Posted on 11/01/2005 11:40:50 AM PST by LisaFab
Harry Reid just made a motion, that was seconded, to send the Senate into closeed session.Schumer, Rockefeller and Durbin are before the press asking for a Senate Intelligence investigation into the Plame affair
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This maneuver is lower than shark shit.
And that, my friends, is very low.
"Dems like closed doors..."
And dirty, underhanded tactics. Then they whine about how evil Republicans are.
Ted Kennedy set up a slip & slide using pure grain alcohol in one of the staff rooms and invited everyone in for happy hour.
Wow. You are correct.
AP
Democrats Force Closed Meeting on Iraq
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, demanding answers about intelligence that led to the Iraq war. Republicans derided the move as a political stunt.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Democratic leader Harry Reid said the American people and U.S. troops deserved to know the details of how the United States became engaged in the war, particularly in light of the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff.
Reid demanded the Senate go into closed session. With a second by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the public was ordered out of the chamber, the lights were dimmed, senators filed to their seats on the floor and the doors were closed. No vote is required in such circumstances.
"The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq and attempted to destroy those who dared to challenge its actions," Reid said before the doors were closed.
Libby resigned Friday after being indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury in an investigation by a special prosecutor into the unauthorized leak of a CIA agent's identity.
Democrats contend that the unmasking of Valerie Plame was retribution for her husband, Joseph Wilson, publicly challenging the Bush administration's contention that Iraq was seeking to purchase uranium from Africa. That claim was part of the White House's justification for going to war.
Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., said Reid was making "some sort of stink about Scooter Libby and the CIA leak."
A former majority leader, Lott said a closed session is appropriate for such overarching matters as impeachment and chemical weapons - the two topics that last sent the senators into such sessions.
In addition, Lott said, Reid's move violated the Senate's tradition of courtesy and consent. But there was nothing in Senate rules enabling Republicans to thwart Reid's effort.
As Reid spoke, Majority Leader Bill Frist met in the back of the chamber with a half-dozen senior GOP senators, including Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, who bore the brunt of Reid's criticism. Reid said Roberts reneged on a promise to fully investigate whether the administration exaggerated and manipulated intelligence leading up to the war."
I think Bush was trying to play nice but the evildoer dims don't know the meaning of nice play. They are the party of wackos, they put Cindy Sheehan and the likes on the front row, they are the party of screaming DEAN as their leader. They have lost it. And it is time for us to fight back for President Bush and his Administration.
Moveon.org is behind this, they are BIG, they have money and they have mouthpieces such as celebs, and so called musicians. They are out in full force, be very concerned with what they are doing.
Legislative equivalent of a car bomb.
The murderous terrorists in Iraq just got a BIG FAVOR from Senator Reid.
The problem is public perception. Lots of people don't read past the headlines.
This is not just a war against terrorism, but the war of FUD by the Dems.
I wish someone would take a dang full page ad in every major newspaper and list the facts and bare the Dems treachery once and for all.
I'm gonna have to stop reading the news before I go insane.
They sure as Hell didn't give a damn about national security when Bill Clinton as in office. That's for damn sure.
They've been serious since the R. Memo.. Why the DOJ didn't take down these traitors then, I don't know. Perhaps DOJ been waiting for them at the pass. These people are nuts.
Wow, what a blow to Bush. (rolling eyes!)
Yeah, a little late in the game. But it is up to us to capitalize on their epiphany.
Quote: "I just turned to CNN and some idiot reporter was saying that FRIST started the fight... by going to South Dakota to campaing for THUNE. . ."
Yes, the Republicans started this fight by daring to get elected. HOW DARE THEY!!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN BEING A REPUBLICAN IS ILLEGAL.
By the way, whats it like to be one of the 20 people watching CNN.
"Why haven't you provided oversight hearings to look at the Libby indictment."
Who asked that? There is no oversight role for the US Senate to play.
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