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- Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: GOP seeks to declassify Clarke data
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4837
It's pretty clear that instead of directing the CIA to, you know, protect us from terrorists or something trivial like that, the marching orders to the intelligence community are to dig up attack points on Richard Clarke. Gee. It's Monica Lewinsky all over again [as in government paralyzed]. But at...
- Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:29 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Clarke Cliff's Notes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1980
From his point of view, then, Bush's post-9/11 obsession with attacking states was simply playing into al-Qaeda's hands. "It was as if Usama bin Laden, hidden in some high mountain redoubt, were engaging in long-range mind control of George Bush, chanting 'invade Iraq, you must invade Iraq.'" I kno...
- Tue Mar 30, 2004 4:01 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice To Testify As Bush's Numbers Go Up
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7555
So she's going to testify under oath ? This just in from the Village Voice : To cite but one recent example [of a civil servant standing up ala Clarke]: Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator with a top secret clearance, said in an interview last week with Salon that the FBI had information that an ...
- Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:16 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
From what we've heard so far from the Bush team, it appears that they simply don't have any answers--which of course only gives more credence to Clarke's testimony. BTW, what reasons were given for the White House refusal to allow Rice to testify publicly? [But giving an interview on "60 Minutes" is...
- Sat Mar 27, 2004 8:33 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
I think what distinguishes Bust The Younger from the others is the quality of those he chose for top spots, beginning with the vice president. This is one ideologically-driven bunch with Powell and Rice thrown into the mix to fool people into thinking that there is a degree of balance and reason whe...
- Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:49 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
One last addition to the previous Kremlin-speak from the above link: There was a threat assessment and there are guidelines. He [Ashcroft] is acting under the guidelines," an FBI spokesman said. Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was dete...
- Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:11 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
So did Ashcroft -- he stopped flying commercial jets in July 2001. From the above link: Asked if he knew anything about the threat or who might have made it, the attorney general replied, "Frankly, I don't. That's the answer." And the last paragraph from that link: The Justice Department insists th...
- Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:45 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Coulter rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8205
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:01 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Medicare report/rolling back timber rules
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3490
Re: Medicare report/rolling back timber rules
MK wrote:At this point, if an inanimate carbon rod was on the ballot, it would get my vote over the incumbents.
rspaight wrote:To be honest, if the Dems nominated a 4x8 sheet of plywood, I'd vote plywood.
This shapes up as quite a race.
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:53 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Sept. 11 Commission Begins Two-Day Hearing
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3535
An unnamed spokesman for the Bush campaign was quoted as saying of Sept. 11, "We own it." That comment particularly disturbed the Four Moms. "They can have it," said Ms. Van Auken. "Can I have my husband back now? " "If they want to own 9/11, they also have to own 9/10 and 9/12," said Ms. Kleinberg...
- Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Music Discussion
- Topic: Can't get on stevehoffman.tv
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4916
- Tue Mar 23, 2004 8:51 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
- Tue Mar 23, 2004 7:19 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
So what exactly is Kerry doing? Is he any less strident? Any more "presidential"? Is he making any strides in *educating* the electorate re: the administration's failures? He must speak to those other than the converted. And with no Democratic opponent sniping at his heels, he's got a golden opportu...
- Tue Mar 23, 2004 6:08 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Rice rejects Clarke charges
- Replies: 36
- Views: 22059
If this is the best defense they can muster, especially having three months advance access to the book, they're *really* hiding something. My God. You mean there could possibly be more? That would mean that this recent ineptitude may very well have been choreographed in advance, all in an effort to...
- Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:39 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "Preserved in Amber" -- Clarke unloads
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7136
One last point as regards the Iraq Resolution. The vote came just prior to the midterm elections where a "no" vote would appear as soft on terrorism. It's anyone's guess, but had Clarke told his story at that time congressmen would have been given an out whereby they could face constituents with a "...