CNN O'neill comment!!! Hilarious

[Must_B_Free]

Laughed Out Loud!

O'neill's comment on potential Bush loyalist repercussion to his statements:

"I'm an old guy, and I'm rich, and there's nothing they can do to hurt me..."

This is getting good folks!

[wryter2000]

1. That is good

I just hope his wife doesn't work for the CIA.

[PretzelWarrior]

2. what a LIZARD they got for his replacement

a guy who's railroad company couldn't make money except for corporate welfare from the government.

Hey, hey. Maybe Harvey Pitt could write an expose now.

[Catfish]

4. Maybe some others will tell all

such as Whitman, let's see what happens to O'Neill, how much damage they can do to him.

[kskiska]

23. Snow sold his soul to be in that cabinet

I remember how when he was "chosen" the media remarked how his position was extremely anti-deficit.

[Military Brat]

3. Quite clearly he understands the vindictiveness of bushco

Also, O'Neill has 19,000 pages of memos, documents and private National Security briefings in his possession. And you can bet there are duplicate copies in safekeeping.

[economic justice]

7. Exactly!

Suskind said his access to source material was "far and beyond" anything he had ever used in his work before --- from O'Neill ALONE! He apparently was given unprecedented access to O'Neill's private papers.

[Guaranteed]

28. He should have added "...and I have a lot of life insurance."

That would have been AWESOME.

[ClintonTyree]

5. He's wrong..............

airplanes crash, automobiles crash, people "commit suicide", they have "heart attacks"........there's plenty they can do to him. Maybe he doesn't realize how rough these slime play.

[name not needed]

8. They certainly would do something

They obviously have no problem with ousting undercover CIA agents and murdering senators.

[mike1963]

10. Maybe he doesn't really care if they Baxterize him, like a Patrick Henry

opinion...he really is fairly old and possibly he knows something about his physical condition.....
?

[newyawker99]

13. Hi mike1963!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[SilasSoule]

17. Maybe he doesn't really care if they Baxterize him

I think thats what he means by "I'm an old guy" (about to go anyway).

[aquart]

14. That's why he said he's old.

He's saying he knows the risks and screw 'em.

[newsjunkie]

16. Its still hard to put yourself at risk

even though you're old. I guess he's a hero in a way?

[governmentgoodies]

18. Darn right he's wrong!

:hippie:

Just look at what they are doing to Michael Jackson; he's rich, white and old!

And, shoot, just look at what they did to John Lennon, John Denver, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Ron Brown, Mama Cass, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Phil Hartmann!

gg

[BiggJawn]

25. Miikey Jack-off is NOT "old"!!

Shit, he's a year younger than me, and I'm not OLD!!!

Don't hold your breath, it'll be a long time before I die and you get my job...

[governmentgoodies]

29. I'm going to move to India...

:evilgrin:

...and get yo' job!!!

gg

[monobrau]

6. A challenge for O'Neill's detractors

For those who claim that he's just "bitter" or "disgruntled" -
supply evidence that he's lying, or Shut your Pie-hole!
I tend to get bitter myself when hundreds of soldiers die to prop up a criminal enterprise.
We've got the turds on the run.

[aquart]

15. Bitter does NOT mean "lying."

Bitter truth is still truth.

And sometimes a very clear-eyed truth at that.

[madaboutharry]

9. He seems to be laying down the gauntlet

to the administration. He is challenging them. Although my memories of Watergate are mostly from "All The President's Men," it looks like Paul O'Neill has had a John Dean moment.

[kalian]

11. Well...he might end up as another "suicide"...

Just my two cents.
I hope this guy can weather the storm that's headed his way.

[demodewd]

19. high profile

He's too high profile now to be offed.

[many a good man]

21. Or he'll get "instant cancer"

through injection...

[Catfish]

12. CBS Evening News

tonight led with the story, I guess that's normal since they want to push 60 minutes. I did think it was interesting that Rumsfeld tried to talk O'Neill out of having the book published. I'm looking forward to 60 minutes.

[cthrumatrix]

20. this is the media's chance -- you know the liberal media

[many a good man]

22. He made SECRET documents PUBLIC??

Gee, I hope they sue him...that'll be the trial of the century!

24. ONeil has been added to my "Hall of Fame"

See my website!

[rocketdem]

26. I was surprised that that too

I expect that to become a big issue over the next couple of days. It will be the great big diversion that detracts from the actual message of this book and the interview. I wouldn't be surprised as all if they made moves to file criminal charges.

[BiggJawn]

27. They can still kill him.

Just because Poppy bungled his last job (never hire frinds of your kid's kids) doean't mean he's out of the bizz....

They'll try discrediting him first.
By the time they're ready to ice him, Paul will be such a pariah he'll be grateful to get an invite to have misoshiru at my flat...

[hellhathnofury]

30. They'll just burn the documents. How I love thee arson.