Bill Frist lies to Matt Lauer

[Cocoa]

the Bush-era republicans have made an art form out of blatantly lying about things they clearly said, but then which they flatly deny. The typical verbiage is "I never said" or "No one ever said."

http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=1106

Frist Lies to Matt Lauer

Majority Leader Bill Frist this morning on the Today Show:

LAUER: But when you stood on the floor and you said, She does respond, are you at all worried that you led some senators…

FRIST: I never said, She responded. I said I reviewed the court videotapes – the same ones the other doctors reviewed – and I questioned, Is her diagnosis correct?

Frist on Senate Floor, 3/17/05:

I have looked at the video footage. Based on the footage provided to me, which was part of the facts of the case, she does respond.

More from Frist, 3/17/05:

She certainly seems to respond to visual stimuli…

[jackstraw45]

1. DNC (Dean) should make a TV ad on this TODAY! (pardon the pun)

We've got to wake up people NOW before the 2006 campaign begins and the GOP outspends us as usual.

Frist LIES.

Point blank...doesn't get any easier.

[cthrumatrix]

4. Frist is toast ... between this and his covering the pharmaceuticals

on vaccines and autism...he is toast

[gratuitous]

2. Wow, I bet Lauer got all up in Frist's face, right?

I mean, you lie to the host like that, he's gonna take you right down, right?

[LSK]

3. what is it about these gutless networks??

If you are going to ask the question, wouldnt you be ready to play video footage of what Frist says???

[jackstraw45]

5. Only if it's a DEMOCRAT on Meet the Press

Otherwise, the propaganda machine marches on....