Condoleezza Rice & the 9-11 Commission [LIVE THREAD] 9AM EST

http://c-span.org/ ^ | 4-8-04 | ME

[OXENinFLA]

Rice Testifies Before 9/11 Cmsn. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testifies before the Sept. 11 Commission.

[Lucky2]

She's certainly forceful and articulate with her responses.
I'd say both she and the President will come out of this hearing looking great!

[Steve_Seattle]

"Condi can answer every question perfectly and destroy Clarke completely, but the headlines are already written, 'Condi Answers Raise More Questions than Answers'. Left-wing rhetoric is as predictable as the sun rising."

LOL You could write the leads for Dan Blather.

[leadpenny]

If anyone doesn't know Condi is hitting them out of the park, they just don't know baseball.

[lieutenant columbo]

Good point about calling him Dick Clarke. I keep imagining the Dick Clark who dyes his hair and spins records while pimply teenagers bop.

She is an impressive and graceful speaker. Ben Veniste looked ridiculous, hostile, and partisan.

[boxerblues]

John Kerry says they are a legitimate voice

Fat Teddy, Sadr all got their DNC talking points "its Bushs Vietnam"

[Howlin]

Exactly!

[Petronski]

"Gorelick?"

I ask again: is that a surname or a career strategy?

[txradioguy]

I'm going to the PX for the Pepto. Jamie Gorelick is up to bat now.

JG: "Let me tell you the facts as I see them."

Back to the condescending/combative tone.

[texasbluebell]

Love that she got it out there about the alert border guard stopping the millenium bombing plot!

Clarke tried to claim that one as a win for x42.

Ha!

[homemom]

***Just said Richard Clarke got a lucky break when the Millenium bombing plot was exposed. That's a direct hit!***

And she said it in such a nice way!


\who is this lady?

[Loyal Buckeye]

"she's attributing the breakup of the plot to a customs agent, NOT clinton and his croneys!"

That's how I remember the reporting at that time. The agent asked to look in a bag or something.

[You Dirty Rats]

It would be even better if she just called him DICK.

[Fawnn]

I'm so glad that she brought this up. The Clinton admin. has been trying to take credit for this when, as Dr. Rice said, it was an alert customs agent. Period.

And Condi gave that agent's name! Go Condi!

[TomGuy]

Now questioning.

[Notice that CSPAN didn't go to a side-by-side.]

[areafiftyone]

ROFLMAO - Here is the response I got from the Family Liason - e-mail address but the other two went thru.

Thank you for your email to the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Due to the volume of correspondence and our available resources, we regret that it is not possible to respond to each piece individually and personally. Please be assured that your correspondence will be forwarded to the appropriate staff members for further study. We appreciate your taking the time to share information with the Commission as well as your thoughts, concerns, and opinions and encourage you to continue to follow its work. Information about past and future Commission activities is available on our website at www.9-11commission.gov.

[GiveEmDubya]

I think so too.

Ben-Veniste instantly hit me as a ferocious liberal who would do whatever it took to bring down Condi. He obviously underestimated her.

The clapping in the audience made the whole thing look a few shades more partisan.

Condi won the battle.

[kassie]

I'm anxious to hear Condi's answer to this woman's questions.

[texasbluebell]

Oh, this should be good.

Gorelick up against Condi.

[mtbopfuyn]

Ms. Gorelick - hmm, wouldn't touch that name....

[mwl1]

Everyone, call your reps and senators, GOP and RATS... raise Hell about Ben-Veniste's treatment of this woman.