[Zimphire]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...larke_congress

"Mr. Clarke has told two entirely different stories under oath," Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said in a speech on the Senate floor."

In a sharply worded speech, Frist said that Clarke himself was "the only common denominator" across 10 years of terrorist attacks that began with the first attack on the World Trade Center.

Additionally, he accused Clarke of "an appalling act of profiteering" by publishing a book that relied on access to insider information relating to the worst terrorist attacks in the nation's history.

He also accused him of making a "theatrical apology" to the families of the terrorist victims at the outset of his appearance on Wednesday, saying it was not "his right, his privilege or his responsibility" to do so.
"Mr. Clarke can and will answer for his own conduct — but that is all," he said.

'With every new assertion he makes, every revision of his past comments, he only further undermines his credibility," McClellan told reporters.

Asked about Bush's personal reaction to the criticism from a former White House aide, McClellan said, "Any time someone takes a serious issue like this and revises history it's disappointing."

[Lerkfish]

yeah, and you know, when Rice refutes him under oath....er....oh, yeah, that's right.

[Zimphire]

Don't make me break out the strawman images.

[Lerkfish]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
Don't make me break out the strawman images.

go ahead, I imagine you've got quite a treasure trove of them, and know them all by name.

the point is, Rice refuses to testify under oath, or publicly, because of executive privelege to protect classified information.
However, to refute Clarke, she can hold public press conferences and disclose information she deems worth declassifying.
Now, the GOP wants to declassify more things to "debunk" Clarke.

Do you not see the utter hypocrisy of the whole charade?

[Zimphire]

I personally think she should testify.

I agree with you there.

But the fact that the GOP is declassifying information, NOT HIDING it. Tells me a lot.

[ghost_flash]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I personally think she should testify.

I agree with you there.

But the fact that the GOP is declassifying information, NOT HIDING it. Tells me a lot.

Rice did testify for 4 hours in private. So did Clarke, but his private testimony is supposed to be quite different from his public testimony.

[ghost_flash]

She'll be on 60 minutes as well I heard, but am not sure when. Does anyone else?

(Rice)

[Face Ache]

CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch!

VILLAGER #1:
We have found a witch. May we burn her?

CROWD:
Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!

BEDEVERE:
How do you know she is a witch?

VILLAGER #2:
She looks like one.

CROWD:
Right! Yeah! Yeah!

BEDEVERE:
Bring her forward.

WITCH:
I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.

BEDEVERE:
Uh, but you are dressed as one.

WITCH:
They dressed me up like this.

CROWD:
Augh, we didn't! We didn't...

WITCH:
And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.

BEDEVERE:
Well?

VILLAGER #1:
Well, we did do the nose.

BEDEVERE:
The nose?

VILLAGER #1:
And the hat, but she is a witch!

VILLAGER #2:
Yeah!

CROWD:
We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!

BEDEVERE:
Did you dress her up like this?

VILLAGER #1:
No!

VILLAGER #2 and 3:
No. No.

VILLAGER #2:
No.

VILLAGER #1:
No.

VILLAGERS #2 and #3:
No.

VILLAGER #1:
Yes.

VILLAGER #2:
Yes.

VILLAGER #1:
Yes. Yeah, a bit.

VILLAGER #3:
A bit.

VILLAGERS #1 and #2:
A bit.

VILLAGER #3:
A bit.

VILLAGER #1:
She has got a wart.

RANDOM:
[cough]

BEDEVERE:
What makes you think she is a witch?

VILLAGER #3:
Well, she turned me into a newt.

BEDEVERE:
A newt?

VILLAGER #3:
I got better.

VILLAGER #2:
Burn her anyway!

VILLAGER #1:
Burn!

CROWD:
Burn her! Burn! Burn her!...

BEDEVERE:
Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.

VILLAGER #1:
Are there?

VILLAGER #2:
Ah?

VILLAGER #1:
What are they?

CROWD:
Tell us! Tell us!...

BEDEVERE:
Tell me. What do you do with witches?

VILLAGER #2:
Burn!

VILLAGER #1:
Burn!

CROWD:
Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...

BEDEVERE:
And what do you burn apart from witches?

VILLAGER #1:
More witches!

VILLAGER #3:
Shh!

VILLAGER #2:
Wood!

BEDEVERE:
So, why do witches burn?

[pause]

VILLAGER #3:
B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?

BEDEVERE:
Good! Heh heh.

CROWD:
Oh, yeah. Oh.

BEDEVERE:
So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?

VILLAGER #1:
Build a bridge out of her.

BEDEVERE:
Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?

VILLAGER #1:
Oh, yeah.

RANDOM:
Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...

BEDEVERE:
Does wood sink in water?

VILLAGER #1:
No. No.

VILLAGER #2:
No, it floats! It floats!

VILLAGER #1:
Throw her into the pond!

CROWD:
The pond! Throw her into the pond!

BEDEVERE:
What also floats in water?

VILLAGER #1:
Bread!

VILLAGER #2:
Apples!

VILLAGER #3:
Uh, very small rocks!

VILLAGER #1:
Cider!

VILLAGER #2:
Uh, gra-- gravy!

VILLAGER #1:
Cherries!

VILLAGER #2:
Mud!

VILLAGER #3:
Uh, churches! Churches!

VILLAGER #2:
Lead! Lead!

ARTHUR:
A duck!

CROWD:
Oooh.

BEDEVERE:
Exactly. So, logically...

VILLAGER #1:
If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.

BEDEVERE:
And therefore?

VILLAGER #2:
A witch!

VILLAGER #1:
A witch!

CROWD:
A witch! A witch!...

VILLAGER #4:
Here is a duck. Use this duck.

[quack quack quack]

BEDEVERE:
Very good. We shall use my largest scales.

CROWD:
Ohh! Ohh! Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh...

BEDEVERE:
Right. Remove the supports!

[whop]
[clunk]
[creak]

CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch!

WITCH:
It's a fair cop.

VILLAGER #3:
Burn her!

CROWD:
Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...

[ghost_flash]

Originally posted by Face Ache:
CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch!

?

This thread isn't about Hillary Clinton... Sheesh.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by ghost_flash:
Rice did testify for 4 hours in private. So did Clarke, but his private testimony is supposed to be quite different from his public testimony.

Indeed it is. I wonder why he decided to change it?

[BRussell]

Originally posted by Zimphire:
I personally think she should testify.

I agree with you there.

But the fact that the GOP is declassifying information, NOT HIDING it. Tells me a lot.

What does it tell you? It seems to me that they are quite protective, unless it's to damage someone who they think is hurting them politically. Valerie Plame also comes to mind. Declassify information? No way, that would hurt national security.*




*Which is fine if it could damage someone we don't like.

[Zimphire]

Originally posted by BRussell:
What does it tell you? It seems to me that they are quite protective, unless it's to damage someone who they think is hurting them politically. Valerie Plame also comes to mind. Declassify information? No way, that would hurt national security.*

*Which is fine if it could damage someone we don't like.

He damaged himself when he choose to revise history.

As if defending yourself against such things is a bad thing.