Frist Disbands Senate Intel Committee Over Memogate

NewsMax ^ | 11/8/03 | Limbacher

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has temporarily disbanded the Senate Intelligence Committee until committee Democrats reveal the identity of the author of a memo outlining a their plan to politicize intelligence data in a bid undermine President Bush's reelection.

"The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has been harmed by a blatant partisan attack," the Tennessee Republican said in a floor speech yesterday, concluding that the memo had rendered the committee "incapable of meeting its responsibilities to the United States Senate and to the American people."

"Those responsible for this memo appear to be more focused on winning the White House than they are on winning the war against terror," Frist complained before adding, "There will be no more pulling along and no more useful collaboration on partisan schemes."

Committee Chairman Pat Roberts echoed Frist's decision to shut his committee down, saying, "Unless and until this reprehensible attack plan and strategy to derail the committee's important work is properly addressed, I am afraid that it will be impossible to return to business as usual in the committee."

A committee meeting scheduled for yesterday was canceled, and none has been scheduled for next week, a senior committee staff member told the Washington Post.

Frist also demanded that Democrats implicated in the Memogate scandal deliver "a personal apology" to Sen. Roberts.

Though retiring Georgia Democratic Sen. Zell Miller has called the memo, first leaked to radio host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, "perhaps treasonous," other Democrats circled the wagons on Friday.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

[walden]

Frist has a SPINE!!!

WHO KNEW?????

[You Dirty Rats]

Time for the Senate Republicans to cross the Rubicon and go to DefCon 1.

[LasVegasMac]

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

Typical 'Rat mentality.

I wish this turd was not from my state.

LVM

[SwinneySwitch]

Give the demonrats HELL, Bill!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has temporarily disbanded the Senate Intelligence Committee until committee Democrats reveal the identity of the author of a memo outlining a their plan to politicize intelligence data in a bid undermine President Bush's reelection.

Bully! That's what we want to here!

[cars for sale]

here it is blow by blow as it happened and spine ?
how about blue twisted steel spines

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1016997/posts

starts about post 50

[JoJo Gunn]

I wake up to some decent news.

It's long past due for the Republicans to take the gloves off. "Turning the other cheek" and "taking the high road" allows the scum to proliferate.

[niteowl77]

There is no backing down on this one, Senator Frist.

[Tuscaloosa Goldfinch]

About time. Now, we need to keep their feet to the fire.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It's the cops' fault! Everything would have been fine had I not been caught!

Reid's an idiot. That's redundant, though, because he's a Democrap, too.

[TC Rider]

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

I remember Reid's outrage when dems 'undeleted' personal letters from a disk submitted by a Whitewater witness. Or when the Dems pilfered a Pub Powerpoint presentation, or when Dems secretly videotaped a private meeting in Utah, or stole a briefcase of campaign material in Texas, or when Dems secretly taped and leaked a private conversation by Newt, or..

< /sarcasm >

[Reagan Man]

Bill Frist shows some cojones, for once.

Kudos Senator!

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1017417/posts

NEW BLOG! MEMOgate: democrat party treason
11.08.03 | Mia T

 

 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1015980/posts

MemoGate- sedition, slander-- or something worse?
Various FR links | 11-06-03 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[Chad Fairbanks]

What the...???? Ok, who smuggled a Porta-spine into the Senate for Frist to use? Huh? Come on, 'fess up...

[Publius6961]

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

Oh yeah.
Treason, and placing politics over soldiers' lives is no worse than stealing a piece of paper revealing the treason.

Right.

Would this MENSA candidate care to expand on that remark?

[ValerieUSA]

Forget the personal apology to Roberts, this isn't personal - it is TREASON against America.

[Joe Boucher]

First time I've heard Frist has a set of nads. Thought he was cut from the same cloth as Lott. A male cheerleader.

[wny]

HALLAFREAKINLULA!! I've been following national politics very closely for 10 years now and this is the first indication whatsoever I've seen of any backbone from the pubbie Senate leadership. Where has Frist been for the last year is another discussion. Had he started out this way after Trent loser was removed, maybe we'd have some judges by now.

[TomGuy]

There is no backing down on this one, Senator Frist.

Oh ye of little faith. Remember, the Pubbie have a great skill at pulling defeat out of the jaws of victory.

See, there is hope -- [lol]