo? Uh . . . Earth to Ted . . . there IS no rule of law anymore. Didn’t you get the RNC memo?

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182506 Badger Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:17:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182506 The 911 commision was not given access to these tapes, despite requesting all interogation tapes and material. Mr. Posner's story about the three Saudi Princes and the Head of Pakistan's Air Force, all conveniently Dead , would have had a MAJOR impact on the 911 Commissions findings. 911 conspiricy theories aside, I don't think the FULL STORY of what happened on Sept. 11 has been investigated. Apparently those in the CIA who ordered the destruction of the tapes would agree. My hope is that this issue will be about MORE than waterboarding. The 911 commision was not given access to these tapes, despite requesting all interogation tapes and material. Mr. Posner’s story about the three Saudi Princes and the Head of Pakistan’s Air Force, all conveniently Dead , would have had a MAJOR impact on the 911 Commissions findings.
911 conspiricy theories aside, I don’t think the FULL STORY of what happened on Sept. 11 has been investigated. Apparently those in the CIA who ordered the destruction of the tapes would agree.
My hope is that this issue will be about MORE than waterboarding.

]]> By: willyloman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182499 willyloman Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:37:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182499 Waterboarding is <strong>not</strong> the reason the CIA destroyed those tapes! Yes they showed waterboarding. And it is a practice that should be stopped! But there is something bigger on those tapes, and that is what motivated their destruction! One of the suspects was tricked into thinking he was taken to Saudi Arabia, thinking that would terrify him into talking. And in fact, he became quite relaxed. The first time he met the interrigators, he gave them the personal private cell phone number of a member of the Saudi Royal Family and told them to call him, and he would set them straight! Read about the whole thing here in the second half of the article... http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/the-core-part-1-the-economy-of-lies/ Source is Gerald Posner and the name of the al Qaeda suspect is Abu Zabaydah. this is the story about the three Saudi Princes who ended up dead after someone implicated them in terrorist financing. And these are the tapes... Waterboarding is not the reason the CIA destroyed those tapes! Yes they showed waterboarding. And it is a practice that should be stopped! But there is something bigger on those tapes, and that is what motivated their destruction!
One of the suspects was tricked into thinking he was taken to Saudi Arabia, thinking that would terrify him into talking. And in fact, he became quite relaxed. The first time he met the interrigators, he gave them the personal private cell phone number of a member of the Saudi Royal Family and told them to call him, and he would set them straight!

Read about the whole thing here in the second half of the article…

http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/the-core-part-1-the-economy-of-lies/

Source is Gerald Posner and the name of the al Qaeda suspect is Abu Zabaydah.

this is the story about the three Saudi Princes who ended up dead after someone implicated them in terrorist financing. And these are the tapes…

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182473 tombaker Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:56:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182473 (CNN) — A top-ranking Republican on one of the most influential committees in Congress announced Friday that he plans to resign — opening up yet another G.O.P. seat in a year that has already seen 18 Republicans announce plans to leave the chamber. re: McCrery (R-LA) - #19 hey righties, why do you suppose so many R's are quitting/retiring?? (CNN) — A top-ranking Republican on one of the most influential committees in Congress announced Friday that he plans to resign — opening up yet another G.O.P. seat in a year that has already seen 18 Republicans announce plans to leave the chamber.

re: McCrery (R-LA) – #19

hey righties, why do you suppose so many R’s are quitting/retiring??

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182454 RUCerious Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:05:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182454 Covering up the coverup of multiple coverups is hard work. Covering up the coverup of multiple coverups is hard work.

]]> By: freeman http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182437 freeman Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:02:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182437 Maybe speedy aught da stick around and defend his client for treason and warcrimes ?I hear he's having trouble booking speaking engagements . no statute of limitations on war crimes alberto . Maybe speedy aught da stick around and defend his client for treason and warcrimes ?I hear he’s having trouble booking speaking engagements .
no statute of limitations on war crimes alberto .

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182433 Shayne Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:54:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182433 Look at all this troll crap. You trolls must be really scared posters are going to stay on topic here. What with GWB this close to following in Nixon's footsteps you reichwing nutjobs are going down as the dumbest Americans ever. Still carrying water like a bunch of stooges. If you had any pride you would slink away quietly. Look at all this troll crap. You trolls must be really scared posters are going to stay on topic here. What with GWB this close to following in Nixon’s footsteps you reichwing nutjobs are going down as the dumbest Americans ever. Still carrying water like a bunch of stooges. If you had any pride you would slink away quietly.

]]> By: sacopenapa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182418 sacopenapa Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:28:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182418 IMPEACH, INDICT, INPRISON BUSH/CHENNEY & Co. HAGE 2009!!!! IMPEACH, INDICT, INPRISON BUSH/CHENNEY & Co. HAGE 2009!!!!

]]> By: MCMetal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/comment-page-3/#comment-4182417 MCMetal Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:28:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/07/kennedy-tape-destruction-is-a-mockery-of-the-rule-of-law/#comment-4182417 YOU don’t set the agenda here, DIPSTICK. Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — December 7, 2007 @ 10:24 pm <strong> KilofcocaineforShrub is under the same laughable delusion that the rest of the Chimpy Adoration Brigade and the Shrub administration itself is under ; that they're beyond reproach and possess the inalienable right to decide everything and anything......... Because 7 straight years of being incorrect on everything gives you losers a certain type of credibility and/or "political capital" ?</strong> YOU don’t set the agenda here, DIPSTICK.

Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — December 7, 2007 @ 10:24 pm


KilofcocaineforShrub is under the same laughable delusion that the rest of the Chimpy Adoration Brigade and the Shrub administration itself is under ; that they’re beyond reproach and possess the inalienable right to decide everything and anything………

Because 7 straight years of being incorrect on everything gives you losers a certain type of credibility and/or “political capital” ?

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