A few things to remember about how the GOP ran things during the Bush years ...

[ColbertWatcher]

... in regards to someone in Dumbya's CIA briefing the top members of the http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2009/05/pelosi_accuses_cia_of.html?hpid=topnews">intelligence committee about torture on September 4, 2002 ...

#1 none of the principles ever testified before Congress

Remember the 9/11 Commission meetings? Neither Bush or Cheney testified before Congress under oath.

Remember this from July 13, 2007:


What about this from July 10, 2008:


What about when that girl from the Department of Justice who did all that hiring of unqualified graduates of that fucked-up law school? Wasn't she asked under oath if her politicizing hiring was illegal and didn't she say that she wasn't sure? This person was in charge of hiring legal professionals to represent the nation's best interests?

#2 Speaking of Monica Goodling, the GOP filled government positions with partisan stooges, like Monica Goodling.

Have we already forgotten how we still haven't gotten to the bottom of the firing of the U.S. Attorneys?

How can we assume that these Christian partisans were only in the DoJ? We know they're in the Air Force, who's to say the GOP didn't simply fill every available open government job with the ideologically loyal?

Have we also forgotten http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/31/hersh-cheney-behind/">what Sy Hersh said?

#3 Porter Goss (the other person briefed with Pelosi) is an ass

Remember Fahrenheit 9/11? The internets does: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mikeinthenews/index.php?id=128

Did we forget that Goss is former CIA and was later named http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_Goss">director of the CIA two years after that briefing?

Why do we forget these things? Why do we allow the GOP-controlled media to determine what gets discussed?

Especially when we know damn well the GOP will not testify before Congress if and when an investigation begins. And, who in Dumbass' CIA did the briefing? The CIA equivalent of Sara Taylor or Rachel Paulose?

One more thing: who the hell is going to believe Goss' version of things?

Knowing all of this, I have no problem trusting Pelosi in this.

As far as an investigation?

Bring it on.

[JuniperLea]

1. Well done!

Proud first rec!

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Thank you! n/t

[KittyWampus]

3. That's basically all I'm saying.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. We always seem to fall for the GOP-controlled media detail games ...

... while forgetting history and the big picture.

This is the same bigoted GOP we're talking about.

How can we forget this?

[malaise]

5. Nice post

K & R

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Thank you. n/t

[givemebackmycountry]

6. I am so effing kicking this -

Nice post.

Bring it on indeed.
Now, if only our party had some teeth, backbone, and some balls we could jam this right down their filthy throats.
Kind of like pouring a lot of water in someones mouth so they think they are drowning.
Only this time when it's over, you go to jail for being a fucking war criminal and profiteer.

It's kind of the Bush way.
Just ask Prescott.


edited / spelling

[ColbertWatcher]

10. We can't forget the "profiteer" motivation.

We know that they're criminals, but what's happened to all the evidence that they profited by this misadventure?

[Swamp Rat]

7. Blood in the water...

:D

[givemebackmycountry]

9. Swamp Rat!

Good to see ya bro.
Hope all is well and everything is everything.

:toast: :pals:

[ColbertWatcher]

11. You play with sharks, eventually you're going to be chum for someone. n/t

[Hekate]

12. Thanks for putting it all together so succinctly. It makes me crazy when people around here...

... fall in the same hole again and again and again. The hole may have been dug by Cheney and his minions everywhere, but we're the ones who keep falling into it. DUers screaming "Pelosi's a traitor! Hang her!" -- it's like waiting for the bag of popcorn to blow up in the microwave, it's so predictable. x( When will we ever learn?

Hekate

[ColbertWatcher]

14. "When will we ever learn?"

I remember a few people who turned on Al Gore not so long ago.

Same for John Kerry.

We have high expectations for our leaders, but we seem to forget all too quickly that they're human before we attack them for failing to meet our ideal.

[msongs]

13. yeah repubs controlled the government, kinda like they're trying to do now lol nt

[ColbertWatcher]

15. Maddow kick. n/t