James Baker (smirk Fixer) is defending S.A. against 9/11 survivors

[donsu]

http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2004_03_01_seetheforest_archive.html#107921482898762863

Limbaugh and others spread disinformation about the 9/11 survivors groups; Bush fixer James Baker defends the Saudis against their lawsuit

Kristen Breitweiser and Monica Gabrielle are members of the "Family Steering Committee for the 9-11 Survivors", which has filed a lawsuit against the Saudi government for their complicity in 9/11. The lawyer defending the Saudis is Baker Botts -- the law firm of the Bush family's old and trusted friend James Baker, whom Bush just recently used for an important U.S. mission to the Mideast.

When Breitweiser and Gabrielle recently appeared on national TV criticizing Bush's 9/11 ads, Rush Limbaugh (along with Newsmax, the N.Y. Post, Republican operative James Pinkerton in Newsday, and others) immediately claimed that Breitweiser's group was funded indirectly by Theresa Heinz-Kerry. This is doubly false. First, Breitweiser has her own group and is not a member of the group Limbaugh is thinking about -- "Peaceful Tomorrows". Not only that, but Peaceful Tomorrows is not funded by the "Tides Center" (the group funded by Heinz-Kerry). Peaceful Tomorrows does its own fundraising and actually pays money to the Tides Center for administrative support.

Limbaugh has also claimed that the survivors are Democrats and that that is why they are criticizing Bush. Well, you can be sure that they are Democrats now, regardless of what they might have been before. Just seeing Bush's friend James Baker standing there in court alongside the Saudis would be enough to turn anyone around.
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wonder what his paycheck is

[proud patriot]

1. Yup ... quite ironic ...Don't you think ?

:think:

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Pretty damn disgusting.

Tort reform should mean that lawyers should be held accountable for their conflicts of interest.

[number6]

3. S.A = Bush-Bin-Ladin-Carlyle Group

money talks ...

[PaDUer]

5. They're board members..n/t

[Lisa]

4. I sent a donation to Peaceful Tomorrows today ...

This incident with Gillespie and Co. bashing them is just disgraceful. They actually don't get any money from the 9/11 organizations -- they are totally reliant on private donors and foundations, and as you say, they are not getting any Tides money. I told them that they could have my airfare for the NYC protests, because I think that they can do far more with it than I can.

[Disturbed]

6. Baker is scum.

S.A = Bush-Bin-Ladin-Carlyle Group

The Bush Crime Family more successful than La Cosa Nostra.