Posted on 05/14/2009 2:10:58 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, her eyes wide, her hands gesticulating wildly, on Thursday laid out a third version of what she knew and when she knew it on the Bush administration's interrogation policies, edging ever closer to debating what the meaning of the word "is" is.
With her own second-in-command now demanding more answers, the California Democrat, her voice barely audible at times, read a rambling statement at her weekly press briefing about her prior knowledge of the "enhanced interrogation techniques" (EITs) employed by under President Bush, asserting that she was not told in a September 2002 briefing that the U.S. government used waterboarding.
Minutes later, though, she acknowledged for the first time that her top security adviser was part of a February 2003 briefing in which he learned that American interrogators were in fact waterboarding suspected terrorists.
"My statement is clear, and let me read it again. Let me read it again. I'm sorry. I have to find the page," said a flustered Mrs. Pelosi, shuffling through papers, her hands quivering a bit, as she sought to stick to her prepared text.
"When — when — when my staff person — I'm sorry, the page is out of order — five months later, my staff person told me that there had been a briefing — informing that there had been a briefing and that a letter had been sent. I was not briefed on what was in that briefing; I was just informed that the briefing had taken place," she said.
The speaker's weekly press conference in her ceremonial office drew a standing-room-only crowd of reporters tracking the steady drip, drip, drip of revelations
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News behind the news.....ping....
Say Bush as many times as you can in 5 minutes Nancy.....
If an SNL writer had written this, he/she would be turned down because it sounds too phony.
“Third Version” ???
HUH?
Can’t these people count?
Old Nancy “It’s going to take a woman to clean up Congress” Pelosi.
Hopefully before the month is over, Pelosi Galore will be a footnote in the history of the Rat Power Structure.
She is becoming gamey meat with both the Ny Slimes and LA Slime publishing what happened instead of her slant/vile version.
Maybe it was just a brief briefing on the briefing that briefed the aides, and Nancy forgot.
“Third Version” ???”
More like some of my worked over software, Version 10.123456789
So sad...../s
LOL, they did stuff like this to W daily, yet never heard a complaint..
Their count might be based on variations a, b and c of versions 1 and 2.
Sounds like Madame Speaker has her own briefs in a twist.
0b0z0 and Rahmbo don’t have much patience when one of their insides get a little gamey and start to stink.
Ask the former governor of Illinois and those who were exposed as tax cheats when they were nominated for an important position.
Maybe she was briefed and then de-briefed.
I find it interesting that we conservatives get the intelligent, articulate, and attractive female suppporters.
The regressives, on the other hand, get Helen Thomas, Nancy Bimbosi, Baba Wawa, that idiot comedianne in the news, etc. etc. Where was abortion when they were in the hanger?
She’s a wreck .. and major income for any PR firm following in her wake..
Pelosi is in so much hot water it is up to her neck. How many different versions does this make? Six? Eight? Keep talking Nancy, the water will soon be over your head.
Keep digging Nan!
How’s this for a conspiracy? Pelosi gets the boot, as a wizened, elder statesman(person), Hillary steps in to fill the void, BO and Joe have an early demise and, voila, Hillary becomes POTUS.....
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