VIDEO-Ben Stein's Lunacy

[Coltrane]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/24.html#a4126
Former Nixon speechwriter Stein has a message for the President. Karl Rove did nothing wrong. Ben please spare us the prostate exam analogy. Listening to your diatribe is cause enough for anyone with half a brain to rush into therapy.
He appeared on CBS and proved there is no edge that the lunatic fringe will no jump off.

[bertha katzenengel]

1. Yeah, but as long as I have a chance to win $5000 of HIS money,

he's okay by me.

(I'm kidding.)

[AlamoDemoc]

2. I can't believe someone is paying this lunatic to appear on TV

[indepat]

3. That lunatic fringe is indigenous to religious zealots and other

true believers, endemic within the entire RW culture, and thereby pandemic in this nation IMHO.

[clydefrand]

4. I heard this today and I just about gagged.

[Cha]

5. "A True Patriot Would Shut-Up"!

"CIA Vet testifies..tell rove defenders" "A True Patriot Would Shut-Up"!

Testimony of James Marcinkowski
July 22, 2005

What is important now is not who wins or loses the political battle or who may or may not be indicted; rather, it is a question of how we will go about protecting the citizens of this country in a very dangerous world. The undisputed fact is that we have irreparably damaged our capability to collect human intelligence and thereby significantly diminished our capability to protect the American people.

Understandable to all Americans is a simple, incontrovertible, but damning truth: the United States government exposed the identity of a clandestine officer working for the CIA. This is not just another partisan "dust-up" between political parties. This unprecedented act will have far-reaching consequences for covert operations around the world. Equally disastrous is that from the time of that first damning act, we have continued on a course of self-inflicted wounds by government officials who have refused to take any responsibility, have played hide-and-seek with the truth and engaged in semantic parlor games for more than two years, all at the expense of the safety of the American people. No government official has that right.

For an understanding of what is at stake it is important to understand some fundamental principles. No country or hostile group, from al Qaeda to any drug rings operating in our cities, likes to be infiltrated or spied upon. The CIA, much like any police department in any city, has undercover officers--spies, that use "cover."

To operate under "cover" means you use some ruse to cloak both your identity and your intentions. The degree of cover needed to carry out any operation varies depending on the target of the investigation. A police officer performing "street buys" uses a "light" cover, meaning he or she could pose as something as simple as a drug user, operate only at night and during the day and, believe it or not, have a desk job in the police station. On the other hand, if an attempt were made to infiltrate a crime syndicate, visiting the local police station or drinking with fellow FBI agents after work may be out of the question. In any scenario, your cover, no matter what the degree, provides personal protection and safety. But it does not end there. Cover is also used to protect collection methodology as well as any innocent persons a CIA officer may have regular contact with, such as overseas acquaintances, friends, and even other U.S. government officials.

More testimony at..
http://www.bushlies.com/

[BeatleBoot]

6. "Ben Stein's Money" must be in jeopardy of tax increases...

Any speechwriter of Nixon's, isn't a friend of mine...