LIVE THREAD: Rumsfeld Testifies Regarding Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners

http://freerepublic.com ^ | May 7, 2004

[Howlin]

Link to C-SPAN

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp

I'm sure all the networks will be showing this.

[Howlin]

11:45 a.m. EDT

[Howlin]

C-SPAN Link:

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp

[hobbes1]

Will the cameras catch him pimp-slapping the minority members...?lol

[OXENinFLA]

Take lunch early and don't miss this LIVE THREAD ping.........

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[Dane]

Some demos on the committtee are kennedy, byrd, levin, and hillary.

There will be lots of grandstanding going on.

[Carolinamom]

Thanks mightily....I've been waiting for this thread!

[carton253]

I just love it when the dems grandstand!

[sissyjane]

Looking forward to this. Rummy doesn't suffer fools lightly, and he'll slap 'em hard after he says
'sorry".

[Semper Paratus]

I'll await his opening statement with great intrest.

[Miss Marple]

Thanks! I have NO TV today, as I am babysitting and the price of my being on the computer is allowing cartoons! Please give as much detail as you can!!!

[katnip]

I'm glad I'm at work and won't be able to watch it. I think I'd smash my T.V. watching the lowlifes prancing for the cameras at Secretary Rumsfeld expense.

[Judith Anne]

A "Thanks for starting this thread" bump. ;-D

[Cold Heat]

Rummy will suck them up with a smile and B'slap the perps.

Great entertainment! And, from probably the most experianced and smartest guy who has EVER been SOD.

[cake_crumb]

THIS oughtta be interesting.

[StriperSniper]

Oh do I hope Rummy loses his cool and calls every one of those dims a "F***ING TRAITOR!" to their faces! ;-)

[r9etb]

I think the sparring between Rumsfeld and Ted Kennedy will be of interest.

[Howlin]

Hey, we can hope, can't we?

[sissyjane]

>>every one of those dims a "F***ING TRAITOR!" to their faces! ;-)<<

One can dream! VBG!!

[ThomasMore]

That fat porker can't hold a candle to Rummy.

In fact, he'll probably show up half in the bag.

[Catspaw]

Grandstanding, posturing and fulminating--yup, that's the Dems.

[I still care]

I am sick of this whole thing. Zipping through the channels this morning, it is obvious to me that the press has forgotten which side we are at war against.

[Howlin]

I don't see how you contain yourself at work! I scream at the TV!

[woodyinscc]

The dims will go after him with fangs bared. Rumsfeld cancelled a scheduled appearance to prep for this hearing. He did so to get his ducks in a row and his facts straight. When the dims have to testify, they prep to make sure their lies do not over lap.

[Howlin]

I don't think they've forgotten.

[ThomasMore]

When the dims have to testify, they prep to make sure their lies do not over lap.

Aint it the truth!

[Semper Paratus]

In fact, he'll probably show up half in the bag.

He'll probably bring in a thermos of Long Island Iced Tea.

[StriperSniper]

Hey, at the least I expect at least a half dozen, "that is a lie" from Rummy. :)

[tell me]

Who can we write to about this. All this apologizing is making me sick. I thought the President was stronger than this.

[Army Air Corps]

Ted only half drunk? Remeber, the hearing will start near midday; he should be thoroughly gassed by then.

[ThomasMore]

LOL... he is such a bafoon...

[MEG33]

Lost cable last night on TV and computer..all I could think of was...Rumsfield's going into the lions' den and I won't see it!They already are calling for a Commission.They smell blood and it's going to get worse.

[abner]

Thanks.

[kenth]

That's the coolest thing about Donald Rumsfeld. He doesn't really ever lose his cool. He can get cooler. He can get so cool he can be outright cold. But he doesn't lose the cool.

[Army Air Corps]

He is like Dr. Freeze with glasses.

[r9etb]

You can write to anybody you want. I think the President was correct to apologize for the abuse. It was wrong, should not have happened, and should never happen again.

The issue is whether "apologize" is equivalent to "give up." On that note, I see that our guys killed 40 salamikazes the other day in Najaf.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Present and accounted for. (With staw in Maalox bottle.)

[Howlin]

Gee, you wouldn't consider waiting to hear what he has to save before you go nuclear?

[dartuser]

WHEN DOES MANZOR "WHATS-HIS-NAME" TESTIFY BEFORE THE 911 COMMISSOIN ???

[StriperSniper]

Yeah, but just once I'd love to see it.

[Gritty]

I hope Rumsfeld treats the stupid Liberal Senators just as he treats the stupid Liberal journalists.

[sarasota]

How can you tell?

[Arrowhead1952]

Who can we write to about this. All this apologizing is making me sick. I thought the President was stronger than this.

I sent a heated email to my congressman this morning, and had to basically copy and paste to a word document. I was sooooooo mad, I couldn't type properly. My Senators are getting a similar email today. This makes me sick to my stomach.

[Darnright]

Thanks for the thread. My satellite TV is acting up and I am unable to get anything but network TV at this point.

[Dolphy]

Darn, I have a lunch appointment today so I will have to catch up here. I think he appears again later in the day in front of the House.

My prayers are with Rumsfeld. It's not just that the questioning will be tough, they will be disrespectful, self righteous, belittling creeps.

[Carolinamom]

As long as the dims are on this apologizing one-note, I'd like to hear the Tower widders demanding that Jamie Gorelick for hogtying the FBI and CIA so much that terrorists killed their husbands and 3000 others.

[Howlin]

Mine are coming through the door right now! I'm basically reduced to BEGGING my husband for a couple of hours of help!

[ThomasMore]

Wonder if the Dims are gonna call any Iraqis to testify. Wouldn't put it past the traitorous bastards.

[OXENinFLA]

Don't worry, C-span will replay this.(Sun. most likely)

[Howlin]

FULL COMMITTEE MEMBERS

REPUBLICANS John Warner (Virginia) Chairman John McCain (Arizona) James M. Inhofe (Oklahoma) Pat Roberts (Kansas) Wayne Allard (Colorado) Jeff Sessions (Alabama) Susan M. Collins (Maine) John Ensign (Nevada) James M. Talent (Missouri) Saxby Chambliss (Georgia) Lindsey O. Graham (South Carolina) Elizabeth Dole (North Carolina) John Cornyn (Texas)

DEMOCRATS Carl Levin (Michigan) Ranking Member Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia) Joseph I. Lieberman (Connecticut) Jack Reed (Rhode Island) Daniel K. Akaka (Hawaii) Bill Nelson (Florida) E. Benjamin Nelson (Nebraska) Mark Dayton (Minnesota) Evan Bayh (Indiana) Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York) Mark Pryor (Arkansas)