Friday night, Laura Ingraham was the fill-in host for Bill O’Reilly (always a good call), and she had former Clinton advisor, Nancy Soderberg, on the show to discuss Obama’s decision to close Gitmo. Also in the mix was the possible release of all the detainees.
Laura played Fmr. Vice President Cheney’s recent comments about the heightened threat to this country if the rules put in place by the Bush Administration are relaxed or done away with altogether, and asked Nancy what she thought. She said it was “unusual” for a departing VP or President to say these things, but does she not remember the non-stop bashing by Gore? Not only in this country, but abroad!!
She said he should just “retire and exit stage right,” but that it would be okay to come out later if he writes a book “or something.”
Folks, I wrote about this two Sundays ago, when nobody else thought what Bob Woodward said on Chris Matthews’ show was even noteworthy. Hell, it must have struck some chord, considering a contributor at the Huffington Post ripped off my piece (imitation, in this case, is not a form of flattery; not when done by a HuffPoster).
Cartoon by Michael Ramirez
All of this news this week, and today especially since Tom Daschle stepped down, merely makes me wonder how much more of this is coming. Timothy Geithner got away with it, and it appeared Daschle was going to, as well, but I guess the pressure was just too much. Is it any wonder why the Obama team keeps trying to rush this crap-sandwich big-government spending bill down our throats? They think if they can just get it through quickly, they won’t be damaged by any more bad news. But again I have to wonder: What did Bob Woodward know and how much MORE does he know? I’m anxiously awaiting.
A reminder of what was said on the Matthews’ show:
…Then Chris asked the panel about the troubles the Obama Administration might encounter, and Woodward again caught my attention. He said he didn’t think the “nanny and household tax problems†were over for this administration. Chris remarked that we already know about Tim Geithner and Caroline Kennedy, to which Woodward responded by reiterating: “I say it’s not over.â€
Talk about food for thought! Woodward is an investigative journalist, isn’t he? And the cryptic way in which he spoke those words just makes me wonder what else is coming down the pike.
Commenting on Michael Steele’s recent win to be the RNC Chair, Obama Advisor Paul “the forehead” Begala calls Rush a drug addict. Oh and as a bonus, “Bush laziest President ever”. OK … remind me one more time about “Hope n Change”? Just askin that’s all. Rush must be getting to them. Oh, and Sarah Palin? She’s “bitter and divisive.” And just what does that make you, Mr. Forehead?
Begala is demonstrating the ultimate in hypocrisy. His buttboy, Obama, is an ADMITTED cocaine user, so now tell us again, “forehead”… what is Rush again? Hmmm…
Michael Scheuer, former CIA Bin Laden Task Force Chief, gives his take on Obama’s pick of Leon Panetta as the CIA director. Scheuer reminds us of all the attacks by Al Qaeda prior to and including the WTC attacks on 9/11. It’s easy to say, Scheuer doesn’t think this is a wise pick, like most of the rest of us. In fact, in my mind… it’s a downright scary pick!
On record is supporter and former fellow member of the Iraq Study Group member, Lee Hamilton (D), who says Panetta is a good pick, stating: “He will gear the output of the intelligence agency to the priorities of the president.”
Um, yeah… that’s exactly what a lot of us are afraid of.
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy’s chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman’s 17-year career.
Why?
“Because she was a liar,†Zeifman said in an interview last week.
“She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.â€
How could a 27-year-old House staff member do all that? She couldn’t do it by herself, but Zeifman said she was one of several individuals – including Marshall, special counsel John Doar and senior associate special counsel (and future Clinton White House Counsel) Bernard Nussbaum – who engaged in a seemingly implausible scheme to deny Richard Nixon the right to counsel during the investigation.
Why would they want to do that? Because, according to Zeifman, they feared putting Watergate break-in mastermind E. Howard Hunt on the stand to be cross-examined by counsel to the president. Hunt, Zeifman said, had the goods on nefarious activities in the Kennedy Administration that would have made Watergate look like a day at the beach – including Kennedy’s purported complicity in the attempted assassination of Fidel Castro.
It was an amazing interview, and I cannot believe (well, yes I can) that more media outlets have not picked up on this story. Unbelievable doesn’t begin to describe it. Yet believable it is.
Another small tome of Mr. Zeifman is “Hillary’s Pursuit of Power,” and it’s well worth the read. Please get your copies quick – they’re going fast, and not too many are available anymore.
You can watch/listen to the interview in three segments here, here and here.
On a special edition of Special Report, the subject was today’s vote on the healthcare reform bill, a.k.a. “Obamacare.” Steve Hayes of the Weekly Standard gave a breakdown of past entitlement programs including Medicare and Social Security, what promises were made about them, and how they wound up affecting America in reality, fiscally speaking. Steve [...]
This morning on This Week, Obama advisor David Plouffe was on, along with Karl Rove, to discuss today’s healthcare reform bill vote. Rove tries to get Plouffe to stick to the facts, and pounded him on what the numbers actually are on this bill, the economy, our deficit and budgets, as well.
Partial transcript [...]
From Politico today:
Tea Party protesters disrupted Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s press stakeout at a House Office Building, yelling “you’re a disgrace to your office” and one protester yelled a gay epithet at Rep. Barney Frank again on Sunday, adding yet another layer of chaos to an already tense afternoon on Capitol Hill.
In a moment of [...]
Once again, Shepard Smith shows his utter disdain for the Tea Party movement. Today as Fox News was covering the healthcare reform vote and the protests outside, Shep remarks that the “leaders” on the right like Rush Limbaugh and others have been telling people to go out, make our feelings known, etc., so there we [...]
I found this wonderful blogger/cartoonist at DrawForTruth. This cartoon actually states in a picture what can only be described is how Americans feel today about the healthcare reform bill being crammed down our throats right now.
They reportedly have the votes for tomorrow, but it still doesn’t make the bill right for America. God help [...]
A good friend passed along this video to me today, and it couldn’t have come on a better day. Enjoy!
This video perfectly embodies the sentiment of those who oppose big government and unsustainable spending.
This is a country that runs on the consent of the governed – and I DO NOT consent to my [...]
Backpacker: This debate is completely unfair. Plouffe, a liberal, bases his views on what he wants things to be. Rove bases his on the truth and facts. Plouffe i...
thomthumb: Keep on praying...it's not going to happen. Can you back up any of your points?...
mark: Ms, you pay taxes AND you have representation. It's just that the people representing you in our government are in the minority. It's Democr...
vessel sink: marine hero protects the country from smuggler which are destroying the country from crisis.Hard to read. Had something well better....
mark: The health care bill received the required 60 votes in the Senate to overcome Republican opposition. Democracy isn't tyranny just because you are...
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