GOP Rep.: House Dems Need Babysitter
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"[Republicans are] just kind of sitting on the sidelines. We're trying to focus on national security policy, national security issues, and the Democrats, from my perspective, are looking for some adult supervision. There's no leadership here at all. … This is very, very bizarre," Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra said on CBS' "The Early Show" Thursday.
Back in May, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of lying to her about the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique during briefings in 2002.
Panetta responded saying it was not CIA policy to mislead Congress, but in recent letters Democrats allege Panetta told lawmakers last month that the agency had in fact concealed information repeatedly since 2001.
Republicans have said those letters, along with threats from President Obama to veto an upcoming intelligence bill, are calculated to give Pelosi political cover on whether she knew of waterboarding back in 2002.
"It's very strange. They sent that letter on stationery making sure that letter was available to the press but also making sure we on the Republican side didn't get the letter," Hoekstra told "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith.
"Also the letter that [Rep.] Sylvestre Reyes sent to Leon Panetta was slipped under my door after hours and it was given to the media well before we ever received it. So to me, it looks like they're working on the political equation. They're not trying to foster a bipartisan consensus on national security."
Hoekstra added that while he has also been misled during CIA briefings, the agency usually provides enough information to lawmakers for oversight.
"What you will find is by and large in the vast majority of cases, when we are briefed by the CIA, we get the information that we need to do the job. Sometimes it's difficult to pull that information out of them, but if Congress does its job, I think we can get the information that we need."
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by chevyhotrod July 9, 2009 6:34 AM PDT
Pretty funny when someone tries to call other people "morons" while showing off their own incorrect grammar...
slownewsday...learn how to read, I did not call anyone anything, I was quoting your friends. Is that all you got, notice you did not refer to the facts as laid out, you libs just like to insult others. Go figure.
by johndevinejr July 9, 2009 8:34 AM PDT
And you are a republican failure
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johndevinefr, are you quoting the unemployment rate that your Dear President Obama is headed for? I never said I was a republican. I am no failer, I do not rely on the government for anything. My wife, 3 kids and myself live very comfortable thanks to hard work and a great work ethic. May be you should stop insulting others and rely on facts. 53% voted for Obama, 46% voted for McCain. Don't rely on MSM poles, they never get it right. The silent majority is going to jump up and bit you in the $SS, if the government doesn't get you first.
There is doubtless a still hidden story here though and my guess is that it is another piece of Pelosi duplicity (or oversight irresponsibility) that she is desparately trying to keep hidden. Why? Because it has been longstanding national security policy to notify and brief ONLY the ranking Republican and Democrat on the committee on particularly sensitive matters. This means Pelosi has been privy to LOTS of stuff other house members were not.
This policy was established because even those House members on the Intelligence committee could not be trusted to keep there mouth shut on matters of intelligence and national security. Many of us have good reason to believe House members in general and Democrats in particular have been too willing to sell out their country for momentary political advantage or Press attention they otherwise would not merit. Note that a willingness to talk about security matters is a ticket to your own WO or NYT reporter AND ALL THE POLTICAL FAVORS THAT SUCH CONTACT MIGHT GIVE YOU.
This is what the House "Intelligence Bill" (opposed by the Obama administration as it would be by any responsible administration) is all about. MORE DEMOCRATS WANT SECRETS TO SELL!
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That's because Republicans didn't need to see it. They have long since proven they are incapable of leadership. This is nothing more than a desperate attempt on their part to try to get back into the good graces of the American people. Since the flaps with Sanford and Palin have come and gone, they are frantically searching for something---anything---that can derail the Obama express. This, they hope, is that tool. IF the CIA did not fully inform Congress on all of their activities, that gives credence to Pelosi's claim that she was not informed about torture. If Panetta himself stated 'that the agency had in fact concealed information repeatedly since 2001', then there is some need to reign in rogus forces at the CIA. They are as much to blame for this unnecessary war with Iraq as Bush is.
This is not the magic bullet conservatives think it is...as if they could think.
And just because she quit, doesn't make her a quitter. I'm sure that will resonate with repubs.
Not sure where you got that number, but I have links against it.
Whenever a repub doesn't like reality, they simply make up facts.
Another lie that is completely the opposite of reality. Bush totally ignored the real problem in Afghanastan as Obama pointed out time after time, and prosecuted a war based on lies in Iraq.
Iraq is another republican disaster we have to clean up after, along with the economy, GITMO, stopping illegal wiretapping, reinstituting the Constitution of the United States after the barbarian repubs trashed it because they were to frightened to follow it.
What a bunch, republicans have lost all concept of reality.
Good thing we have run them to the sidelines where they can't continue to damage America.
Stunning stupidity, combined with pompous arrogance has gotten the repubs were they belong, on the 17% sideline.
Obama and the Democrat's grip on power depends upon how well they decieve the public - and, according to recent polls, it looks like the public is catching on to the lies of Obama and the Democrats.
Now that the lies of the Democrats are turning into higher debt, higher taxes, higher unemployment, and lowered national standing in the world - the Democrats are about to recieve their just rewards for their continuous deception.
Of course you forget to mention that the republicans caused the problems that we have.
Fortunately repubs do not recognize the stupidity of their ideas and continue to believe in nonsense.
I hope they continue to advance their idiotic and obviously failed policies. These policies are what made them into a marginal 17% party.
The fewer republicans we have influencing policies, the more honesty and freedom we will continue to have.
What we have gotten is inaccurate information and lies to cover the bad intelligence. What is more, **Central INTELLIGENCE Agency** is a misnomer.
It appears that the repubs have their marching orders from Rush the Drug Addict / Draft Dodger.
Good for you. Continue on the course that got you to your current 17%
The GOP has got NO ideas.
They take NO responsibility for the mess they've made of the country.
They've got NO clue how to get us out of the mess they got us into.
All they know how to do is say NO to anyone else who comes in and tries to get us out of the mess they got us into.
I hope that the American people continue to kick these worthless jerks out of office.
No news here!
I knew this story would some flipper flapping!
My God! Look at all the drool & spit! It's like watching the Tasmanian Devil blog. I tried to wipe it off my monitor, but it appears to be coming from the back of the screen!
The Democrats have controlled both houses of congress since 2006, just as you stated in you earlier post. Look and see when all the problems we are having started.
Bush's endless war in Iraq is ending, look at the news coming out of Iraq if you care to know the truth. President Obama is the one escalating things in Afghanistan, not Bush.
Look into Bosnia and Kosovo and Halliburton/KBR and think President Clinton. I will agree with you on this point, I did not like it either. But look into GE which owns MSNBC and the government contracts and bailouts that are going on there.
As far as your Wall St. Cronies comment goes, look into Senator Dodd and Senator Frank (Fanny, Freddy, AIG,). These executives are no friends of Republicans and are the main players that have caused this melt down. Bush warned congress no less than 10 times about the problems at Freddy and Fanny, it's in the congressional record. You might want to read once in a while. I can also give links to CSPAN if you care to know the truth, just in case you might not be able to read.
You really should prepare yourself with facts and not what the MSM tells you.
o_the_potus
You got at least one thing right and take a look and see how that Hope and Change thing is working out for the American people and it's only getting worse day by day.
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