Thursday, December 06, 2007

Romney Speech Intro by Bush?

BUSH 41 GIVES ROMNEY'S INTRODUCTION.

For reasons I don't understand, former President George H.W. Bush is giving Mitt Romney's pre-speech introduction. That seems...significant. Unsurprisingly, CNN is talking over it

7 Comments:

Blogger Austin 5-000 said...

Anybody read the torture tapes article in NYTimes yet?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/06/washington/06cnd-intel.html?hp
A huge fucking mess. Hopefully, some heads will roll over this.

5:56 PM  
Blogger to scranton said...

Saw this on WaPo.

"The startling disclosure from Hayden came on the same day that the House and Senate intelligence panels approved legislation forbidding the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics by the CIA, potentially bringing intelligence agencies in line with rules followed by the U.S. military, according to congressional aides."

Reeeeal subtle. Zubayda is supposedly some sort of nutter, as per Suskind's One Percent Doctrine. Another prisoner, Ibrahim Zeidan, said other detainees were shown pictures of Zubayda's torture scars. This along with the SCOTUS trial is making things look pretty bad for the gov.

9:12 PM  
Blogger John Liberty said...

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9:16 PM  
Blogger John Liberty said...

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9:17 PM  
Blogger Austin 5-000 said...

Love the design and the name. I'll put up a link when I have more time.

9:18 PM  
Blogger John Liberty said...

Heads will roll? No way.

The disclosure from hayden came not because it was the same day the techniques were outlawd.

NY sent them a letter on wednesday saying they would publish a story about the destroyed tape on friday.

9:20 PM  
Blogger John Liberty said...

you are the man thanks austi!

9:23 PM  

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