Jim Lehrer's News Hour covering Downing Street Memo NOW, 7:28PM EST!

[flpoljunkie]

[GetTheRightVote]

1. It just keeps getting better and better, the news that is, yes, yes !!

:kick:

[rodeodance]

4. Ray McGovern--is giving a sincinct account of the minutes/memos

[flpoljunkie]

2. Ray McGovern is one of the guests!

The other guest is, naturally, from the American Enterprise Institute, where Cheney goes to give his major policy speeches.

[Coexist]

3. watching it - thanks!

[rodeodance]

5. says when wmd found to be 'thin'--the memo said-not to worry-the intell

is being fixed. te he--gottcha bushies!!

[rodeodance]

7. the 'Right' is saying-well the brits should have questioned the intell mor

e. he is trying to dispute the minutes.

[babylonsister]

6. What channel? He's not on PBS in Houston. : - (

[rodeodance]

8. pbs in Wisconsin. McGovern says brits being forced to go along with

this war-

[rodeodance]

9. says 'regime change' not legal--so fished around for a reason.

[rodeodance]

10. now we have an internal Brit document that went around to 13 brits/blaire

and no one objected to the 'minutes'

[rodeodance]

11. Reuel Gerecht form Cia officer is the man on the Right--

[rodeodance]

13. Cia guy says the 'fixing the intell' is an off the cuff remark.

[meppie-meppie not]

40. when they put the cuff's on him then we'll see what "off the cuff"

remark he has to add!

[Dudley_DUright]

21. I noticed he admitted McGovern was right at the end

and said BushCo should have been pushing publicly even earlier to attack Iraq.

[babylonsister]

24. rodeodance, thanks for the 'blog'! Now I know what

cube rats feel like! :hi:

[rodeodance]

26. no problem wish i had gotten home earlier to see all of it.

[flpoljunkie]

12. Unfortunately, we saw nothing of this in the press tonight!

Ray McGovern just said we will see a lot on this in the press tonight.

Not a f*cking word from our craven media whores!

[rodeodance]

14. I just got home--have not listened to anything else and just jurned on PBS

[rodeodance]

15. now the Right is calling Blair bold--think trying to blame it onto blair ?

for going along so well. that is what he seems to be saying.

[rodeodance]

16. moderator--saying that least in March--does not it suggest that Bush

really does not to talk with Blair--to feel him out with the war.
Mcgovern says--bush to Tony--first we go into afgan and then go to Iraq-are we with me?--tony rather blunderly says--YES.

[Coexist]

22. it was on PBS and CNN

[flpoljunkie]

27. Are you referring to Lou Dobb's brief mention of Conyer's hearings?

Or more extensive coverage on another program?

[rodeodance]

17. nothing? what about Tweety bird?

[eleny]

18. nothing yet

[flpoljunkie]

19. Try to avoid Tweety. Anyone care to report?

[Coexist]

20. I thought he was only doing one topic per show

and today was not DSM

[babylonsister]

23. He's talking about the necessity of war, and Dems and

Repugs' opinions. Steve McMahon is the Dem. Nada about DSM.

[rodeodance]

25. pbs did a good job

[rodeodance]

28. as always pbs ends in silence (11 dead troops honored tonight)

[flpoljunkie]

29. Ray McGovern was superb--cool, calm, reasonable and deadly.

[rodeodance]

32. I like the way he tells a story--'come on tony-you with me'--just like

Jr would say it!!

[flpoljunkie]

34. Tweety, "Dems party of special interests, raising money & same old crap."

Unf*ckingbelievable! He was trashing the Democrats who are union members in California who are standing up to Schwarzenegger--you know the "nurses, teachers, and fireman" special interests group. F*uck Tweety!

The Dems are pikers compared to the Rethugs in raising money from special interests groups!

This kind of crap that comes out Tweenty's mouth is why I have pretty much stopped watching him!

[senseandsensibility]

43. I hate Tweety

and I didn't even know that he was saying that ***. He is disgusting. I am livid.

[mainer]

42. Tweety did get in a dig at Frist, though

made fun of the "diagnosis" Frist made in the Schiavo case.

[Eloriel]

30. Can someone post a link for transcript?

If one becomes availble? Maybe in a new thread.

[rodeodance]

31. lets all email them to say a big [e-mail]

[DoYouEverWonder]

33. Come on folks

you know the M$M and Rove are all in a tizzy trying to figure out how to spin this thing.

They won't say much until tomorrow probably.

By their actions you shall know them

[rodeodance]

35. i hepe you are right!!

[rodeodance]

36. it is basically up the media now--if they do not make an issue of this--

it is a gonner--and we need the TV talk--not just the press. TV is what counts!!

[Gregorian]

37. I disagree. Conyers, et al, made it clear they aren't going away.

Damn the press. They aren't needed anymore.

[meppie-meppie not]

41. yes, they were all very emphatic on that point so no matter what the MSM

does or doesn't do we need to keep on this with them!

[ralps]

38. Here is the link the the newshour program

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/iraq/index.html

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[the_spectator]

39. McGovern also said:

Near the start of his interview, he compared and essentially said that the DSM was as big as, or as important as "The Watergate Tapes." He laid it on the line.

Will it be that way? Will it have LEGS, or was today just another "January 6th" - just one lone day in the news cycle when the diehard dems are allowed a day to speak their piece / raise an issue and receive moderate coverage, then to be forgotten?

[babylonsister]

44. Well that's part of the point: the internet(s) made this happen,

so we have to keep up the pressure. But it's sweet!!! to be a part of this!