Open mike, closed mind, tripped tongue - Ken Mehlman on James Byrd.

[TacticalPeek]

"The NAACP unfortunately in the 2000 campaign likened the president to James Byrd, who was a racist killer in east Texas, who the president brought to justice."

Ken Mehlman, Meet the Press

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0507/17/le.01.html


Byrd was the victim. I guess Ken did not pay much attention to the crime.

( Found at http://atrios.blogspot.com )

[Cha]

1. Got his facts straight on

the "memo" and the "outting" like he does on James Byrd?

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Schmuck. Terminal foot-in-mouth disease.

[knowbody0]

3. shows how fake his "passion" is

[blm]

6. You nailed it.

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[barbaraann]

4. Subliminal message to racist GOP supporters.

That's my guess.

[acmavm]

5. This idiot is delusional. Talking about Wilson not being a good souce?

<snip>
MEHLMAN: I think you're prejudging what may or may not have been seen by people within the White House.

Look, here's what we know. There are two different issues.

One is the issue of the things Joe Wilson said. Joe Wilson misled the American public about who sent him to Niger. He misled the American public about what he found when he was there.

He misled the American public about which documents he did or did not look at. He misled the American public about who at the White House or in the administration may or may not have seen his documents.

When asked to explain himself, he said he sometimes used literary flair. He then appeared in a big spread in Vanity Fair magazine. And talking about this, he said, "I'm wondering who's going to play me in a TV movie."

This is not somebody who's got a good record of being a source of accurate information.
<snip>

Jeez, these people make me feel like a rocket scientist.

[susu369]

7. Jeez Louise, Mellie can't get anything right

the story was that Wilson allegedly asked "who's going to play Valerie in a movie" - not himself.

Mellie has a real grasp on facts.

[FredScuttle]

8. For fuck's sake

How many more times is the Byrd family going to be insulted by these douchebags?

[noiretextatique]

9. excellent question

his lack of knowledge about the case (and the victim) only proves how little they cared about bryd and hate crimes in the first place, as the NAACP and the byrd family kno only too well.
i am sure the family is not amused....again.

[leftchick]

10. I heard that and thought WTF?

Why isn't the CNN idiot calling him on that?? Oh, I know why....