Perino To Reporters: ‘From Where I Stand And The Questions I Get,’ You Are Clueless About FISA
Perino To Reporters: ‘From Where I Stand And The Questions I Get,’ You Are Clueless About FISA
During today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino announced that the Bush administration will be holding a “background briefing” on wiretapping this afternoon. Resisting their calls to have the briefing on the record, Perino claimed that it was for reporters to “understand the complexities of the issue and where we stand.”
The briefing, however, seems intended to brainwash reporters with White House talking points, rather than clear up any so-called “confusion.” Reporters quickly said that they are “quite clear” on the White House’s positions and the facts. Perino then snidely replied, “I don’t think so.” From today’s exchange:
QUESTION: I mean, the president’s made quite clear his position on retroactive liability and so on and so forth. I mean, what specifically is the point of confusion that you might be trying to address?
PERINO: I could go back to yesterday’s transcript. … There’s confusion as to what — what are the implications and the consequences of not having the Protect America Act. […]
QUESTION: What’s the big mystery here? Don’t we know what this is about?
PERINO: From where I stand and the questions that I get, no. I don’t think so.
Watch it:
Perino pointed to the transcript of yesterday’s briefing as evidence of the reporters’ ignorance. The only one who appeared confused by the facts, however, was Perino.
Yesterday, Perino repeatedly claimed that because Congress refused to pass the administration’s version of the Protect America Act, U.S. intelligence collection was impaired. One reporter pointed out, “You’re still collecting intelligence.” Another charged that the government’s wiretap orders will last until at least August. Someone else stated that new targets can be pursued “as long as you come back within three days and get a warrant under FISA.”
Perino eventually gave up and responded with equivocations such as, “I’m not a lawyer” and “It’s a little bit more complex than that.” Seems like she’s the one who needs the “background briefing.”
Transcript:
QUESTION: Finally, on FISA, could you just talk about what’s behind this afternoon’s background briefing?
Is there something specific that prompted that?
Because the president’s made quite clear his position on retroactive…
PERINO: Here’s what’s prompted it, actually. In my experience, having been following this issue for a long time and quite intensely, I think it is a very complex issue.
PERINO: And I believe that people here think that they would like to learn more about this issue so that they can have more background and understand the complexities of the issue and where we stand and the positions that the Department of Justice and the — I’m sorry — the director of national intelligence have taken. We thought it would be something that we should provide to you.
(CROSSTALK)
QUESTION: I mean, the president’s made quite clear his position on retroactive liability and so on and so forth. I mean, what specifically is the point of confusion that you might be trying to address?
PERINO: I could go back to yesterday’s transcript. There’s a lot of issues in terms of — this law has been in place since 1978. There’s a lot of history here with this law. There’s a lot that’s happened between April of 2007 and August of 2007 when the Protect America Act first passed. There’s confusion as to what — what are the implications and the consequences of not having the Protect America Act.
Now, I am not a lawyer. And this is a highly legal issue. You also have people at Department of Justice and the director of national intelligence who are directly working with the general counsel of the telecommunications companies that we need to have working with us. And they’re the ones that are in communication with them and understand their concerns and their needs.
And so this is an opportunity if people want to attend to get more information about that.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE) on the record?
PERINO: These are lawyers who — I’m on the record all the time. The attorney general and the director of national intelligence, who is testifying tomorrow, will be on the record.
This is background for your information and for your education. And if you want to attend, that would be great.
QUESTION: What’s the big mystery here? Don’t we know what this is about?
PERINO: From where I stand and the questions that I get, no. I don’t think so.
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They should be asking about immunity for the Bay of Pigs.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:34 pmIs this the first time someone has used “clueless” from the White House podium?
February 26th, 2008 at 3:35 pmHow can someone that cute be THAT dumb. Boggles the mind.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:36 pmPERINO: And I believe that people here think that they would like to learn more about this issue so that they can have more background and understand the complexities of the issue
“… so that they can understand our talking points and stop asking us inconvenient questions about our contradictory or illogical positions regarding the defense of this nation’s telecom companies, which is clearly this administration’s top priority.”
February 26th, 2008 at 3:37 pmIsn’t she the bimbo that defended her sheer ignorance by saying “I am not a lawyer”? She must have had her Flintstones this morning.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:38 pmBush and crew are pushing very hard to get the FISA immunity. If the Dems roll over for this one, as they have so many times in the past, there needs to be a massive march on Washington.
I fear that the Dems WILL fold, however…
February 26th, 2008 at 3:40 pmDana, Dana, Dana, are you talking about the “Protect Traitor Bush Act?”
February 26th, 2008 at 3:41 pmKeep catapulting that propagadna, Dana.
I gotta think her husband at some point gets out the hook to pull her offstage to save additional embarassment. Either that or he’s just seeing “meal ticket” for when she graduates to Corporate mouthpiece down the road.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:46 pmOh, dear me, the retro-immunity is being pushed so hard by this administration. Only hope I live long enough for all of the evil to be exposed to the purification of sunlight.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:47 pmOMG! that poor girl is retarded!!
That is so horrible that they would put a mentally inept person in charge of their press calls! shame i tell you SHAME!
February 26th, 2008 at 3:48 pm;o)
Jebus. Someone should really truly slap that snarky little beeyotch into next week.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:49 pmLet her dig this hole. After the latest briefing there will be a new laundry list of questions and it’s going to be fun listening to her twist in the wind.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pmFor once, Dana is not simply spinning. John King of CNN interviewed Michael McConnell on Sunday and said “To most Americans out there, and to a guy like me who’s spent most of his time, in the past several months, out covering a presidential campaign, this is highly detailed stuff that’s pretty hard to follow.”
See Glen Greenwald’s blog on salon for details. Once again, our liberal media at work.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pmI’m not a lawyer (or even an intelligent human being for that matter) is really what Perino said yesterday. It’s clear that she, Dana Perino, doesn’t have a clue about the FISA wiretapping laws, their history, and why what Bush has done is illegal - for which HE is seeking retroactive immunity. That’s the true nut of it all. It’s not about protecting our telecoms; it’s about protecting Bush from prison in the future. The damage control has always been about keeping Herr Bush out of jail and from losing his empire to lawsuits which are sure to be filed against him personally.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pmOMG! that poor girl is retarded!!
That is so horrible that they would put a mentally inept person in charge of their press calls! shame i tell you SHAME!
;o)
Comment by hil_1 — February 26, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
February 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pmI believe it’s way more heinous , reprehensible and embarrassing that an even more mentally inept person is sitting in the Oval Office…….
She does make Scott McClellan look smart. But she is so much easier on the eyes.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pmPERINO: From where I stand and the questions that I get, no. I don’t think so.
Yeah, well WE think SO, ya little Connecticut…
And YOU work for US!!
If you say we DON’T know about FISA, then TELL us the TRUTH.
Sincerely,
McNRA Gun Nut(e)s
February 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pmQuite the contrary, Mark C. Many of us do know precisely what the FISA act is all about, where the boundaries are, and what constitutes a violation called “warrantless” and therefore “illegal” wiretapping.
The spin about not being able to gather intel is pure bush bull$hit. Everyone knows that he can begin wiretapping for 3 days without a warrant but then MUST go to FISA to plead his case. So that argument is nonsense- pure nonsense.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pmFrom where the majority of americans stand, Dana Airhead, you are the clueless one. You are the one who’s become the puppet/spinmeister/sycophant/pimp. You’re the one who’s being Punked.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:53 pmhellinabucket: She makes Scotty look like the honest boy next door while she’s become the gangster’s moll - complete with her mafioso black jacket today.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:54 pmOh, fu(k you, Perino, you fascist b!tch! You don’t have to be a lawyer to recognize that this is a constitutional question, and a violation of the Fourth Amendment! You don’t have to be a lawyer to understand that FISA in its current form permits 72-hour retroactive warrants! You don’t have to be a lawyer to understand that FIVE out of 16,000 requests for warrants have been refused since 1978!
And you DAMNED sure don’t have to be a lawyer to recognize that, if what the telecoms are doing is legal (which it is under current FISA law if a warrant has been obtained–immunity is automatic), then they don’t need immunity. They will be able to defend themselves successfully in a court of law. If they do need immunity, however, what they are doing is, ipso facto, ILLEGAL!
Don’t cast this as a complex issue that’s beyond the grasp of so-called “ordinary” Americans. If YOU can understand it, Perino, it must indeed be simple.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:56 pmMcMetal: It’s a case of Dumbo, The flying elephant sitting in the Oval office with his three headed hydra doing the barking out front. The problem is that the sum total of this hydra’s three heads doesn’t equal room temperature intelligence. She’s making a blathering fool of herself every day. I have to wonder what she’s addictively sipping in that brown paper cup though. I think it’s full of vodka. If you’ll notice, she gets more speech handicapped and retarded sounding with each sip of the magic juice, Bush’s Kool’Aid from his private stash.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:57 pmQUESTION: What’s the big mystery here? Don’t we know what this is about?
PERINO: From where I stand and the questions that I get, no. I don’t think so.
Then stand somewhere else , you stupid , empty-headed bim ……………
February 26th, 2008 at 3:57 pmShame on those reporters for letting her do that. Someone should have stood up and said “Well would you please go get us a lawyer? You are obviously unprepared for our questions.”
A) How can she not know that the reporters would grill her on the wiretaps? and
B) Knowing they would grill her, how could she possibly be unable to answer their questions?
Hey Bush! Bring us another PS.. This one’s broke.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pmOnly and young, immature moron would pimp herself and make such a walking contradiction of herself - that’s right, Red Pill. She’s making the case for “retro immunity” in one breath; in the next she’s saying that they’ve done nothing wrong. Which is it, Miss Dana Doubletalk?
February 26th, 2008 at 3:58 pmDana Barbie needs a longer reading list on FISA.
Or maybe just ANY reading list that includes something beyond the doublespacedbigassfont one of WH talking pts she’s using now.
February 26th, 2008 at 3:59 pmMcMetal: It’s a case of Dumbo, The flying elephant sitting in the Oval office with his three headed hydra doing the barking out front. The problem is that the sum total of this hydra’s three heads doesn’t equal room temperature intelligence. She’s making a blathering fool of herself every day. I have to wonder what she’s addictively sipping in that brown paper cup though. I think it’s full of vodka. If you’ll notice, she gets more speech handicapped and retarded sounding with each sip of the magic juice, Bush’s Kool’Aid from his private stash.
Comment by satirev — February 26, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
Agreed ……….Except the Hydra had 8 , 9 , or 10 heads ; one of which was immortal….You’re probably thinking of Ghidorah
February 26th, 2008 at 4:00 pmThese press conferences have become a circus: The Dana/Dumbo Show and the laughingstock of this country as well as the international community. No should continue to let this ingenue moron continue to make the appearance that all americans are empty headed morons. Each day it gets worse; each day it’s sadder to witness. She’s the classic used rag syndrome in the flesh.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:00 pmFor the record, satirev, I don’t include you, myself, and 98% of the liberal blogostan in the ‘ignorant of FISA’ pigeonhole. Or for that matter, quite a few of the talking heads that spew the misinformation of Republican talking points are well enough informed on the matter. But it should be obvious that there are many in the beltway press that are ‘too busy’ (a la JoeK line) to get informed on this matter.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:01 pmGhidorah, The Giddy Bush Puppet Press Secretary, it is!
February 26th, 2008 at 4:01 pmJohn King of CNN interviewed Michael McConnell on Sunday and said “To most Americans out there, and to a guy like me who’s spent most of his time, in the past several months, out covering a presidential campaign, this is highly detailed stuff that’s pretty hard to follow.â€
See Glen Greenwald’s blog on salon for details. Once again, our liberal media at work.
Comment by Mark Centz
Maybe this idiot can tell us what CNN and Mike McConnell have to do with the “liberal media” which is a total myth. I am one of the “most American’s out there” and I am crystal clear on what the issues are. I’m sorry that John King is so befuddled. Perhaps he needs to take a nap and then talk to Mike McConnell in private so that Mike can tell him what he is supposed to think and say.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:01 pm#28 I find that incredulous to imagine that the reporters sitting in that room aren’t well versed in the FISA rules. Let’s face it: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to comprehend them. Warrantless wiretapping is a violation of the law unless, within 72 hours of the onset of the tap, a warrant is applied for in the FISA court. What’s so complex about that?
February 26th, 2008 at 4:03 pmbilbo: It’s the Bush tactic for muddying the waters. In fact, the FISA laws on warrantless wiretapping are so concice and easy to comprehend that most 4th graders know them. Since this is so, the boogeymen (McConnel et al) need to give the impression that there’s more to the law than the people know. WRONG! Besides, the jury’s still out on the IQ of John King, I’d say.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:04 pmGosh, her reading abilities must rival that of her idol, the boy Bush.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:04 pmNow the official line is: “you’re stupid if you ask me a question I can’t answer”
February 26th, 2008 at 4:05 pmthe merino is a sheep without any brains…. so would you like to swing on a star? catch flying pigs to take home in a jar, your so much better off than before, or would you like to be a……. person
Let’s get a link so we’re all on the same page with the FISA rules. It should be about a two paragraph law.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:05 pmThat is so horrible that they would put a mentally inept person in charge of their press calls!
Comment by hil_1 — February 26, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
I guess they ran out of marginally competent possibilities.
Mind you, their bench wasn’t that deep with competent players to start with.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:05 pm#28 I find that incredulous to imagine that the reporters sitting in that room aren’t well versed in the FISA rules. Let’s face it: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to comprehend them. Warrantless wiretapping is a violation of the law unless, within 72 hours of the onset of the tap, a warrant is applied for in the FISA court. What’s so complex about that?
Comment by satirev — February 26, 2008 @ 4:03 pm
It would help a lot if they were also a little more aggressive in getting information out of someone who is either terminally stupid or trying like mad to stonewall everyone with doublespeak… Quite possibly she’s both, but that doesn’t let the reporters off the hook.
Perino’s a classic blonde. What’s their excuse? I don’t even know why they bother to show up at these press conferences if we’re not getting anything but Whitehouse spin.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:06 pmI wonder what would happen if the Democrats called his bluff and said that they would go along with immunity for any spying that went on after 911, but not for what went on before 911. That would really put Bush in a spot, wouldn’t it. He would have to admit that he started spying on us weeks after he took office and maybe have to answer why he felt he had to do that!
February 26th, 2008 at 4:07 pmWe also need to get to the bottom of why Waterbrain Perrier needs to be taking so many sips of whatever she keeps in that cup. Professional investigators know that constant sipping at your water glass usually is symbolic of problems with the throat chakra - our communication chakra. This means that each time Dana takes a sip, her body’s sending her the signal that there’s a lie upcoming (or a coverup) and trying to close down on her. It’s all pretty obvious if we look for the telltale signs. From the look of the suitcases under her eyes, she’s also not sleeping at night very well. There’s also a canker sore on the ride side of her upper lip which she keeps swiping at with her tongue. Her hair looks like a hideous haystack which means that she’s becoming unkempt…..she’s slipping slowly from grace….and from sanity, this is clear if you watch the signals.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:09 pmBilbo: Wouldn’t you love to see the Dems use his “pre 911 spying” against him? We now know that he was spying without a warrant the first week he took office. That worked, didn’t it?? In averting 911?? Egg on his face up to his eyebrows on that one.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:10 pmIt’s amazing that someone so stupid can remember to breathe.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pmRe: The vacuous John King, & talking heads in general: remember that public service literacy commercial from a few years back- pretty people, gorgeous really, when they started to talk to the camera what came out was ,”Bla? Blahblah, blublahblublahblablabalblah. BlahBlah…Bluhbluhbluhbluh. Blublah?
The current Talking Heads’ grans & gramps.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:11 pmshe’s slipping slowly from grace….and from sanity, this is clear if you watch the signals.
Wouldn’t you if you worked for this bunch of losers? Even if you were on their side??
February 26th, 2008 at 4:12 pmBilbo: And, of course, he went on national television (anyone have those priceless clips by any chance…if so, link them here please) lying in our faces about how he was “getting warrants” for any wiretapping and, of course, the wiretapping wasn’t being done to american citizens unless they were calling out of the country. Remember those lies? What a sack of crap.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:12 pmSpeaking of the mind/body connection, Bush’s lies are beginning to ravage his body habitus. He’s looking more mentally ill and as though he has progeria with the rate of aging which is taking place. Just look back at the clips from 2000 - wow! He looks like a broken down, old (sick) man.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:13 pmComment by bilbobaggins
Maybe that’s the tactic we urge the Congress to follow. Go ahead and give Bush what he wants, with the proviso that it only applies to intel gathered before 9/11. Pre-9/11 intel must still be accounted for.
Like you said, it would Bush right over the barrel when it comes to his justifications.
Besides… if this spying stuff really works, wouldn’t the pre-9/11 intel have stopped 9/11 from happening???? Isn’t that the entire justification for this, to stop another 9/11 from happening? You can’t have it both ways.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:16 pmswordsbane: Absolutely! It’s called the “mind/body connection”. Everything we think and do is telegraphed to every cell in our bodies. So each time she lies or covers up or spouts off half truths while knowing that she’s being dishonest, chaos takes place on a cellular level. We’re hardwired for honesty - that’s the pure human condition. And we have great congenital “bullshit detectors” - our guts - which never steer us wrong if we don’t intellectually override it’s input. In Dana’s case (as in King George’s case) the evidence can be witnessed each day and it’s getting pretty pathetic. Each of their “handlers” should definitely not permit them to be out in public lying like this for the world to see. It definitely doesn’t enhance the american image - nationally or internationally.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:16 pmIt appears Mizz Dana is standing on the Teacup ride at Disneyland.
**eyes rolling**
February 26th, 2008 at 4:16 pmraynman: That’s just it. They were in on it all.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:17 pmResponsible journalists should have boycotted all WH press conferences for the last 6 years, and told the public the truth, which is “there is no reliable or useful information to be gained by attending them”.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:17 pmI meant to say go ahead and clear intel gathered after 9/11
February 26th, 2008 at 4:17 pmI meant to say go ahead and clear intel gathered after 9/11
Comment by raynman — February 26, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
If they didn’t get a warrant, its still illegal. Period.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:19 pmIt looks like the full court press has begun in earnest. Now would be the appropriate time to call your congress critter and demand no Immunity and full accountability!
1-800-828-0498 (White House Switchboard.)
And keep calling and calling… Let the Dems Know that we have their back and tell the repugs that your sick of thier fearmongering!
February 26th, 2008 at 4:19 pmthe reopening of the 911 commission will occur and sooner than later. There’s just far too much contradiction, mounting scientific evidence, and now we find that there was intelligence gathering prior to 911 and it still occurred. Why would that be so if our intelligence is so great and necessary? Because we capitalized on that intelligence instead of doing something about it. We used those 52 warnings which were received to feather the nest of the fascist architects - PNAC. In Bush’s own words, in order to get the Patriot Act enacted, we would have to have “A New Pearl Harbor”….David Ray Griffin’s book “A New Pearl Harbor” is a good starting point.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:20 pmhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/ news/ releases/ 2007/ 08/ 20070806-5.html
I had read the fact sheet Dana. The fact is this Protect America Act Modernizes The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and does not replace it or cause it to stop working. It Modernizes it. The modernisation give the government the ability not to have to get warrants for on foreign targets in foreign lands. If the act is not passed by Bush it still gives him 3 days to get a warrant, this is apparent by the WH sites fact sheet.
Enough of the fear factor bullying. Its unAmerican.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:21 pmThat’s right Wayne - and as Keith Olberman said last night - why this man who commits multiple impeachable offenses every day he’s in office is still in office is quite baffling. Where’s our american spine?
February 26th, 2008 at 4:22 pmIt definitely doesn’t enhance the american image - nationally or internationally.
Comment by satirev — February 26, 2008 @ 4:16 pm
I’m afraid that between the Republicans in Congress and the presidents veto power, there isn’t much that will enhance the american image until McCain isn’t elected. Anyone looking for improvement before then is certainly looking for a miracle.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:23 pmThanks for the link X! This modernization only has to do with foreign targets in foreign countries which is NOT what AT & T was doing. What AT & T was doing, thanks to the whistleblower who ratted bush out, was totally ILLEGAL.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:24 pmThese are well known facts which Dana attempts to create a smokescreen around.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:25 pmWhat part of, “Because I said so…” is confusing to the White House Press Corp.?
February 26th, 2008 at 4:34 pmThe “background briefing” will probably include waterboarding of recalcitrant journalists. “Do you understand me NOW?”
February 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pmSomebody, please sell this bimbo a clue.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:35 pmMan, nothing like trying to tell the American People that we are all just a bunch of ignorant people and we need to be “background briefed” (off the record no less) so that we can understand why it is so necessary for the telecoms to have retroactive immunity so that bush and his cronies won’t be held responsible for breaking the law.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:56 pmThis is a pattern of ignorance and idiocy: Yesterday, she claimed “I am not a Lawyer” and today she proclaimed “I am not an economist” - so the obvious question to be asked next is “Dana, what are you then?”. She will have to admit “I’m just a liar Bushie liar and pimp for the administration” which would be closer to the truth than anything emanating from her canker-scored lips since she took the job.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:04 pmI think any freshman in college knows more than Dana knows. She’s one pathetic naivette.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:05 pmI think the insinuation of being naive / clueless/unknowing/etc. coming from Dana Perino is a little much to stomach.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:05 pmThe only reason Bush doesn’t want to use warrants is because he is not spying on terrorists. Do you really think a terrorist would use the internet or phone knowing it would most likely be tapped?
Bush is spying on:
The Opposition (blackmail) / Fellow Repukes (blackmail again) / Protesters / Liberal Blogs / Reporters / Quakers (silly but true) / Liberals / Democrats / and just plain old Joe Blow
And if this goes to court this will all come out and Bush will go to prison for his illegal spying, that is why he wants immunity.
Buck Fush
February 26th, 2008 at 5:05 pmAnd when she attempts to talk down to the reporters, it’s more like a SNL skit. I watch her pressers for some comic relief myself. It’s that same curiosity of having to see a car wreck I guess. And it leaves me so non-plussed that she doesn’t seem to have even the innate intelligence to realize that those reporters are laughing their heads off inside. Dana, the WH train wreck.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:07 pmBuckie boy: BINGO! And now we know why the new dem congress (Pelosi & Reid) have been dragging their feet and sucking his butt, don’t we? Good old-fashioned blackmail. Wait till the tables turn though in 09…haha!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:08 pm“… From where I stand … “?
And where’s that Ms. Perino? I guess us poor ignorant masses just can’t see that high up a pedestal you think you stand on.
The arrogance is only matched by the ineptitude of their being able to get away with it.
When, please, tell me, when is enough - enough? It is now time that standing on the sidelines has become impossible …
February 26th, 2008 at 5:09 pmIf you listen closely, Dana goes off on a meaningless rant when she wants to deflect and divert the discussion. It’s like an episode of the Twilight Zone if you ask me. Nothing here going on that even resembles intelligence.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm“from where I stand” actually means - the bundle of money I’m getting to be the white house pimp in Bush-Orwellian.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pmWhen is enough of this airhead? When the reporters realize that by sitting there permitting her to remain unchallenged when obviously lying makes them as complicit as hell - and away go their reputations and professional careers down the drain, that’s when it will be enough.
As for most viewers, other than pure comic relief and the ability to build one’s ego by watching someone so obviously inept or our penchant to see disaster in the making, I have no clue why anyone would believe one word this neophyte says.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:12 pm“from where I stand”?? Would that be from your volumes of professional experience, Dana? How many years would that be? Two??
February 26th, 2008 at 5:13 pmComment by Com_n_sense — February 26, 2008 @ 5:09 pm
Well said.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:14 pmIt’s so funny that Bush/Cheney actually expect Americans to feel sorry for the frickin phone companies.
Attention phone companies: You better start making deals with House Democrats now! It’s gonna get very ugly for you!!!
February 26th, 2008 at 5:20 pmIf I were phone company guy “A” I would be looking to cover my ass by throwing phone company guy “B” under the bus.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:22 pm#69. Correctamundo. How do you go to the FISA court to say you need to be able to surveille everybody with an AT&T or Verizon account, so you can weed out the homegrown terrorists.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:30 pmOne of my favorite sites for getting a clue
Balkinization
http://balkin.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 02/ president-bush-degrades-our-intlligence.html
They are plagued with a commentor there that’s pretty much a troll, but it makes the comments interesting
February 26th, 2008 at 5:45 pm‘Perino claimed that it was for reporters to “understand the complexities of the issue and where we stand.‒
Translation: There will be big tubs of Kool-Aid for the press to drink, since they obviously have not been drinking enough of it up to this point.
Trust us - you’ll love it!
February 26th, 2008 at 6:16 pmI guess Dana got her degree in 1984.
*eyeroll*
February 26th, 2008 at 6:36 pmPerino to reporters;”You Are Clueless”.
Typical Rovian style ploy of accusing people of being or doing what the accuser actually is or is doing.
February 26th, 2008 at 6:42 pmThis dunce doesn’t know the law, doesn’t know American history and isn’t even a good liar, Tony Snow as repulsive as he is, was a much better liar than dumb Dana, even Scott McClelland, who wasn’t a very good liar was better at it than Dana.
She is a joke and a disgrace and embarrassment to the position she holds.
If as I believe the immunity thing is more about protecting the Administration then the Telcos, how about a nice compromise. The Telco’s don’t get immunity, but the damages are capped at say $10 million.
This would allow the cases to go ahead with no ‘risk” to the viability of the Telco’s.
If Bush turns this down, then we know the real agenda.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:02 pm$10 million? That’s maybe one hours income to them.
February 26th, 2008 at 7:40 pmCutest little sack of ugly-ass lying shit I’ve seen in a long time…
February 26th, 2008 at 10:15 pmOh, Dana. You think you are so smart and witty.
You have had 2 years to explain why you can’t go to the FISA court for a warrant when it involves a domestic-to-international call, yet you have no problem going to the court for a domestic-domestic call.
It has been said that it takes 200 man hours to assemble a warrant in the first scenario. So how long does it take to assemble a warrant in the second? 2 hours? Why the difference?
Frankly, darling, I think that the answers are very simple. It’s just that you want to take something simple and make it difficult so that you don’t have to answer. I guarantee there are more than a handful of administration hacks burning the midnight oil in order to do just that.
Congress offered to amend FISA after 9/11 so that it would make it easier (and legal) for you to wiretap terrorists, but you turned them down, and directly proceeded to break the law anyway.
February 26th, 2008 at 10:40 pm.
She’s a Barbie girl…
In a Bushie world…
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So Dana,
Since when IS warrantless legal?
Oh, I understand, you’re not a lawyer yet you can assure us that warrantless is legal?
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Yes,
Red lipstick looks charming…
… on PIGS!
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February 27th, 2008 at 1:05 am.
One of the defining characterizations to what it means to be an American, is the freedom from a form of Government that needs to spy on it’s own people; The Fourth Amendment.
R E M E M B E R:
THEY(sic) HATE US FOR OUR FREEDOMS…
And so, THEY(sic) lobby and debate the merits to undermining that characteristic, that freedom, that Right. When we lose that Right and freedom, who wins? What do the People win?
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February 27th, 2008 at 1:13 amThe only one “clueless” in these press conferences is Perino. What an idiot. But so typical of this administration. Spew nothing but bullshit and false accusations.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:22 amShe is so bad, so dumb, so clueless. I’m beginning to think that the reason they haven’t dumped her is because no one else will take the job.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am