House GOP disputes the 9-11 finding

[NewJerseyDem]

http://www.thehill.com/news/061704/finding.aspx

House Republican lawmakers are disputing the Sept. 11 commission’s new finding that there is “no credible evidence” showing Iraq and al Qaeda worked together to attack the United States.

The GOP comments signify the latest rift between congressional Republicans and the commission. Many Republicans on Capitol Hill believe the panel has become partisan, and some have objected to the amount of media interviews commissioners have granted over the past couple of months. This tension has led some to speculate that Hill Republicans are unlikely to embrace the panel’s final recommendations, which are expected to be released at the end of July.

Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, told The Hill: “I don’t put much credence in the 9-11 panel,” adding that he had not yet read the new report.

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, the independent panel investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, contradicted claims made by Vice President Dick Cheney in a speech earlier this week that Saddam Hussein “had long-established ties with al Qaeda.”

[Jacobin]

1. Gee, then why don't they show us Feith's "intelligence" reports from

Chalabi?

:eyes:

[Fire_wasp]

10. Chalabi

That's because they're trying to distance themselves from him...as in, Bush saying "I don't recall ever meeting with him" when he sat behind his wife at the State of the Union.

[newyawker99]

25. Hi Fire_wasp!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Coventina]

2. Well, of course they would now, wouldn't they?

To agree is to admit that the boy king is a liar.

[Dr Fate]

3. I'll say this- those guys never back down...

...I hope everyone who needs to, takes note...

these guys will do/say anything to deny, discredit, etc...that's what we are up against...

[NewHampshireDem]

4. All this in-fighting will do is convince moderates to vote Dem

It's just another GOP/RW hatchet job, character assassination move. Let 'em keep it up, because how long are moderates going to believe everyone who is critical of the * administration is lying, or crazy, or trying to sell books?

Bravo LaHood, bravo! Thanks for the helping hand! :wave:

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Wow ... look at are names ... am I you or are you me? Who are we? :)

[fearnobush]

5. Republicans - Would you expect anything less than the total

party of deception. I too at least agree with them on one fact: The panel is quite partisan... against the truth. Otherwise, this whitewashed panel is more partisan to GOP shit suckers then ever.

[madrchsod]

6. what a bunch

of ass lickers..they will believe anything the rove machine spews out..what a fuck`n moran. i hope the people who voted for lahood are proud of him...

[Generator]

7. I bet they still believe that one about WMD too

:dunce:

Some of our "leaders" can't read their way out of a paper bag with instructions printed in nineteen languages, braille, and glow in the dark green.

[Miss Marmelstein]

8. If they are feel the commission is wrong....

then they should prove it! I want to see the proof they come up with to show a connection between Iraq and al Qaeda.

[LittleApple81]

9. Somebody should tell them that Bush* named the commission and

that most of the members have potential conflict of interest... because their involvement with Republican interests.

[mom cat]

11. The hard core supporters don't care about the truth, but a lot of

independent and moderate Repubs do. How dare the assholes have their convention in the big apple when they don't give a damn about what really happened!

[laylah]

12. Please forgive me

but F*ck them...reprehensible, complicit bastards!

Jenn

[SayitAintSo]

13. Surprise, surprise

The results aren't what they want to hear so they try to discredit the whole process that they tried to obstruct from the git-go ... so what's new ? And let's see, are the Dems the only ones granting interviews ? Why, I'm outraged, by the outrage ! :mad:

[Rose Siding]

14. When the facts don't match the ideology...

somethings gotta give. With the GOP, it's the facts that lose every time; Toss the science, deny reality and hope the media runs interference.

[moondust]

15. Show-me-the-money.

Time to break out some facts, boys. One can just as easily claim that al Qaeda had "long-established ties" with the Martians. Enough of this buffoonery!

[Geo55]

16. Textbook Repulsican

Discredit the messenger

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. “I don’t put much credence in the 9-11 panel,” =

"I'm scared as shit I'm gonna lose my job over this."

[mom-mad-about-bush]

18. Of course the Republicans are going to say the report is not credible.

I could care less what the Republicans think....as far as I am concerned, "I don't put much credence in anything Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) has to say". I think when this 9/11 report comes out in July....the "thinking" people of this country will give plenty of credence to it, despite the propaganda.

[alarcojon]

21. Isn't it great how LaHood

can criticize the panel without reading the report?

[rocketdem]

19. Well of course the report is wrong.

If it wasn't wrong, then the GOP would be guilty of promoting a war based on lies. And if they were guilty of this, then they'd also be guilty of promoting a war for other, more nefarious and political reasons. Thus, they'd be personally responsible for the deaths of nearly a thousand allied troops, thousands of allied injured, and tens of thousands of dead and maimed Iraqis all in the name of petty, power-hungry politics. Put another way, the GOP with Bush at the top, would therefore be guilty of international wars crimes. So, basically, the report has to be in error because the alternative is unthinkable.

[xxqqqzme]

20. this 9/11 panel doesn't

'get it' After all that testimony, U would think they understand the truth is not the desired end result but confirmation of everything itty-bitty brain squatter is lying about.

[Kahuna]

22. Awww. Poor widdle wingnuts.

:nopity:

[Leilani]

23. What a corrupt bunch!

Tom Kean, the chairman is from the non-facist wing of the Repub party.
While I may not agree with everything the panel has done, he & Lee Hamilton have worked well together, & all members have praised them.

When they announced months ago that 9/11 could have been prevented, the Bush cabal lost their talking points. Condi: Who could have imagined them flying planes into bldgs?

[Malva Zebrina]

24. How would they know?

Bush and Cheney testified in secret and nothing was recorded as I understand. As long as everything is kept secret, not only this panel's investigation,but other aspects of this administrations decisions , etc. no one, not even Republicans can claim anything is true or not true. Secrecy in this government rots the credibility of all involved

[sampsonblk]

26. House GOP = They have a lot of nerve

Its time we got some too. And some people (even HERE) were whining about Dean's "scream..."

The Repugs will stop at nothing. There is no such thing as truth with them. Anything in the world can be disputed. And if they don't like something - no matter have definite it is, they will dispute it with everything they have. We have to fight back, and quit waiting for the next scandal to sink them. They aren't going down because of a scandal.

They won't go down unless we show that we have as much fight in us as they have.

[Jose Diablo]

27. A GOP congress is attacking a GOP packed commission?

Hmmm, are we seeing the start of the Grand Old Party implosion?

[NewJerseyDem]

29. How is it a GOP packed commission

There are 5 republicans and 5 democrats. It doesn't seem packed at all to me.

[TankLV]

30. Only the repukes have control.

Chair is a repuke. Not co-chairs.

The repukes get to decide who to call, and how long they can testify, and what questions will be asked, as well as subpoena power.

He can veto anything the dems want to do or bring up, and has.

The questions were limited to finding our how this could not happen again. Specifically stated is that the purpose of the commission is NOT TO PLACE BLAME. The repukes decided that, over the objections of all the dems.

Same with the deal with the dick and his hand puppet appearing together, NOT UNDER OATH, and in private, WITH NO NOTES ALLOWED.

The dems want to find asscrap in contempt, but the repukes have nixed that idea fromt the start.

That pretty much sounds like a stacked commission.

[bluedog]

28. crash and burn bush

for those who might not know, the commission not only is bipartisan, but the chairman is a republican and bush agreed to the formation of the commision.

the research was exhaustive and amazingly free of political prejudice either way.

now we have the facts, now we have the truth, and because it doesn't fit his agenda, he still denies it. and meanwhile both he and rumsfeld STILL say weapons of mass destruction will be found!