Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Chicken Little, Scientists Spar On Sky's Stability
The headline today in the Washington Post reads 'Gonzales, Senators Spar on Credibility'. Once again, journalism is twisted to be "balanced" when the facts don't support any nuance. EVERY Senator taking part in discussions with Gonzales who has gone on the record, has called him untruthful about a meeting that took place. Yesterday, Gonzales tried to blame the group of bipartisan Senators for going to visit then AG Ashcroft in the hospital while Ashcroft was sedated.
Former Senator Daschle, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Rockefeller all say Gonzales is lying. Gonzales has no credibility. The acting AG James Comey disputes Gonzales' account as well.
Spar on credibility? Our AG lies repeatedly in front of congress. He is continually contradicted by everybody who testifies. He was contradicted by Monica Goodling, Kyle Sampson, James Comey, now three powerful members of congress.
They are just sparring though. It's bullshit language that allows this criminal to stay in office. Our chief law enforcement official is a liar. The Post knows it, the congress knows it, the White House knows it, but we politely dance around the issue like it's a matter of somebody passing gas in an elevator.
No wonder out constitution is being violated repeatedly. No, check that. We are sparring over the meaning of the bill of rights.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Bush on Comey: I'm not talking about it
At a White House press conference, George W. Bush was just asked if he sent Andy Card and Alberto Gonzales to John Ashcroft's hospital room to get him to reauthorize the administration's warrantless wiretapping program. The president's response: "There's a lot of speculation about what happened and what didn't happen, and I'm not going to talk about it."
We'll take that as a yes.
The story, for those not following, is that the President and his minions wanted to do some spying that was so overboard that even John Ashcroft refused to go along with it. John Ashcroft had pancreatitis and turned over power to his deputy James Comey. Comey agreed with Ashcroft that this particular spying plan was illegal. So Andy Card and Alberto Gonzales went to Ashcroft's sick bed, the day after surgery while he was groggy, trying to get him to sign off on the proposal. They apparently hoped that he would sign anything in his drugged state.
Bush refuses to say if he sent them over to do it. I think it's kind of important that we find out. But, I am whacky that way.
