Posted on 04/15/2002 12:41:14 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle desperately needs some history lessons. In a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors he declared that had it not been for the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) the world would never have heard of two major events in recent history.
Without FOIA, Daschle said "We might never have known about the Pentagon Papers [or] the My Lai massacre."
Not quite true, Senator. The Pentagon Papers became public knowledge only because they were stolen by Daniel Ellsberg, who helped compile them, and handed over to the New York Times which published them.
The story of My Lai massacre was revealed by a reporter who got his hands on published stories concerning charges already filed against Lt. William Calley.
The FOIA had nothing at all to do with either story.
As bad as Daschle's ignorance of history was the fact that none of the editors present gave any indication they knew any more about history than their guest speaker. Not one challenged his skewed history.
By this time next year there will be no question that he obtained the Pentagon Papers through a Freedom of Information Request, and Daschle will go on tour with Anita Hill. Oliver Stone will then make a movie about it all.
Can you imagine the firestorm if somebody like Jesse Helms said the exact same thing?
The only problem is, every time Daschle "speaks out" he says something that can be easily disproved, or he has to retreat from after getting bad press for 24 hours. Get a clue, Al. Speaking out boldly isn't worth a hoot in a rain barrel if what is said is obviously false and/or obviously stupid.
So Gore should contiue his calls about bold talk without naming a subjct, and Li'l Tommy Daschle should continue missing the mark every time he does just that. The only people who will stand up and cheer for that are fools like the yellow-dog Democrats in Florida, and there are not enough of those to win any national election -- not in 2004, and not for the foreseeable future.
Congressman Billybob
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You could have stopped after the word "Whiz", and been just as accurate and even more descriptive!
Hillary came out of her closet when she attempted to offer taxpayer money to all of her enemies (9/11 volunteer people) in NY. She agreed to the distribution amount, simply not with the details.
Now that's what I would call an ex post facto law with industrial strength.
Suppose any of that new-fangled time travel was involved?
The Democraps and Dashole know, thanks to some excellent writings by Herr Goebbels (sic) that you repeat a lie often enough and it becomes fact (History).
Rush was speaking to this today when he reported about the weekend Demo-Cabal in Florida where Blore, (one of the 12 Little Indians), and the other attendees had a canned rant about "Reverse Robbin' Hood" regarding tax cuts for the rich.
Amazing! Here in Texas the "Robbin' Hood" school funding plan was enacted by Gov Ann Richards. It is beginning to unravel and do the harm that all Democrap programs eventually wreak. They're self-destructing and .....GOOD FOR THEM.
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