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to: Gary Britt
from: Robert G Lewis
date: 2005-11-03 19:43:52
subject: Re: Judy Miller - In cahoots with Bush?

From: "Robert G Lewis" 

Actually the Democrats demanded the Republicans do what they said they
would do in part 2 .



"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:436ababa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Well then,just wait and see what a big guffaw you will get when the senate
> convenes this investigation.  The democrats have demanded more
> investigations and this is one that will be added on and get the most
> emphasis in terms of congressional staff, money, and time.
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:436ab96d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Thanks Gary
>>
>> I really needed the laugh
>>
>> Bob Lewis
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:436ab87d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > So Joe Wilson lying about his mission, who sent him, what he found out,
>> > all
>> > for 15 minutes of infamy isn't media manipulation, but attempting to
>> > get
>> > the
>> > truth out that's manipulation to you.   Riiigggghhhhttttt.
>> >
>> > Joe Wilson is a liar and self aggrandizing idiot who was part of a
>> > rogue
>> > CIA
>> > plot to perpetrate a bloodless coup, he should be imprisoned along with
>> > his
>> > traitorous wife and a few of her superiors.
>> >
>> > Millions of people are writing their senators demanding a
>> > senatorial/criminal investigation into Wilson, Plame, and parts of the
>> > CIA.
>> > They need to be hauled in, put under oath, and scrutinized against
>> > every
>> > statement they have ever made in and outside of the CIA, under oath
>> > statements of all they claimed to speak to for the past 2 years related
> to
>> > their possible crimes.  I just hope their memories are perfect, and
>> > they
>> > don't forget something and get indicted.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>> > news:1bblm19necc3egimr5smkag2jokakbj0e4{at}4ax.com...
>> >> It isn't irony, it is a concerted effort on the part of the Bush
>> >> administration to manipulate and use the same media the
excoriate as
>> >> "liberal" on a daily basis.
>> >>
>> >> Some time back there was a discussion in which I claimed (and still
>> >> do) that today's Republican Party controlled the
political debate in
>> >> this country.  This type of media manipulation is exactly what I
>> >> meant.   In this case the Bush Administration used the media (in
>> >> concert with perjury and obstruction of justice) to maintain their
>> >> electoral popularity until after the Boy Wonder was re-elected.
>> >>
>> >> Since then the veil has been lifted , which is why Bush
has lost the
>> >> support of moderates, independents,and crossover Democrats, and is
>> >> left with the 30-something percent of the population that are
>> >> yellow-dog-type Republicans.
>> >>
>> >> Bush's re-election was the direct result of criminal actions
>> >> perpetrated by his lieutenants.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:19:56 -0500, Robert Comer
>> >>  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >The irony is deafening. 
>> >> >
>> >> >- Bob Comer
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Rich Gauszka wrote:
>> >> >> So the MSM did rig the elction?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >
> http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-oe-scheer1nov01,1,3380519.column?ct
rack=1&cset=true
>> >> >> What Judy forgot: Your right to know
>> >> >> THE MOST intriguing revelation of Special
Prosecutor Patrick J.
>> > Fitzgerald's
>> >> >> news conference last week was his assertion that
he would have
>> > presented his
>> >> >> indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
a year ago if not for the
>> >> >> intransigence of reporters who refused to
testify before the grand
>> > jury. He
>> >> >> said that without that delay, "we would
have been here in October
> 2004
>> >> >> instead of October 2005."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Had that been the case, John Kerry probably
would be president of
> the
>> > United
>> >> >> States today.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> .....
>> >> >>
>> >> >> INSTEAD OF confronting Libby for trying to
mislead reporters,
>> >> >> Miller
>> > did
>> >> >> nothing to expose his efforts to smear a former
ambassador for
> raising
>> > such
>> >> >> questions. At the very least, she should have
written a story
> stating
>> > that a
>> >> >> White House official was planting information to
disparage a critic
> of
>> > its
>> >> >> war policy. Miller couldn't do that because she
had acceded to
> Libby's
>> >> >> demand that his White House connection be
concealed in any articles
>> >> >> she
>> >> >> wrote, by identifying him as a "former
[Capitol] Hill staffer."
>> >> >>
>> >> >> This case was never about protecting government
sources who risk
> their
>> >> >> careers by telling the truth, but rather about
punishing those like
>> > Wilson
>> >> >> who do. That Miller cared far more about
protecting someone who
> abused
>> > his
>> >> >> power as the vice president's chief of staff
than about protecting
> the
>> > right
>> >> >> of Wilson to speak truth to power says volumes about her
>> >> >> priorities.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That the New York Times again editorialized last
week in defense of
>> >> >> its
>> >> >> knee-jerk support of Miller, even after knowing
she deceived her
>> > editors, is
>> >> >> a startling indication that even some of our
most respected media
>> >> >> leade
>> > rs
>> >> >> still are missing the point.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> The 1st Amendment protection is not a license
for mischief on the
> part
>> > of
>> >> >> journalists eager to do the government's
bidding. To the contrary,
> it
>> > was
>> >> >> conceived by the founders to prevent government
from subverting the
>> > free
>> >> >> press in an effort to misinform the public.
Unfortunately, that is
>> > precisely
>> >> >> what occurred here.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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