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Boehner flip flops on Intelligence Community
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Then again, intelligence was never Boehner's strong suit. From Media Matters: Today, May 14, 2009, Rep. John Boehner criticized Speaker Pelosi's press conference by saying, "it's hard for me to imagine that our intelligence area would ever mislead a member of Congress." Yet in 2007, Rep. Boehner criticized our nation's intelligence community by saying, "either I don't have confidence in what they told me several months ago or I don't have confidence in what they're telling me today." Once again, rather than finding the truth, Rep. Boehner is playing ...
Tanning Boehner Over Intelligence
democracyarsenal.org —
... He does have a short memory, doesn't he? Courtesy Media Matters Action Network:
Is it really that hard to believe?
Political Animal —
... he finds it "hard...to imagine that our intelligence area would ever mislead a member of Congress." This, of course, is the same John Boehner who, as recently as 2007, said that he didn't trust U.S. intelligence agencies that gave him news he didn't want to hear. The phrase of the day is "feigned outrage."— ...
Who's misleading?
The Reaction —
... in February 2007. Hang on.... Okay, here's what he really said today, now that the president and CIA Director are Democrats. I've dealt with our intelligence professionals for the last three-and-a-half years on an almost daily basis, and it's hard for me to imagine that our intelligence area would ever mislead a member of Congress. Yeah, apparently it's hard for him imagine that he'd ever be such a flaming hypocrite, either. HT to Media Matters. (Cross-posted from Bark Bark Woof Woof.) ...
Conservatives Express Hope That Their Attacks On Pelosi Will Diminish Calls For Truth Commission
Think Progress —
For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regarding her level of knowledge of the Bush administration’s torture program.
Fox News conservatives are revealing one of the underlying motives for these attacks — to diminish calls for a truth commission on torture. While interviewing Newt Gingrich, and later, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Fox host Neil Cavuto wondered whether “both parties will cease and desist” from investigations: ...
VIDEO: Conservatives Hope Attacks On Pelosi Will Quiet Calls For Truth Commission
The Political Carnival —
By GottaLaff We've known all along what this is all about. Now it's right out in the open: For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regarding her level of knowledge of the Bush administration’s torture program. Fox News conservatives are revealing one of the underlying motives for these attacks — to diminish calls for a truth commission on torture. While ...
Faux News Reveals True Motivation Behind Attacks on Pelosi
Comments from Left Field —
Not that reality-based bloggers didn’t know this already, but it definitely should be pointed out as frequently as possible (emphasis in original):
For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regarding her level of knowledge of the Bush administration’s torture program.
Fox News conservatives are revealing one of the underlying motives for these attacks — to diminish calls for a truth commission on torture. While ...
Faux News Reveals True Motivation Behind Attacks on Pelosi
The Moderate Voice —
Not that reality-based bloggers didn’t know this already, but it definitely should be pointed out as frequently as possible (emphasis in original):
For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regarding her level of knowledge of the Bush administration’s torture program.
Fox News conservatives are revealing one of the underlying motives for these attacks — to diminish calls for a truth commission on torture. While ...
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The Hollywood Liberal —
... Will Quiet Calls For Truth Commission For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) regarding her level of knowledge of the Bush administration’s torture program. Fox News conservatives are revealing one of the underlying motives for these attacks — to diminish calls for a truth commission on torture. While interviewing Newt Gingrich, and later, […] For weeks, conservatives have been launching hypocritical and disingenuous attacks on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ...
