BUSH WON'T TESTIFY ALONE, BUT NEITHER DID CLINTON

Newsmax ^ | 4/28/04

[areafiftyone]

The White House press corps has got its collective knickers in a twist over President Bush's plans to testify with Vice President Dick Cheney before the 9/11 Commission on Thursday.

"That's so they can keep their stories straight," sneer the pundits, with some even joking that Bush is Cheney's ventriloquist's dummy.

But wait. When ex-President Clinton testified before the Commission three weeks ago, he wasn't alone either.

Though most of the press continues to pretend he handled the grilling solo, according to Time Magazine in a report the next day, Clinton was accompanied by his White House counsel Bruce Lindsey and his National Security Advisor Sandy Berger.

Lindsey is no mere White House lawyer, but instead a longtime Clinton damage controller whose hardball tactics earned him the nickname "The Consigliere" - and whose presence at the 9/11 session should have set off smoke alarms.

As for Berger, he'd already testified before the 9/11 Commission the week before. So why did Clinton feel the need to bring him along?

Could it be to help the ex-president explain away his admission to a New York business group two years ago that Sudan offered to arrest bin Laden in 1996, and he said no?

Berger has been maintaining ever since that so such offer was never on the table. So if anybody needs to get their stories straight, it's Berger and Clinton.

MSNBC's Nora O'Donnell insisted Wednesday morning that while Clinton's testimony was recorded, Bush and Cheney's won't be, insinuating that the arrangement will make any inconsistencies difficult to nail down.

But Time reported, "It's a disservice to history that Clinton's four hours of testimony on April 8 went unrecorded -- and that the commission has offered the same cloak of secrecy to Bush."

Perhaps it's the mainstream press that needs to get its stories straight on this one.

[Always Right]

Of course the left will catch Bush is a lie or two. For instance, one of the Democrats will ask Bush what time it is, a puzzled Bush will answer, it is 11:43 am. The Democrats will pounce on this, noting that it is actually 11:41 am. The headlines across the country will read, "Bush LIES to 911 Commission!"

[glorgau]

You mean Clinton didn't bring in Al Gore for help. ;-)

[pepperhead]

How long has the media been crying about Bush testifying with Cheney? Where is the outrage from them about Clinton testifying with two other people. What gets me is that the RINO's on the panel let the media bash Bush for days without letting this get out. This panel is a joke.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

You mean Clinton didn't bring in Al Gore for help. ;-)

Al was too busy in his back yard, holding up one end of a hammock.

[george wythe]

MSNBC's Nora O'Donnell insisted Wednesday morning that while Clinton's testimony was recorded, Bush and Cheney's won't be, insinuating that the arrangement will make any inconsistencies difficult to nail down.

But Time reported, "It's a disservice to history that Clinton's four hours of testimony on April 8 went unrecorded -- and that the commission has offered the same cloak of secrecy to Bush."

The media keep on lying about Clinton, and sometimes they get caught in their web of deceit

[drypowder]

Politicians/bureaucrats making sure other politicians/bureaucrats stand accountable.
Something missing in that picture?

[KQQL]

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[yoe]

This is a Bogus commission, so whatever the pundits say will have no creditability with the knowledgeable. Clinton never told the truth in his life - he most likely didn't even know what was going on. The man has perjured himself for life. As for Bruce Lindsey, he was there to make good on the agreement that Clinton cannot be sued/held accountable. Bill Clinton was/is a disservice to the country – a terribly failed and flawed man.

[what's up]

A sitting President should not testify alone.

It sets a dangerous precedent.

[marblehead17]

ping

[Unicorn]

Probobly couldn't figure how it works.

[jackbill]

Thanks to FR, I've been aware of this for several days. The Time article is at:

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101040426-612309,00.html

I heard Norah O'Donnell on Imus this morning, joking about President Bush and Dick Cheney testifying together and I was screaming at her to find the truth.

Does anyone have her e-mail address? She needs to be bitch slapped.

Also, the Republicans on the talking head shows aren't aware of the Clinton/Berger/Lindsey gambit. They need to get an education.

[KC Burke]

A sitting President shouldn't "testify" at all. Instead, as Bush is doing, he will confer with the committee set up by the Legislative Branch.

We all know it was our Legislative Branch that set the climate of the last thirty years, failing to "represent" our opinions, instead adopting an elite mindset.

Immigration, airline security, air space, defenses, hamstringing law enforcement and intelligence. Yup, it was THOSE guys....that's why they are pretending to look elsewhere to formalize their excuses for making changes they should have never waited so long to make.