Thursday, June 15, 2006
Liars!
A certain senator who is dead to me, but who still, for some reason, occupies the position of Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently said on national television that he didn’t insert an amnesty clause into pending FISA legislation.
He was contradicted by a Washington Post story, and I assumed, without mentioning his television appearance, that he lied, because at this point the Washington Post has far more credibility than he ever will.
I was right. He did lie, as Glenn Greenwald highlights, and God bless you Mr. Greenwald for keeping the spotlight on this vile little chapter in our history.
This senator is a big believer in retroactive action. He wanted to impeach Bill Clinton after Clinton left office over Clinton’s last minute pardons. Now that a republican is in the White House, however, he is far less concerned with ethics in the Executive Branch.
Jack Cafferty said it, and I said it, and I will say it again. Worm. You are a sniveling, craven worm, senator, and your efforts to retroactively legalize illegal behavior will be written on your grave, even if I have to do it myself.
Tony Snow recently mocked Jimmy Carter because he used to “sneak off and fish on the weekends,” while our current president, of course, only sneaks off to visit Iraq. Snow is a shameless shill: this president has set a modern record for most vacation days taken by a president, even more than the previous record holder, Ronald Reagan. Carter actually set a modern record for least vacation days taken by a president. Thinkprogress has the story.
Bog Geiger has a good piece on Michelle Malkin’s latest lie. As Geiger said, “One of the best things about being a part of the progressive media is that if you don’t have time to personally slap down a lying piece of right-wing garbage, one of your talented colleagues will pick up the ball.” With that in mind, a tip o’ the hat to Geiger. And another one to Taylor Marsh, for her reporting. And finally, a big “screw you” to Hot Air, the conservative blogger who backed Malkin up and edited film to commit fraud. As Taylor says, “If you were employed by any reputable organization you would be first suspended for your actions, then upon investigation you would be fired for purposefully and willfully manufacturing a story out of tape, by cropping and editing portions out so that the final product fit your version and vision of some truth that doesn't exist in reality.”
And…did I hear that correctly? Ken Mehlman called Afghanistan a “failed state?” He said republicans have been corrupted by “greed and cynicism?” Ken? Is that really you?
Finally, spare me the celebration over Rove’s avoidance of charges. The media has glossed over Rove’s and the Administration’s lies about this affair.
# posted by BitterHarvest @ 4:23 PM 
