TIM RUSSERT just told the truth!!! -- My head... it hurts!!!

[Julius Civitatus]

Found in DailyKos, this is what Tim Russert said on the Today Show this morning, referring to the Karl Rove scandal and his involment in the Plame affair:

Russert's best line: "As one Republican said to me last night, if this was a Democratic White House we'd have congressional hearings in a second."

This is from Tim Potatohead Russert! If this GOP tool is saying that, it is very, very serious indeed. I can't believe it. Even Timmy is using the S(candal) word.

:wow:

[blm]

1. Was someone holding a gun to his head?

Russert speaks the truth so rarely.

[central scrutinizer]

41. Russert on his favorite topic:

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[aquart]

2. I'm feeling faint.

Is a comet heading toward earth?

[AX10]

3. could you get me a link that is not KOS?

[Julius Civitatus]

5. Sure, here's another link

from AmericaBlog:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/07/tim-russert-gets-it-uh-oh.html

:hi:

[AX10]

9. thanks!

:hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

6. It seems to me

that a lot of people are getting balls now which is nice. It seems as though they're all turning on Bush.

[Uncle Joe]

24. I believe that there is an inverse relationship

between getting balls or ovaries (as I read another poster put it) and needing them. When 80+% of the American People say that Rove should be fired, it does not take as many reproductive organs to signify courage. The key is to see how many of these newfound courageous wonders investigate and report on the corruption and treason behind the DSM's.

[PretzelWarrior]

4. and this is what makes me so SPITTING mad and upset

even THEY know they are literally getting away with murder because of voting machines and duping a bunch of idiots in the heartland.

While the top half of the bell curve is PULLING THEIR HAIR OUT because they keep voting against these goddamm criminals and they keep forcing their way on us like a long 8 year date rape.

[LittleClarkie]

26. I still remember the coverage after the election

Smug "Christians" like Hannity saying "Why shouldn't we gloat." Um, 'cause it ain't Christian, Sean?

And CNN showing all these Dems and other Blue folk crying with the song "Am I Blue" or somesuch playing over the top of the footage, as if it were all so amusing.

(Lizardo)Laugh while you can, Monkeyboy.(/Lizardo)

[Jackpine Radical]

29. Not the entire half of the Bell Curve.

Just the non-sociopathic part.

[PretzelWarrior]

32. yes. important clarification

Wolfowitz, Paul Bremer, Cheney, Rove....all very intelligent but utterly evil people.

[indepat]

7. If this were a Democratic WH, impeachment proceedings would have long ago

proceeded IMHO.

[NewJeffCT]

8. If 9/11 happened on Al Gore's watch...

(Which I maintain it would not have... not due to LIHOP or MIHOP, but the sheer incompetence of the Bush team!)

If 9/11 happened when Gore was president, the Republicans would have allowed the rest of the week for national mourning, and then convened impeachment hearings on Monday, Sept 17.

If an environmental lobbyist had edited energy policy about global warming, the lobbyist would be forced to resign and the Energy Secretary would get fired.

If it came out that Bill Clinton had fixed something regarding Whitewater a decade ago, it would not be "old news", it would mean he gets impeached again after the fact.

[Julius Civitatus]

11. Amen, brother!

The way the Washington press and the rest of the Beltway whores have given leeway to the Bush administration is truly unprecedented. A real shame.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

15. Acronyms?

Sorry for the ignorance, I'm pretty new here, can someone tell me what LIHOP and MIHOP stand for? I've seen them before but have no idea.

Peace and thanks.

[napi21]

17. Sure. I remember having to ask the same thing when I first came here.

LIHOP=Let it happen on purpose.
MIHOP=Made it happen on purpose.

Welcome to DU!

[cally]

18. Welcome to DU

LIHOP--let it happen on purpose meaning that the Bush cabal knew about the 9/11 terrorist attacks beforehand and let it happen.

MIHOP--made it happen on purpose meaning the Bush cabal instigated the 9/11 attacks.

[dbt]

19. LIHOP = Let It Happen On Purpose

MIHOP = MADE It Happen On Purpose.
BFEE = Bush Family Evil Empire (you'll see that one, too.)

Welcome to The DU!

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

20. MIHOP, LIHOP

LIHOP means "Let It Happen On Purpose" meaning that Bush had foreknowledge of 9/11 and let it happen anyways so he could have his PNAC "new Pearl Harbor"

MIHOP is "Made it Happen on Purpose" meaning that Bush/Cheney engineered 9/11 and made it happen so they would have the PNAC New Pearl Harbor.

PNAC is "Project for a New American Century" - a neoconservative group that was formed in the 90s with the purpose of use American military might to spread democracy through force the Middle East and worldwide. Their mission statement says that only with a new Pearl Harbor will they be able to sell this dream of invading Iraq.

Also - spelling the word "moron" as "moran" is not a mistake. An infamous picture on DU of a pro-war parade features a guy in a flag bandana holding a sign that says "Get a Brain, Morans"

And, welcome to DU.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

22. My thanks all

And I'm a little disconcerted (with tongue firmly in cheek) about the moron/moran bit, especially since my in laws are the Moran family.

If you don't mind, I'll stick with "moron."

Peace.

[myrna minx]

31. Welcome to DU, Geoff R. Casavant.

:hi: I can see why you would stick with moron. When you eventually see the photo you might get a chuckle...it is priceless.

[tavalon]

38. Perfectly reasonable

given that. Welcome Geoff R. Casavant to DU. Glad to have you on board.

[ebayfool]

39. Moran - a classic!

[TroglodyteScholar]

40. Heheh...

If you don't mind, I'll stick with "moron."

That's alright, we embrace nonconformity.. :)

Welcome to DU :hi:


On edit: Added quote for context

[calimary]

34. Welcome to DU!

Glad to have you with us. Peace and thanks (FOR YOUR ACTIVISM) back atcha! Now get to work.

[louis-t]

10. And all the right-wing shills would spend 24/7

screaming about how evil dem libruls are. Talking points phrases would be: "the most corrupt administration in history, criminals who hate America, selfish liars, hypocrites, destroying the country" - oh, wait, that's this administration.

[tandem5]

12. get the video at crooks and liars...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

[Chicago1]

13. Russert LIES but he actually TOLD THE TRUTH for ONCE

I almost fell off my chair when I read this. Unbelievable...Timmy told a TRUTH instead of HIS LIES THAT HE SPEWS FOR THE WH.

I hope maybe he's changing his behavior but I'll believe it when I see it.

[Arugula Latte]

14. Quick! Mah smellin' salts!

I think Ah've got the vapahs!

[Geoff R. Casavant]

16. I'd like to know

who the Republican was who said that to Russert. Was it a GOP congressman or senator do you think?

[NewJeffCT]

21. Probably Lowell Weicker or Cohen from Maine

I think the rest of the GOP is too far gone to even think that.

[pbartch]

23. THIS IS RIGHT....If a DEM had done what Rove did......he would be FIRED

within days.

I recommended this topic also.

[Disturbed]

25. Tim Russert knows more about the Plame situation than any

Duer.


Tim Russert, NBC, NBC News, MSNBC News, Meet the Press. ... required that Tim Russert appear before a federal grand jury to testify about conversations with ...
www.anycities.com/andyhifi/news/timrussert.htm -

[gardenista]

36. And for the right reasons. Dems are STRONG on national security.

We don't brook no traitors.

Republicans will harbor a traitor if it is in their best interest politically.

The American people WILL wake up to this fact.

[LeftNYC]

27. Whats next?

Christopher Hitchens and Andrew Sullivan at an anti-Bush rally...

[ClayZ]

28. They jump as the ship catches fire!

:kick:

[adarling]

30. Wow, Russert sucks a little less now

I am so tired of him though...love NBC but i wish they would get someone better

[autorank]

33. "Management" is allowing them to do their jobs.

We'll see how long it lasts.

[Vinca]

35. If it was a Democratic White House there would have been an

impeachment hearing by now. (I'm now going back to my daydream of the whole lot of them being marched off to jail.)

[DeepModem Mom]

37. kick