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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:42 AM
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How can it be considered "testimony" if it's NOT under oath??
..Every single media whore outlet has a headline stating that * and the puppetmaster are "testifying" or "giving testimony" today to the 9/11 commission....If you're not under oath, isn't it more of a chat than anything else?

Plus, no transcript of the "testimony"??? WTF...so much for being open and honest....

These criminals make me sick....
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nostamj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:43 AM
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1. it is very specifically NOT 'testimony'

it's a 'chat'
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:49 AM
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4. ...or "gossip"
"Bush and Cheney will give gossip to the 9/11 Commission today..." :crazy:
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DUreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:47 AM
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2. are you in denial about the state of our 'free press'
free to propagandize
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nodictators Donating Member (977 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 10:21 AM
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10. Gee, the TV news used terms like "High Noon" and "Hot Seat" to...
...characterize the Bush/Cheney "testimony." One TV report said Bush/Cheney would have THREE LAWYERS present. That includes WH counsel to Bush, Alberto Gonzales (sp?).

Maybe it's the 911-commissioners who will be on the hot seat and facing a High Noon shootout.

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Lefta Dissenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:47 AM
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3. Even the blonde bitch
on Faux this morning was saying that she wished they would testify under oath. She'll probably be looking for another job tomorrow...
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bearfartinthewoods Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:51 AM
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5. well she should be fired
no female dog, not even one who can talk should be hosting a tv show.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:51 AM
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6. Someone on the O'Franken Show yesterday raised and interesting point
She stated that whenever a President is sworn in under oath they have to uphold the Constitution and be truthful at all times. Does anyone know what the Oath of the Presidency is and to what extent it can be used in a court of law? But it is all meaningless anyway. What the Crooked Ones say will never be released.
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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 11:04 AM
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15. That was how they impeached Clinton
Remember it was "about the lie" not the sex. Hypocrites.
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dedhed Donating Member (353 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:52 AM
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7. Isn't it obvious?
If they don't "testify" under "oath," then we can't hang them for perjury when they're finally proven to be liars! A transcript would be a word-by-word account of exactly what they said in the meeting... that's the last thing they want floating around.

:bounce:
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:52 AM
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8. It's just like NK, I/P, and Al Qaeda
Testifying under oath is too "Clintonesque."
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 08:54 AM
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9. It's a "meeting"
that will have a Q & L period, questions and lying.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 10:23 AM
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11. It's more Like "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman"
Matter of fact, I've heard that Tricky Dick dressed up like Barbara Streisand for the occasion.

PROVE ME WRONG!!!!!
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IconoclastIlene Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 10:41 AM
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12. Bcause he writes his own rules
makes his own laws
has his own talking heads
and has God on his side.
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bluedog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 10:54 AM
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13. Bush Uses Advantages in 9/11 Panel Probe
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20040429/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_sept_11_commission_scene



By SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The setting of President Bush (news - web sites)'s meeting with the Sept. 11 commission resembled countless previous sessions in the Oval Office: The president in a high-backed chair, fireplace behind him, guests arrayed before him on light-colored couches.





snip

Flanking Bush in a matching blue-and-beige chair was Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites); after resisting any appearance by Bush, the White House had insisted that they appear together.

snip

In addition to Cheney, Bush was joined by his top in-house attorney, White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, plus two of Gonzales's staff members whom the White House refused to identify.



the Rose Garden was bursting with tulips.


project the maximum aura of the presidency to the visitors.


A bust of Winston Churchill over the fireplace and a portrait of Abraham Lincoln kept watch over the proceedings.



snip


Just pass me them thar cookies and milk ........its so homey.....
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 11:00 AM
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14. from my local paper, rex babin is the best
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-29-04 11:06 AM
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16. It's not testimony. They're having a chat.
It's an outrage, and it's a double-outrage that the media is *once again*, rolling over like the cheap whores they are, and not savaging these criminals for their special treatment crap.
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