Comments on: Perino: ‘I absolutely feel comfortable’ lying about the Bush administration’s torture record.

By: EugeneDebs

EugeneDebs — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:59:05 +0000

This really isnt news. She is a spokesperson for the right. Being comfortable lying is a prerequisite

By: sacopenapa

sacopenapa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:55:02 +0000

The USA has used TORTURE for decades now. Is currently using it and will continue to do so… Just check the curriculum of the ‘School of the Americas’ in Meryland… Check if they have changed anything!
‘iminet attack’… what a myth! Just like WMD and ‘mushroom clouds’.
9/11 was an inside job!

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:50:23 +0000

HTH, I have no problem calling out Dana Perino on her lies, or calling her a liar.

I have a problem with TP implying that she herself acknowledged that she lies.

By: roscoe

roscoe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:38:30 +0000

Looking at the picture of chimpy hugging & kissing Perino, she better watch out or she will incur the wrath of chimp’s kissing fool, Michelle Bachmann.

By: DeanOR

DeanOR — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:26:42 +0000

I think it may be a mistake for we opponents of torture to allow the debate to be focused so much on water-boarding. True, it is something that people can recognize as torture, but the Bushies simply admit it and say they only used it on a handful of known terrorists. The other techniques, including the mental tortures, may be over-looked when torture is identified with water-boarding, and the other techniques have been very widely used and are devastating to victims. I do think it’s useful to continue pressuring the press to stop describing water-boarding as a “simulation”, stop using various euphemisms for all the techniques, use the T word, and do their job with government officials like Perino. We can also contribute to Center for Constitutional Rights, ACLU, and Amnesty International. That’s how I spent some of my economic stimulus check. Just trying to help out the economy here.

By: hussein toasterhead

hussein toasterhead — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:17:03 +0000

ralph the wonder llama Says:

It’s fine to make the point in the article that since Perino’s statement is a demonstrable lie, she can in fact be seen as saying that she’s comfortable lying for the administration , but the headline is misleading and sensationalistic, and TP should be better than that.

November 24th, 2008 at 11:10 am
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I don’t see it that way. Sensationalistic, perhaps, but the headline isn’t misleading. When someone continues to speak in defense of a demonstrable lie, that is in itself lying. In libel terms, it’s known as “reckless disregard for the truth.” I see nothing wrong with TP calling her out on this. We’ve tiptoed around the term “lie” for too long with these people. When they lie, we need to call them on it.

By: zuch

zuch — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:59:22 +0000

Perino also said, “I stopped reading blogs about me and told my mom to stop, because it was so vitriolic.”

What?!?!? Even her mother was bad-mouthing her on the blogs? You’d think that Dana would get a clue … but you’d think wrong; it’s physiologically impossible.

Cheers,

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:44:56 +0000

The Pentagon has said that 90% of those rounded up in sweeps in Iraq and put into prison were innocent and later released. The Pentagon has said 110 died in custody.

We prosecuted Japanese who near the end of WWII waterboarded American prisoners. Apparently, being in imminent threat of nuclear attack was not sufficient reason.

By: vinylspear

vinylspear — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:15:31 +0000

The only thing more assinine than her pyschobabble is the moron that calls her his wife.
Wow! who would go home to this nut job?

By: helenahandbasket

helenahandbasket — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:55:50 +0000

Why would a sociopathic liar like perinon care about vitriol?
How’s that bed you made, Dana?

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:53:29 +0000

I remembeer Scotty openly lying for the President. Dana has join the ranks of those who openly lie and don’t care. When Gitmo is closed what Americans will see is the horror done by the Bush Administration at Dana says didn’t happen. Like Hitler never felt he was doing anything wrong, we will see simular pictures of human suffering and the number of those killed by the Bush Administration. If Dana ask for God’s forgiveness she might realize she was following the Devil and his workers.

By: shoeless

shoeless — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:46:43 +0000

fletc3her Says:
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The press secretary serves at the pleasure of the President,

In that picture, it looks like she is about the pleasure the President.

By: Uncle Ho

Uncle Ho — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:42:38 +0000

“I stopped reading blogs about me, and told my mother to stop because it was so vitriolic.”
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S’matter, you bleached-blonde bimbo, the truth hurts?

By: fletc3her

fletc3her — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:24:00 +0000

It is not the press secretary’s job to lie. The press secretary serves at the pleasure of the President, meaning he can fire her, but it is her duty to provide accurate information to the American people. When you get a spineless press secretary like Dana Perino in the office she does a grave disservice to the American people. The sign of a good press secretary is how much they stood up to the President, not how much they spun the press.

By: gummitch

gummitch — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:15:55 +0000

ralph the wonder llama Says:

In my view, HTH, the headline is inaccurate and unfair because it creates the impression that Dana Perino said or meant that she was comfortable with lying. She did not. She issued a fairly standard “non-denial denial” but never acknowledged her statements as a lie.

I’m with badmoodman and Ralph. The post is fine, but the headline is really over the top.

By: DidHeJustSayThat

DidHeJustSayThat — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:14:26 +0000

Perino said that the methods were used “to protect the country from possible imminent terrorist attack…”

Possible : being within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization.

Imminent : ready to take place.

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:10:27 +0000

hussein toasterhead Says:
Badmoodman Says:

- – Shame on you TP and Ali. Putting quotation marks around your carefully picked words does not create an accurate quote by your intended target. That’s really sleazy journalism.

What’s inaccurate about this?

In my view, HTH, the headline is inaccurate and unfair because it creates the impression that Dana Perino said or meant that she was comfortable with lying. She did not. She issued a fairly standard “non-denial denial” but never acknowledged her statements as a lie.

By: Zimzone

Zimzone — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:09:47 +0000

Caption: When I grow up, I want something cute & blond like you…

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:08:28 +0000

tokin librul Says:
No matter what anybody says, the USer military will NOT stop using torture.

bullshit……you imply that we are no better than bush……we are better

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:06:05 +0000

Perino also said, “I stopped reading blogs about me and told my mom to stop, because it was so vitriolic.”

Why is Dana Perino’s mom writing vitriolic things about her on blogs? Is Dana Perino’s mom a member of the Reality-Based Community™?