BTW, and before it's forgotten...Where did the GOP get that hoax memo they gave to media outlets?

[blm]

The GOPs went to excessive lengths to deceive the American people throughout the healthcare debate, including the crafting and distribution of hoax memos to the media.

Seems to me that hearings are in order. Those lies were repeated on the floor of the House. Lying to Congress and the American people in such a DELIBERATE way needs some accountability for the perps.

[Joey Kidd]

1. Good question.

[TlalocW]

2. Why, from God Hisself

Because everything conservatives do is backed up 100% by God and baby Jebas.

TlalocW

[peekaloo]

3. Hey Boner's "Moses" reference now makes sense!

:-)

[blm]

5. God told Boehner to abstain from spray tans for 40 days, 40 nights to stop healthcare bill, but...

Boehner just COULDN'T resist temptation - his need to appear orange has become all-consuming. ;)

[rhett o rick]

6. I accidentally saw The Bonehead on Faux and they can make his face color look normal. TV magic. nm

[tanyev]

18. It was a real pain putting those stone tablets in the fax machine.

[chill_wind]

4. Washington powers will pursue it with about the same amount of alacrity

as they did the authors of the niger yellowcake forgeries and the 8 years of government and complicit media
lies about war and torture.

Lying to Congress and the American people is the new acceptable norm.

[MajorChode]

7. I suspect we haven't heard the last of this yet

Payback is still the name of the game in Washington. I seem to remember something about the memo originating from Boehner's office, probably from a staffer. As if that weren't enough ammo for the Democrats to pursue this, you have Boehner's "punk staffer" comments of late.

At the very least, I think you're going to see posturing until the GOPhers offer up at least a low level staffer as the sacrificial lamb. At the most, I think you'll see a full blown congressional investigation that may lead to Boehner himself as having a part to play.

[blm]

9. exactly...taking the blame will be a 'zealous, lone wolf staffer'....as usual.

and the corporate newsmedia will still try to spin it against Dems.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. O.Z.R.Staffer strikes again!

http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-04-19/news/the-wacky-misadventures-of-the-overzealous-republican-staffer
'toon at the link

[Bitwit1234]

8. If the bush hounds were in charge they would be right on it.

I can't understand why the Democrats don't want to hold the republicans accountable for any of this sick stuff they do. I think that memo should be investigated and every person who handled it, who released it to the press and who read it on the floor should be sanctioned or arrested for slander.They seem to be able to get away with anything and the spineless dems let them.

[gkhouston]

11. probably somebody in Dick Armey's crowd. Slimy bastards. n/t

[gratuitous]

12. That's a very good question

And as proof that it came out of the Republican caucus, I submit Paul Ryan's question, "Who cares who wrote the memo?" There's your lie detector test right there, as if it's immaterial where the memo came from. If I were investigating this, I'd start with Paul Ryan's office computers.

[blm]

14. heheh...if the situation was reversed, the GOP and their mediawhores would be like pitbulls

and demanding every computer in every Dem office be investigated.

[conscious evolution]

13. If someone has an 'Original'copy

They can use the embedded tracking codes imprinted during printing to see what copier/printer it came from.
Of course that would require a goverment agency that gives a shit about justice.

[blm]

15. Why hasn't Politico made it available? Why isn't Politico angry about being hoaxed?

Well, we DO know Politico works for the fascist agenda, so, they won't come clean about their role in it and won't even make an attempt at digging up the REAL news in this story.

[surrealAmerican]

16. In a more rational world ...

... this would make the media less likely to trust this kind of "information", maybe even check their sources. That seems unlikely with the media we have.

[blm]

17. the media 'we have' is almost fully complicit with these thugs...they're owned by fascists

and controlled by the fascist agenda.