Comments on: What Has The President Declassified And Why Did He Leak It? http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:59:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: rm http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60492 rm Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:54:23 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60492 <p>You might want to keep Howard Baker out of it. Baker’s famous quote was meant less to get to the bottom of what Nixon did and more an attempt to discredit John Dean and his testimony before the Senate Select Committee. Baker carried water for Mr. Nixon pretty well up until Nixon’s wrongdoing was fully exposed.</p> You might want to keep Howard Baker out of it. Baker’s famous quote was meant less to get to the bottom of what Nixon did and more an attempt to discredit John Dean and his testimony before the Senate Select Committee. Baker carried water for Mr. Nixon pretty well up until Nixon’s wrongdoing was fully exposed.

]]> By: mr. mike http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60470 mr. mike Sat, 08 Apr 2006 17:14:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60470 <p>I have this feeling the guy (pResident Arbusto) will get to walk away due to voter apathy and crummy Dem candidates. Of course, he’s probably going into exile when his term ends, because his people will remind him of what happened to Somoza II. And we will pay for his blunders forever.</p> I have this feeling the guy (pResident Arbusto) will get to walk away due to voter apathy and crummy Dem candidates. Of course, he’s probably going into exile when his term ends, because his people will remind him of what happened to Somoza II. And we will pay for his blunders forever.

]]> By: truth4achange http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60253 truth4achange Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:04:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60253 <p>Its not the reality of the leak that is troubling - its the <a href="http://hairytruth.blogspot.com/2006/04/lying-sacks-of-useless-part-617-in.html">rank hypocrisy</a><a> of this particular president, and this particular administration that I think resonants with most folks. Then again, I figured the NSA scandal and Feingold’s censure resolution had traction as well, so apparently I’m not a very good judge of these things.</a></p> Its not the reality of the leak that is troubling – its the rank hypocrisy of this particular president, and this particular administration that I think resonants with most folks. Then again, I figured the NSA scandal and Feingold’s censure resolution had traction as well, so apparently I’m not a very good judge of these things.

]]> By: skank » Blog Archive » Presidential abuse http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60234 skank » Blog Archive » Presidential abuse Sat, 08 Apr 2006 13:13:03 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60234 <p>[…] In the whole discussion of the President selectively leaking classified information in order to make political attacks on his opponents I ran across a comment by roxtar at Firedoglake that is priceless: There’s only one person with the standing, the gravitas, the credibility, and the language skills to sit down with the President and make him understand why this is wrong. Unfortunately, Mr. Rogers died a couple of years ago. […]</p> […] In the whole discussion of the President selectively leaking classified information in order to make political attacks on his opponents I ran across a comment by roxtar at Firedoglake that is priceless: There’s only one person with the standing, the gravitas, the credibility, and the language skills to sit down with the President and make him understand why this is wrong. Unfortunately, Mr. Rogers died a couple of years ago. […]

]]> By: Liberal and Loving It http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60042 Liberal and Loving It Sat, 08 Apr 2006 04:28:16 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-60042 <p><strong>G.W. Bush - Our Third Worst President…</strong></p> <p>Ranking presidents, especially the worst, can be done by a number of different criteria. If you look at how unqualified they are, Harding would probably top (or is it bottom) the list. But I think the need for competency is…</p> G.W. Bush – Our Third Worst President…

Ranking presidents, especially the worst, can be done by a number of different criteria. If you look at how unqualified they are, Harding would probably top (or is it bottom) the list. But I think the need for competency is…

]]> By: Ron Russell http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59883 Ron Russell Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:42:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59883 <p>I just saw David Brooks on PBS (The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer) say that first Scooter gave Judy Miller the NIE and other reporters including himself a few day s later. Lehrer then said “Raise your Right Hand”, as if he was swearing David under oath.</p> I just saw David Brooks on PBS (The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer) say that first Scooter gave Judy Miller the NIE and other reporters including himself a few day s later. Lehrer then said “Raise your Right Hand”, as if he was swearing David under oath.

]]> By: deNoVa http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59692 deNoVa Fri, 07 Apr 2006 22:36:41 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59692 <p>re #54:</p> <p>I think it’s Hagel - precicely because he <b>is</b> Mr. Diebold. If he says boo, no votes for you!</p> re #54:

I think it’s Hagel – precicely because he is Mr. Diebold. If he says boo, no votes for you!

]]> By: mui http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59554 mui Fri, 07 Apr 2006 21:08:17 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59554 <p><i>I bet Chris Shays and Heather Wilson are both talking with their staffs about this. They should know that if they don’t make a move soon, they’re toast in November. </i><br /> I suspect Shays must know he’s on the outs with the GOP. He’s too weak to make a move though. I am almost 100% certain Bush *did not* come to CT to support Shays wed., although Shays was probably in on the plan.</p> <p>I wouldn’t trust Specter as far as I could throw him. Not after a few of his last major performances.</p> I bet Chris Shays and Heather Wilson are both talking with their staffs about this. They should know that if they don’t make a move soon, they’re toast in November.
I suspect Shays must know he’s on the outs with the GOP. He’s too weak to make a move though. I am almost 100% certain Bush *did not* come to CT to support Shays wed., although Shays was probably in on the plan.

I wouldn’t trust Specter as far as I could throw him. Not after a few of his last major performances.

]]> By: Lobster http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59409 Lobster Fri, 07 Apr 2006 19:13:22 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59409 <p>I agree with several who suggest Bush Sr. More than anyone else, this is his particular responsibility.</p> I agree with several who suggest Bush Sr. More than anyone else, this is his particular responsibility.

]]> By: Sonoma http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59374 Sonoma Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:47:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/07/what-has-the-president-declassified-and-why-did-he-leak-it/#comment-59374 <p>Every GOP member of congress is a Bushite. They are ALL mortal enemies of the Republic. </p> <p>I recently read in a post at Huffington’s website that John Kerry argued passionately behind doors that his fellow democratic senators vote against the Iraq resolution. If true, the establishment’s candidate in 2004 permitted himself to be stampeded on a matter of war. </p> <p>Whether that particular account is true, the great majority of democrats who suppported- and continue to support- the party of treason are no more than collaborators with an organization they understand perfectly well to be absolutely corrupt. Their pathetic bromide that they were conned by a treacherous president, one whom they believed would faithfully act to avert that war, is sordid. </p> <p>It’s naive to ask which members of the GOP might possess the integrity to challenge those abortions of humanity that currently comprise the executive branch. The answer is obvious: not one of them. </p> <p>And talk is cheap. Dean, Reid, Pelosi, Kerry- all their yadda yadda yadda is just hot air. A much better question is which democrats are prepared to battle for impeachment. It would provoke a constitutional crisis that would shade Watergate, but that way lays the path of duty. That they would certainly lose the fight is superfluous in light of the larger imperative of why the fight must be made.</p> <p>I don’t believe they have it in them. Any group of people who were buffaloed into entrusting a declaration of war to GW Bush are hopeless. Sweet Jesus, they didn’t even have it in them to reflexively support a censure resolution. </p> <p>I hope I’m wrong, but think not. Then again, I didn’t think there was any way in hell the people of my state would elect Arnold Schwarzenegger governor, either. Still find it hard to believe, so there you go.</p> Every GOP member of congress is a Bushite. They are ALL mortal enemies of the Republic.

I recently read in a post at Huffington’s website that John Kerry argued passionately behind doors that his fellow democratic senators vote against the Iraq resolution. If true, the establishment’s candidate in 2004 permitted himself to be stampeded on a matter of war.

Whether that particular account is true, the great majority of democrats who suppported- and continue to support- the party of treason are no more than collaborators with an organization they understand perfectly well to be absolutely corrupt. Their pathetic bromide that they were conned by a treacherous president, one whom they believed would faithfully act to avert that war, is sordid.

It’s naive to ask which members of the GOP might possess the integrity to challenge those abortions of humanity that currently comprise the executive branch. The answer is obvious: not one of them.

And talk is cheap. Dean, Reid, Pelosi, Kerry- all their yadda yadda yadda is just hot air. A much better question is which democrats are prepared to battle for impeachment. It would provoke a constitutional crisis that would shade Watergate, but that way lays the path of duty. That they would certainly lose the fight is superfluous in light of the larger imperative of why the fight must be made.

I don’t believe they have it in them. Any group of people who were buffaloed into entrusting a declaration of war to GW Bush are hopeless. Sweet Jesus, they didn’t even have it in them to reflexively support a censure resolution.

I hope I’m wrong, but think not. Then again, I didn’t think there was any way in hell the people of my state would elect Arnold Schwarzenegger governor, either. Still find it hard to believe, so there you go.

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