Whoa, I was watching WNBC yesterday morning at approx 6:30 AM and I saw an interview with Peter King (R) and Anthony Weiner (D), two Congressmen from NY. You can find the interview at http://www.wnbc.com/... .
I am writing because I was surprised how hard King, a moderate Republican, went after Joe Wilson with intense vitriol. This is obviously what we can expect from the entire Republican caucus.
Democrats, must be ready for this and beat these bastards into the ground. Anthony Weiner, a Hillary suck up, was a huge disappointment in the debate as his answer to the Libby Pardon (yes I know what they call it) and the fierce attacks on Wilson was, "Sometimes pardons are a good thing."
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Are Republicans lying bastards, even the best of them...check this out after being asked about the pardon:
Rep. KING: Yes, I strongly believe the president did the right thing. This does require some discussion. We start off with the fact that Joe Wilson, everything he said is a lie and an untruth. He's the most shameless con man to come along. His wife was the one who was instrumental in his going over there. Number one. So we start off with that. That Joe Wilson is no American hero. He's a fraud and con man. Secondly, as far as Scooter Libby, he did not leak the name.
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To me--this was a perjury trap. To have a special prosecutor continue an investigation when he knew before the investigation began that Libby didn't do it and that Armitage did, to me, was wrong. Scooter Libby has served this country well. To me, to have a person go to prison under those conditions was wrong. The jury did speak, so the president is acknowledging that by letting the felony conviction stand. But I think it would be wrong for him to go to prison. The president did exactly the right thing.
Now look at the response of an asshole and a great example of Clinton fatigue and we don't want her as a HUGE TARGET for the Republicans:
Rep. WEINER: Well, look. I don't believe you should have no pardons. I've worked very hard to get a pardon for Jonathan Pollard. I think that there are times the president should exercise that right. I don't know what the message is here. Is the message here that Scooter Libby was found guilty of being a criminal, who is a criminal to this day, the sentence was too tough? Well, he served zero days in jail. He hasn't done any. He hasn't served any time in jail at all. Are we saying that the president, who by the way, the Justice Department already has had a diminished reputation in the country for all the things that are going on, is he saying that the sentencing guidelines are too tough? Well, how come whenever we talk about making the sentencing guidelines more flexible, the president and the Justice Department say no to that?
The question is, what is the message that President Bush is sending to the American people? And sadly, the message is despite his tough talk about getting to the bottom of this, not just whatever crime, not just who leaked it, which, by the way, that guy hasn't gone to jail either. That guy hasn't been sanctioned, either. I think it is a mistake. It is a mistake that the president has said at this point, `Look, whatever this guy did, it's not that important. We're going to commute his sentence right away.' But I don't agree with some of my colleagues in the Democratic Party who think that we should criticize it because it's a pardon. Invariably, if you're getting pardoned, you're a crook. Anyone who gets a pardon is a crook and there are so pardons that we would agree with...(unintelligible)...very strange message. After all the tough talk about getting to the bottom of it, the guy's going to wind up serving no time in jail..
Did you count how many times Weiner mentioned Wilson who King called a liar, a fraud and a shameless con man...try none.
Seeing that Weiner was running and hiding, the interviewer pressed him some more.
DeDAPPER: Isn't this fairly minor--but isn't this fairly minor blip compared to, for instance, the pardons that Bill Clinton issued on the final days in office, when there were wholesale pardons?
Rep. WEINER: They're--what can I say? There have been pardons...
DeDAPPER: Some of them were campaign contributors.
Rep. WEINER: They were pardons that President--the first President Bush made that were controversial. Invariably, people who are pardoned are criminals. That's not the concern I have. I believe the president should exercise from time to time, his right of pardon. It's in the Constitution for a reason. But I think the concern that we have is that this notion that somehow, well, this wasn't that important a crime to commit. Well, you ask prosecutors how bad it would be if any witnesses that they called before them doing an investigation felt free to lie because it wasn't that serious a crime. So it's a pretty serious crime and I think the guy should be considered a criminal for the rest of his days.
There was no mention, by Weiner, of the lies that Republicans tell about Wilson or where or when Wilson was ever disproved. Nothing about the fact that the Senate and House Intelligence Committees did not investigate this entire issue in a full manner nor did Weinerr attack the Republicans for the lies they told and are obviously still telling. That's why King is telling more with a great deal more force. Are the Democrats wimps? I am starting to think they are!
Moreover, Democrats should be branding this entire event as a COVER-UP, Obstruction of Justice and an attack on the Constitution. If Democrats don't do this, we will all look for a third party. It is do or die.
I also just heard that Cindy Sheehan will challenge Nancy Pelosi for her seat if articles of impeachment aren't drawn up within two weeks. Good for her and Nancy, wake the hell up!!