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journalist3072 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:20 PM
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Why I have no respect for people like Scott McClellan, Colin Powell, etc
The problem with people like Scott McClellan (as well as Colin Powell and a few others) is their johnny-come-lately confessions about the Bush Crime Team.

I would have more respect for them, if they had resigned in disgust WHILE all of this criminal activity was going on, instead of waiting until after they left, to speak up.

I would argue that they haven't just had some grand awakening; they knew all along what was going on in the Bush administration.

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nancyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:27 PM
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1. I agree totally.
They were all content to remain silent for a long time. I always thought that was where a conscience came in handy.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:32 PM
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2. Likewise!!!! No balls, there!!!!
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rusty_parts2001 Donating Member (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:33 PM
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3. I second that emotion
Edited on Tue Nov-20-07 11:35 PM by rusty_parts2001
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:33 PM
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4. What would have happened to Libby if Scott had told the truth
back then...
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journalist3072 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:36 PM
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Dick Cheney would be in jail right now, along with Bush's Brain.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:41 PM
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9. Most likely the same thing that happened. I'm positive Cheney
TOLD Shrub he better damn well give his little buddy a pardon! Yea, I know Shrub is the Prez, but Cheney is really the controler. I don't think ANYONE has the ba**s to tell that man no!
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santamargarita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:36 PM
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5. Never Give a Fascist Pig a Break!
“Snotty Scotty” remains accomplice in this treasonous act.
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Didereaux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:37 PM
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6. You don't have to LIKE them in order to USE them! what fon't you understand about...
..what is necessary to bring the criminals into court? You need evidence, you need supportive and collaborative testimony. Who do you think can provide that? Some fucking screamer on an internet blog? You need INSIDERS, you need the ones carrying the coffee, the ones typing the memos, the ones listening at the closed doors! Scum they may be, but treat them gingerly until AFTER you have milked them and hung the bosses out to feed the crows!

IN other words use your goddam brains, even if that is a first!

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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:43 PM
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10. Did -You mean like the ones who carry tape recorders in their
undies!!!! I imagine there are a few out there waiting for the Bush team to vacate the WH, if they ever do. I've often thought about that and have been waiting for some of them to surface.
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Didereaux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:46 PM
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11. no, that would be too much to hope for n/t
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:01 AM
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13. The Bush/Cheney voice on tape would be conclusive evidence.
Who knows maybe the upstairs maid has the the tape.
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Didereaux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:49 AM
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15. and her baby the DNA? lol
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Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:38 PM
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7. Don't have to have respect for them...
Just to understand how much value we can get from them now.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:40 PM
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8. They were simply buying time
until the election.
They could care less NOW what who knows because "I BELIEVE" the nefarious agenda is already in place and there isn't any stopping it now.

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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-20-07 11:50 PM
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12. gee, who doesn't know that the job of a press secretary is to LIE for the admin they work for?
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 12:02 AM
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14. Agreed...just as they cowards they are...they are trying to
build a case in the public eye that they were duped. They are doing this because they know that the shit is getting ready to hit the fan....to bad Snotty Scotty you should made your choice now live with it.
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Danascot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-21-07 09:43 AM
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16. Gee, could the answer possibly be
BOOK SALES!??
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