Posted on 01/21/2010 8:33:28 AM PST by hoosiermama
Just announced:
Nancy says she doesn't have the votes to pass the Senate version on the HealthCare bill.
Gee what has happened to the GOP? It's like overnight they've been given confidence....A whirlwind in the calm breeze?
Just reading it now.
I think it needs its own thread.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor Thursday regarding unanswered questions surrounding the attempted Christmas Day attack:
“Mister President, yesterday several members of the administration’s national security team testified before the Senate concerning the attempted Christmas Day attack by the Nigerian terrorist of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. This testimony was troubling, and left some wondering why the administration is subjecting this terrorist to criminal prosecution instead of gaining the valuable intelligence that is needed in our war on Al Qaeda.
“Admiral Dennis Blair, the Director of National Intelligence, stated frankly that the Christmas Day Bomber should have been questioned by the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group; Blair went on to say that neither he nor other important intelligence officials were consulted on this matter. This raises several troubling questions:
“First, why were Miranda rights given to the obvious terrorist after only a brief session of questioning, which predictably ended his cooperation?
“Second, at what level of authority was this decision taken to treat him as a criminal defendant instead of an unlawful enemy combatant? Who made this decision?
“I asked this question last night of John Brennan, the President’s senior counterterrorism adviser, three times and he refused to answer. I think that the Senate is entitled to know precisely who authorized this.
“A year ago the President decided to revise the Nation’s interrogation policies, and to restrict the CIA’s ability to question terrorists. The administration created a High Value Detainee Interrogation Group to question terrorists. Why wasn’t his group brought in once this terrorist was taken into custody?
“Americans need to know these answers.”
Needs its own thread - with add-on. (I think).
Hehehehehehe:)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pressing the Obama administration on questions about the handling of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber, and makes some news in the process. McConnell notes that several top national security officials offered disturbing testimony yesterday on Capitol Hill about the decisionmaking process on Abdulmutallab — or why there wasn’t one. This leads McConnell to seek answers to “several troubling questions.”
First, why were Miranda rights given to the obvious terrorist after only a brief session of questioning, which predictably ended his cooperation?
Second, at what level of authority was this decision taken to treat him as a criminal defendant instead of an unlawful enemy combatant? Who made this decision?
I asked this question last night of John Brennan, the President’s senior counterterrorism adviser, three times and he refused to answer. I think that the Senate is entitled to know precisely who authorized this.
A year ago the President decided to revise the Nation’s interrogation policies, and to restrict the CIA’s ability to question terrorists. The administration created a High Value Detainee Interrogation Group to question terrorists. Why wasn’t his group brought in once this terrorist was taken into custody?
Americans need to know these answers.
One of you start it and put it in breaking news.
Meanwhile, in a remote corner of Hell, a lonely figure in a neck brace sits in a submerged Oldsmobile while the election results are played and replayed in front of him.
done
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434046/posts
(Sen. Mitch) McConnell Seizes on Intel Chief’s Screwup (Christmas Day Bomber)
Washington Independent ^ | January 21, 2010 | Spencer Ackerman
bttt
Suicide Hotline is on heightened alert over at DUmmieLand and Daily Kos...ROTFLMAO!!
Hasn't got the votes? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked (/snix). I wonder how long it took this botoxed dingbat to figure out she didn't have the votes......after she figured out what happened in MAss? Watta jerk.
She's so used to lying and deceiving that she can't be upfront with the citizenry. The story is not that she doesn't have the votes but WHY she doesn't have the votes.
The Dem infighting must be brutal. All of the legislators Pelosi strong-armed into supporting O/Care are now telling her to go perform an anatomical impossibility with herself.
Democrats in DC:
“Obama wants us to fall on our swords, but he has a life long history of throwing his backers in the trash....bite me, Nancy!!”
“A whirlwind in the calm breeze?”
The Wind Blew Them All Away - Transatlantic
The wind is blowing softer now
My eyes are still a blur
With remnants all around me
I survey the ones that were
They were strong and tall
They stood so proud
And when they walked the streets
The people bowed
But when the climate changed
They tried their best to stay
But the wind blew them all away
Picture in your mind
A silent statue in the sand
A dust cloud comes
And leaves no hiding place
For beast or man
And in the master’s house
They’re partyin’ down
But there’s no resting place
In this prodigal town
But there are some we know
Thought they’d go all the way
But the wind blew them all away
In the master’s house
There’s an easy chair
Some would like to think
It’s easy there, but if you look for long
So many have gone astray
Cause the wind blew them all away
While they were looking the other way
The wind came and blew them all away
They thought they could stand in the stormy day
But the wind came and blew them all away
The wind came and blew them all away
They thought they could stand in the stormy day
But they wind came and blew them all away
ROTFL.......beautiful.
The Dems are at each other's throats.......and Ohaha is at the top of the hit list.
When will they ever learn? What goes around comes around.....and it's showing up bigtime.
ROFL ROFL
Good one, SJB and Liz, that Ohahah gets me everytime...lol.
So, who will be the first to resign?
I’m going with “Get ‘Em, Then Gut ‘Em” RE.
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