ACTION ALERT: Karen Hughes nomination hearing CALL THESE SENATORS!!!

[Walt Starr]

A hearing on the Karen Hughes nomination as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, with the Rank of Ambassador will be held by the Senate Foreign Relations committee TOMORROW!

Contact the following Democratic Senators and DEMAND they get her on the record about her knowledge of the State Department Memo on Plame that was on the Africa trip she attended:

Joseph P. Biden
Paul S. Sarbanes
Christopher Dodd
John F. Kerry
Russell D. Feingold
Barbara Boxer
Bill Nelson
Barack Obama

Link to committee hearing web page:

http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2005/hrg050722a.html

Link to committee membership:

http://foreign.senate.gov/about.html

[Walt Starr]

1. .

[fooj]

2. I'm on it, Walt!

Thanks for the heads-up!

Peace.:patriot:

[Walt Starr]

32. The beauty on this one is

She's walking into a perjury trap.

:evilgrin:

[fooj]

38. You sly devil...

B-)

[shelley806]

40. Please, where can I find a list of EVERYONE on this infamous

AF1 flight to Africa? Reporters, et al

[Walt Starr]

42. There was an entorage of 76 and 26 reporters

We know for a fact that Condi Rice, Colin Powell, and Ari Fleischer were on this trip with Bush. Karen Hughes is suspected of being on the trip.

The White House refuses to release a list of those people who were on the trip.

[shelley806]

45. Why won't they release it? Security, right? what irony.....

Was Andrea Mitchell onboard?

[Walt Starr]

3. My email to Barack Obama

To the Honorable Senator Barack Obama,

During the trip made by the Bush Administration to Africa which began the evening of July 7, 2003, a State Department Memo was in the possession of then Secretary of State, Colin Powell. This memo detailed the work one Valerie Plame Wilson did for the Central Intelligence Agency.

Ms. Karen Hughes was also on that flight.

I respectfully request that you approach this subject in your questioning of Ms. Hughes in the confirmation hearings slated for tomorrow.

Thank You,
Walter Starr

[rosesaylavee]

49. Thanks for the wording, Walt

Sent him one too.

[BlueWolff]

4. We need to remind them of;

The fact that Karen Hughes sat on the WH Iraq Group that was in charge of disseminating info on the bogus WMD'S in Iraq...they also were part of the smear campaign of Wilson!!!!!

[Walt Starr]

5. EXCELLENT POINT!

With Kerry on that committee, this hearing could be GOOD!

[karynnj]

33. Especially as I think Karen Hughes was the insincere creep

who after Teresa apologized for saying within the context of an otherwise very kind statement that Laura had not worked since she was young, (Karen) screeched that Teresa did not think raising kids was a job. (Ignoring that Teresa stayed home to raise her kids and Teresa's sons out class the twins by a mile)

[shelley806]

34. These Repub. b...es are SUCH ladies, now aren't they? Dripping with

southern charm...

[karynnj]

39. Hughes has to be one of the least charming people in the universe

She really seems the female counter part of Rove.

[shelley806]

41. I SOOOO agree with you...I'm certain that she has had as much to do with

the B* administration's evil politics (aka by the euphemism 'dirt tricks') as has Rove.

[rosesaylavee]

50. don't give her credit for being that smart

[karynnj]

52. What credit?

I don't really give Rove as much credit for being smart as for being willing to play extremely dirty. Co-ordinating dirty tricks of the nature he uses takes a lack of any decency or morality, not intelligence.

[rosesaylavee]

56. Should have put a smiley on that one

Hard to be subtle on this thing. No, I don't Rove is smart either. That was my funny. :)

[Walt Starr]

6. .

[Walt Starr]

7. Come on, folks. Here's an EXCELLENT way to get Rovegate back on page 1!

Just a few questions in this hearing could put this one back in front of everybody.

[LeftNYC]

8. I gotta believe Kerry is going to ask...

Havent heard Obama talk much on the subject.

[Tuesday_Morning]

9. Good idea

kick!

[Walt Starr]

10. SOMEBODY DISCUSSING THIS RIGHT NOW ON RANDI RHODES!!!

Hee hee hee

:evilgrin:

[LeftNYC]

12. Good job Walt, the wheels are in motion! nt

[LeftNYC]

11. I emailed Biden...

Good luck with that guy. I am in the process of emailing Kerry and Obama too.

[Walt Starr]

15. Whoever it is got the names of ALL THE SENATORS!!

OUTSTANDING JOB WHOEVER YOU ARE!!!!!

[BlueWolff]

16. It was me BlueWolff

I emailed everyone on that comittee...I fiqured if I could get Randi on it, then a lot of people would write them...
Keep going everyone!!!

[Walt Starr]

17. RIGHT ON!!!

:yourock: :headbang: :toast:

:pals: :woohoo: :applause:

[LeftNYC]

18. Nice job BlueWolff...thanks so much nt.

[Clark2008]

13. So will Biden ask tough questions and then vote to support her?

:shrug:

I'm just wondering.

[Straight Shooter]

14. Yeah, he'll whip her with his cat-o-nine-cottonballs.

Then when he feels she's suffered enough, he'll vote for her.

[Disturbed]

19. Any Dem that votes yes on this Repuke needs to..

be voted out of office!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. LOL!

"Cat-o'-nine-cottonballs!" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That's about the way it goes with that guy, isn't it? He'll rant and rave and work himself into a lather, and then collapse like an umbrella in a hurricane.

[brettdale]

21. kick

kick

[LeftNYC]

22. Why cant Bobby Byrd be on this committee?

He would whup some ass...

[dogday]

23. We are know Karen is shrub's front woman, so

what is so important at the State Department that Karen is getting involved? There are several aspects of the State Department. I am just curious is there is a particular reason for this position?

[Walt Starr]

26. Look at what's happened to another criminal involved in Plame

Bolton's position is covered under state.

and the ringleader of State today is condi Rice.

All tied up in one nice neat package.

[Independent_Liberal]

24. Thanks for posting this!

I forgot all about the Hughes nomination. I'll email these Senators later.

[shelley806]

25. 2 Questions: 1.) Did/will/has she testified before the GJ...2.) Who is

she replacing and why this suspiciously late hour???

I have this awful feeling that these stinking rats are going to get away with everything again, and come out smelling like roses...

[Walt Starr]

28. I don't know about 1

On 2, she was nominated some tim,e ago. This is the confirmation hearing.

[sojourner]

27. thanks a million for posting!

Emailed Joe Biden, Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Voinovich and Lugar. My money's on Boxer.

Another reason for the importance of this...could be if she lied to them, is that like lying to Congress? Good to get her on record either way.

Oh yeah! My letter (partly lifted straight off Walt Starr's)

During the trip made by the Bush Administration to Africa which began the evening of July 7, 2003, a State Department Memo was in the possession of then Secretary of State, Colin Powell. This memo detailed the work one Valerie Plame Wilson did for the Central Intelligence Agency, which was consequently leaked to members of the press.

Ms. Karen Hughes was also on that flight. Given the seriousness of the leak that revealed the identity of a CIA agent, it is important to establish Ms. Hughes' knowledge about this matter.

Although we are aware of the investigation underway, it is not simply a matter of getting at the guilty parties and filing charges. Our national security is at issue here, and we MUST know that nominees to sensitive posts will put our national security above politics.

I respectfully request that you approach this subject in your questioning of Ms. Hughes in the confirmation hearings slated for tomorrow.

[Swamp Rat]

29. I'm on it!

[Walt Starr]

30. EXCELLENT!

:thumbsup:

[Swamp Rat]

36. Way'at Walt Starr!!!

I hope you saw my apology to you yesterday. I was rude. :cry:

[Walt Starr]

37. I did, no problems

:D

[BlueWolff]

31. GREAT ONE

Although it is not UGLY enough...I remember what she did during the elections....She is an abomination!!!! If you all have the chance also call these senators...I am even calling the Repugs!

[Supersedeas]

35. I emailed Kerry, Dodd and Boxer--didn't bother with the DINOs

[Coexist]

43. Done - I have been a busy little activist today!

I hope you don't mind, I used your letter. It was perfect and to the point.

[Walt Starr]

44. Use the WHIG

I've been trying to confirm she was on the trip, but cannot find confirmation.

There were 76 people on the trip. The White House won't release the records.

[shelley806]

48. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Karen Hughes were both Texas reporters

prior to their dabbling in politics. I'm so curious about Andrea Mitchell's connection w/all of this...she was with Rice today in what I thought was probably a 'set-up' confrontation...Who better than the press knows how to feed the right stories? If this sounds paranoid and cynical, well....I've become so.

[bettyellen]

46. nahhh, i'm writing scotus letters.

you pick your battles, we all do.

[Walt Starr]

47. That's your choice

Mine might actually bear some fruit down the road.

[bettyellen]

51. yep, and choice is important to me.

enjoy your fruit . :P

[Walt Starr]

Dupe

sorry.

[Walt Starr]

53. I am signing the petitions

They are defnitely a good way of performing some rhetorical posturing on the Roberts nomination.

[bettyellen]

54. walt, i heard you the first time.

it's nice to know you're mulit-tasking too.
lot of that going around these days.
:D

[Bullwinkle925]

55. Consider it done. I've fired off my e-mails to all of them.

Thanks for the heads-up!!!

[SammyWinstonJack]

57. WTF?

For those who claim bu$h** isn't about payback, I offer this nomination as exhibit # untold!

[Walt Starr]

58. No doubt! n/t

[Walt Starr]

59. BREAKING: THIS GETS BETTER AND BETTER!!!

"In another indication of how wide a net investigators have cast in the case, Karen Hughes, a former top communications aide to Mr. Bush, and Robert Joseph, who was then the National Security Council's weapons proliferation expert, have both told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that they were interviewed by the special prosecutor.

Ms. Hughes is to have her confirmation hearing on Friday on her nomination to lead the State Department's public diplomacy operation. Mr. Joseph was recently confirmed as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security. As part of their confirmation proceedings, both had to fill out a questionnaire listing any legal matters they had become involved in."

http://nytimes.com/2005/07/22/politics/22leak.html?hp&ex=1122004800&en=da4770e9392bb1c6&ei=5094&partner=homepage

THEY HAVE TO ASK HER ABOUT THE PLAME AFFAIR!!!!

[bettyellen]

60. LOL, I was just going to add that link for you...

In another indication of how wide a net investigators have cast in the case, Karen Hughes, a former top communications aide to Mr. Bush, and Robert Joseph, who was then the National Security Council's weapons proliferation expert, have both told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that they were interviewed by the special prosecutor.

[orleans]

61. glad this thread is here. KICKIN!

i'm listening to randi rhodes (the rerun from today) and i hear a caller talking about hughes. yetch!

so, i did a little search and you already have a thread from this afternoon i guess. good!

question--was karen hughes on that plane with the memo? had she gone home to texas at that point? what was her status? i know she's been in the grand jury already but i can't find a definitive answer to my current burning question as to whether she was on the plane.

either way--i'm writing these senators. i think she's a dirty piece of crap. (i saw a shot of the backstage area after one of the debates where bushie was wearing the box on his back--the camera crew had just entered the repukie area and there was karen--sopping wet from sweat, breathless and taking chugs out of a huge water bottle....she was exhausted from feeding bushie his lines for the debate--she was a wreck like she had just run a marathon. too bad the liberal media didn't air that little video clip more than the one time they did.)

[ClayZ]

62. Done with PLEASURE

Thanks for posting info!:evilgrin: :kick:

[Supersedeas]

63. ONLY TWO SENATORS BOTHERED TO SHOW UP

See:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050722/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/senate_hughes