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2004-03-30 Home Front: WoT
Bush, Cheney and Rice to meet 9/11 Commission
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Posted by Frank G 2004-03-30 11:25:46 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 White House demanded a letter from the commission saying this didn't establish a precedent, standing on principle.
Posted by Frank G  2004-03-30 11:26:50 AM||   2004-03-30 11:26:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, now. This is going to be interesting...
Posted by Dave D.  2004-03-30 11:41:35 AM||   2004-03-30 11:41:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 I hope Condi drops all pretense of "misunderstanding" or "misinterpetation" of Clarke's BS and blasts the Geebus out of him.
This blurb is from David Frun on National Review, I wish I was this articulate:
This administration came into office to discover that al Qaeda had been allowed to grow into a full-blown menace. It lost six precious weeks to the Florida recount – and then weeks after Inauguration Day to the go-slow confirmation procedures of a 50-50 Senate. As late as the summer of 2001, pitifully few of Bush’s own people had taken their jobs at State, Defense, and the NSC. Then it was hit by 9/11. And now, now the same people who allowed al Qaeda to grow up, who delayed the staffing of the administration, who did nothing when it was their turn to act, who said nothing when they could have spoken in advance of the attack – these same people accuse George Bush of doing too little? There’s a long answer to give folks like that – and also a short one. And the short one is: How dare you?
Here is the link to the whole thing:
http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum-diary.asp
Posted by JerseyMike 2004-03-30 11:55:44 AM||   2004-03-30 11:55:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 If the commission is engaging in fact-finding, it isn't necessary for Dr. Rice's testimony to HAVE to be public. This constant pushing for public testimony is bullshit.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-03-30 1:00:25 PM||   2004-03-30 1:00:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Condi's going to tear Clark, Kerry Mentor Kennedy, Clinton, and former Airport Security Czar Gore new a**holes!!!... Are the Dems SURE they want Ms. Rice speaking in an open, unedited, public forum???
Posted by Jack Deth  2004-03-30 1:15:39 PM||   2004-03-30 1:15:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I believe they underestimate Dr. Rice's credentials and intellect.

(Jen - From yesterday you pointed out the third, and most important, possibility: that the administration had reason to keep certain things behind closed doors for reasons of national security. Hopefully no one will be endangered by the Commission's demand to have this public. Espicially the estimable wife of Joe Wilson, who hopefully didn't go by the covert alias of "Mrs. Joe Wilson".)
Posted by eLarson 2004-03-30 1:39:08 PM||   2004-03-30 1:39:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 This looks to be another classic example of Bush-fu. The hype over Rice not testifying has built up so much that when she comes out and whacks Clarke et al. big time...

Heh.
Posted by someone 2004-03-30 3:24:02 PM||   2004-03-30 3:24:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Once more the Democrats fail to understand "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it". Now they're gonna get it. Hehehehehehehehehehehe...
Posted by Old Patriot  2004-03-30 4:44:36 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm]  2004-03-30 4:44:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Bush does this on purpose,just like his National guard record just let them keep howling until it get real loud then BAMMM give them what they want its hilarious.They fall for it eveytime.
Posted by djohn66 2004-03-30 5:43:51 PM||   2004-03-30 5:43:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 I think the Democrats actually eat their own bullshit and think that Bush, Cheeney, and Rice are as dumb and stupid as the Democrats have been telling everyone.

Never, NEVER, NEVER beleve your own P.R.

Here's to Condi tearing Clarke a new assh*le or two .
Posted by CrazyFool  2004-03-30 7:38:41 PM||   2004-03-30 7:38:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I think we all will be very disappointed by her testimony. I don't think she will drop any bombs that the comission doesn't already know and at most 'clearify' what Mr. Clarke's statements. I'll bet there will be no smoking gun.
Posted by Cyber Sarge  2004-03-30 8:08:34 PM||   2004-03-30 8:08:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I agree with Sarge. Unless Condi is willing to risk Intel on the WoT, which she isn't, this is going to be nothing more than a repeat of what we already know.
Posted by Charles  2004-03-30 8:36:47 PM||   2004-03-30 8:36:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 I'd have a question she can answer safely:

Can you list the countries which Clarke wanted the U.S. to bomb and invade BEFORE 9/11 and did his suggestions have anything to do with the fact that he was considered a bit out of his mind out of the loop?
Posted by True German Ally 2004-03-30 9:23:40 PM||   2004-03-30 9:23:40 PM|| Front Page Top

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