Specter to Bush: say "exactly what happened"

[Kare]

Sen. Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Fox News Sunday that "there's been enough of a showing here with what's been filed of record in court that the president of the United States owes a specific explanation to the American people.

"The president has the authority to declassify information. So in a technical sense, if he looked at it, he could say this is declassified, and make a disclosure of it," said Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, speaking from Cartagena, Colombia.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan has insisted that Bush had the authority to declassify intelligence and rejected charges from Democrats that he did so selectively for political purposes.

But Specter urged Bush to address the topic himself.

"I think that it is necessary for the president and the vice president to tell the American people exactly what happened," he said.

"There has to be a detailed explanation precisely as to what Vice President (Dick) Cheney did, what the president said to him, and an explanation from the president as to what he said so that it can be evaluated," said Specter.

http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-09T161228Z_01_N09270827_RTRUKOC_0_US-BUSH-LEAK-SPECTER.xml

Just tell the people the truth... Specter never says tell the truth, just "say what happened". Why can't they just say "tell the truth"? Do they not even know the word?

[sutz12]

1. That's PNAC code for "Get your lies straight" nt

[bunkerbuster1]

2. Specter probably values his health.

That's why he can't come out and say "tell the truth."

[kaygore]

3. Ah, the rhetorical question: Do they know the "truth"!

The truth will NOT set them free, so they must continue to spin lies!

[Bushies gotta go]

4. Except....

no matter what * says, it will still be a lie.

[Kare]

5. Bush: You want the truth?!?!?!?

I can't handle the truth!!!!!

:evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Bushies gotta go]

6. You are correct....

In this case, the truth might REALLY be unnerving. I just hate to think of the next decade to come once he's out of office. I can bet the house that there will be more and more crap that spews forth about all the underhand, low down, dangerous and dirty things the * admin has done... and there will be the majority of folk you meet talking about it in disgust. And believe me, I am keeping a list of people that I can say "I told you so, where were you?"

[Tellurian]

7. Staging very important...political speak for: ok, we're getting ourselves

ready, hoping, the consensus will swallow this BIG whopper!

Now, who should we choose to ask us this very delicate question?

Is that you Arlen? What a guy!

Raising his hand up to volunteer!